The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, namely the second level of Brazilian football league system, was contested by 20 teams in 2008.
Due to its tradition and huge number of supporters, Corinthians attracted most of the attention from the media.
Finally, Barueri completed the G4 (as the group of promoted teams are called) on Round 37 after beating América de Natal 3-0 at home.
In the last round, on November 29, Criciúma and Marília could not escape as Fortaleza and América de Natal won their last matches and managed to stay out of the bottom four.
Vila Nova and former Brazilian international Túlio was the top scorer of the competition with 24 goals in the age of 39 years.