2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season2018
ChampionsOperário Ferroviário (1st title)
PromotedBotafogo-SP
Bragantino
Cuiabá
Operário Ferroviário
RelegatedJoinville
Juazeirense
Salgueiro
Tupi
Matches played194
Goals scored456 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorerCaio Dantas (11 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Acreano 5–0 Juazeirense
R5, 13 May
Cuiabá 5–0 Joinville
R14, 14 July
Biggest away winRemo 0–3 Confiança
R6, 20 May
Ypiranga 0–3 Botafogo-SP
R8, 3 June
Tupi 0–3 Bragantino
R11, 23 June
ABC 0–3 Santa Cruz
R12, 1 July
Atlético Acreano 0–3 Confiança
R17, 5 August
Botafogo-SP 0–3 Cuiabá
Semifinals 2nd leg, 8 September
Highest attendance34,474 Santa Cruz 1–0 Operário Ferroviário
Quarter-finals 1st leg, 19 August
Lowest attendance96 Ypiranga 3–0 Cuiabá
R16, 29 July
Total attendance605,023
Average attendance3,119
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The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 14 April and ended on 22 September 2018.[1]

Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Operário Ferroviário, Globo, Atlético Acreano and Juazeirense),[2] and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Luverdense, Santa Cruz, ABC and Náutico).[3]

Botafogo-SP, Bragantino, Cuiabá and Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[4]

Operário Ferroviário won the title after defeating Cuiabá in the final.[5]

Teams

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Location of teams in 2018 Série C
Pos. Relegated from 2017 Série B
17º Luverdense
18º Santa Cruz
19º ABC
20º Náutico
Pos. Promoted from 2017 Série D
1º Operário Ferroviário
2º Globo
3° Atlético Acreano
4º Juazeirense

Number of teams by state

Number of teams State Team(s)
3  Pernambuco Náutico, Salgueiro and Santa Cruz
2  Mato Grosso Cuiabá and Luverdense
 Minas Gerais Tombense and Tupi
 Rio Grande do Norte ABC and Globo
 São Paulo Botafogo-SP and Bragantino
1  Acre Atlético Acreano
 Bahia Juazeirense
 Pará Remo
 Paraíba Botafogo-PB
 Paraná Operário Ferroviário
 Rio de Janeiro Volta Redonda
 Rio Grande do Sul Ypiranga
 Santa Catarina Joinville
 Sergipe Confiança

Personnel

Team Home city Manager
ABC Natal Brazil Ranielle Ribeiro
Atlético Acreano Rio Branco Brazil Álvaro Miguéis
Botafogo-PB João Pessoa Brazil Evaristo Piza
Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Brazil Léo Condé
Bragantino Bragança Paulista Brazil Marcelo Veiga
Confiança Aracaju Brazil Betinho
Cuiabá Cuiabá Brazil Itamar Schülle
Globo Ceará-Mirim Brazil Higor César
Joinville Joinville Brazil Pedrinho Maradona
Juazeirense Juazeiro Brazil Evandro Guimarães
Luverdense Lucas do Rio Verde Brazil Maico Gaúcho
Náutico Recife Brazil Márcio Goiano
Operário Ferroviário Ponta Grossa Brazil Gerson Gusmão
Remo Belém Brazil Netão
Salgueiro Salgueiro Brazil Sérgio China
Santa Cruz Recife Brazil Roberto Fernandes
Tombense Tombos Brazil Eugênio Souza
Tupi Juiz de Fora Brazil Aílton Ferraz
Volta Redonda Volta Redonda Brazil Moacir Júnior
Ypiranga Erechim Brazil Márcio Nunes

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).[6]

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 9 4 5 26 22 +4 31 Advance to Final stages
2 Atlético Acreano 18 9 3 6 25 22 +3 30
3 Santa Cruz 18 7 7 4 22 13 +9 28
4 Botafogo-PB 18 6 8 4 22 17 +5 26
5 Confiança 18 5 8 5 24 25 −1 23
6 Remo 18 6 4 8 18 20 −2 22
7 Globo 18 4 10 4 19 19 0 22
8 ABC 18 6 3 9 18 24 −6 21
9 Juazeirense 18 4 7 7 16 20 −4 19 Relegation to 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10 Salgueiro 18 3 8 7 11 19 −8 17
Source: CBF

