First stage • Teams are divided into a groups of ten teams. • One
round-robin, in which all teams from one group play games against all teams within the group.
Second stage • Teams are divided into a groups of ten teams. • One
round-robin, in which all teams from one group play games against all teams within the group.
Third stage • The group stage with four teams: the top 2 teams of each stage (with one bonus point) and the top 2 teams of two stages. • Two
round-robin, in which all teams from one group play games against all teams within the group.
Four Stage: • Home-and-away
playoffs with the top 2 teams of third stage. The winner of the four stage was crowned the champion. The champions and the runner up qualified to
Copa do Brasil 2010 and the champions qualified to
Campeonato Brasileiro Série D 2009. The tree teams with the worst positions were released to
Divisão Especial 2010. ==Participating teams==