1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1996, the third level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 27 to December 8, 1996. The competition had 58 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série B.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	1996
Champions	Vila Nova
Promoted	Vila Nova Botafogo-SP
Biggest home win	CSA 7-0 Galícia (September 26, 1996)
Biggest away win	Botafogo Sobradinho 0-4 Francana (September 4, 1996)
Highest scoring	Avaí 7-2 Brasil de Pelotas (September 1, 1996)
Longest unbeaten run	Vila Nova (14 matches)
← 1995 1997 →

Stages of the competition

First phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rio Branco-AC	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ji-Paraná	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	4
3	São Raimundo	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	4

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10	Qualified for the second phase
2	Baré	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7
3	GAS	4	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gurupi	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7	Qualified for the second phase
2	Sampaio Corrêa	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
3	Kaburé	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fortaleza	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ferroviário	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	Cori-Sabbá	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
4	River	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Potiguar de Mossoró	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	Qualified for the second phase
2	Pauferrense	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3[lower-alpha 1]

Source: rsssfbrasil.com
Notes:

1. Potiguar won the 1st place by a draw

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Catuense	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5
3	Confiança	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSA	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15	Qualified for the second phase
2	Fluminense de Feira	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9
3	Itabaiana	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
4	Galícia	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Operário-MS	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Mixto	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5
3	Comercial-MS	4	0	2	2	0	2	−2	2

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vila Nova	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Uberlândia	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
3	Anápolis	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo Sobradinho	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Francana	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
3	Uberaba	6	3	1	2	4	4	0	10
4	Planaltina	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estrela do Norte	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Qualified for the second phase
2	Colatina	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6
3	Vitória-ES	4	1	0	3	3	5	−2	3

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rio Branco-SP	8	5	3	0	18	3	+15	18	Qualified for the second phase
2	Lousano Paulista	8	4	2	2	8	7	+1	14
3	Juventus	8	2	3	3	7	7	0	9
4	Tupi	8	2	2	4	4	11	−7	8
5	Barra Mansa	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo-SP	8	4	3	1	15	5	+10	15	Qualified for the second phase
2	Corinthians de Presidente Prudente	8	4	0	4	13	17	−4	12
3	Comercial-SP	8	3	2	3	11	9	+2	11
4	União Bandeirante	8	2	4	2	7	7	0	10
5	Matsubara	8	1	3	4	11	19	−8	6

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Soroacaba	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Rio Branco-PR	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	9
3	Jaraguá	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
4	Sãocarlense	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Qualified for the second phase
2	Cascavel	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9
3	Chapecoense	6	3	0	3	6	9	−3	9
4	São Luiz	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Group 16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Figueirense	8	4	2	2	12	7	+5	14	Qualified for the second phase
2	Tubarão	8	4	1	3	12	12	0	13
3	Pelotas	8	3	3	2	16	12	+4	12
4	Avaí	8	3	2	3	15	15	0	11
5	Brasil de Pelotas	8	0	4	4	5	14	−9	4

Source: rsssfbrasil.com

Second phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense de Feira	2–1	Colatina	2–0	0–1
Gurupi	0–7	Vila Nova	0–3	0–4
Ji-Paraná	4–2	Baré	1–1	3–1
Nacional	3–2	Rio Branco-AC	2–0	1–2
Potiguar de Mossoró	5–2	Ferroviário	4–1	1–1
Fortaleza	2–4	Sampaio Corrêa	1–3	1–1
CSA	2–1	Catuense	1–1	1–0
Pauferrense	1–1(a)	Porto	1–1	0–0
Botafogo Sobradinho	2–3	Mixto	0–0	2–3
Operário-MS	4–8	Francana	2–2	2–6
Rio Branco-PR	6–2	Corinthians de Presidente Prudente	4–0	2–2
Lousano Paulista	2–2(a)	Figueirense	2–1	0–1
Tubarão	4–2	Caxias	1–1	3–1
Estrela do Norte	3–5	Rio Branco-SP	2–1	1–4
Atlético Sorocaba	2–2(p)	Cascavel	2–0	0–2
Botafogo-SP	4–1	Uberlândia	2–0	2–1

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense de Feira	1–5	Vila Nova	0–2	1–3
Ji-Paraná	1–2	Nacional	1–0	0–2
Potiguar de Mossoró	2–6	Sampaio Corrêa	2–1	0–5
Porto	3–1	CSA	3–1	0–0
Mixto	2–6	Francana	1–3	1–3
Rio Branco-PR	1–2	Figueirense	1–0	0–2
Tubarão	3–6	Rio Branco-SP	3–1	0–5
Botafogo-SP	3–1	Atlético Sorocaba	2–0	1–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nacional	0–4	Vila Nova	0–1	0–3
Sampaio Corrêa	5–5(a)	Porto	4–3	1–2
Francana	4–4(p)	Figueirense	3–1	1–3
Botafogo-SP	3–1	Rio Branco-SP	2–0	1–1

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	3–5	Vila Nova	0–0	3–5
Figueirense	2–3	Botafogo-SP	2–0	0–3

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vila Nova	3–1	Botafogo-SP	2–1	1–0

Sources

• "Brazil Third Level 1996". rsssfbrasil.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2020-01-05.