Results

Home \ Away ABC AAC BOT CON GLO JZE NAU REM SAL STA
ABC — 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–3
Atlético Acreano 3–0 — 1–0 0–3 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Botafogo-PB 2–0 1–0 — 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–3 0–0 2–0
Confiança 2–2 0–0 2–2 — 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 3–0 1–1
Globo 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2
Juazeirense 2–2 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 — 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Náutico 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–4 2–0 1–0 — 3–2 3–0 1–1
Remo 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–0
Salgueiro 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–0
Santa Cruz 0–0 3–1 2–3 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 —
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 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 18 10 5 3 30 14 +16 35 Advance to Final stages
2 Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário 18 10 5 3 25 17 +8 35
3 Mato Grosso Cuiabá 18 10 2 6 32 21 +11 32
4 São Paulo (state) Bragantino 18 8 5 5 21 16 +5 29
5 Mato Grosso Luverdense 18 7 3 8 27 25 +2 24
6 Minas Gerais Tombense 18 6 4 8 17 17 0 22
7 Rio Grande do Sul Ypiranga 18 6 4 8 25 27 −2 22
8 Rio de Janeiro (state) Volta Redonda 18 6 2 10 18 25 −7 20
9 Minas Gerais Tupi 18 6 2 10 19 30 −11 20 Relegation to Série D
10 Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 18 4 2 12 13 35 −22 14
Source: CBF

Results

Home \ Away BOT BRA CUI JEC LUV OPE TOM TUP VRE YPI
Botafogo-SP — 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–0
Bragantino 0–2 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Cuiabá 2–1 0–1 — 5–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–2
Joinville 0–2 0–2 2–3 — 4–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Luverdense 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–0 — 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–2
Operário Ferroviário 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 — 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Tombense 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–1 1–0 2–0
Tupi 1–1 0–3 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 — 2–1 4–1
Volta Redonda 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–3 — 3–2
Ypiranga 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 2–2 —
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:[6]

  • Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 17).
  • If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out was 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).[6]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
São Paulo (state) Bragantino 3 1 4
Pernambuco Náutico 1 1 2
São Paulo (state) Bragantino 0 0 0 (2)
Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário (p) 0 0 0 (4)
Pernambuco Santa Cruz 1 0 1
Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário 0 3 3
Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário 3 1 4
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 3 0 3
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 2 2 4
Acre (state) Atlético Acreano 0 2 2
Mato Grosso Cuiabá 0 3 3
São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 0 0 0
Paraíba Botafogo-PB 1 0 1 (3)
São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP (p) 0 1 1 (4)

Quarter-finals

The matches were played between 18 and 27 August 2018.[7]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bragantino São Paulo (state) 4–2 Pernambuco Náutico 3–1 1–1
Santa Cruz Pernambuco 1–3 Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário 1–0 0–3
Cuiabá Mato Grosso 4–2 Acre (state) Atlético Acreano 2–0 2–2
Botafogo-PB Paraíba 1–1 (3–4 p) São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 1–0 0–1

Group C

18 August 2018 Bragantino São Paulo (state) 3–1 Pernambuco Náutico Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista
16:00 Vitinho 28'
Marquinhos 45+1'
Fabiano 54'		 Report Ortigoza 73' Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)
26 August 2018 Náutico Pernambuco 1–1 São Paulo (state) Bragantino Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata
17:00 Wallace Pernambucano 83' Report Matheus Peixoto 33' Attendance: 27,469
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)

Bragantino won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group D

19 August 2018 Santa Cruz Pernambuco 1–0 Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário Estádio do Arruda, Recife
17:00 Vítor 45' Report Attendance: 49,476
Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro)
26 August 2018 Operário Ferroviário Paraná (state) 3–0 Pernambuco Santa Cruz Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa
15:00 Alisson 21'
Schumacher 72'
Dione 78'		 Report Attendance: 6,477
Referee: Raphael Claus (São Paulo)

Operário Ferroviário won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group E

20 August 2018 Cuiabá Mato Grosso 2–0 Acre (state) Atlético Acreano Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
21:00 Alê 36'
Edson Borges 87'		 Report Attendance: 24,895
Referee: Raphael Claus (São Paulo)
27 August 2018 Atlético Acreano Acre (state) 2–2 Mato Grosso Cuiabá Florestão, Rio Branco
21:00 Rafael Barros 81'
Diego 87'		 Report Alê 47'
Bruno Sávio 73'		 Attendance: 6,740
Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (São Paulo)

Cuiabá won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group F

19 August 2018 Botafogo-PB Paraíba 1–0 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP Almeidão, João Pessoa
19:00 Juninho 65' Report Attendance: 10,330
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Goiás)
26 August 2018 Botafogo-SP São Paulo (state) 1–0
(4–3 p)		 Paraíba Botafogo-PB Estádio Santa Cruz, Ribeirão Preto
19:00 Caio Dantas 90+3' Report Attendance: 23,950
Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)
Penalties
Tchô soccer ball with check mark
Caio Dantas soccer ball with check mark
Yuri soccer ball with check mark
Éverton Santos soccer ball with red X
Felipe Augusto soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Gedeílson
soccer ball with check mark Leandro Kivel
soccer ball with check mark Daniel Nazaré
soccer ball with red X Juninho
soccer ball with red X Marcos Aurélio

