2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It will begin on 10 April and will end on 1 October 2022.[1]

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season2022
Dates10 April – 1 October
← 2021
2023 →

Twenty teams compete in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2021 season, four promoted from the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (ABC, Aparecidense, Atlético Cearense and Campinense)[2] and four relegated from the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Brasil de Pelotas, Confiança, Remo and Vitória).[3]

Format

In the first stage, the teams were divided into two groups of ten teams each. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top four teams of each group advanced to the second stage.

In the second stage, the teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each group will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group will be promoted to the Série B, while the group winners will qualify for the finals.

Teams
Location of teams in 2022 Série C
Pos. Relegated from 2021 Série B
17th Remo
18th Vitória
19th Confiança
20th Brasil de Pelotas
Pos. Promoted from 2021 Série D
1st Aparecidense
2nd Campinense
3rd ABC
4th Atlético Cearense

Number of teams by state
Number
of teams		 State Team(s)
3  CearáAtlético Cearense, Ferroviário and Floresta
 Rio Grande do SulBrasil de Pelotas, São José and Ypiranga
2  ParáPaysandu and Remo
 ParaíbaBotafogo-PB and Campinense
 São PauloBotafogo-SP and Mirassol
1  AmazonasManaus
 BahiaVitória
 GoiásAparecidense
 PiauíAltos
 Rio de JaneiroVolta Redonda
 Rio Grande do NorteABC
 Santa CatarinaFigueirense
 SergipeConfiança

Stadiums and locations
Team Home city State Stadium Capacity
ABC Natal  Rio Grande do Norte Frasqueirão 18,000
Altos Altos  Piauí Estádio Municipal Felipe Raulino 4,000
Aparecidense Aparecida de Goiânia  Goiás Annibal Batista de Toledo 6,645
Atlético Cearense Fortaleza  Ceará Antônio Cruz 3,000
Botafogo-PB João Pessoa  Paraíba Almeidão 25,770
Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto  São Paulo Santa Cruz 29,292
Brasil de Pelotas Pelotas  Rio Grande do Sul Bento Freitas 29,130
Campinense Campina Grande  Paraíba Amigão 19,000
Confiança Aracaju  Sergipe Batistão 15,575
Ferroviário Fortaleza  Ceará Presidente Vargas 20,262
Figueirense Florianópolis  Santa Catarina Orlando Scarpelli 19,584
Floresta Fortaleza  Ceará Domingão 10,500
Manaus Manaus  Amazonas Arena da Amazônia 44,000
Mirassol Mirassol  São Paulo Campos Maia 15,000
Paysandu Belém  Pará Estádio da Curuzu 16,200
Remo Belém  Pará Baenão 13,792
São José Porto Alegre  Rio Grande do Sul Passo D'Areia 15,000
Vitória Salvador  Bahia Barradão 34,535
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 Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit main sponsor
ABC Moacir Júnior Elefante MQ (club manufactured kit)
Altos Evandro Guimarães Dos Santos Pratic Sport ORA Telecom
Aparecidense Thiago Carvalho Wesley Matos Super Bolla Arroz Cristal
Atlético Cearense Raimundo Wágner Carlão Fibber Hospital Uniclinic
Botafogo-PB Gerson Gusmão Pablo Belo 1931 (club manufactured kit)
Botafogo-SP Leandro Zago Volt Sport Guru Investidor
Brasil de Pelotas Jerson Testoni Xavante (club manufactured kit) Banrisul
Campinense Ranielle Ribeiro Rafinha WA Sport
Confiança Luizinho Lopes Rafael Santos WA Sport Banese Card
Ferroviário Anderson Batatais BM9 Sports Zenir
Figueirense Júnior Rocha Éverton Santos Volt Sport
Floresta Daniel Rocha Jô Golaço
Manaus Evaristo Piza Luis Fernando Ícone Sports Bemol
Mirassol Eduardo Baptista Super Bolla Poty
Paysandu Márcio Fernandes Lobo (club manufactured kit) Banpará
Remo Paulo Bonamigo Lucas Siqueira Volt Sport Banpará
São José Pingo Fábio Rampi Weefe Banrisul
Vitória Vacant Wallace Nego (club manufactured kit) UniAGRO
Volta Redonda Neto Colucci Heitor Ícone Sports Universidade de Vassouras
Ypiranga Luizinho Vieira Léo Kanu Clanel Banrisul

