Competition: | Campeonato Brasileiro Série C |
Promoted: | Botafogo-SP Bragantino Cuiabá Operário Ferroviário |
Relegated: | Joinville Juazeirense Salgueiro Tupi |
Matches: | 194 |
Total Goals: | 456 |
League Topscorer: | Caio Dantas (11 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Atlético Acreano 5–0 Juazeirense Cuiabá 5–0 Joinville |
Biggest Away Win: | Remo 0–3 Confiança Ypiranga 0–3 Botafogo-SP Tupi 0–3 Bragantino ABC 0–3 Santa Cruz Atlético Acreano 0–3 Confiança Botafogo-SP 0–3 Cuiabá |
Highest Attendance: | |
Lowest Attendance: | 96 Ypiranga 3–0 Cuiabá |
Attendance: | 605,023 |
Average Attendance: | 3,119 |
Prevseason: | 2017 |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
Season: | 2018 |
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 14 April and ended on 22 September 2018.[1]
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Operário Ferroviário, Globo, Atlético Acreano and Juazeirense),[2] and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Luverdense, Santa Cruz, ABC and Náutico).[3]
Botafogo-SP, Bragantino, Cuiabá and Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[4]
Operário Ferroviário won the title after defeating Cuiabá in the final.[5]
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Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
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3 | Náutico, Salgueiro and Santa Cruz | |
2 | Cuiabá and Luverdense | |
Tombense and Tupi | ||
ABC and Globo | ||
Botafogo-SP and Bragantino | ||
1 | Atlético Acreano | |
Juazeirense | ||
Remo | ||
Botafogo-PB | ||
Operário Ferroviário | ||
Volta Redonda | ||
Ypiranga | ||
Joinville | ||
Confiança |
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 shared the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).[6]
The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[6]
Starting from the semi-finals, the teams 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 17).[6]
The matches were played between 18 and 27 August 2018.[7] |}
Bragantino won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals
Operário Ferroviário won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals
Cuiabá won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Botafogo-SP won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals
The matches were played between 1 and 9 September 2018.[8] |}
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Operário Ferroviário won on penalties and advanced to the finals
Cuiabá won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals
The matches were played on 16 and 22 September 2018.[9] |}
Rank | Player | Team | Goals | ||
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1 | Caio Dantas | Botafogo-SP | 11 | ||
align=center rowspan=3 | 2 | Felipe Augusto | Botafogo-SP | align=center rowspan=3 | 9 |
Léo Ceará | Confiança | ||||
Marino | Cuiabá | ||||
5 | Rafael Barros | Atlético Acreano | 8 | ||
align=center rowspan=4 | 6 | Eduardo | Atlético Acreano | align=center rowspan=4 | 7 |
Eduardo Ramos | Cuiabá | ||||
Jenison | Cuiabá | ||||
José Ortigoza | Náutico | ||||
align=center rowspan=7 | 10 | Marcos Aurélio | Botafogo-PB | align=center rowspan=7 | 6 |
Neto | Atlético Acreano | ||||
Patrick Carvalho | Tupi | ||||
Paulo Renê | Luverdense | ||||
Pipico | Santa Cruz | ||||
Robinho | Náutico | ||||
Romarinho | Globo |