2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season	2019
Dates	27 April – 6 October
Champions	Náutico (1st title)
Promoted	Confiança; Juventude; Náutico; Sampaio Corrêa
Relegated	ABC; Atlético Acreano; Globo; Luverdense
Matches played	194
Goals scored	439 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eduardo; Luiz Eduardo; Negueba; Salatiel; (8 goals each)
Biggest home win	Luverdense 4–0 Atlético Acreano; R9, 23 June; Paysandu 4–0 Atlético Acreano; R16, 10 August; Juventude 4–0 Imperatriz; Quarter-finals 2nd leg, 9 September
Biggest away win	Globo 0–3 Botafogo-PB; R16, 10 August
Highest attendance	30,242; Paysandu 1–1 Remo; R18, 25 August
Lowest attendance	42; Atlético Acreano 3–2 Luverdense; R18, 25 August
Total attendance	841,235
Average attendance	4,336
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 27 April and ended on 6 October 2019.^[1]

Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2018 season, four promoted from the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Ferroviário, Treze, São José and Imperatriz),^[2]^[3] and four relegated from the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Paysandu, Sampaio Corrêa, Juventude and Boa Esporte).^[4]

Confiança, Juventude, Náutico and Sampaio Corrêa qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.^[5]

Náutico defeated Sampaio Corrêa 5–3 on aggregate in the finals to win their first title.^[6]

Teams

ABC

Atlético Acreano

Boa Esporte

Botafogo

Confiança

Ferroviário

Globo

Imperatriz

Juventude

Luverdense

Náutico

Paysandu

Remo

Sampaio Corrêa

Santa Cruz

São José

Tombense

Treze

Volta Redonda

Ypiranga

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Location of teams in 2019 Série C

Pos.	Relegated from 2018 Série B
17º	Paysandu
18º	Sampaio Corrêa
19º	Juventude
20º	Boa Esporte

Pos.	Promoted from 2018 Série D
1º	Ferroviário
2º	Treze
3°	São José
4º	Imperatriz

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
3	Rio Grande do Sul	Juventude, São José and Ypiranga
2	Maranhão	Imperatriz and Sampaio Corrêa
	Minas Gerais	Boa Esporte and Tombense
	Pará	Paysandu and Remo
	Paraíba	Botafogo-PB and Treze
	Pernambuco	Náutico and Santa Cruz
	Rio Grande do Norte	ABC and Globo
1	Acre	Atlético Acreano
	Ceará	Ferroviário
	Mato Grosso	Luverdense
	Rio de Janeiro	Volta Redonda
	Sergipe	Confiança

Personnel

Team	Home city	Manager	Kit Manufacturer
ABC	Natal	Roberto Fernandes	ERK
Atlético Acreano	Rio Branco	Álvaro Miguéis	Criare
Boa Esporte	Varginha	Nedo Xavier	GSport
Botafogo-PB	João Pessoa	Evaristo Piza	Karilu
Confiança	Aracaju	Daniel Paulista	WA Sport
Ferroviário	Fortaleza	Marcelo Veiga	BM9 Sports
Globo	Ceará-Mirim	Higor César	AM Confecção
Imperatriz	Imperatriz	Paulinho Kobayashi	Embratex
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	Fahel	19treze (Club manufactured kit)
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	Maico Gaúcho	Kanxa
Náutico	Recife	Gilmar Dal Pozzo	N Seis (Club Manufactured kit)
Paysandu	Belém	Hélio dos Anjos	Lobo (Club manufactured kit)
Remo	Belém	Márcio Fernandes	Topper
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	João Brigatti	Tubarão 1923 (Club manufactured kit)
Santa Cruz	Recife	Milton Mendes	Cobra Coral (Club manufactured kit)
São José	Porto Alegre	Rafael Jaques	Mega Sports
Tombense	Tombos	Eugênio Souza	Vettor
Treze	Campina Grande	Celso Teixeira	Karilu
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Toninho Andrade	Ícone sports
Ypiranga	Erechim	Fabiano Daitx	Clanel

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie is only between two teams). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams shared the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).^[7]

The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Náutico	18	10	3	5	24	18	+6	33	Advance to Final stages
2	Sampaio Corrêa	18	9	4	5	22	19	+3	31
3	Imperatriz	18	8	4	6	27	22	+5	28
4	Confiança	18	7	5	6	22	22	0	26
5	Ferroviário	18	7	4	7	21	20	+1	25
6	Botafogo-PB	18	6	7	5	26	22	+4	25
7	Santa Cruz	18	6	7	5	24	27	−3	25
8	Treze	18	5	4	9	22	27	−5	19
9	ABC	18	4	6	8	19	22	−3	18	Relegation to 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	Globo	18	4	4	10	19	27	−8	16	Relegation to 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.

