2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

In 2011, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, will be contested by 20 clubs divided in four groups, followed by a playoff round, during 16 July and 13 November.^[1] The top four clubs, the ones which qualifies to the semifinals, will be promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B to be contested in 2012. Meanwhile, the bottom four clubs, the ones that finish in last place of each group, will be relegated to 2012 Série D.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	2011
Biggest home win	Paysandu 5–0 Araguaína (24 July)
Biggest away win	Fortaleza 1–3 América RN (23 July)
Highest scoring	Santo André 2–3 Brasil de Pelotas (17 July)
← 2010 2012 →

Team information

Araguaína

América (RN)

Brasil de Pelotas

Brasiliense

Campinense

Caxias

Chapecoense

CRB

Fortaleza

Guarany de Sobral

Ipatinga

Joinville

Luverdense

Macaé

Madureira

Marília

Paysandu

Rio Branco (AC)

Santo André

Águia de Marabá

Locations of the 2011 Série C teams (sorted by groups)

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	2010 season
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	Zinho de Oliveira	5,000	Série C 08th place
América (RN)	Natal	Machadão	35,000	Série B 19th place (relegated)
Araguaína	Araguaína	Mirandão	10,000	Série D 03rd place (promoted)
Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas	Bento Freitas	18,000	Série C 14th place
Brasiliense	Brasília	Boca do Jacaré	32,000	Série B 17th place (relegated)
Campinense	Campina Grande	Amigão	35,000	Série C 12th place
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	Centenário	30,434	Série C 13th place
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Arena Condá	15,000	Série C 07th place
CRB	Maceió	Rei Pelé	30,000	Série C 11th place
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	Castelão	60,326	Série C 10th place
Guarany de Sobral	Sobral	Estádio do Junco	15,000	Série D 01st place (promoted)
Ipatinga	Ipatinga	Ipatingão	20,500	Série B 20th place (relegated)
Joinville	Joinville	Arena Joinville	22,500	Série D 04th place (promoted)
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	Paço das Emas	7,000	Série C 09th place
Macaé	Macaé	Cláudio Moacyr de Azevedo	15,000	Série C 05th place
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro	Conselheiro Galvão	10,000	Série D 02nd place (promoted)
Marília	Marília	Bento de Abreu	19,500	Série C 16th place
Paysandu	Belém	Curuzu	16,500	Série C 06th place
Rio Branco (AC)	Rio Branco	Arena da Floresta	20,000	Série C 15th place
Santo André	Santo André	Bruno José Daniel	18,000	Série B 18th place (relegated)

Format

• First Stage: The 20 teams are divided in four groups of 5, playing within them in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group advance towards next stage. The last placed team in each group is relegated to Série D 2012
• Second Stage: The eight qualified teams are divided in two groups of 4, playing within them in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group are promoted to Série B 2012.Winners qualify to the Finals.
• Finals: Second stage winners play in two-leg format, home and away. Winners are declared champions.^[2]

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings

1. Higher number of wins

2. Superior goal difference

3. Higher number of goals scored

First stage

Group A (North)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paysandu	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6	14	Advances to Second Stage
2	Luverdense	8	4	1	3	11	6	+5	13
3	Águia de Marabá	8	4	1	3	11	8	+3	13
4	Rio Branco-AC	8	5	1	2	12	10	+2	16[a]	Relegation to Série D
5	Araguaína	8	0	1	7	3	19	−16	1	Relegation to Série D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Rio Branco/AC was excluded from the competition due to having appealed to the common courts about the interdiction of their stadium.

Group B (Northeast)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América de Natal	8	5	1	2	16	8	+8	16	Advances to Second Stage
2	CRB	8	3	2	3	7	13	−6	11
3	Guarany de Sobral	8	2	3	3	9	9	0	9
4	Fortaleza	8	2	3	3	11	12	−1	9
5	Campinense	8	2	3	3	7	8	−1	9	Relegation to Série D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C (Southeast/Central-West)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ipatinga	8	6	0	2	15	8	+7	18	Advances to Second Stage
2	Brasiliense	8	4	1	3	8	5	+3	13
3	Madureira	8	3	1	4	7	8	−1	10
4	Macaé	8	2	2	4	14	17	−3	8
5	Marília	8	2	2	4	11	17	−6	8	Relegation to Série D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D (South/Southeast)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chapecoense	8	5	1	2	13	7	+6	16	Advances to Second Stage
2	Joinville	8	4	3	1	17	11	+6	15
3	Caxias	8	2	2	4	11	14	−3	8
4	Santo André	8	2	2	4	8	13	−5	8
5	Brasil de Pelotas	8	2	2	4	11	15	−4	2[a]	Relegation to Série D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Brasil de Pelotas was deducted six points for fielding an ineligible player.

Second stage

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	CRB	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12	Promoted and Qualified to the Finals
2	América-RN	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	9	Promoted
3	Paysandu	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7
4	Luverdense	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Joinville	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	Promoted and Qualified to the Finals
2	Ipatinga	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9	Promoted
3	Chapecoense	6	1	2	3	12	12	0	5
4	Brasiliense	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Finals

First leg

26 November 2011 (2011-11-26)

CRB	1–3	Joinville
Geovani 53'		Filipe 10' (o.g.) Glaydson 23' Aldair 90+3'

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Attendance: 15557

Referee: Alício Pena Júnior

Second leg

3 December 2011 (2011-12-03)

Joinville	4–0	CRB
Lima 45+1' Eduardo 75' Pedro Paulo 79' Gilton 86'

Arena Joinville, Joinville

Attendance: 19115

Referee: Fabrício Neves Corrêa

Final standings

Note that no round-robin will be played involving all clubs; positions will depend on individual scoring.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Joinville (C, P)	16	11	4	1	38	16	+22	37	Promotion to Série B
2	CRB (P)	16	6	5	5	15	22	−7	23
3	Ipatinga (P)	14	9	0	5	24	19	+5	27
4	América de Natal (P)	14	7	4	3	22	12	+10	25
5	Chapecoense	14	6	3	5	25	19	+6	21
6	Paysandu	14	6	3	5	18	15	+3	21
7	Brasiliense	14	5	2	7	17	21	−4	17
8	Luverdense	14	4	4	6	15	14	+1	16
9	Águia de Marabá	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14
10	Madureira	8	3	1	4	7	8	−1	10
11	Guarany de Sobral	8	2	3	3	9	9	0	9
12	Fortaleza	8	2	3	3	11	12	−1	9
13	Macaé	8	2	2	4	14	17	−3	8
14	Caxias	8	2	2	4	11	14	−3	8
15	Santo André	8	2	2	4	8	13	−5	8
16	Campinense (R)	8	2	3	3	7	8	−1	9	Relegation to Série D
17	Marília (R)	8	2	2	4	11	17	−6	8
18	Brasil de Pelotas (R)	8	2	2	4	11	15	−4	2
19	Araguaína (R)	8	0	1	7	3	19	−16	1
20	Rio Branco-AC (R, D)	8	5	1	2	12	10	+2	16	Relegation to Série D

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1st stage classification; 2nd points; 3rd wins; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th head-to-head results; 7th least red cards received; 8th least yellow cards received; 9th draw
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated