2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It began on 2 May and ended on 22 October 2023.^[1]

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	2023
Dates	2 May – 22 October
Champions	Amazonas (1st title)
Promoted	Amazonas Brusque Operário Ferroviário Paysandu
Relegated	Altos América de Natal Manaus Pouso Alegre
Matches played	216
Goals scored	465 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sassá (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Ypiranga 5–0 Paysandu Group A, R3, 11 May
Biggest away win	Manaus 1–4 São José Group A, R9, 18 June São Bernardo 0–3 Volta Redonda Group A, R9, 19 June
Highest scoring	7 goals Brusque 4–3 Operário Ferroviário Group B, R3, 17 September
Longest winning run	5 games Brusque
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Amazonas
Longest winless run	14 games Altos
Longest losing run	9 games Pouso Alegre
Highest attendance	45,027 Paysandu 1–2 Amazonas Group C, R5, 1 October
Lowest attendance	25 Ypiranga 1–1 Botafogo-PB Group A, R19, 26 August
Total attendance	818.983
Average attendance	3,792
← 2022 2024 →

Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2022 season, four promoted from the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Amazonas, América de Natal, Pouso Alegre and São Bernardo)^[2] and four relegated from the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Brusque, CSA, Náutico and Operário Ferroviário).^[3]

Amazonas, Brusque, Operário Ferroviário and Paysandu were promoted to the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B,^[4] while Altos, América de Natal, Manaus, and Pouso Alegre were relegated to the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.^[5]

In the finals, Amazonas won their first title after defeating Brusque 2–1 on aggregate.^[6]

Format

The first stage had one group where each team played the other teams in a single round-robin tournament. The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated. In the second stage, the teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B, while the group winners advanced to the finals.^[7]

Teams

Altos

Amazonas

América de Natal

Aparecidense

Botafogo-PB

Brusque

Confiança

CSA

Figueirense

Floresta

Manaus

Náutico

Operário Ferroviário

Paysandu

Pouso Alegre

Remo

São Bernardo

São José

Volta Redonda

Ypiranga

Location of teams in 2023 Série C

Pos. Relegated from 2022 Série B 17th CSA 18th Brusque 19th Operário Ferroviário 20th Náutico

Pos. Promoted from 2022 Série D 1st América de Natal 2nd Pouso Alegre 3rd Amazonas 4th São Bernardo

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
2	Amazonas	Amazonas and Manaus
	Pará	Paysandu and Remo
	Rio Grande do Sul	São José and Ypiranga
	Santa Catarina	Brusque and Figueirense
1	Alagoas	CSA
	Ceará	Floresta
	Goiás	Aparecidense
	Minas Gerais	Pouso Alegre
	Paraíba	Botafogo-PB
	Paraná	Operário Ferroviário
	Pernambuco	Náutico
	Piauí	Altos
	Rio de Janeiro	Volta Redonda
	Rio Grande do Norte	América de Natal
	São Paulo	São Bernardo
	Sergipe	Confiança

