(FOLHAPRESS) - The first four teams that guaranteed access from Series D to Series C of the Brazilian Championship were defined this weekend.
Series D defines first classified in the third national division for 2027
(FOLHAPRESS) - The first four teams that guaranteed access from Series D to Series C of the Brazilian Championship were defined this weekend. Gama, Uberlândia, ASA de Arapiraca and ABC won their quarter-final matches, against São José-RS,...
The semi-finals will be played between Gama and ASA, and between Uberlândia and ABC. Under a new format starting this year, Series D will still have two more teams moving up the division.
- The four teams that lost their quarter-final clashes face each other in a new play-off in search of a place in Series C.
- Nacional-AM takes on CSA, while São José-RS faces Goiatuba.
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Gama, Uberlândia, ASA de Arapiraca and ABC won their quarter-final matches, against São José-RS, CSA, Goiatuba and Nacional-AM, respectively, and secured their place in the third national division in 2027.
The semi-finals will be played between Gama and ASA, and between Uberlândia and ABC.
Under a new format starting this year, Series D will still have two more teams moving up the division. The four teams that lost their quarter-final clashes face each other in a new play-off in search of a place in Series C.
Nacional-AM takes on CSA, while São José-RS faces Goiatuba.
Biggest winner of the Campeonato Brasiliense, with 15 titles, Gama returns to the third division after last participating in 2010.
The DF team participated in six editions of the Brasileirão Series A, the first in 1979, and the last in 2002. The best result in the national football elite was in 1999, when they finished in 15th place, ahead of the Gre-Nal duo.
With its squad featuring experienced names with extensive experience in Brazilian football, such as striker Henrique Almeida, revealed at São Paulo's academy and with spells at Botafogo, Grêmio and Portuguesa, and left winger Luan, formerly of São Caetano, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro, Gama drew 1-1 in the first game of the quarter-finals against São José, in Porto Alegre, and won the return match 4-0, in the Bezerrão, in Gama.
Uberlândia, in turn, won its two clashes against CSA, 1-0, at Parque do Sabiá, in Uberlândia, and 2-0, at Rei Pelé, in Maceió.
Champion of Series B in 1984 and returning to the third national division after a 23-year hiatus, the team from Minas Gerais is coached by former midfielder Danilo, multi-champion with São Paulo and Corinthians.
The former player began his career on the bench in the São Paulo club's youth teams, and even managed the main team on an interim basis in a duel against Palmeiras, after the dismissal of coach Cuca.
Between September 2025 and March 2026, he was in charge of Pouso Alegre, taking the small team from the interior for the first time to the state semifinals, stopping only against Cruzeiro.
ASA, which gained notoriety on the national scene by eliminating Palmeiras in the Copa do Brasil, in 2002, secured its 13th participation in Series C only in the penalty shootout, after draws 0-0, in Goiatuba, and 1-1, in Arapiraca.
Their best campaign was in 2009, when they advanced to the final. They ended up being beaten by América-MG in the decision, but secured their place in Series B, where they remained consecutively between 2010 and 2013.
The biggest champion in Rio Grande do Norte, with 57 Campeonato Potiguar titles, the last of which was won in 2026, ABC sealed its access with two victories over Nacional-AM, 2-1, at the Arena da Amazônia, in Manaus, and 1-0, at the Arena da Dunas, in Natal.
With 14 participations in Series C so far, ABC's best result is the 2010 title. In 2022, it finished second, losing the title to Mirassol.