Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Founded	1981; 40 years ago
Country	Brazil
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Relegation to	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Current champions	Ituano (2nd title) ; (2021)
Most championships	Vila Nova; (3 titles)
TV partners	DAZN; TV NSports; TikTok (1 match per matchweek); Band (2 matches per matchweek in selected areas)
Website	Official website
	Current: 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system.

Unlike the first and second divisions, the Série C is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the financial conditions to travel long distances. Thus, the tournament is organized in regional groups and the table prevents teams from distant states from playing each other in the initial rounds.

Until 2008, any professional team could apply, but only 64 teams would take part in the tournament. The teams that had been relegated from the Série B in the previous year were joined by teams qualified for each federation state. Qualification rules varied, some federations used the state tournaments as qualification tournaments, others organized exclusive qualification tournaments to the Série C.

Beginning in 2009, the Série C was reduced from 64 teams to 20 and the new Campeonato Brasileiro Série D is the qualifier for Brazilian league football. In its current format the 20 teams are divided into two groups and each team plays all opponents from its own group on a home and away basis. The top four teams in each group qualify for a knock out stage and the four semi-finalists are promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The bottom two teams of each group are relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

History and past champions[]

Official champions[]

The Campeonato Brasileiro has existed since 1971. However, there have been many years when no third division tournament took place. In most cases it was because the two elite divisions had too many clubs (in 1989, for instance, 96 teams contested the second division^[1]). The following table shows the winners and runners-up of the Série C tournaments played from 1981, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:^[2]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Comments
1981 Details	Olaria RJ	4 − 0 0 − 1	Santo Amaro PE⁽¹⁾
1982–1987	Not held
1988 Details	União São João SP	1 − 1 2 − 2	Esportivo MG	União São João declared champions due to more points scored during the championship.
1989	Not held
1990 Details	Atlético Goianiense GO	0 − 0 0 − 0	América MG	Atlético Goianiense won 3-2 on penalties.
1991	Not held
1992 Details	Tuna Luso PA	0 − 2 3 − 1	Fluminense de Feira BA	Tuna Luso declared champions due to more points scored during the championship.
1993	Not held
1994 Details	Novorizontino SP	1 − 0 5 − 0	Ferroviária SP
1995 Details	XV de Piracicaba SP	2 − 0 1 − 0	Volta Redonda RJ
1996 Details	Vila Nova GO	2 − 1 1 − 0	Botafogo SP
1997 Details	Sampaio Corrêa MA		Juventus SP	From 1997 to 1999, the championship had no final match. The four best teams of the Fourth Round played against each other, and the team with most points were declared champions.
1998 Details	Avaí SC		São Caetano SP
1999 Details	Fluminense RJ		São Raimundo AM
2000	Not held See Copa João Havelange
2001 Details	Etti Jundiaí SP⁽²⁾		Mogi Mirim SP	From 2001 to 2005, the championship had no final match. The four best teams of the Fourth Round played against each other, and the team with most points were declared champions.Only two teams were promoted.
2002 Details	Brasiliense DF		Marília SP
2003 Details	Ituano SP		Santo André SP
2004 Details	União Barbarense SP		Gama DF
2005 Details	Remo PA		América RN
2006 Details	Criciúma SC		Vitória BA	From 2006 to 2008, the championship had no final match. The eight best teams of the Fourth Round played against each other, and the team with most points were declared champions. Top 4 teams ascend to Série B
2007 Details	Bragantino SP		Bahia BA
2008 Details	Atlético Goianiense GO		Guarani SP
2009 Details	América MG	3 − 1 1 − 0	ASA AL	From 2009 on, the championship is divided in four groups of five clubs each, playing against each other twice within their groups. The two best-placed teams of each group qualify to the knockout stage, played in two legs. The final is played in two legs. The quarterfinal winners ascend to Série B.^[3]
2010 Details	ABC RN	1 − 0 0 − 0	Ituiutaba MG⁽³⁾
2011 Details	Joinville SC	3 − 1 4 − 0	CRB AL
2012 Details	Oeste SP	0 − 0 2 − 0	Icasa CE
2013 Details	Santa Cruz PE	0 − 0 2 − 1	Sampaio Corrêa MA
2014 Details	Macaé RJ	1 − 1 3 − 3	Paysandu PA
2015 Details	Vila Nova GO	0 − 1 4 − 1	Londrina PR
2016 Details	Boa Esporte MG	1 − 1 3 − 0	Guarani SP
2017 Details	CSA AL	2 − 1 0 − 0	Fortaleza CE
2018 Details	Operário Ferroviário PR	3 − 3 1 − 0	Cuiabá MT
2019 Details	Náutico PE	3 − 1 2 − 2	Sampaio Corrêa MA
2020 Details	Vila Nova GO	5 − 1 3 − 2	Remo PA
2021 Details	Ituano SP	1 − 1 3 − 0	Tombense MG

