2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	2010
Champions	ABC
Promoted	Ituiutaba Salgueiro Criciúma ABC
Relegated	São Raimundo (PA) Alecrim Gama Juventude
Matches played	94
Goals scored	208 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	8 goals: Bruno Rangel
Biggest home win	Paysandu 6-2 Rio Branco (AC) (July 17, 2010)
Biggest away win	Gama 1-4 Macaé (July 18, 2010)
Highest scoring	8 goals: Paysandu 6-2 Rio Branco (AC) (July 17, 2010)
Longest winning run	3 games: Salgueiro (August 29-October 03)
Longest unbeaten run	11 games: Ituiutaba (July 25-November 13)
Longest losing run	3 games: Salgueiro (August 01-August 29) São Raimundo (PA) (August 29-September 12)
Highest attendance	24.188: Fortaleza 1-1 Rio Branco (AC) (September 11, 2010)[1]
Lowest attendance	186: Ituiutaba 0-0 Gama (August 29, 2010)
Average attendance	5.301
← 2009 2011 →

In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs divided in four groups, followed by a playoff round, from July 18 to November 21, 2010. The top four clubs, the ones which qualified to the semifinals, were promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B to be contested in 2011. Meanwhile, the bottom four clubs, the ones that finished in last place of each group, were relegated to 2011 Série D.

Team information[]

Team	City	State	Stadium	Capacity	2009 season
ABC	Natal	RN	Frasqueirão	18,000	Série B 20th place
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	PA	Zinho de Oliveira	10,000	Série C 12th place
Alecrim	Natal	RN	Machadão	32,000	Série D 4th place
Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas	RS	Bento Freitas	18,000	Série C 6th place
Campinense	Campina Grande	PB	Amigão	35,000	Série B 19th place
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	RS	Centenário	30,434	Série C 5th place
Chapecoense	Chapecó	SC	Arena Condá	16,000	Série D 3rd place
CRB	Maceió	AL	Rei Pelé	30,000	Série C 16th place
Criciúma	Criciúma	SC	Heriberto Hülse	19,900	Série C 15th place
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	CE	Castelão	60,326	Série B 18th place
Gama	Brasília	DF	Bezerrão	20,000	Série C 14th place
Ituiutaba	Ituiutaba	MG	Fazendinha	13,500	Série C 11th place
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	RS	Alfredo Jaconi	23,726	Série B 17th place
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	MT		7,000	Série C 13th place
Macaé	Macaé	RJ	Cláudio Moacyr	16,000	Série D 2nd place
Marília	Marília	SP	Bento de Abreu	19,500	Série C 9th place
Paysandu	Belém	PA	Estádio Olímpico do Pará	45,000	Série C 8th place
Rio Branco (AC)	Rio Branco	AC	Arena da Floresta	20,000	Série C 7th place
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	PE	Cornélio de Barros	6,000	Série C 10th place
São Raimundo (PA)	Santarém	PA	Colosso do Tapajós	19,000	Série D 1st place

Format[]

• First Stage: The 20 teams are divided in four groups of 5, playing within them in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group advance towards next stage. The last placed team in each group is relegated to Série D 2011
• Quarterfinals: Eight qualified teams play in two-leg format, home and away. Winners qualify to semifinals and are promoted to Série B 2011.
• Semifinals: Quarterfinals winners play in two-leg format, home and away. Winners qualify to the Finals.
• Finals: Semifinals winners play in two-leg format, home and away. Winners are declared champions.

Results[]

First stage[]

Group A (AC-CE-PA)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAY	AGU	FOR	RBR	SRA
Paysandu	8	4	2	2	15	9	+6	14			2–0	1–1	6–2	1–0
Águia de Marabá	8	3	3	2	11	7	+4	12		2–1		1–1	4–0	1–1
Fortaleza	8	2	6	0	9	7	+2	12		1–1	0–0		1–1	2–1
Rio Branco (AC)	8	2	4	2	12	17	−5	10		3–1	2–1	0–0		3–3
São Raimundo (PA)	8	0	3	5	8	15	−7	3		0–2	0–2	2–3	1–1

Group B (AL-PB-PE-RN)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ABC	SAL	CRB	CPN	ALE
ABC	8	3	3	2	11	6	+5	12			3–1	3–1	0–0	1–1
Salgueiro	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1	11		0–3		3–0	2–1	2–2
CRB	8	3	2	3	8	11	−3	11		1–0	1–1		2–1	0–0
Campinense	8	3	1	4	7	7	0	10		1–0	2–0	0–1		2–1
Alecrim	8	2	4	2	9	10	−1	10		1–1	0–2	3–2	1–0

