2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Explained

Competition:	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season:	2006
Winners:	Criciúma
Promoted:	Criciúma Vitória Ipatinga Grêmio Barueri
Matches:	386
Total Goals:	1059
League Topscorer:	Sorato (Bahia) - 10 goals
Biggest Home Win:	América Mineiro 9-0 Jataiense (August 20, 2006)
Biggest Away Win:	União Barbarense 0-6 Rio Branco-SP (July 19, 2006)
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2007

The 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 63 clubs, four of which eventually qualified to the second division to be contested in 2007. No teams were relegated, since there was no fourth division in the Brazilian league.

Competition format

First stage

The 63 teams play in 15 groups of four and one group of three teams (because the Football Federation of Acre failed to appoint one affiliated team). Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Second Stage.

Second stage

The 32 teams qualified from the First Stage play in eight groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Third Stage.

Third stage

The 16 teams qualified from the Second Stage play in four groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Final Stage.

Final Stage

The eight teams qualified from the Third Stage are put together in a single group. They play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling fourteen matchdays. The four best ranked teams are automatically promoted to the Série B in 2007.

Participating teams

The participating teams are sorted by state:

Acre ADESG

Alagoas Coruripe CSA

Amapá Amapá

Amazonas Fast Clube Rio Negro

Bahia Bahia Colo-Colo Ipitanga Vitória

Ceará Ferroviário Icasa

Distrito Federal Ceilândia Luziânia

Espírito Santo Estrela do Norte Vitória (ES)

Goiás Anapolina Atlético Goianiense Jataiense

Maranhão Imperatriz Maranhão

Mato Grosso Mixto Operário

Mato Grosso do Sul Coxim SERC

Minas Gerais América (MG) Ipatinga Ituiutaba

Pará Ananindeua Tuna Luso

Paraíba Treze Botafogo (PB)

Paraná ADAP J. Malucelli Rio Branco (PR)

Pernambuco Porto Ypiranga

Piauí Flamengo River

Rio de Janeiro América (RJ) Americano Cabofriense Madureira

Rio Grande do Norte Baraúnas Potiguar de Mossoró

Rio Grande do Sul Brasil Caxias Novo Hamburgo Ulbra (RS)

Rondônia Ulbra (RO)

Roraima São Raimundo (RR)

Santa Catarina Criciúma Joinville Marcílio Dias

São Paulo América Grêmio Barueri Juventus Noroeste Rio Branco (SP) União Barbarense

Sergipe Confiança Pirambu

Tocantins Araguaína

Stages of the competition

First stage

Group 1 (AC-AM-PA)

Group 2 (AP-AM-PA-RR)

Group 3 (MT-RO-TO)

Group 4 (MA-PI)

Group 5 (CE-PB-PE-RN)

Group 6 (CE-PB-PE-RN)

Group 7 (AL-BA-SE)

Group 8 (AL-BA-SE)

Group 9 (DF-GO-MS)

Group 10 (DF-GO-MS-MG)

Group 11 (ES-MG-RJ-SP)

Group 12 (ES-MG-RJ-SP)

Group 13 (RJ-SP)

Group 14 (PR-SP)

Group 15 (PR-RS-SC)

Group 16 (RS-SC)

Second stage

Group 17 (MA-MT-PA)

Group 18 (AM-MT-PI)

Group 19 (AL-BA-CE-PB)

Group 20 (BA-CE-PB-SE)

Group 21 (GO-MG)

Group 22 (GO-MG-RJ-SP)

Group 23 (RJ-SC-SP)

Group 24 (PR-RS-SP)

Third stage

Group 25 (AM-BA-CE-PA)

Group 26 (BA-PA-PB-PI)

Group 27 (GO-MG-RS-SP)

Group 28 (MG-PR-SC-SP)

Final stage

Group 29 (BA-CE-MG-PB-RS-SC-SP)

External links

• 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C at RSSSF