¹ Associação Atlética Santo Amaro is named presently named Manchete.

² Etti Jundiaí was later renamed Paulista.

³ Ituiutaba was later renamed Boa Esporte Clube.

Unofficial champions[]

The following season is not officially recognized by the CBF:^[2]^[4]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Comments
2000 Details	Malutrom	1 − 1 3 − 2	Uberlândia	It was the Green and White modules of the Copa João Havelange.

Titles by team[]

Club	State	Titles
Vila Nova	Goiás	3 titles
Atlético Goianiense	Goiás	2 titles
Ituano	São Paulo	2 titles
ABC	Rio Grande do Norte	1 title
América-MG	Minas Gerais	1 title
Avaí	Santa Catarina	1 title
Boa Esporte	Minas Gerais	1 title
Bragantino	São Paulo	1 title
Brasiliense	Distrito Federal	1 title
Criciúma	Santa Catarina	1 title
CSA	Alagoas	1 title
Etti Jundiaí (Paulista)	São Paulo	1 title
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	1 title
Joinville	Santa Catarina	1 title
Macaé	Rio de Janeiro	1 title
Náutico	Pernambuco	1 title
Novorizontino	São Paulo	1 title
Oeste	São Paulo	1 title
Olaria	Rio de Janeiro	1 title
Operário Ferroviário	Paraná	1 title
Remo	Pará	1 title
Sampaio Corrêa	Maranhão	1 title
Santa Cruz	Pernambuco	1 title
Tuna Luso	Pará	1 title
União Barbarense	São Paulo	1 title
União São João	São Paulo	1 title
XV de Piracicaba	São Paulo	1 title

Titles by state[]

State	Titles
São Paulo	9 titles
Goiás	5 titles
Rio de Janeiro	3 titles
Santa Catarina	3 titles
Minas Gerais	2 titles
Pará	2 titles
Pernambuco	2 titles
Alagoas	1 title
Distrito Federal	1 title
Maranhão	1 title
Paraná	1 title
Rio Grande do Norte	1 title

References[]

^ "Brazil 2nd Level 1989 Divisão Especial". Rssf.
^ ^a ^b "Campeões" (in Portuguese). CBF. Archived from the original on October 14, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 387. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.

External links[]

CBF Confederação Brasileira de Futebol - Brazilian Football Confederation
RSSSF Brazil links

[1] "Brazil 2nd Level 1989 Divisão Especial". Rssf.

[cbf-2] "Campeões" (in Portuguese). CBF. Archived from the original on October 14, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2009.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[enciclopedialance-4] Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 387. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.

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Founded	1981; 40 years ago (1981)
Country	Brazil
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Relegation to	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Current champions	Ituano (2nd title) (2021)
Most championships	Vila Nova (3 titles)
TV partners	DAZN TV NSports TikTok (1 match per matchweek) Band (2 matches per matchweek in selected areas)
Website	Official website
Current: 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C