1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1988, known as the Divisão de Acesso,^[1] was a football series played from 22 October to 18 December 1988. It was the third level of the Brazilian National League. The competition had 43 clubs, and two of them were originally promoted to Série B.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	1988
Champions	União São João
Promoted	none
Matches played	172
Goals scored	414 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kel (União São João), 9 goals
Biggest home win	Campinense 5–1 ABC (30 November)
Biggest away win	Guarany de Cruz Alta 1–5 Iguaçu (23 October)
Highest scoring	Tupi 3–3 Porto Alegre-RJ (23 October) Guarany de Cruz Alta 1–5 Iguaçu (23 October) Sergipe 3–3 Confiança (9 November) Campinense 5–1 ABC (30 November)
← 1981 1990 →

In 1989, the Brazilian Football Confederation declared that the 1988 Série C was a deficitary tournament, deciding to extinguish it and allowing 96 teams in the 1989 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.^[1]

First phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ABC	CAM	FER	AME
1	ABC	6	5	0	0	1	9	5	+4	15	Advance to Second phase			2–0	3–1	2–1
2	Campinense	6	3	0	1	2	7	5	+2	10			3–0		1–0	1–1 (4–5 pen.)
3	Ferroviário	6	2	0	0	4	6	9	−3	6			0–1	0–1		2–1
4	América	6	1	1	0	4	7	10	−3	5			0–1	2–1	2–3

Source: ^[2]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOT	PAU	AUT	ALE
1	Botafogo	6	4	1	1	0	10	4	+6	15	Advance to Second phase			0–1	2–1	1–1 (4–3 pen.)
2	Paulistano	6	2	1	0	3	5	5	0	8			0–1		0–1	0–0 (4–3 pen.)
3	Auto Esporte	6	2	1	0	3	5	9	−4	8			1–3	1–4		1–0
4	Alecrim	6	0	1	3	2	2	4	−2	5			1–1 (4–3 pen.)	0–1	0–0 (5–6 pen.)

Source: ^[2]

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CON	SER	CAP	COM
1	Confiança	4	1	2	1	0	5	4	+1	8	Advance to Second phase			1–1 (4–3 pen.)	1–0	–
2	Sergipe	4	1	1	1	1	7	5	+2	6			3–3 (3–2 pen.)		3–0	–
3	Capelense	4	1	0	1	2	1	4	−3	4			0–0 (3–5 pen.)	1–0		–
4	Comercial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–

Source: ^[2]

• Comercial withdrew from the tournament.^[2]

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAG	ATL	SER
1	Lagarto	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to Second phase			1–1 (4–3 pen.)	–
2	Atlético Alagoinhas	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1			0–1		–
3	Serrano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–

Source: ^[2]

• Serrano withdrew from the tournament.^[2]

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TIR	ANA	TAG	MIX
1	Tiradentes	6	4	1	1	0	10	4	+6	15	Advance to Second phase			1–1 (2–4 pen.)	2–1	2–0
2	Anápolis	6	1	2	2	1	6	6	0	9			1–3		0–0 (4–5 pen.)	1–1 (6–5 pen.)
3	Taguatinga	6	1	1	1	3	3	5	−2	6			0–0 (3–4 pen.)	0–2		2–0
4	Mixto	6	1	1	1	3	4	8	−4	6			1–2	1–1 (4–2 pen.)	1–0

Source: ^[2]

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COM	NOV	DOU	AME
1	Comercial	4	1	2	1	0	3	1	+2	8	Advance to Second phase			0–0 (4–3 pen.)	0–0 (7–6 pen.)	–
2	Novorizontino	4	1	1	1	1	3	1	+2	6			0–0 (3–1 pen.)		2–0	–
3	Douradense	4	1	0	1	2	3	6	−3	4			1–3	2–1		–
4	América	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–

Source: ^[2]

• América withdrew from the tournament.^[2]

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FER	UBI	XVJ
1	Ferroviária	4	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	8	Advance to Second phase			1–0	3–2
2	Ubiratan	4	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	6			1–0		2–2 (0–3 pen.)
3	XV de Jaú	4	0	1	2	1	4	5	−1	4			0–0 (4–5 pen.)	0–0 (3–4 pen.)

Source: ^[2]

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	DES	TUP	CAB
1	Porto Alegre	6	1	4	1	0	7	6	+1	12	Advance to Second phase			1–0	0–0 (6–5 pen.)	0–0 (3–4 pen.)
2	Desportiva	6	2	1	2	1	10	7	+3	10			2–2 (2–3 pen.)		1–1 (6–7 pen.)	1–1 (3–2 pen.)
3	Tupi	6	1	2	2	1	7	9	−2	9			3–3 (4–5 pen.)	1–4		2–1
4	Cabofriense	6	0	1	3	2	4	6	−2	5			1–1 (1–3 pen.)	1–2	0–0 (2–4 pen.)

Source: ^[2]

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USJ	ESP	FAB	MOG
1	União São João	6	4	0	1	1	7	2	+5	13	Advance to Second phase			1–0	2–0	3–1
2	Esportivo	6	2	1	1	2	3	3	0	9			0–1		1–0	1–0
3	Fabril	6	2	0	1	3	5	7	−2	7			1–0	1–1 (5–6 pen.)		2–1
4	Mogi Mirim	6	1	2	0	3	4	7	−3	7			0–0 (5–4 pen.)	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	2–1

Source: ^[2]

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VRE	STA	XVP	COL
1	Volta Redonda	6	2	3	1	0	6	4	+2	13	Advance to Second phase			1–0	1–1 (4–1 pen.)	1–1 (4–2 pen.)
2	Santo André	6	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	12			0–0 (5–6 pen.)		0–0 (8–7 pen.)	4–1
3	XV de Piracicaba	6	1	1	3	1	5	4	+1	8			1–1 (4–3 pen.)	0–1		2–0
4	Colorado	6	0	1	1	4	4	11	−7	3			1–2	0–1	1–1 (3–0 pen.)

