Ceará, Fortaleza, Juventude and Sport: life in Série B after relegation | OneFootball

Fortaleza looks to return to the national top flightCredits: Leonardo Moreira / Fortaleza

The four teams relegated from Série A in 2025 are in very different situations in the current Série B season. The best of them so far is Fortaleza, in fourth place with 28 points. If the competition ended today, Leão do Pici would have to play in a playoff to try to earn promotion.

The same would apply to Juventude, in sixth place with 26 points. Série B in 2026 sends the two highest-point teams to Série A in 2027 at the end of the home-and-away schedule, while the other two spots are decided in playoffs among the teams finishing 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th.

Sport, in eighth place with 25 points, is right on the edge of the G6 and remains alive in its goal of returning to the top flight.

On the other hand, Ceará is not having a good campaign and needs to respond. In 17th place, in the relegation zone, with 17 points, Vozão can still make the G6, but first it has to focus on moving away from the bottom spots.

Check out the Matchweek 17 fixtures:

Wednesday (8) – Ponte Preta 1 x 2 Criciúma.

Friday (10) – Juventude x Vila Nova, at 7 p.m. – Alfredo Jaconi; Sport x Botafogo-SP, at 8 p.m. – Ilha do Retiro.

Sunday (12) – Operário-PR x Novorizontino, at 11 a.m. – Germano Krüger; São Bernardo x Cuiabá, at 4 p.m. – Primeiro de Maio; Avaí x Náutico, at 4 p.m. – Ressacada; Atlético-GO x Fortaleza, at 6 p.m. – Antônio Accioly; and CRB x Goiás, at 7 p.m. – Rei Pelé.

Monday (13) – América-MG x Londrina, at 7 p.m. – Independência; and Ceará x Athletic, at 8:30 p.m. – Presidente Vargas.

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