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.
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) and four relegated from the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Brasil de Pelotas, Confiança, Remo and Vitória).
In the finals, Mirassol won their first title after defeating ABC 2–0 on aggregate.
Mirassol, ABC, Botafogo-SP and Vitória were promoted to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, while Atlético Cearense, Brasil de Pelotas, Campinense and Ferroviário were relegated to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
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.
Teams
Pos.Relegated from 2021 Série B17thRemo18thVitória19thConfiança20thBrasil de PelotasPos.Promoted from 2021 Série D1stAparecidense2ndCampinense3rdABC4thAtlético Cearense
Number of teams by state Numberof teams State Team(s)3 Atlético Cearense, Ferroviário and Floresta Brasil de Pelotas, São José and Ypiranga2 Paysandu and Remo Botafogo-PB and Campinense Botafogo-SP and Mirassol1 Manaus Vitória Aparecidense Altos Volta Redonda ABC Figueirense Confiança
Stadiums and locations Team Home city State Stadium Capacity ABC Natal Frasqueirão 18,000 Altos Altos Felipe Raulino 4,000 Aparecidense Aparecida de Goiânia Annibal Batista de Toledo 6,645 Atlético Cearense Fortaleza Antônio Cruz 3,000 Botafogo-PB João Pessoa Almeidão 25,770 Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Santa Cruz 29,292 Brasil de Pelotas Pelotas Bento Freitas 29,130 Campinense Campina Grande Amigão 19,000 Confiança Aracaju Batistão 15,575 Ferroviário Fortaleza Presidente Vargas 20,262 Figueirense Florianópolis Orlando Scarpelli 19,584 Floresta Fortaleza Domingão 10,500 Manaus Manaus Arena da Amazônia 44,000 Mirassol Mirassol Campos Maia 15,000 Paysandu Belém Estádio da Curuzu 16,200 Remo Belém Baenão 13,792 São José Porto Alegre Passo D'Areia 15,000 Vitória Salvador Barradão 34,535 Volta Redonda Volta Redonda Raulino de Oliveira 20,255 Ypiranga Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 22,000
Personnel and kits
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerKit main sponsorABC Fernando Marchiori RichardsonElefante MQ Upsports.betAltos Fernando Tonet BetinhoPratic SportCarvalho MercadãoAparecidense Moacir Júnior Wesley MatosTolledo SportsLASAtlético Cearense Mozart Neto (caretaker) CarlãoFibberHospital UniclinicBotafogo-PB Itamar Schülle Leandro CamiloW A SportPixBetBotafogo-SP Paulo Baier Fillipe SouttoVolt SportMundo InvestBrasil de Pelotas Thiago Gomes KarlXavante BanrisulCampinense Flávio Araújo Mauro IguatuSuper BollaPixBetConfiança Vinícius Eutrópio ÍtaloSuper BollaBanese CardFerroviário Francisco Diá FredsonT33 ZenirFigueirense Júnior Rocha WilsonVolt SportChampion WatchFloresta Leston Júnior MaílsonGolaçoNega Palito JeansManaus Evaristo Piza Paulo SérgioÍcone SportsBemolMirassol Ricardo Catalá CamiloPhysicusGuaraná PotyPaysandu Márcio Fernandes GenílsonLobo BanparáRemo Gerson Gusmão MarlonVolt SportBanparáSão José Paulo Henrique Marques Fábio RampiWeefeBanrisulVitória João Burse Alan SantosVolt SportBetnacionalVolta Redonda Rogério Corrêa Bruno BarraPratic SportUniversidade de VassourasYpiranga Luizinho Vieira GedeílsonClanelBanrisul
