| Competition: | Campeonato Brasileiro Série C |
| Promoted: | ABC Boa Esporte Guarani Juventude |
| Relegated: | América de Natal Portuguesa Ríver Guaratinguetá |
| Matches: | 194 |
| Total Goals: | 435 |
| League Topscorer: | 12 goals Jones Carioca, ABC |
| Biggest Home Win: | 6–0 Guarani v ABC SF 2nd leg, 23 Oct |
| Biggest Away Win: | 0–5 Guaratinguetá v Juventude R2, 29 May Portuguesa v Botafogo-SP R4, 12 June |
| Highest Attendance: | 63,903 Fortaleza 1–1 Juventude QF 2nd leg, 9 October |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4 Guaratinguetá 0–3 Macaé R16, 4 September |
| Attendance: | 762,264 |
| Average Attendance: | 4,055 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
| Updated: | 19:12, 9 November 2016 (UTC) |
| Season: | 2016 |
The Serie C of the Brazilian Championship 2016 is a football competition being held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It is being contested by 20 clubs in two geographic groups.
| Team | Home city | Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Natal |  Geninho | |
| América de Natal | Natal | Francisco Diá | |
| ASA | Arapiraca | Paulo Foiani | |
| Boa Esporte | Varginha | Ney da Matta | |
| Botafogo-PB | João Pessoa | Itamar Schülle | |
| Botafogo-SP | Ribeirão Preto | Márcio Fernandes | |
| Confiança | Aracaju | Roberto Fernandes | |
| Cuiabá | Cuiabá | Roberto Fonseca | |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Marquinhos Santos | |
| Guarani | Campinas | Marcelo Chamusca | |
| Guaratinguetá | Guaratinguetá | João Telê | |
| Juventude | Caxias do Sul | Antônio Carlos Zago | |
| Macaé | Macaé | Josué Teixeira | |
| Mogi Mirim | Mogi Mirim | Mário Júnior | |
| Portuguesa | São Paulo | Márcio Ribeiro | |
| Remo | Belém | Waldemar Lemos | |
| Ríver | Teresina | Marcão | |
| Salgueiro | Salgueiro | Evandro Guimarães | |
| Tombense | Tombos | Moacir Júnior | |
| Ypiranga | Leocir Dall'Astra |
| Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Botafogo, Guarani, Guaratinguetá, Mogi Mirim and Portuguesa | |
| 2 | Boa Esporte and Tombense | |
| ABC and América de Natal | ||
| Juventude and Ypiranga | ||
| 1 | ASA | |
| Fortaleza | ||
| Cuiabá | ||
| Remo | ||
| Botafogo | ||
| Salgueiro | ||
| Ríver | ||
| Macaé | ||
| Confiança |
The final stage consists of three rounds of two-legged knock-out ties. In the quarter-final, the team ranked 1st in Group A will play the team ranked 4th in Group B and so on.[1]
Team shown first in each tie has home advantage in the 2nd leg.