Group C (DF-MT-MG-RJ-SP)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ITB	MCE	LUV	MAC	GAM
Ituiutaba	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5	15			1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0
Macaé	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4	14		0–0		1–1	3–1	2–1
Luverdense	8	3	3	2	12	10	+2	12		2–1	3–1		2–2	2–0
Marília	8	1	3	4	7	12	−5	6		1–2	0–1	1–0		2–2
Gama	8	0	5	3	5	11	−6	5		0–0	1–4	1–1	0–0

Group D (RS-SC)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CRI	CHA	CAX	GEB	JUV
Criciúma	8	3	3	2	7	4	+3	12			2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Chapecoense	8	3	2	3	9	9	0	11		1–0		1–1	3–2	2–0
Caxias	8	2	4	2	6	6	0	10		1–0	2–1		0–0	2–2
Brasil de Pelotas	8	2	4	2	4	5	−1	10		0–0	0–0	1–0		0–0
Juventude	8	1	5	2	6	8	−2	8		1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1

Knockout stages[]

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals					Final
	1A	Paysandu	1	2
	2B	Salgueiro	1	3
							Salgueiro	1	0
							ABC	1	2
	1B	ABC	1	3
	2A	Águia de Marabá	0	1
												ABC	1	0
												Ituiutaba	0	0
	1C	Ituiutaba (a)	1	0
	2D	Chapecoense	1	0
							Ituiutaba (p)	1	1
							Criciúma	1	1
	1D	Criciúma	2	2
	2C	Macaé	3	0

(p) won on penalty shootout.
(a) won by away goals rule.

Quarterfinals[]

Paysandu vs. Salgueiro first leg played on October 9; Second leg played on October 17.
ABC vs. Águia de Marabá first leg played on October 16; Second leg played on October 24.
Ituiutaba vs. Chapecoense first leg played on October 9; Second leg played on October 16.
Criciúma vs. Macaé first leg played on October 10; Second leg played on October 23.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paysandu	3-4	Salgueiro	1-1	2-3
ABC	4-1	Águia de Marabá	1-0	3-1
Ituiutaba	1-1 (a)	Chapecoense	1-1	0-0
Criciúma	4-3	Macaé	2-3	2-0

Team #1 played second match at home.

Semifinals[]

First leg played on October 30. Second leg played on November 6 and 07

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ABC	3-1	Salgueiro	1-1	2-0
Ituiutaba	2-2 (p 4-2)	Criciúma	1-1	1-1

Team #1 played second match at home.

Finals[]

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ABC won 1–0 on aggregate.

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Winners
ABC 1st title

Aggregate table[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
ABC (C, P)	14	7	5	2	19	8	+11	26	Champions: promotion to 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Ituiutaba (P)	14	4	8	2	12	8	+4	20	Playoff semifinalists: promotion to 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Criciúma (P)	12	4	5	3	15	9	+6	17
Salgueiro (P)	12	4	4	4	16	18	−2	16
Macaé	10	5	2	3	15	12	+3	17	Playoff quarterfinalists: no promotion
Paysandu	10	4	3	3	18	13	+5	15
Chapecoense	10	3	4	3	10	10	0	13
Águia de Marabá	10	3	3	4	12	11	+1	12
Luverdense	8	3	3	2	12	10	+2	12
Fortaleza	8	2	6	0	9	7	+2	12
CRB	8	3	2	3	8	11	−3	11
Campinense	8	3	1	4	7	7	0	10
Caxias	8	2	4	2	6	6	0	10
Brasil de Pelotas	8	2	4	2	4	5	−1	10
Rio Branco (AC)	8	2	4	2	12	17	−5	10
Marília	8	1	3	4	7	12	−5	6
Alecrim (R)	8	2	4	2	9	10	−1	10	Relegation to 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Juventude (R)	8	1	5	2	6	8	−2	8
Gama (R)	8	0	5	3	5	11	−6	5
São Raimundo (PA) (R)	8	0	3	5	8	15	−7	3

Top goalscorers[]

Pos	Name	Club	Goals
1	Bruno Rangel	Paysandu	8
2		ABC	5
		Águia de Marabá

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