Source: ^[2]

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FIG	BRU	ESP	INT
1	Figueirense	6	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	11	Advance to Second phase			1–1 (3–2 pen.)	3–0	2–0
2	Brusque	6	2	2	1	1	4	2	+2	11			0–1		2–0	1–0
3	Esportivo	6	2	0	2	2	6	8	−2	8			3–1	0–0 (3–5 pen.)		2–2 (6–7 pen.)
4	Inter de Santa Maria	6	1	1	1	3	4	6	−2	6			2–0	0–0 (4–5 pen.)	0–1

Source: ^[2]

Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAR	BLU	IGU	GUA
1	Marcílio Dias	6	4	1	0	1	7	4	+3	14	Advance to Second phase			1–1 (4–3 pen.)	2–0	1–0
2	Blumenau	6	4	0	1	1	11	5	+6	13			3–1		2–0	2–0
3	Iguaçu	6	2	1	0	3	8	8	0	8			0–1	1–0		2–2 (5–4 pen.)
4	Guarany	6	0	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1			0–1	2–3	1–5

Source: ^[2]

Second phase

Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOT	CAM	ABC	PAU
1	Botafogo	6	4	0	1	1	8	5	+3	13	Advance to Third phase			2–1	1–0	0–2
2	Campinense	6	3	0	0	3	14	11	+3	9			1–3		5–1	3–2
3	ABC	6	2	1	0	3	5	8	−3	8			1–1 (5–4 pen.)	2–0		1–0
4	Paulistano	6	2	0	0	4	6	9	−3	6			0–1	1–4	1–0

Source: ^[3]

Group 14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAG	ATL	SER	CON
1	Lagarto	6	2	3	0	1	6	5	+1	12	Advance to Third phase			2–2 (6–5 pen.)	1–1 (6–5 pen.)	2–1
2	Atlético Alagoinhas	6	3	0	2	1	6	4	+2	11			0–0 (4–5 pen.)		1–0	2–0
3	Sergipe	6	2	0	2	2	5	4	+1	8			0–1	2–0		1–0
4	Confiança	6	1	1	0	4	3	7	−4	5			1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–1 pen.)

Source: ^[3]

Group 15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TIR	ANA	UBI	COM
1	Tiradentes	6	4	0	0	2	11	7	+4	12	Advance to Third phase			3–2	1–0	1–0
2	Anápolis	6	2	2	0	2	5	5	0	10			1–0		0–0 (4–2 pen.)	0–0 (5–4 pen.)
3	Ubiratan	6	2	0	2	2	6	6	0	8			3–2	2–1		1–2
4	Comercial	6	1	1	1	3	3	7	−4	6			1–4	0–1	0–0 (4–1 pen.)

Source: ^[3]

Group 16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	VRE	POR	DES
1	Esportivo	6	3	0	3	0	9	3	+6	12	Advance to Third phase		—	1–0	3–0	0–0 (8–9 pen.)
2	Volta Redonda	6	2	1	1	2	6	7	−1	9			1–1 (10–9 pen.)	—	1–0	3–0
3	Porto Alegre	6	2	1	0	3	6	7	−1	8			1–1 (4–3 pen.)	4–0	—	0–2
4	Desportiva	6	1	2	0	3	4	8	−4	7			1–3	1–1 (4–2 pen.)	0–1	—

Source: ^[3]

Group 17

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USJ	STA	BLU	BRU
1	União São João	6	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	11	Advance to Third phase			1–0	1–2	4–0
2	Santo André	6	3	0	2	1	8	5	+3	11			1–1 (1–2 pen.)		2–1	3–1
3	Blumenau	6	1	3	0	2	5	6	−1	9			0–1	1–1 (9–8 pen.)		1–1 (4–3 pen.)
4	Brusque	6	1	0	2	3	4	9	−5	5			2–0	0–1	0–0 (6–7 pen.)

Source: ^[3]

Group 18

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAR	FER	NOV	FIG
1	Marcílio Dias	6	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	12	Advance to Third phase			2–0	3–1	1–1 (4–3 pen.)
2	Ferroviária	6	2	1	1	2	5	4	+1	9			1–1 (4–2 pen.)		2–0	2–0
3	Novorizontino	6	2	1	0	3	8	6	+2	8			3–0	0–0 (4–3 pen.)		1–0
4	Figueirense	6	2	0	1	3	3	5	−2	7			0–1	1–0	1–0

Source: ^[3]

Third phase

Group 19

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	BOT	LAG
1	Esportivo	4	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	8	Advance to the Finals			4–0	4–0
2	Botafogo	4	2	0	0	2	5	7	−2	6			2–1		2–0
3	Lagarto	4	1	0	1	2	2	7	−5	4			0–0 (3–4 pen.)	2–1

Source: ^[3]

Group 20

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USJ	MAR	TIR
1	União São João	4	2	0	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Advance to the Finals			1–0	3–1
2	Marcílio Dias	4	2	0	0	2	4	4	0	6			2–1		2–1
3	Tiradentes	4	1	1	0	2	3	5	−2	5			0–0 (6–5 pen.)	1–0

Source: ^[3]

Final

16 December 1988

Esportivo	1–1	União São João
Telo 77'	[3]	24' Kel

Estádio Municipal Starling Soares, Passos, Minas Gerais

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18 December 1988

União São João	2–2	Esportivo
Kel 14' Odair 41'	[3]	78' Telo 88' Luís Carlos

Estádio Engenho Grande, Araras, São Paulo

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União São João declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions after having a better record (bigger number of wins) during the tournament.^[1]