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Botafogo-SP won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals

Semi-finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
2 Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário 20 11 5 4 28 18 +10 38 2nd leg
4 São Paulo (state) Bragantino 20 9 6 5 25 18 +7 33 1st leg
1 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 20 11 5 4 31 15 +16 38 2nd leg
3 Mato Grosso Cuiabá 20 11 3 6 36 23 +13 36 1st leg
Source: CBF

The matches were played between 1 and 9 September 2018.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bragantino São Paulo (state) 0–0 (2–4 p) Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário 0–0 0–0
Cuiabá Mato Grosso 3–0 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 0–0 3–0

Group G

1 September 2018 Bragantino São Paulo (state) 0–0 Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragança Paulista
16:00 Report Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Igor Junio Benevenuto (Minas Gerais)
9 September 2018 Operário Ferroviário Paraná (state) 0–0
(4–2 p)		 São Paulo (state) Bragantino Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa
15:30 Report Attendance: 4,524
Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Santa Catarina)
Penalties
Bruno Batata soccer ball with check mark
Schumacher soccer ball with check mark
Cleyton soccer ball with check mark
Dione soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Robertinho
soccer ball with red X Rafael Chorão
soccer ball with red X Guilherme Mattis
soccer ball with check mark Marquinhos

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Operário Ferroviário won on penalties and advanced to the finals

Group H

2 September 2018 Cuiabá Mato Grosso 0–0 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
19:00 Report Attendance: 24,008
Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio (Distrito Federal)
8 September 2018 Botafogo-SP São Paulo (state) 0–3 Mato Grosso Cuiabá Estádio Santa Cruz, Ribeirão Preto
17:00 Report Jenison 3', 74'
Danilo 34'		 Attendance: 11,366
Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (Rio de Janeiro)

Cuiabá won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Mato Grosso Cuiabá 22 12 4 6 39 23 +16 40 2nd leg
2 Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário 22 11 7 4 28 18 +10 40 1st leg
Source: CBF

The matches were played on 16 and 22 September 2018.[9]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Operário Ferroviário Paraná (state) 4–3 Mato Grosso Cuiabá 3–3 1–0

Group I

16 September 2018 Operário Ferroviário Paraná (state) 3–3 Mato Grosso Cuiabá Estádio Germano Krüger, Ponta Grossa
15:30 Dione 1'
Erick 45'
Robinho 90'		 Report Marino 49', 64'
Jenison 66'		 Attendance: 5,439
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)
22 September 2018 Cuiabá Mato Grosso 0–1 Paraná (state) Operário Ferroviário Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
19:00 Report Bruno Batata 54' Attendance: 41,311
Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Rio de Janeiro)

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Caio Dantas São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 11
2 Felipe Augusto São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 9
Léo Ceará Sergipe Confiança
Marino Mato Grosso Cuiabá
5 Rafael Barros Acre (state) Atlético Acreano 8
6 Eduardo Acre (state) Atlético Acreano 7
Eduardo Ramos Mato Grosso Cuiabá
Jenison Mato Grosso Cuiabá
José Ortigoza Pernambuco Náutico
10 Marcos Aurélio Paraíba Botafogo-PB 6
Neto Acre (state) Atlético Acreano
Patrick Carvalho Minas Gerais Tupi
Paulo Renê Mato Grosso Luverdense
Pipico Pernambuco Santa Cruz
Robinho Pernambuco Náutico
Romarinho Rio Grande do Norte Globo

Source:CBF[10]

References

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  2. ^ "Conheça os semifinalistas da Série D 2017" (in Portuguese). CBF. 15 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Empate dramático salva o Guarani, rebaixa o Luverdense e fecha Z-4 da Série B" (in Portuguese). Globo. 17 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Série B de 2019: os quatro times que subiram por meio da Série C" (in Portuguese). CBF. 28 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Operário-PR vence o Cuiabá, consolida ascensão e coroa campanha com título da Série C" (in Portuguese). Globo. 22 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Regulamento Específico da Competição - Campeonato Brasileiro da Série C 2018" (PDF). CBF.
  7. ^ "Brasileiro Série C tem datas das quartas de final definidas" (in Portuguese). CBF. 13 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Tabela detalhada das semifinais do Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2018" (in Portuguese). CBF. 28 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Datas e horários das finais da Série C" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Artilharia - Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol - Série C" (in Portuguese). CBF.