Results

Home \ Away	ABC	BOT	CON	FER	GLO	IMP	NAU	SAM	SAN	TRE
ABC	—	1–2	1–2	2–4	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Botafogo-PB	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–2
Confiança	1–0	3–0	—	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1
Ferroviário	1–2	0–0	2–2	—	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	3–2
Globo	0–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	3–1
Imperatriz	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–2
Náutico	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	—	2–1	3–1	1–0
Sampaio Corrêa	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	—	1–0	2–0
Santa Cruz	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–3	—	2–2
Treze	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	—

Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ypiranga	18	7	7	4	18	10	+8	28	Advance to Final stages
2	Juventude	18	7	7	4	20	14	+6	28
3	São José	18	6	10	2	25	17	+8	28
4	Paysandu	18	6	10	2	18	11	+7	28
5	Remo	18	6	9	3	19	14	+5	27
6	Volta Redonda	18	6	7	5	22	19	+3	25
7	Tombense	18	6	5	7	17	20	−3	23
8	Boa Esporte	18	4	8	6	16	19	−3	20
9	Luverdense	18	1	10	7	13	19	−6	13	Relegation to 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	Atlético Acreano	18	2	5	11	12	37	−25	11	Relegation to 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	BOA	JUV	LUV	PAY	REM	SAO	TOM	VOL	YPI
Atlético Acreano	—	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1
Boa Esporte	0–0	—	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1
Juventude	3–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1
Luverdense	4–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1
Paysandu	4–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Remo	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	—	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–0
São José	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	—	2–0	4–2	0–0
Tombense	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–1
Volta Redonda	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	—	1–2
Ypiranga	2–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	—

Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[7]

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 16).

Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 17).^[7]

Bracket

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals

Imperatriz	0	0	0

Juventude	0	4	4
				Juventude	2	1	3 (3)

				Náutico (p)	1	2	3 (4)
Paysandu	0	2	2 (3)

Náutico (p)	0	2	2 (5)
								Náutico	3	2	5

								Sampaio Corrêa	1	2	3
Confiança	1	1	2

Ypiranga	0	1	1
				Confiança	0	0	0

				Sampaio Corrêa	2	1	3
São José	0	2	2

Sampaio Corrêa	0	3	3

Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 31 August to 9 September 2019.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paysandu	2–2 (3–5 p)	Náutico	0–0	2–2
Imperatriz	0–4	Juventude	0–0	0–4
São José	2–3	Sampaio Corrêa	0–0	2–3
Confiança	2–1	Ypiranga	1–0	1–1

Group C

1 September 2019	Paysandu	0–0	Náutico	Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém
18:00		Report		Attendance: 22,815 Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

8 September 2019	Náutico	2–2 (5–3 p)	Paysandu	Estádio dos Aflitos, Recife
18:00	Álvaro 64' Jean Carlos 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Vinícius Leite 24' Nicolas 55'	Attendance: 16,662 Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)
	Penalties
	Jean Carlos Jhonnatan Willian Simões Josa Matheus Carvalho		Caíque Oliveira Tony Wellington Reis Uchôa

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Náutico won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals

Group D

2 September 2019	Imperatriz	0–0	Juventude	Estádio Frei Epifânio D'Abadia, Imperatriz
20:00		Report		Attendance: 8,769 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Rio de Janeiro)

9 September 2019	Juventude	4–0	Imperatriz	Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, Caxias do Sul
20:00	Renato Cajá 4', 17', 60' Carlos Henrique 18'	Report		Attendance: 18,413 Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques (Paraná)

Juventude won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group E

31 August 2019	São José	0–0	Sampaio Corrêa	Estádio Passo D'Areia, Porto Alegre
19:15		Report		Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

7 September 2019	Sampaio Corrêa	3–2	São José	Castelão, São Luís
19:15	Rodrigo Andrade 12' (pen.) Salatiel 64' Luiz Eduardo 78' (o.g.)	Report	Lucão 62' Matheusinho 65'	Attendance: 26,807 Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (São Paulo)

Sampaio Corrêa won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group F

31 August 2019	Confiança	1–0	Ypiranga	Batistão, Aracaju
17:00	Tito 25'	Report		Attendance: 11,899 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)

7 September 2019	Ypiranga	1–1	Confiança	Estádio Olímpico Colosso da Lagoa, Erechim
17:00	Paulinho 19'	Report	Vinícius Simon 84'	Attendance: 7,971 Referee: Raphael Claus (São Paulo)

Confiança won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Semi-finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Náutico	20	10	5	5	26	20	+6	35	2nd leg
3	Juventude	20	8	8	4	24	14	+10	32	1st leg

2	Sampaio Corrêa	20	10	5	5	25	21	+4	35	2nd leg
4	Confiança	20	8	6	6	24	23	+1	30	1st leg

Source: CBF

The matches were played from 14 to 22 September 2019.^[9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventude	3–3 (3–4 p)	Náutico	2–1	1–2
Confiança	0–3	Sampaio Corrêa	0–2	0–1

