# 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

In 2007, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 64 clubs, with the promotion of Bragantino, Bahia (lost Fonte Nova against Vila Nova), Vila Nova-GO, and ABC-RN, to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B to be contested in 2008. No teams were relegated, since the fourth division in the Brazilian league was introduced only in 2009.

## Competition format
### First stage

The 64 teams play in 16 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 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 2008.

## Participating teams

The participating teams are sorted by state:
* Acre
* Rio Branco
* Alagoas
* ASA
* Coruripe
* Amapá
* Amapá
* Amazonas
* Fast Clube
* Nacional
* São Raimundo/AM
* Bahia
* Atlético/BA
* Bahia
* Poções
* Ceará
* Icasa
* Itapipoca
* Distrito Federal
* Ceilândia
* Guará
* Espírito Santo
* Jaguaré
* Linhares
* Goiás
* Atlético Goianiense
* CRAC
* Itumbiara
* Vila Nova
* Maranhão
* Imperatriz
* Sampaio Corrêa
* Mato Grosso
* Cacerense
* Jaciara
* Mato Grosso do Sul
* Águia Negra
* CENE
* Minas Gerais
* Democrata de Governador Valadares
* Tupi
* Villa Nova
* Pará
* Ananindeua
* Paysandu
* Tuna Luso
* Paraíba
* Atlético/PB
* Nacional de Patos
* Paraná
* Adap Galo Maringá
* Paranavaí
* Roma
* Pernambuco
* Central de Caruaru
* Porto
* Vera Cruz
* Piauí
* Barras
* River
* Rio de Janeiro
* América/RJ
* Friburguense
* Madureira
* Volta Redonda
* Rio Grande do Norte
* ABC
* Potiguar de Mossoró
* Rio Grande do Sul
* Caxias
* Esportivo
* Ulbra (RS)
* Rondônia
* Jaruense
* Roraima
* São Raimundo/RR
* Santa Catarina
* Chapecoense
* Joinville
* São Paulo
* Bragantino
* Guarani
* Juventus
* Noroeste
* Rio Claro
* Sertãozinho
* Sergipe
* América/SE
* Confiança
* Tocantins
* Araguaína

## Stages of the competition
### First stage
#### Group 1 (AC-AM-RO-RR)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rio Branco/AC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Fast Clube/AM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Jaruense/RO | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 5 | |
| 4 | São Raimundo/RR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Group 2 (AP-AM-PA)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional/AM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Tuna Luso/PA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Amapá/AP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | São Raimundo/AM | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |

#### Group 3 (MA-PA-TO)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Imperatriz/MA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 10 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Ananindeua/PA | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Paysandu/PA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Araguaina/TO | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | −1 | |
* ↑ Araguaina/TO was punished with the loss of 12 points

#### Group 4 (CE-MA-PI)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barras/PI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Sampaio Corrêa/MA | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | River/PI | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Itapipoca/CE | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 4 | |

#### Group 5 (CE-PB-PE-RN)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional/PB | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Porto/PE | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Icasa/CE | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Potiguar/RN | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | |

#### Group 6 (PB-PE-RN)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ABC/RN | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Atlético/PB | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 10 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Central/PE | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Vera Cruz/PE | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 4 | |

#### Group 7 (AL-BA-SE)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahia/BA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 16 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Confiança/SE | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | América/SE | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 4 | |
| 4 | ASA/AL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | |

#### Group 8 (AL-BA-ES)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Coruripe/AL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Linhares/ES | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 8 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Atlético/BA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Poções/BA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |

#### Group 9 (DF-GO-MT)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético/GO | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | CRAC/GO | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Ceilândia/DF | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Cacerense/MT | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | |

#### Group 10 (DF-GO-MT)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vila Nova/GO | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Itumbiara/GO | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Jaciara/MT | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Esportivo Guará/DF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | |

#### Group 11 (ES-MG-RJ-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América/RJ | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Guarani/SP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Jaguaré/ES | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Tupi/MG | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | |

#### Group 12 (RJ-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rio Claro/SP | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Volta Redonda/RJ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Friburguense/RJ | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Noroeste/SP | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |

