2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	2015
Champions	Vila Nova
Promoted	Brasil de Pelotas Vila Nova Londrina Tupi
Relegated	Águia de Marabá Madureira Caxias Icasa
Matches	192
Goals	455 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guilherme Queiróz (Portuguesa) (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Juventude 5-0 Madureira (August 29, 2015) Guaratinguetá 5-0 Madureira (September 20, 2015)
Highest attendance	Fortaleza 0-0 Brasil de Pelotas (October 17, 2015, Castelão) - 62,903 people
Lowest attendance	Caxias 1-2 Portuguesa (September 20, 2015, Centenário) - 110 people
Average attendance	4,021
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The Serie C of the Brazilian Championship 2015 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It is contested by 20 clubs. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

Águia de Marabá

América-RN

ASA

Botafogo-PB

Brasil de Pelotas

Caxias

Confiança

Cuiabá

Fortaleza

Guarani

Guaratinguetá

Icasa

Juventude

Londrina

Madureira

Portuguesa

Salgueiro

Tombense

Tupi

Vila Nova

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Location of teams in 2015 Série C

Team	Home city	Manager
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	João Galvão
América-RN	Natal	Roberto Fernandes
ASA	Arapiraca	Vica
Botafogo-PB	João Pessoa	Ramiro Souza
Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas	Rogério Zimmermann
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	Beto Campos
Confiança	Aracaju	Betinho
Cuiabá	Cuiabá	Ruy Scarpino
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	Marcelo Chamusca
Guarani	Campinas	Pintado
Guaratinguetá	Guaratinguetá	Sérgio Vieira
Icasa	Juazeiro do Norte	Maurílio
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	Antônio Carlos Zago
Londrina	Londrina	Claudio Tencati
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro	Bruno Reis
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Estevam Soares
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	Sergio China
Tombense	Tombos	Marcelo Mabilia
Tupi	Juiz de Fora	Felipe Surian
Vila Nova	Goiânia	Márcio Fernandes

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
3	Rio Grande do Sul	Brasil de Pelotas, Caxias and Juventude
	São Paulo	Guarani, Guaratinguetá and Portuguesa
2	Ceará	Fortaleza and Icasa
	Minas Gerais	Tombense and Tupi
1	Alagoas	ASA
	Goiás	Vila Nova
	Mato Grosso	Cuiabá
	Pará	Águia de Marabá
	Paraíba	Botafogo
	Paraná	Londrina
	Pernambuco	Salgueiro
	Rio Grande do Norte	América de Natal
	Rio de Janeiro	Madureira
	Sergipe	Confiança

League table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortaleza (A)	18	10	6	2	30	14	+16	36	Qualifies to the Final stage
2	ASA (A)	18	10	5	3	24	17	+7	35
3	Vila Nova (A)	18	10	3	5	24	13	+11	33
4	Confiança (A)	18	9	4	5	25	16	+9	31
5	América de Natal	18	8	5	5	23	17	+6	29
6	Botafogo-PB	18	6	5	7	25	30	−5	23
7	Cuiabá	18	5	4	9	20	25	−5	19	2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage [a]
8	Salgueiro	18	4	7	7	17	20	−3	19
9	Águia de Marabá (R)	18	3	6	9	19	28	−9	15	Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	Icasa (R)	18	2	1	15	15	42	−27	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Cuiaba qualified as 2015 Copa Verde champions.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Londrina (A)	18	9	7	2	23	14	+9	34	Qualifies to the Final stage
2	Portuguesa (A)	18	9	3	6	30	23	+7	30
3	Tupi (A)	18	8	6	4	18	15	+3	30
4	Brasil de Pelotas (A)	18	7	8	3	30	20	+10	29
5	Juventude	18	7	8	3	30	21	+9	29
6	Guarani	18	7	8	3	23	17	+6	29
7	Tombense	18	3	8	7	16	19	−3	17
8	Guaratinguetá	18	4	4	10	19	30	−11	16
9	Madureira (R)	18	1	10	7	19	34	−15	13	Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
10	Caxias (R)	18	0	8	10	14	29	−15	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Final stage

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Brasil de Pelotas	1	0	1
	Fortaleza	0	0	0
							Brasil de Pelotas	0	0	0 (3)
							Vila Nova	0	0	0 (4)
	Vila Nova	1	2	3
	Portuguesa	0	1	1
													Vila Nova	0	4	4
													Londrina	1	1	2
	Tupi	2	2	4
	ASA	0	1	1
							Tupi	0	0	0 (3)
							Londrina	0	0	0 (5)
	Confiança	0	0	0
	Londrina	0	1	1

References

1. Série C 2015; Soccerway. Retrieved on 1 April 2015
2. Brasileirão Série C; Globo Esporte. Retrieved on 1 April 2015 (in Portuguese)

External links

• Série C at Terra.com.br