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentRefAltos Paulinho KobayashiEnd of contract21 October 2021Pre-season Evandro Guimarães21 October 2021Botafogo-SP Samuel DiasEnd of caretaker spell15 November 2021 Leandro Zago19 November 2021Figueirense JorginhoEnd of contract18 November 2021 Júnior Rocha23 November 2021Ypiranga Júnior Rocha19 November 2021 Luizinho Vieira25 November 2021Vitória Wagner Lopes28 November 2021 Dado Cavalcanti22 December 2021Paysandu Wilton BezerraEnd of caretaker spell4 December 2021 Márcio Fernandes4 December 2021Remo Eduardo BaptistaEnd of contract12 December 2021 Paulo Bonamigo14 December 2021Floresta Daniel RochaDemoted to assistant manager20 December 2021 Ricardo Drubscky20 December 2021Atlético Cearense Raimundo WágnerResigned11 January 2022State leagues Reginaldo França12 January 2022Ferroviário Anderson BatataisSacked5 February 2022 Paulinho Kobayashi6 February 2022Altos Evandro GuimarãesResigned11 February 2022 Carlos Rabello11 February 2022São José PingoSacked14 February 2022 Paulo Baier14 February 2022Volta Redonda Neto Colucci28 February 2022 Wilson Leite (caretaker)28 February 2022Mirassol Eduardo BaptistaResigned2 March 2022 Ivan Baitello (caretaker)3 March 2022Aparecidense Thiago Carvalho7 March 2022 Eduardo Souza9 March 2022Atlético Cearense Reginaldo FrançaSacked11 March 2022 Betinho (caretaker)30 March 2022São José Paulo Baier15 March 2022 Paulo Henrique Marques15 March 2022Ferroviário Paulinho Kobayashi16 March 2022 Roberto Fonseca18 March 2022Vitória Dado Cavalcanti17 March 2022 Geninho17 March 2022ABC Moacir JúniorMutual agreement18 March 2022 Jonydei Tostão (caretaker)19 March 2022Mirassol Ivan BaitelloEnd of caretaker spell19 March 2022 Ricardo Catalá19 March 2022Volta Redonda Wilson Leite21 March 2022 Rogério Corrêa21 March 2022ABC Jonydei Tostão22 March 2022 Fernando Marchiori22 March 2022Altos Carlos RabelloSacked10 April 202219th Agnaldo Liz11 April 2022Confiança Luizinho Lopes13 April 202218th Felipe Loureiro14 April 2022Vitória Geninho20 April 202217th Ricardo Amadeu (caretaker)21 April 2022 Ricardo AmadeuEnd of caretaker spell26 April 202218th Fabiano Soares26 April 2022Altos Agnaldo LizSacked19th Francisco DiáAtlético Cearense BetinhoEnd of caretaker spell20th Roberto CarlosAltos Francisco DiáSacked16 May 202219th Fernando Tonet16 May 2022Botafogo-SP Leandro Zago23 May 202210th Paulo Baier23 May 2022Brasil de Pelotas Jerson Testoni30 May 202219th Cirilo (caretaker)30 May 2022Aparecidense Eduardo Souza6 June 202216th Moacir Júnior9 June 2022Brasil de Pelotas CiriloEnd of caretaker spell7 June 202220th Thiago Gomes7 June 2022Floresta Ricardo DrubsckySacked12 June 202214th Leston Júnior13 June 2022Ferroviário Roberto Fonseca11th Sidney Moraes12 June 2022Confiança Felipe LoureiroResigned18 June 202218th Vinícius Eutrópio20 June 2022Vitória Fabiano SoaresSacked19 June 202216th João Burse19 June 2022Remo Paulo Bonamigo8th Gerson Gusmão21 June 2022Botafogo-PB Gerson GusmãoSigned by Remo21 June 20224th Itamar Schülle21 June 2022Manaus Evaristo PizaSacked26 June 20229th João Brigatti28 June 2022Campinense Ranielle Ribeiro3 July 202218th Flávio Araújo4 July 2022Ferroviário Sidney Moraes4 July 202217th Francisco Diá4 July 2022Manaus João BrigattiResigned19 July 202211th Evaristo Piza19 July 2022Atlético Cearense Roberto CarlosSacked20 July 202220th Mozart Neto (caretaker)23 July 2022 Notes
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).
The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated to Série D.
Group A
Results
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).
The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B. Group winners advanced to the finals.
Group B
Results
Group C
Results
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).
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).
The matches were played on 1 and 8 October 2022.
Matches
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alex HenriqueAparecidense122 MarlonPaysandu103 CamiloMirassol94 RafinhaVitória85 Gustavo CoutinhoBotafogo-PB7 Gustavo XuxaBotafogo-SP LelêVolta Redonda Vinícius MingottiMirassol9 CristianoSão José6 HenanABC Hugo AlmeidaYpiranga Léo ArturFigueirense Rafhael LucasVolta Redonda Thiago SantosBrasil de Pelotas Santiago TréllezVitória
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