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The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It began on 9 April and ended on 8 October 2022.[1]

Season2022
Dates9 April – 8 October
ChampionsMirassol (1st title)
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season2022
Dates9 April – 8 October
ChampionsMirassol (1st title)
PromotedABC
Botafogo-SP
Mirassol
Vitória
RelegatedAtlético Cearense
Brasil de Pelotas
Campinense
Ferroviário
Matches216
Goals501 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerAlex Henrique (12 goals)
Biggest home winMirassol 6–0 Atlético Cearense
Group A, R13, 3 July
Biggest away winVolta Redonda 0–3 Aparecidense
Group A, R12, 26 June
Altos 0–3 Paysandu
Group A, R18, 6 August
Highest scoring6 goals
Ypiranga 3–3 Figueirense
Group A, R9, 4 June
Manaus 4–2 Ferroviário
Group A, R13, 2 July
Mirassol 6–0 Atlético Cearense
Group A, R13, 3 July
Figueirense 5–1 Vitória
Group C, R2, 28 August
Mirassol 3–3 Volta Redonda
Group B, R4, 11 September
Longest winning run4 games
Botafogo-SP
Paysandu
Longest unbeaten run9 games
Vitória
Longest winless run8 games
Campinense
Longest losing run6 games
Ferroviário
Floresta
Highest attendance28,006
Vitória 3–1 Brasil de Pelotas
Group A, R19, 13 August
Lowest attendance41
Floresta 0–1 Manaus
Group A, R6, 14 May
Total attendance821,637
Average attendance3,804
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Twenty teams competed 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]

In the finals, Mirassol won their first title after defeating ABC 2–0 on aggregate.[4]

Mirassol, ABC, Botafogo-SP and Vitória were promoted to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B,[5] while Atlético Cearense, Brasil de Pelotas, Campinense and Ferroviário were relegated to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.[6]

Format changes

Starting from this edition, the first stage had only one group where each team played the other teams in a single round-robin tournament instead of two groups played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated.[7]

Teams

More information Pos., Relegated from 2021 Série B ...
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
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Number of teams by state