Stadiums and locations

Team	Home city	State	Stadium	Capacity
Altos	Altos	Piauí	Felipe Raulino	4,000
Amazonas	Manaus	Amazonas	Carlos Zamith	5,000
América de Natal	Natal	Rio Grande do Norte	Arena das Dunas	31,375
Aparecidense	Aparecida de Goiânia	Goiás	Annibal Batista de Toledo	6,645
Botafogo-PB	João Pessoa	Paraíba	Almeidão	25,770
Brusque	Brusque	Santa Catarina	Augusto Bauer	5,000
Confiança	Aracaju	Sergipe	Batistão	15,575
CSA	Maceió	Alagoas	Rei Pelé	17,126
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	Orlando Scarpelli	19,584
Floresta	Fortaleza	Ceará	Domingão	10,500
Manaus	Manaus	Amazonas	Arena da Amazônia	44,000
Náutico	Recife	Pernambuco	Aflitos	22,856
Operário Ferroviário	Ponta Grossa	Paraná	Germano Krüger	10,632
Paysandu	Belém	Pará	Estádio da Curuzu	16,200
Pouso Alegre	Pouso Alegre	Minas Gerais	Manduzão	26,000
Remo	Belém	Pará	Baenão	13,792
São Bernardo	São Bernardo do Campo	São Paulo	1º de Maio	15,159
São José	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Passo D'Areia	15,000
Volta Redonda	Volta Redonda	Rio de Janeiro	Raulino de Oliveira	20,255
Ypiranga	Erechim	Rio Grande do Sul	Colosso da Lagoa	22,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit main sponsor
Altos	Cristiano Bassoli	Dos Santos	Tolledo Sports	BET7K
Amazonas	Luizinho Vieira	Sassá	Onça (club manufactured kit)	Governo do Estado do Amazonas
América de Natal	Dado Cavalcanti	Jean Pierre	Mecão (club manufactured kit)	Esportes da Sorte
Aparecidense	Hemerson Maria	Robert	Tolledo Sports	LAS
Botafogo-PB	Felipe Surian	Mota	LWGA Company	TVBet
Brusque	Luizinho Lopes	Wallace	Finta	Bompack
Confiança	Luizinho Vieira [i]	Adalberto	Super Bolla	Mulvi Pay
CSA	Marcelo Cabo	Ernandes	Volt Sport	Champion Watch
Figueirense	Paulo Baier	Wilson	Volt Sport	Aposta Ganha
Floresta	Matheus Costa	Ricardinho	Golaço
Manaus	Roger Silva	Bruno Bispo	Super Bolla	Bemol
Náutico	Bruno Pivetti	Victor Ferraz	NSeis (club manufactured kit)	Betnacional
Operário Ferroviário	Rafael Guanaes	Rafael Santos	Karilu	Philips Áudio e Vídeo
Paysandu	Hélio dos Anjos	Robinho	Lobo (club manufactured kit)	Banpará
Pouso Alegre	Juarez Leite	Rayan Ribeiro	Kick Ball	BRZ Empreendimentos
Remo	Ricardo Catalá	Vinícius	Volt Sport	Banpará
São Bernardo	Márcio Zanardi	Rodrigo Souza	Magnum	Magnum Bank
São José	Thiago Gomes	Fábio Rampi	Weefe	Banrisul
Volta Redonda	Rogério Corrêa	Bruno Barra	Pratic Sport	Universidade de Vassouras
Ypiranga	Jerson Testoni	Heitor	Clanel	Banrisul, Aurora

