2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The Serie C of the Brazilian Championship 2016 is a football competition being held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It is being contested by 20 clubs in two geographic groups.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	2016
Champions	Boa Esporte
Promoted	ABC Boa Esporte Guarani Juventude
Relegated	América de Natal Portuguesa Ríver Guaratinguetá
Matches played	194
Goals scored	435 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	12 goals Jones Carioca, ABC
Biggest home win	6–0 Guarani v ABC SF 2nd leg, 23 Oct
Biggest away win	0–5 Guaratinguetá v Juventude R2, 29 May Portuguesa v Botafogo-SP R4, 12 June
Highest attendance	63,903 Fortaleza 1–1 Juventude QF 2nd leg, 9 October
Lowest attendance	4 Guaratinguetá 0–3 Macaé R16, 4 September
Total attendance	762,264
Average attendance	4,055
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 19:12, 9 November 2016 (UTC).

Teams

ABC
América-RN

ASA

Boa Esporte

Botafogo-PB

Botafogo-SP

Confiança

Cuiabá

Fortaleza

Guarani

Guaratinguetá

Juventude

Macaé

Mogi Mirim

Portuguesa

Remo

Ríver

Salgueiro

Tombense

Ypiranga de Erechim

Location of teams in 2016 Série C

Team	Home city	Manager
ABC	Natal	Geninho
América de Natal	Natal	Francisco Diá
ASA	Arapiraca	Paulo Foiani
Boa Esporte	Varginha	Ney da Matta
Botafogo-PB	João Pessoa	Itamar Schülle
Botafogo-SP	Ribeirão Preto	Márcio Fernandes
Confiança	Aracaju	Roberto Fernandes
Cuiabá	Cuiabá	Roberto Fonseca
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	Marquinhos Santos
Guarani	Campinas	Marcelo Chamusca
Guaratinguetá	Guaratinguetá	João Telê
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	Antônio Carlos Zago
Macaé	Macaé	Josué Teixeira
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	Mário Júnior
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Márcio Ribeiro
Remo	Belém	Waldemar Lemos
Ríver	Teresina	Marcão
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	Evandro Guimarães
Tombense	Tombos	Moacir Júnior
Ypiranga	Erechim	Leocir Dall'Astra

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
5	São Paulo	Botafogo, Guarani, Guaratinguetá, Mogi Mirim and Portuguesa
2	Minas Gerais	Boa Esporte and Tombense
	Rio Grande do Norte	ABC and América de Natal
	Rio Grande do Sul	Juventude and Ypiranga
1	Alagoas	ASA
	Ceará	Fortaleza
	Mato Grosso	Cuiabá
	Pará	Remo
	Paraíba	Botafogo
	Pernambuco	Salgueiro
	Piauí	Ríver
	Rio de Janeiro	Macaé
	Sergipe	Confiança

League table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortaleza (Q)	18	8	6	4	26	17	+9	30	Qualification for Final Stage
2	ABC (Q)	18	8	6	4	24	15	+9	30
3	Botafogo-PB (Q)	18	7	7	4	19	13	+6	28
4	ASA (Q)	18	6	8	4	16	15	+1	26
5	Remo	18	6	7	5	21	20	+1	25
6	Cuiabá	18	5	7	6	19	17	+2	22
7	Confiança	18	5	7	6	22	26	−4	22
8	Salgueiro	18	5	6	7	13	18	−5	21
9	América de Natal (R)	18	5	5	8	17	23	−6	20	Relegation to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	Ríver (R)	18	2	7	9	13	26	−13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2016. Source: Soccerway.com
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.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Home \ Away	ABC	AMN	ASA	BOT	CON	CUI	FOR	REM	RIV	SAL
ABC		1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0
América-RN	1–0		1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0
ASA	2–1	2–0		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0
Botafogo-PB	2–0	1–2	2–0		2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Confiança	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–2	3–5	4–1	2–1
Cuiabá	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0		2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Fortaleza	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0		4–1	1–1	3–1
Remo	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0		1–0	1–1
River	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–2		1–0
Salgueiro	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0

Source:
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	Guarani (Q)	18	11	5	2	26	11	+15	38	Qualification for Final Stage
2	Boa Esporte (Q)	18	10	5	3	28	10	+18	35
3	Botafogo-SP (Q)	18	8	7	3	28	13	+15	31
4	Juventude (Q)	18	8	6	4	28	18	+10	30
5	Tombense	18	8	5	5	27	16	+11	29
6	Ypiranga de Erechim	18	8	4	6	22	23	−1	28
7	Mogi Mirim	18	5	7	6	12	15	−3	22
8	Macaé	18	4	4	10	16	26	−10	16
9	Portuguesa (R)	18	4	2	12	13	26	−13	14	Relegation to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	Guaratinguetá (R)	18	1	1	16	13	55	−42	4

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2016. Source: Soccerway.com
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.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Home \ Away	BOA	BRP	GUA	GTA	JUV	MAC	MOG	POR	TOM	YPI
Boa Esporte		0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Botafogo-SP	2–0		1–2	6–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Guarani	2–1	0–0		4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Guaratinguetá	0–4	0–4	0–1		0–5	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3
Juventude	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–0		2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–1
Macaé	1–5	1–1	2–4	3–1	1–2		0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2
Mogi Mirim	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0		0–0	1–1	3–1
Portuguesa	0–2	0–5	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–0		0–2	3–1
Tombense	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–0		4–0
Ypiranga	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1

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

Final Stage

The final stage consists of three rounds of two-legged knock-out ties. In the quarter final, the team ranked 1st in Group A will play the team ranked 4th in Group B and so on.[1]

Bracket

Team shown first in each tie has home advantage in the 2nd leg.

	Quarter-Finals						Semi-Finals						Final
	Fortaleza	0	1	1
	Juventude (a)	0	1	1
							Juventude	1	1	2
							Boa Esporte	2	2	4
	Boa Esporte	0	1	1
	Botafogo-PB	0	0	0
													Boa Esporte	1	3	4
													Guarani	1	0	1
	ABC	0	1	1
	Botafogo-SP	0	0	0
							ABC	4	0	4
							Guarani	0	6	6
	Guarani	1	3	4
	ASA	3	0	3

Final

29 October, 2016

19:15 UTC−2

Guarani	1–1	Boa Esporte
Leandro Amaro  61'	Report	Rodolfo  75'

Estádio Brinco de Ouro, Campinas

Attendance: 13,345

5 November, 2016

18:45 UTC−2

Boa Esporte	3–0	Guarani
Braian  9' Fellipe Mateus  14' Kaio Cristian  90+2'	Report

Estádio Melão, Varginha

Attendance: 7,696

Top scorers

As of matches played 29 October 2016 [2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jones Carioca	ABC	12
2	Daniel	Tombense	9
	Reinaldo Alagoano	ASA
	Fumagalli	Guarani
5	Daniel Sobralense	Fortaleza	8
	Hugo	Juventude
7	Ricardinho	Boa Esporte	7
	Anselmo	Fortaleza
	Edno	Remo
	João Paulo	Ypiranga
	Daniel	Boa Esporte

References

1. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Campeonato Brasileiro da Série C 2016" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Retrieved 12 September 2016.