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref
Altos Paulinho Kobayashi End of contract 21 October 2021 Pre-season Evandro Guimarães 21 October 2021 [4]
Botafogo-SP Samuel Dias End of caretaker spell 15 November 2021 Leandro Zago 19 November 2021 [5][6]
Figueirense Jorginho End of contract 18 November 2021 Júnior Rocha 23 November 2021 [7][8]
Ypiranga Júnior Rocha 19 November 2021 Luizinho Vieira 25 November 2021 [9][10]
Vitória Wagner Lopes 28 November 2021
Paysandu Wilton Bezerra End of caretaker spell 4 December 2021 Márcio Fernandes 4 December 2021 [11]
Remo Eduardo Baptista End of contract 12 December 2021 Paulo Bonamigo 14 December 2021 [12]
Notes

    First stage

    In the first 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); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).

    The top four teams of each group advanced to the second stage.

    Group A
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 ABC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Second stage
    2 Altos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 Aparecidense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4 Atlético Cearense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5 Botafogo-PB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    6 Campinense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    7 Confiança 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    8 Ferroviário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    9 Floresta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
    10 Vitória 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    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.

    Group B
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Botafogo-SP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Second stage
    2 Brasil de Pelotas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 Figueirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4 Manaus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5 Mirassol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    6 Paysandu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    7 Remo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    8 São José 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    9 Volta Redonda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
    10 Ypiranga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    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.

    References
    1. "CBF apresenta calendário do futebol brasileiro em 2022" (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 November 2021.
    2. "ABC, Aparecidense, Atlético-CE e Campinense garantem acesso à Série C" (in Portuguese). CBF. 17 October 2021.
    3. "Remo empata; Vitória perde e as duas equipes vão disputar a Série C em 2022; Londrina vence e permanece na Série B" [Remo draw; Vitória lose and both teams will play the Série C in 2022; Londrina win and stay in the Série B] (in Portuguese). CBF. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
    4. "Evandro Guimarães é o novo técnico do Altos" [Evandro Guimarães is the new manager of Altos] (in Portuguese). ge. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
    5. "Samuel Dias evita avaliar ano do Botafogo-SP após vice: "Sou auxiliar, assumi para Copa Paulista"" [Samuel Dias avoids evaluating year of Botafogo-SP after second place: "I am an assistant, I took over for the Copa Paulista"] (in Portuguese). ge. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
    6. "Botafogo-SP confirma contratação do técnico Leandro Zago para Paulistão" [Botafogo-SP confirm signing of manager Leandro Zago for the Paulistão] (in Portuguese). ge. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
    7. "Figueirense terá novo comandante técnico em 2022" [Figueirense will have a new technical commander in 2022] (in Portuguese). Figueirense FC. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
    8. "Figueirense anuncia Júnior Rocha como treinador de olho em 2022" [Figueirense announce Júnior Rocha as manager aiming 2022] (in Portuguese). ge. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
    9. "Série C: Técnico não entra em acordo, deixa o Ypiranga-RS e posta carta de agradecimento" [Série C: Manager does not reach an agreement, leaves Ypiranga-RS and posts a thankful note] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
    10. "Luizinho Vieira é o novo treinador do Ypiranga" [Luizinho Vieira is the new manager of Ypiranga] (in Portuguese). Jornal Boa Vista. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
    11. "Com dois títulos brasileiros no currículo, Márcio Fernandes chega ao Paysandu para buscar mais um acesso" [With two Brasileiro titles in his curriculum, Márcio Fernandes arrives at Paysandu to seek another promotion] (in Portuguese). Paysandu SC. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
    12. "Bonamigo está de volta ao Remo com a missão de conseguir um novo acesso à Série B" [Bonamigo is back at Remo with the goal of achieving another promotion to the Série B] (in Portuguese). ge. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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