2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs. The competition started on 14 May and ended on 21 October 2017.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	2017
Champions	CSA (1st title)
Promoted	CSA Fortaleza Sampaio Corrêa São Bento
Relegated	ASA Macaé Mogi Mirim Moto Club
Matches played	194
Goals scored	418 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	13 goals Rafael Grampola, Joinville
Biggest home win	8–1 Joinville v Mogi Mirim R18, 9 September
Biggest away win	0–3 Bragantino v São Bento R7, 24 June Macaé v Volta Redonda R10, 15 July Mogi Mirim v Ypiranga R14, 12 August
Highest attendance	43,778 Fortaleza 1–2 CSA Finals 1st leg, 14 October
Lowest attendance	98 Mogi Mirim 3–0 Macaé R17, 2 September
Total attendance	825,801
Average attendance	4,301
← 2016 2018 →

CSA, Fortaleza, Sampaio Corrêa and São Bento qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

CSA won the title after defeating Fortaleza in the final.^[1]

Teams

ASA

Bragantino

Botafogo-PB

Botafogo-SP

Confiança

CSA

Cuiabá

Fortaleza

Joinville

Macaé

Mogi Mirim

Moto Club

Sampaio Corrêa

Remo

Salgueiro

São Bento

Tombense

Tupi

Volta Redonda

Ypiranga

Location of teams in 2017 Série C

Pos. Relegated from 2016 Serie B 17º Joinville 18º Bragantino 19º Tupi 20º Sampaio Corrêa

Pos. Promoted from 2016 Serie D 1º Volta Redonda 2º CSA 3° Moto Club 4º São Bento

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
4	São Paulo	Botafogo, Bragantino, Mogi Mirim and São Bento
2	Alagoas	CSA and ASA
	Maranhão	Moto Club and Sampaio Corrêa
	Minas Gerais	Tupi and Tombense
	Rio de Janeiro	Macaé and Volta Redonda
1	Ceará	Fortaleza
	Mato Grosso	Cuiabá
	Pará	Remo
	Paraíba	Botafogo
	Pernambuco	Salgueiro
	Rio Grande do Sul	Ypiranga
	Santa Catarina	Joinville
	Sergipe	Confiança

Personnel

Team	Home city	Manager
ASA	Arapiraca	Marcelo Vilar
Botafogo-PB	João Pessoa	Ramiro Souza
Botafogo-SP	Ribeirão Preto	Vica
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Marcelo Veiga
Confiança	Aracaju	Ailton Silva
CSA	Maceió	Flávio Araújo
Cuiabá	Cuiabá	Moacir Júnior
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	Antônio Carlos Zago
Joinville	Joinville	Fabinho Santos
Macaé	Macaé	Josué Teixeira
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	Lecheva
Moto Club	São Luís	Marcinho Guerreiro
Remo	Belém	Léo Goiano
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	Evandro Guimarães
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	Francisco Diá
São Bento	Sorocaba	Paulo Roberto Santos
Tombense	Tombos	Raul Cabral
Tupi	Juiz de Fora	Ailton Ferraz
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Felipe Surian
Ypiranga	Erechim	Hélio Vieira

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 share the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 14).^[2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sampaio Corrêa (A)	18	9	5	4	24	20	+4	32	Advance to Final stages
2	CSA (A)	18	8	8	2	21	12	+9	32
3	Fortaleza (A)	18	7	6	5	20	15	+5	27
4	Confiança (A)	18	6	7	5	23	25	−2	25
5	Salgueiro	18	7	3	8	19	16	+3	24
6	Cuiabá	18	4	11	3	17	17	0	23
7	Remo	18	5	7	6	19	21	−2	22
8	Botafogo-PB	18	6	3	9	18	21	−3	21
9	Moto Club (R)	18	5	5	8	18	20	−2	20	Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	ASA (R)	18	2	7	9	11	23	−12	13

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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	ASA	BPB	CON	CSA	CUI	FOR	MOT	REM	SAL	SCO
ASA		2–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1
Botafogo-PB	0–0		1–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–2
Confiança	1–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2
CSA	3–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1
Cuiabá	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3
Fortaleza	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Moto Club	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–2	1–2
Remo	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2		0–1	1–2
Salgueiro	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1		1–1
Sampaio Corrêa	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. 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	São Bento (A)	18	8	7	3	20	10	+10	31	Advance to Final stages
2	Tupi (A)	18	7	7	4	21	18	+3	28
3	Tombense (A)	18	6	8	4	19	17	+2	26
4	Volta Redonda (A)	18	6	7	5	24	17	+7	25
5	Joinville	18	6	7	5	28	23	+5	25
6	Botafogo-SP	18	6	7	5	25	20	+5	25
7	Ypiranga	18	5	8	5	23	21	+2	23
8	Bragantino	18	4	9	5	16	19	−3	21
9	Macaé (R)	18	5	4	9	16	28	−12	19	Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	Mogi Mirim (R)	18	3	4	11	15	34	−19	13

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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	BSP	BRA	JOI	MAC	MOG	SBT	TOM	TUP	VRE	YPI
Botafogo-SP		1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	5–3
Bragantino	2–2		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0
Joinville	1–0	2–0		2–4	8–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Macaé	3–2	1–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	0–2
Mogi Mirim	2–2	2–4	1–1	3–0		0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3
São Bento	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0		2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2
Tombense	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2		1–1	0–0	3–0
Tupi	0–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		3–1	0–2
Volta Redonda	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–2		0–0
Ypiranga	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–3

