Campeonato Maranhense Second Division

Campeonato Maranhense
Second Division

Founded	1921
Country	Brazil
Confederation	Federação Maranhense de Futebol
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Campeonato Maranhense
Current champions	Real Codó (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	IAPE Maranhão Moto Club Santa Quitéria (2 titles each)
Current: 2024

The Campeonato Maranhense Second Division is the second tier of football league of the state of Maranhão, Brazil.^[1][2]

Participants

2022 edition^[3]

Club	Home city	2021 result
Bacabal	Bacabal	7th (1st Division)
Chapadinha	Chapadinha	Not played
Expressinho	São Luís	7th
Imperatriz	Imperatriz	8th (1st Division)
ITZ Sport	Imperatriz	Not played
JV Lideral	Imperatriz	Not played
Maranhão	São Luís	3rd
Sabiá	Caxias	Not played
Santa Quitéria	Santa Quitéria do Maranhão	Not played
Timon	Timon	4th
Tupan	São Luís	5th

List of champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up
1921	Colombo (1)	Paysandu Maranhense
1922–1992	Not held
1993	Coroatá (1)	Porto Franco
1994–2000	Not held
2001	Not awarded[a]
2002	Chapadinha (1)	Falcão
2003	Not held
2004	Comerciário (1)	Americano
2005	Santa Quitéria (1)	Juventude
2006	Santa Luzia (1)	Nacional
2007	Itinga (1)	São José
2008	IAPE (1)	JV Lideral
2009	Santa Quitéria (2)	Viana
2010	Moto Club (1)	Cordino
2011	Sabiá (1)	Viana
2012	Balsas (1)	Americano
2013	Moto Club (2)	Araioses
2014	Expressinho (1)	Sabiá
2015	Maranhão (1)	Marília
2016	Americano (1)	Pinheiro
2017	Bacabal (1)	Timon
2018	Pinheiro (1)	Chapadinha
2019	Juventude[b] (1)	Babaçu
2020[c]	IAPE (2)	Bacabal
2021	Cordino (1)	Tuntum
2022	Maranhão (2)	Chapadinha
2023	Tuntum (1)	Imperatriz
2024	Real Codó (1)	IAPE

Notes

1. Tocantins de Imperatriz, 2001 edition winners, were stripped of their title.^[4]
2. Juventude has moved from Caxias to São Mateus do Maranhão.
3. Timon lost the 2020 edition title in the sports court.^[5]

Titles by team

Teams in bold still active.

Rank	Club	Winners	Winning years
1	IAPE	2	2008, 2020
	Maranhão		2015, 2022
	Moto Club		2010, 2013
	Santa Quitéria		2005, 2009
5	Americano	1	2016
	Bacabal		2017
	Balsas		2012
	Chapadinha		2002
	Colombo		1921
	Comerciário		2004
	Cordino		2021
	Coroatá		1993
	Expressinho		2014
	Itinga		2007
	Juventude		2019
	Pinheiro		2018
	Real Codó		2024
	Sabiá		2011
	Santa Luzia		2006
	Tuntum		2023

By city

City	Championships	Clubs
São Luís	9	IAPE (2), Maranhão (2), Moto Club (2), Colombo (1), Comerciário (1), Expressinho (1)
Bacabal	2	Americano (1), Bacabal (1)
Santa Quitéria do Maranhão	2	Santa Quitéria (2)
Balsas	1	Balsas (1)
Barra do Corda	1	Cordino (1)
Caxias	1	Sabiá (1)
Chapadinha	1	Chapadinha (1)
Codó	1	Real Codó (1)
Coroatá	1	Coroatá (1)
Itinga do Maranhão	1	Itinga (1)
Pinheiro	1	Pinheiro (1)
Santa Luzia	1	Santa Luzia (1)
São Mateus do Maranhão	1	Juventude (1)
Tuntum	1	Tuntum (1)

References

1. "Maranhão - Second Division Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
2. "Campeonato Maranhense Segunda Divisão". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
3. @FutMaranhao (May 5, 2022). "#Maranhense2022B Participantes da 1ª fase do Maranhense Série B 2022" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. "Maranhão State League Second Level 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
5. "Timon é penalizado com perda de 16 pontos por escalação de jogadores irregulares". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 17 January 2021.