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Ref
Manaus	Evaristo Piza	Sacked	13 August 2022	Pre-season	Paulo Henrique Marques	19 October 2022	[8][9]
São José	Paulo Henrique Marques		15 August 2022		Thiago Gomes	10 September 2022	[10][11]
Remo	Gerson Gusmão		16 August 2022		Marcelo Cabo	24 October 2022	[12][13]
Botafogo-PB	Itamar Schülle	End of contract	23 August 2022		Moisés Egert	28 September 2022	[14][15]
Pouso Alegre	Paulo Roberto Santos	Signed by São Bento	3 October 2022		Eugênio Souza	27 November 2022	[16][17]
Floresta	Leston Júnior	Sacked	25 October 2022		Raimundo Wágner	30 November 2022	[18][19]
Figueirense	Júnior Rocha	End of contract	2 November 2022		Cristóvão Borges	17 November 2022	[20][21]
Brusque	Gilson Kleina	End of contract	5 November 2022		Luizinho Lopes	11 November 2022	[22][23]
Operário Ferroviário	Sandro Forner	End of caretaker spell	6 November 2022		Rafael Guanaes	1 November 2022	[24]
CSA	Adriano Rodrigues	Sacked	4 December 2022		Roberto Fonseca	5 December 2022	[25][26]
Botafogo-PB	Moisés Egert		22 January 2023	State leagues	Francisco Diá	23 January 2023	[27][28]
Altos	Fernando Tonet		2 February 2023		Jerson Testoni	2 February 2023	[29][30]
CSA	Roberto Fonseca		2 February 2023		Bebeto Moraes (caretaker)	3 February 2023	[31][32]
	Bebeto Moraes	End of caretaker spell	22 February 2023		Vinícius Bergantin	21 February 2023	[33]
Manaus	Paulo Henrique Marques	Resigned	23 February 2023		Higo Magalhães[ii]	24 February 2023	[34][35]
Botafogo-PB	Francisco Diá	Sacked	3 March 2023		Tiago Batizoco (caretaker)	5 March 2023	[36][37]
Pouso Alegre	Eugênio Souza		6 March 2023		Heriberto da Cunha (caretaker)	10 March 2023	[38][39]
	Heriberto da Cunha	End of caretaker spell	19 March 2023		Roger Silva	19 March 2023	[40]
Figueirense	Cristóvão Borges	Sacked			Douglas Bazolli (caretaker)	20 March 2023	[41][42]
Botafogo-PB	Tiago Batizoco	End of caretaker spell	1 April 2023		Felipe Surian	1 April 2023	[43]
América de Natal	Leandro Sena	Sacked	5 April 2023		Thiago Carvalho	13 April 2023	[44][45]
Figueirense	Douglas Bazolli	End of caretaker spell	17 April 2023		Roberto Fonseca	17 April 2023	[46]
Floresta	Raimundo Wágner	Demoted to under-20 head coach	18 April 2023		Gerson Gusmão	18 April 2023	[47]
Paysandu	Márcio Fernandes	Sacked	29 April 2023		Marquinhos Santos[iii]	1 May 2023	[48][49]
Náutico	Dado Cavalcanti	Sacked	15 May 2023	14th	Otávio Augusto (caretaker)	15 May 2023	[50]
Altos	Jerson Testoni		16 May 2023	17th	Sérgio Soares	16 May 2023	[51][52]
Remo	Marcelo Cabo	Mutual agreement	23 May 2023	20th	Ricardo Catalá[iv]	25 May 2023	[53][54]
Náutico	Otávio Augusto	End of caretaker spell	28 May 2023	11th	Fernando Marchiori	28 May 2023	[55]
Aparecidense	Moacir Júnior	Mutual agreement	9 June 2023	18th	Hemerson Maria	11 June 2023	[56][57]
Figueirense	Roberto Fonseca	Sacked	13 June 2023	12th	Paulo Baier	14 June 2023	[58][59]
Manaus	Higo Magalhães		19 June 2023	17th	Moacir Júnior	20 June 2023	[60][61]
Floresta	Gerson Gusmão		20 June 2023	16th	Fernando Alves (caretaker)	22 June 2023	[62]
CSA	Vinícius Bergantin		21 June 2023	10th	Marcelo Cabo	21 June 2023	[63][64]
Altos	Sérgio Soares		26 June 2023	17th	Luan Carlos	27 June 2023	[65][66]
Floresta	Fernando Alves	End of caretaker spell	27 June 2023	19th	Sérgio Soares		[67]
Paysandu	Marquinhos Santos	Sacked	28 June 2023	15th	Hélio dos Anjos	28 June 2023	[68][69]
Pouso Alegre	Roger Silva		3 July 2023		Rogério Henrique	4 July 2023	[70][71]
América de Natal	Thiago Carvalho		10 July 2023	19th	Dado Cavalcanti	10 July 2023	[72][73]
Ypiranga	Luizinho Vieira		11 July 2023	11th	Jerson Testoni	11 July 2023	[74][75]
Confiança	Vinícius Eutrópio		17 July 2023	12th	Luizinho Vieira	17 July 2023	[76][77]
Altos	Luan Carlos	Resigned	24 July 2023	20th	Cristiano Bassoli	24 July 2023	[78][79]
Manaus	Moacir Júnior	Sacked	25 July 2023	16th	Roger Silva	26 July 2023	[80][81]
Pouso Alegre	Rogério Henrique	Resigned	7 August 2023	20th	Juarez Leite	10 August 2023	[82][83]
Floresta	Sérgio Soares	Mutual agreement	8 August 2023	17th	Matheus Costa	9 August 2023	[84][85]
Náutico	Fernando Marchiori	Sacked	13 August 2023	9th	Bruno Pivetti	14 August 2023	[86][87]
Amazonas	Rafael Lacerda		11 September 2023	4th (Group C)	Luizinho Vieira	11 September 2023	[88][89]

Notes

1. Vieira was the head coach of Confiança during the first stage, but took over Amazonas during the second stage, after Confiança were already knocked out of the competition
2. Victor Lenine was the caretaker head coach in a Campeonato Amazonense match against Amazonas on 25 February
3. Wilton Bezerra was the caretaker head coach on the 1st round against Aparecidense on 3 May
4. Fábio Cortez was the caretaker head coach in a Campeonato Paraense match against Águia de Marabá on 26 May

First stage

In the first stage, each team played the other nineteen teams in a single round-robin tournament. 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. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 16).^[90]

The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated to Série D.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Operário Ferroviário	19	10	6	3	19	10	+9	36	Advance to Second stage
2	Volta Redonda	19	10	3	6	33	19	+14	33
3	Amazonas	19	9	5	5	23	20	+3	32
4	Brusque	19	9	4	6	25	14	+11	31
5	São José	19	8	7	4	30	21	+9	31
6	Botafogo-PB	19	7	9	3	25	20	+5	30
7	Paysandu	19	8	5	6	21	26	−5	29
8	São Bernardo	19	7	8	4	20	17	+3	29
9	Confiança	19	8	4	7	23	26	−3	28
10	Náutico	19	6	9	4	25	24	+1	27
11	Remo	19	6	7	6	20	18	+2	25
12	CSA	19	5	9	5	15	13	+2	24
13	Ypiranga	19	6	5	8	26	23	+3	23
14	Floresta	19	5	8	6	14	17	−3	23
15	Aparecidense	19	6	4	9	17	20	−3	22
16	Figueirense	19	5	7	7	19	18	+1	22
17	Manaus (R)	19	5	5	9	13	24	−11	20	Relegation to 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
18	América de Natal (R)	19	4	7	8	12	21	−9	19
19	Altos (R)	19	2	7	10	14	28	−14	13
20	Pouso Alegre (R)	19	3	3	13	11	26	−15	12

