Serie D: round with 11 state champions this weekend

Serie D: round with 11 state champions this weekend

The second round of Série D starts this Saturday (11), with 27 matches, and ends on Sunday (12) with 21 more games. Altogether, 11 state champions are in the competition. They are trying to advance to the next stage and fight for promotion.

In Group A1, there are two of them: Nacional-AM, which faces Manaus at Arena da Amazônia at 5 p.m. on Sunday (12), and Grêmio Sampaio-RR, which takes on São Raimundo at Canarinho at 6 p.m. on the same day.

In A2, Guaporé-RO visits Araguaína at Mirandão at 4 p.m. on Sunday. In A3, Gama hosts Inhumas at Bezerrão at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday. In A4, Mixto will host União Rondonópolis at Dutrinha at 6 p.m., also on Saturday.

Group A5 is another one featuring a 2026 state champion: Tocantinópolis, which will play Águia de Marabá at Ribeirão at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

An interesting matchup will mark the round in Group A6: IAPE, the current Maranhão state champion, will face Sampaio Corrêa, one of the state’s traditional powers. The match at Nhozinho Santos starts at 5 p.m. this Saturday.

In A7, also on Saturday, Piauí faces Atlético-CE at Albertão at 5 p.m., while América-RN, in A8, will play away on Sunday against Central at 4 p.m.

At Batistão, on Saturday at 4 p.m., Sergipe takes on Decisão-PE in Group A9. In a Group A11 match, Operário-MS travels to Goiás to face CRAC at Catalão at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Série D has 16 groups of six teams each. The top four teams in each group advance to the next stage.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.