The 20 teams played home and away matches among each other and, by the end of the year, the four best-ranked (Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vitória) were promoted to the first division and the four worst-ranked (Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo, Ituano) were relegated to the third division.
He returned to professionals in the last round of the Brasileirão before the break for the World Cup and Cup of Time, friendly tournament that Vasco played in the parade for the World Cup and took the championship with the participation of Allan scoring a goal in the game Vasco 3x2 Coritiba.
However, due to the 1st team concurrence (specially with Juninho Paulista) he ended up not being much used and by the second half of 2006 he went to Coritiba on loan.
Emreciksin was handed the number 20 shirt, which was last held by former Fenerbahçe captain Alex, who now is with Brazilian team Coritiba, he was sent to Kayserispor in Exchange of Mehmet Topuz and € 9 million.
In 1969, América substituted for Bangu as the fifth Rio de Janeiro representative, whereas the states of the Paraná and Pernambuco had been represented by its champions of the previous year, Coritiba and Santa Cruz.