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit main sponsor
ABC Brazil Fernando Marchiori Brazil Richardson Elefante MQ (club manufactured kit) Upsports.bet
Altos Brazil Fernando Tonet Brazil Betinho Pratic Sport Carvalho Mercadão
Aparecidense Brazil Moacir Júnior Brazil Wesley Matos Tolledo Sports LAS
Atlético Cearense Brazil Mozart Neto (caretaker) Brazil Carlão Fibber Hospital Uniclinic
Botafogo-PB Brazil Itamar Schülle Brazil Leandro Camilo W A Sport PixBet
Botafogo-SP Brazil Paulo Baier Brazil Fillipe Soutto Volt Sport Mundo Invest
Brasil de Pelotas Brazil Thiago Gomes Brazil Karl Xavante (club manufactured kit) Banrisul
Campinense Brazil Flávio Araújo Brazil Mauro Iguatu Super Bolla PixBet
Confiança Brazil Vinícius Eutrópio Brazil Ítalo Super Bolla Banese Card
Ferroviário Brazil Francisco Diá Brazil Fredson T33 (club manufactured kit) Zenir
Figueirense Brazil Júnior Rocha Brazil Wilson Volt Sport Champion Watch
Floresta Brazil Leston Júnior Brazil Maílson Golaço Nega Palito Jeans
Manaus Brazil Evaristo Piza Brazil Paulo Sérgio Ícone Sports Bemol
Mirassol Brazil Ricardo Catalá Brazil Camilo Physicus Guaraná Poty
Paysandu Brazil Márcio Fernandes Brazil Genílson Lobo (club manufactured kit) Banpará
Remo Brazil Gerson Gusmão Brazil Marlon Volt Sport Banpará
São José Brazil Paulo Henrique Marques Brazil Fábio Rampi Weefe Banrisul
Vitória Brazil João Burse Brazil Alan Santos Volt Sport Betnacional
Volta Redonda Brazil Rogério Corrêa Brazil Bruno Barra Pratic Sport Universidade de Vassouras
Ypiranga Brazil Luizinho Vieira Brazil Gedeílson Clanel Banrisul
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref
Altos Brazil Paulinho Kobayashi End of contract 21 October 2021 Pre-season Brazil Evandro Guimarães 21 October 2021 [8]
Botafogo-SP Brazil Samuel Dias End of caretaker spell 15 November 2021 Brazil Leandro Zago 19 November 2021 [9][10]
Figueirense Brazil Jorginho End of contract 18 November 2021 Brazil Júnior Rocha 23 November 2021 [11][12]
Ypiranga Brazil Júnior Rocha 19 November 2021 Brazil Luizinho Vieira 25 November 2021 [13][14]
Vitória Japan Wagner Lopes 28 November 2021 Brazil Dado Cavalcanti 22 December 2021 [15]
Paysandu Brazil Wilton Bezerra End of caretaker spell 4 December 2021 Brazil Márcio Fernandes 4 December 2021 [16]
Remo Brazil Eduardo Baptista End of contract 12 December 2021 Brazil Paulo Bonamigo 14 December 2021 [17]
Floresta Brazil Daniel Rocha Demoted to assistant manager 20 December 2021 Brazil Ricardo Drubscky 20 December 2021 [18]
Atlético Cearense Brazil Raimundo Wágner Resigned 11 January 2022 State leagues Brazil Reginaldo França 12 January 2022 [19][20]
Ferroviário Brazil Anderson Batatais Sacked 5 February 2022 Brazil Paulinho Kobayashi 6 February 2022 [21][22]
Altos Brazil Evandro Guimarães Resigned 11 February 2022 Brazil Carlos Rabello[i] 11 February 2022 [23][24]
São José Brazil Pingo Sacked 14 February 2022 Brazil Paulo Baier 14 February 2022 [25][26]
Volta Redonda Brazil Neto Colucci 28 February 2022 Brazil Wilson Leite (caretaker) 28 February 2022 [27][28]
Mirassol Brazil Eduardo Baptista Resigned 2 March 2022 Brazil Ivan Baitello (caretaker) 3 March 2022 [29]
Aparecidense Brazil Thiago Carvalho 7 March 2022 Brazil Eduardo Souza 9 March 2022 [30][31]
Atlético Cearense Brazil Reginaldo França Sacked 11 March 2022 Brazil Betinho (caretaker) 30 March 2022 [32]
São José Brazil Paulo Baier 15 March 2022 Brazil Paulo Henrique Marques 15 March 2022 [33][34]
Ferroviário Brazil Paulinho Kobayashi 16 March 2022 Brazil Roberto Fonseca 18 March 2022 [35][36]
Vitória Brazil Dado Cavalcanti 17 March 2022 Brazil Geninho 17 March 2022 [37][38]
ABC Brazil Moacir Júnior Mutual agreement 18 March 2022 Brazil Jonydei Tostão (caretaker) 19 March 2022 [39]
Mirassol Brazil Ivan Baitello End of caretaker spell 19 March 2022 Brazil Ricardo Catalá 19 March 2022 [40]
Volta Redonda Brazil Wilson Leite 21 March 2022 Brazil Rogério Corrêa 21 March 2022 [41]
ABC Brazil Jonydei Tostão 22 March 2022 Brazil Fernando Marchiori 22 March 2022 [42]
Altos Brazil Carlos Rabello Sacked 10 April 2022 19th Brazil Agnaldo Liz[ii] 11 April 2022 [43][44]
Confiança Brazil Luizinho Lopes 13 April 2022 18th Brazil Felipe Loureiro[iii] 14 April 2022 [45][46]
Vitória Brazil Geninho 20 April 2022 17th Brazil Ricardo Amadeu (caretaker) 21 April 2022 [47]
Brazil Ricardo Amadeu End of caretaker spell 26 April 2022 18th Brazil Fabiano Soares 26 April 2022 [48]
Altos Brazil Agnaldo Liz Sacked 19th Brazil Francisco Diá [49]
Atlético Cearense Brazil Betinho End of caretaker spell 20th Brazil Roberto Carlos [50]
Altos Brazil Francisco Diá Sacked 16 May 2022 19th Brazil Fernando Tonet 16 May 2022 [51][52]
Botafogo-SP Brazil Leandro Zago 23 May 2022 10th Brazil Paulo Baier 23 May 2022 [53][54]
Brasil de Pelotas Brazil Jerson Testoni 30 May 2022 19th Brazil Cirilo (caretaker) 30 May 2022 [55]
Aparecidense Brazil Eduardo Souza 6 June 2022 16th Brazil Moacir Júnior 9 June 2022 [56][57]
Brasil de Pelotas Brazil Cirilo End of caretaker spell 7 June 2022 20th Brazil Thiago Gomes 7 June 2022 [58]
Floresta Brazil Ricardo Drubscky Sacked 12 June 2022 14th Brazil Leston Júnior 13 June 2022 [59][60]
Ferroviário Brazil Roberto Fonseca 11th Brazil Sidney Moraes 12 June 2022 [61]
Confiança Brazil Felipe Loureiro Resigned 18 June 2022 18th Brazil Vinícius Eutrópio 20 June 2022 [62][63]
Vitória Brazil Fabiano Soares Sacked 19 June 2022 16th Brazil João Burse 19 June 2022 [64][65]
Remo Brazil Paulo Bonamigo 8th Brazil Gerson Gusmão 21 June 2022 [66][67]
Botafogo-PB Brazil Gerson Gusmão Signed by Remo 21 June 2022 4th Brazil Itamar Schülle 21 June 2022 [68][69]
Manaus Brazil Evaristo Piza Sacked 26 June 2022 9th Brazil João Brigatti 28 June 2022 [70][71]
Campinense Brazil Ranielle Ribeiro 3 July 2022 18th Brazil Flávio Araújo 4 July 2022 [72][73]
Ferroviário Brazil Sidney Moraes 4 July 2022 17th Brazil Francisco Diá 4 July 2022 [74][75]
Manaus Brazil João Brigatti Resigned 19 July 2022 11th Brazil Evaristo Piza 19 July 2022 [76]
Atlético Cearense Brazil Roberto Carlos Sacked 20 July 2022 20th Brazil Mozart Neto (caretaker) 23 July 2022 [77]
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Notes
  1. Cristiano Bassoli was the caretaker manager in the Campeonato Piauiense 11th round against Oeirense on 13 February
  2. Cristiano Bassoli was the caretaker manager in the Campeonato Piauiense semifinals against Parnahyba on 13 April
  3. Bibi was the caretaker manager on the 2nd round against Ypiranga on 16 April

