Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2006

In 2006, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 63 clubs, four of which will eventually qualify to the second division to be contested in 2007. No teams were relegated, since there is 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.

econd 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

tages of the competition

First Stage

econd Stage

External links

* [http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br2006l3.htm 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C at RSSSF]