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Stage

In the final stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 15).^[2]

Bracket

	Opening Round (Winner promoted)						Semi-Finals						Finals
	Fortaleza	2	0	2
	Tupi	0	1	1
							Fortaleza	1	2	3
							Sampaio Corrêa	0	2	2
	Volta Redonda	0	1	1
	Sampaio Corrêa	1	1	2
													Fortaleza	1	0	1
													CSA	2	0	2
	Confiança	0	0	0
	São Bento	2	0	2
							São Bento	0	1	1 (2)
							CSA (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	Tombense	0	0	0
	CSA	2	1	3

Quarter-finals

The matches were played between 16 and 25 September.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Volta Redonda	1–2	Sampaio Corrêa	0–1	1–1
Fortaleza	2–1	Tupi	2–0	0–1
Tombense	0–3	CSA	0–2	0–1
Confiança	0–2	São Bento	0–2	0–0

Group C

Volta Redonda v Sampaio Corrêa

September 16, 2017	Volta Redonda	0–1	Sampaio Corrêa	Raulino de Oliveira, Volta Redonda
19:30		Report	Zaquel 90+1'	Attendance: 5,787 Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)

Sampaio Corrêa v Volta Redonda

September 23, 2017	Sampaio Corrêa	1–1	Volta Redonda	Castelão, São Luís
16:30	Fernando Sobral 81'	Report	Luan 86'	Attendance: 32,018 Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

Sampaio Corrêa won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group D

Fortaleza v Tupi

September 16, 2017	Fortaleza	2–0	Tupi	Castelão, Fortaleza
16:00	Leandro Lima 47' Bruno Melo 69' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 39,126 Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (São Paulo)

Tupi v Fortaleza

September 23, 2017	Tupi	1–0	Fortaleza	Mário Helênio, Juiz de Fora
20:30	Fernando 81'	Report		Attendance: 5,751 Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Rio de Janeiro)

Fortaleza won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group E

Tombense v CSA

September 18, 2017	Tombense	0–2	CSA	Almeidão, Tombos
20:45		Report	Michel Douglas 44' Boquita 90+1'	Attendance: 3,050 Referee: Jaílson Macêdo Freitas (Bahia)

CSA v Tombense

September 25, 2017	CSA	1–0	Tombense	Rei Pelé, Maceió
20:30	Edinho 17'	Report		Attendance: 19,105 Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)

CSA won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Group F

Confiança v São Bento

September 17, 2017	Confiança	0–2	São Bento	Batistão, Aracaju
19:00		Report	Anderson Cavalo 15' Everaldo 17'	Attendance: 15,356 Referee: Héber Lopes (Santa Catarina)

São Bento v Confiança

September 24, 2017	São Bento	0–0	Confiança	Walter Ribeiro, Sorocaba
19:00		Report		Attendance: 9,939 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)

São Bento won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

Semi-finals

Semi-finals seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD
1	CSA	38	10	+12
2	Sampaio Corrêa	36	10	+5
3	São Bento	35	9	+12
4	Fortaleza	30	8	+6

The matches were played between 1 and 7 October.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	3–2	Sampaio Corrêa	1–0	2–2
São Bento	1–1 (2–4 p)	CSA	0–1	1–0

Group G

Fortaleza v Sampaio Corrêa

October 2, 2017	Fortaleza	1–0	Sampaio Corrêa	Castelão, Fortaleza
20:45	Leandro Cearense 59'	Report		Attendance: 28,277 Referee: Felipe Gomes da Silva (Paraná)

Sampaio Corrêa v Fortaleza

October 7, 2017	Sampaio Corrêa	2–2	Fortaleza	Castelão, São Luís
17:00	Marlon 69' (pen.) Maracás 82'	Report	Bruno Melo 26', 90+4' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,575 Referee: Héber Lopes (Santa Catarina)

Fortaleza won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals

Group H

São Bento v CSA

October 1, 2017	São Bento	0–1	CSA	Walter Ribeiro, Sorocaba
19:00		Report	Michel Douglas 79'	Attendance: 3,681 Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

CSA v São Bento

October 7, 2017	CSA	0–1 (4–2 p)	São Bento	Rei Pelé, Maceió
19:30		Report	Everaldo 90+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 12,121 Referee: Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)
	Penalties
	Daniel Costa Edinho Boquita Dawhan Maxuell		Maicon Souza Rennan Oliveira Branquinho Everaldo

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, CSA won on penalties and advanced to the Finals

Finals

Finals seedings

Seed	Team	Pts	W	GD
1	CSA	41	11	+12
2	Fortaleza	34	9	+7

The matches were played on 14 and 21 October.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	1–2	CSA	1–2	0–0

Group I

Fortaleza v CSA

October 14, 2017	Fortaleza	1–2	CSA	Castelão, Fortaleza
19:00	Gabriel Pereira 88'	Report	Michel Douglas 40' Pablo 62' (o.g.)	Attendance: 44,778 Referee: Wagner Reway (Mato Grosso)

CSA v Fortaleza

October 21, 2017	CSA	0–0	Fortaleza	Rei Pelé, Maceió
19:00		Report		Attendance: 17,809 Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (São Paulo)