Format

In the first stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament against the other clubs. The top eight teams advanced to the second stage. 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.

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).[78]

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mirassol 19 10 3 6 32 20 +12 33 Advance to Second stage
2 Paysandu 19 9 6 4 31 17 +14 33
3 Figueirense 19 8 9 2 27 18 +9 33
4 Volta Redonda 19 10 2 7 29 22 +7 32
5 Botafogo-SP 19 10 2 7 26 22 +4 32
6 ABC 19 8 7 4 22 16 +6 31
7 Vitória 19 8 5 6 21 15 +6 29
8 Aparecidense 19 8 5 6 23 18 +5 29
9 Botafogo-PB 19 7 8 4 17 13 +4 29
10 Ypiranga 19 7 7 5 25 20 +5 28
11 São José 19 7 5 7 33 27 +6 26
12 Remo 19 7 5 7 25 22 +3 26
13 Manaus 19 6 7 6 16 21 5 25
14 Confiança 19 6 5 8 12 17 5 23
15 Floresta 19 6 5 8 17 25 8 23
16 Altos 19 6 3 10 21 31 10 21
17 Atlético Cearense (R) 19 5 4 10 17 35 18 19 Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
18 Brasil de Pelotas (R) 19 4 5 10 19 29 10 17
19 Ferroviário (R) 19 5 1 13 15 27 12 16
20 Campinense (R) 19 4 4 11 15 28 13 16
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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

More information Home \ Away, ABC ...
Home \ Away ABC ALT APA ATL BPB BSP BRA CAM CON FER FIG FLO MAN MIR PAY REM SJO VIT VOL YPI
ABC 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Altos 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 3–0
Aparecidense 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0
Atlético Cearense 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Botafogo-PB 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Botafogo-SP 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
Brasil de Pelotas 1–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2
Campinense 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–0
Confiança 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0
Ferroviário 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–2
Figueirense 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–2
Floresta 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1
Manaus 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Mirassol 2–1 6–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
Paysandu 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
Remo 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–1
São José 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 3–1
Vitória 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2
Volta Redonda 3–1 0–3 4–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1
Ypiranga 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–3 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1
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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).[78]

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

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mirassol (P) 6 3 3 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to Finals and promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
2 Botafogo-SP (P) 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
3 Aparecidense 6 2 1 3 8 10 2 7
4 Volta Redonda 6 1 1 4 7 11 4 4
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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

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Home \ Away APA BSP MIR VOL
Aparecidense 1–3 2–2 1–0
Botafogo-SP 2–3 1–1 3–1
Mirassol 2–1 1–0 3–3
Volta Redonda 1–0 1–2 1–2
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Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ABC (P) 6 3 3 0 4 1 +3 12 Advance to Finals and promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
2 Vitória (P) 6 2 3 1 4 6 2 9 Promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
3 Figueirense 6 2 1 3 8 6 +2 7
4 Paysandu 6 1 1 4 3 6 3 4
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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

More information Home \ Away, ABC ...
Home \ Away ABC FIG PAY VIT
ABC 2–1 1–0 0–0
Figueirense 0–0 2–1 5–1
Paysandu 0–1 1–0 1–1
Vitória 0–0 1–0 1–0
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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).[78]

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).[78]

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 São Paulo (state) Mirassol 25 13 6 6 43 28 +15 45 2nd leg
2 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 25 11 10 4 26 17 +9 43 1st leg
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Source: CBF

The matches were played on 1 and 8 October 2022.[79]

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ABC Rio Grande do Norte 0–2 São Paulo (state) Mirassol 0–0 0–2
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Matches

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Attendance: 15,032
Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein (Rio Grande do Sul)

More information Mirassol, 2–0 ...
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Attendance: 9,265
Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva (Minas Gerais)

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