Group G

15 September 2019	Juventude	2–1	Náutico	Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, Caxias do Sul
18:00	Gabriel Poveda 69' Eltinho 90+4'	Report	Álvaro 36'	Attendance: 10,694 Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

22 September 2019	Náutico	2–1 (4–3 p)	Juventude	Estádio dos Aflitos, Recife
18:00	Álvaro 16', 31'	Report	Genílson 78'	Attendance: 13,084 Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)
	Penalties
	Jiménez Josa Maylson Álvaro Matheus Carvalho		Eltinho Genílson Rodríguez Denner Dalberto

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Náutico won on penalties and advanced to the finals

Group H

14 September 2019	Confiança	0–2	Sampaio Corrêa	Batistão, Aracaju
17:00		Report	Esquerdinha 21' Salatiel 58'	Attendance: 13,705 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)

21 September 2019	Sampaio Corrêa	1–0	Confiança	Castelão, São Luís
17:00	Vítor Salvador 69'	Report		Attendance: 14,190 Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques (Paraná)

Sampaio Corrêa won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals

Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Sampaio Corrêa	22	12	5	5	28	21	+7	41	2nd leg
2	Náutico	22	11	5	6	29	23	+6	38	1st leg

Source: CBF

The matches were played on 29 September and 6 October 2019.^[10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Náutico	5–3	Sampaio Corrêa	3–1	2–2

Group I

29 September 2019	Náutico	3–1	Sampaio Corrêa	Estádio dos Aflitos, Recife
16:00	João Victor 28' (o.g.) Camutanga 55' Jhonnatan 87'	Report	Roney 33'	Attendance: 16,148 Referee: Héber Lopes (Santa Catarina)

6 October 2019	Sampaio Corrêa	2–2	Náutico	Castelão, São Luís
16:00	Everton 13' Salatiel 82'	Report	Álvaro 51' Matheus Carvalho 85'	Attendance: 26,809 Referee: Flávio Rodrigues de Souza (São Paulo)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Eduardo	Treze	8
	Luiz Eduardo	São José
	Negueba	Globo
	Salatiel	Sampaio Corrêa
5	Edson Cariús	Ferroviário	7
	Felipe Alves	Botafogo-PB
	Jefinho	ABC
	Matheus Lima	Imperatriz
	Pipico	Santa Cruz
10	Álvaro	Náutico	6
10	Núbio Flávio	Volta Redonda	6

Source: CBF

References

^ "CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO DA SÉRIE C TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 19 February 2019.
^ "Série D 2018: três equipes confirmam acesso à Série C 2019" (in Portuguese). CBF. 9 July 2018.
^ "Nos pênaltis, Ferroviário-CE conquista acesso à Série C de 2019" (in Portuguese). CBF. 9 July 2018.
^ "CSA e Avaí conquistam acesso à Série A de 2019" (in Portuguese). CBF. 24 November 2018.
^ "Juventude, Náutico, Confiança e Sampaio Corrêa sobem para a Série B" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil-EBC. 10 September 2019.
^ "Náutico empata com o Sampaio Corrêa e é campeão da Série C" (in Portuguese). Globo. 6 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Regulamento Específico da Competição - Campeonato Brasileiro da Série C 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
^ "Tabela detalhada das quartas de final do Brasileiro Série C" (in Portuguese). CBF. 26 August 2019.
^ "Brasileirão Série C: confira a tabela detalhada das semifinais" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 September 2019.
^ "Brasileirão Série C: definida tabela detalhada das finais" (in Portuguese). CBF. 24 September 2019.

[1] "CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO DA SÉRIE C TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 19 February 2019.

[2] "Série D 2018: três equipes confirmam acesso à Série C 2019" (in Portuguese). CBF. 9 July 2018.

[3] "Nos pênaltis, Ferroviário-CE conquista acesso à Série C de 2019" (in Portuguese). CBF. 9 July 2018.

[4] "CSA e Avaí conquistam acesso à Série A de 2019" (in Portuguese). CBF. 24 November 2018.

[5] "Juventude, Náutico, Confiança e Sampaio Corrêa sobem para a Série B" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil-EBC. 10 September 2019.

[6] "Náutico empata com o Sampaio Corrêa e é campeão da Série C" (in Portuguese). Globo. 6 October 2019.

[regulations-7] "Regulamento Específico da Competição - Campeonato Brasileiro da Série C 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.

[8] "Tabela detalhada das quartas de final do Brasileiro Série C" (in Portuguese). CBF. 26 August 2019.

[9] "Brasileirão Série C: confira a tabela detalhada das semifinais" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 September 2019.

[10] "Brasileirão Série C: definida tabela detalhada das finais" (in Portuguese). CBF. 24 September 2019.

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