Série D: 14 more clubs qualify for the second round | OneFootball

The weekend round of Série D, the third-to-last of the group stage, secured 14 more clubs a place in the knockout stage. There are now 20 teams in total guaranteed to advance in the competition. Two rounds remain before the end of the initial phase.

In all, 64 clubs will move on to the knockout stage. Before the 8th round began, only seven teams had already secured a spot in the next phase: Gama, Uberlândia, Capital, ABC, Iguatu, Ferroviário, and Sergipe.

Over the weekend, Manauara and Nacional (Group A1), Guaporé (Group A2), Goiatuba (Group A4), Trem and Águia de Marabá (Group A5), América-RN (Group A8), Treze (Group A9), CSA (Group A10), Portuguesa-SP (Group A13), XV de Piracicaba (Group A14), and Marcílio Dias and Blumenau (Group A16) also secured qualification.

For the first time, the 2026 Série D features 96 teams, a competition record. Divided into 16 groups of six, the four highest-scoring teams from each group advance to the next stage.

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