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Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, commonly known as the Série C or the Brazilian Série C to distinguish it from the Italian Serie C, is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. Unlike the first and second divisions, the Sér ...
is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It began on 12 April and will end on 26 October 2025. Twenty teams compete in the tournament, twelve returning from the
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season, four promoted from the
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, Itabaiana,
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and Retrô) and four relegated from the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B ( Brusque, Ituano, Guarani and Ponte Preta).


Format

The first stage will have one group where each team will play the other teams in a single
round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...
. The top eight teams will advance to the second stage, while the bottom four will be relegated. In the second stage, the teams will be 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 advance to the finals.


Teams


Number of teams by state


Stadiums and locations


Personnel and kits

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Coaching changes

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First stage

In the first stage, each team will play the other nineteen teams in a single
round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...
. The teams will be ranked according to
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2.
Goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the
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(Regulations Article 16). The top eight teams will advance to the second stage, while the bottom four will be relegated to Série D.


Group A


Results


Second stage

In the second stage, each group will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams will be ranked according to
points A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to: Mathematics * Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2.
Goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
; 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
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(Regulations Article 20). The top two teams of each group will be promoted to the Série B. Group winners will advance to the finals.


Group B


Results


Group C


Results


Finals

The finals will be played on a home-and-away
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basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the
away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
will not be used,
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will not be played, and the
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will be used to determine the champions (Regulations Article 21). The finalists will be seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams will be ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the
Brazilian Football Confederation The Brazilian Football Confederation (, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, sepa ...
(Regulations Article 22).


Matches

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References

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