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fewest red cards; 6) fewest yellow cards; 7) draw.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	AMA	AME	APA	BOT	BRU	CON	CSA	FIG	FLO	MAN	NAU	OPE	PAY	POU	REM	SBE	SJO	VOL	YPI
Altos		2–3	1–1		0–1			1–1	0–0				0–1	1–1	0–0					3–2
Amazonas			2–0	0–0	0–0			1–0			2–0		2–2	1–2	2–1					0–0
América de Natal				0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1				1–2		1–0	1–1	2–0					1–2
Aparecidense	1–2					0–2	1–0			0–0	1–0	3–0				0–2	1–2	2–1	2–3
Botafogo-PB				2–1		1–2	2–3			1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1			1–1
Brusque	3–0	1–0					4–0		0–1	2–0		2–2				1–1	0–0	0–1	3–2
Confiança	2–1	2–3							1–0	3–1		2–2	1–0	1–0					0–1	1–1
CSA			0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1				2–1				2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Figueirense		0–1	3–0	2–1	1–2			1–1			0–0		0–0	2–0	1–2					2–0
Floresta	0–0	1–1	1–0					0–2	1–1							0–0	2–0		2–1	2–0
Manaus	1–0					0–2	3–3			0–0		2–1				1–1	0–0	1–4	1–0
Náutico	1–0	0–1	0–0					0–0	2–1	3–1						0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0
Operário Ferroviário				1–0		1–0		1–0		1–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	1–0		1–0	1–1
Paysandu				2–1		0–2		1–0		2–1	1–0	4–2			2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1
Pouso Alegre				0–1		1–0	1–1			0–1	0–1	0–1				0–2	0–2	1–2
Remo	3–1	1–2	0–0		1–2		1–0		1–1				1–2						2–1	2–1
São Bernardo	1–1	2–1	0–0		0–0		3–1		1–0							3–1			0–3	1–0
São José	4–1	1–0	2–0				2–0		3–3	0–0						2–1	2–2		2–2
Volta Redonda	2–0	5–1	3–0		1–0			1–1	2–0				1–1	3–0	0–1					2–1
Ypiranga				0–1	1–1	2–0		1–1			2–0	3–3	0–2	5–0	4–1			1–0

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

Second stage

In the second 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 was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).^[90]

The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B. Group winners advanced to the finals.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brusque (P)	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Advance to Finals and promoted to 2024 Série B
2	Operário Ferroviário (P)	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7	Promoted to 2024 Série B
3	São Bernardo	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7
4	São José	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	BRU	OPE	SBE	SJO
Brusque		4–3	1–0	0–0
Operário Ferroviário	1–2		1–0	2–0
São Bernardo	2–0	2–1		1–1
São José	1–2	1–1	2–1

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

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Amazonas (P)	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12	Advance to Finals and promoted to 2024 Série B
2	Paysandu (P)	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Promoted to 2024 Série B
3	Volta Redonda	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	10
4	Botafogo-PB	6	1	0	5	6	11	−5	3

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	BOT	PAY	VOL
Amazonas		2–0	0–1	2–0
Botafogo-PB	2–1		2–3	1–2
Paysandu	1–2	1–0		1–1
Volta Redonda	0–2	2–1	1–0

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

Finals

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the champions (Regulations Article 21).^[90]

The finalists were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 22).^[90]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Brusque	25	13	5	7	34	21	+13	44	2nd leg
2	Amazonas	25	13	5	7	32	24	+8	44	1st leg

Source: CBF

The matches were played on 15 and 22 October 2023.^[91]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Amazonas	2–1	Brusque	0–0	2–1

Matches

15 October 2023

18:00

Amazonas	0–0	Brusque
	Report

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 23,923

Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan (São Paulo)

Amazonas

Brusque

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22 October 2023

17:00

Brusque	1–2	Amazonas
Guilherme Queiróz 11' (pen.)	Report	Torres 44' Sassá 56'

Estádio Augusto Bauer, Brusque

Attendance: 3,427

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (São Paulo)

Brusque

Amazonas

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sassá	Amazonas	18
2	Ítalo	Volta Redonda	11
3	Guilherme Queiróz	Brusque	10
4	Erick	Ypiranga	9
	Mário Sérgio	Paysandu
	Thayllon	São José
7	Felipe Augusto	Operário Ferroviário	8
	Sillas	São José
9	Olávio	Brusque	7

Source: CBF