#### Group 13 (MS-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bragantino/SP | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Águia Negra/MS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | CENE/MS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Sertãozinho/SP | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | |

#### Group 14 (MG-RJ-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Villa Nova/MG | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Democrata-GV/MG | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Juventus/SP | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Madureira/RJ | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | |

#### Group 15 (PR-RS-SC)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Roma/PR | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 14 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Ulbra/RS | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Chapecoense/SC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Paranavaí/PR | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Group 16 (PR-RS-SC)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Joinville/SC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 13 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 2 | Esportivo/RS | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 | Qualified to the second stage |
| 3 | Adap Galo Maringá/PR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Caxias/RS | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |

### Second stage
#### Group 17 (AC-MA-PA)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Imperatriz/MA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | −2 | |
| 2 | Rio Branco/AC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Tuna Luso/PA | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 8 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 4 | Sampaio Corrêa/MA | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | |
* ↑ Imperatriz/MA was expelled from the competition (lost 12 points on STJD)

#### Group 18 (AM-PA-PI)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barras/PI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 2 | Fast Clube/AM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Ananindeua/PA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Nacional/AM | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 | |

#### Group 19 (BA-ES-PB)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahia/BA | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 13 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 2 | Nacional/PB | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Atlético/PB | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Linhares/ES | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | |

#### Group 20 (AL-PE-RN-SE)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Coruripe/AL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 13 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 2 | ABC/RN | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 12 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Confiança/SE | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Porto/PE | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | |

#### Group 21 (GO-RJ)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético/GO | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 13 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 2 | América/RJ | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Volta Redonda/RJ | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Itumbiara/GO | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |

#### Group 22 (GO-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CRAC/GO | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 2 | Vila Nova/GO | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Guarani/SP | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Rio Claro/SP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |

#### Group 23 (MG-PR-RS-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Esportivo/RS | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 2 | Bragantino/SP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Roma/PR | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Democrata-GV/MG | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | |

#### Group 24 (MS-MG-RS-SC)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ulbra/RS | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 2 | Villa Nova/MG | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Qualified to the third stage |
| 3 | Joinville/SC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Águia Negra/MS | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |

### Third stage
#### Group 25 (AC-AM-BA-RN)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ABC/RN | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 13 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 2 | Bahia/BA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 3 | Rio Branco/AC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Fast Clube/AM | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | |

#### Group 26 (AL-PA-PB-PI)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barras/PI | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 2 | Nacional/PB | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 9 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 3 | Coruripe/AL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Tuna Luso/PA | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | |

#### Group 27 (GO-MG-RS)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vila Nova/GO | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 2 | Atlético/GO | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 3 | Villa Nova/MG | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Esportivo/RS | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |

#### Group 28 (GO-RJ-RS-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CRAC/GO | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 14 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 2 | Bragantino/SP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Qualified to the final stage |
| 3 | Ulbra/RS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | América/RJ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 5 | |

### Final stage
#### Group 29 (BA-GO-PB-PI-RN-SP)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Bragantino/SP | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 26 | Promoted to the Série B |
| 2 | Bahia/BA | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 24 | Promoted to the Série B |
| 3 | Vila Nova/GO | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 23 | Promoted to the Série B |
| 4 | ABC/RN | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 23 | Promoted to the Série B |
| 5 | CRAC/GO | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 21 | |
| 6 | Atlético/GO | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 21 | |
| 7 | Barras/PI | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 10 | |
| 8 | Nacional/PB | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 8 | |
* Champion: Bragantino
* Runners-up: Bahia
* Third Place: Vila Nova
* Fourth Place: ABC de Natal
Note: On This Phase, The EC Bahia Lost the Fonte Nova in last game at home (25 November 2007) (2008–2014).
Bahia 0 × 0 Vila Nova:
Stadium – Estádio Octávio Mangabeira, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
On 85 or 88 minutes, 13 people fell and 7 people died, because the collapse of the bleachers (see more in Portuguese.)
The biggest rival of Bahia promoted to first division in same year.