# 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It began on 9 April and ended on 8 October 2022.
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2021 season, four promoted from the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (ABC, Aparecidense, Atlético Cearense and Campinense) and four relegated from the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Brasil de Pelotas, Confiança, Remo and Vitória).
In the finals, Mirassol won their first title after defeating ABC 2–0 on aggregate.
Mirassol, ABC, Botafogo-SP and Vitória were promoted to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, while Atlético Cearense, Brasil de Pelotas, Campinense and Ferroviário were relegated to the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

## Format changes

Starting from this edition, the first stage had only one group where each team played the other teams in a single round-robin tournament instead of two groups played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated.

## Teams

| Pos. | Relegated from 2021 Série B |
| 17th | Remo |
| 18th | Vitória |
| 19th | Confiança |
| 20th | Brasil de Pelotas |
| Pos. | Promoted from 2021 Série D |
| 1st | Aparecidense |
| 2nd | Campinense |
| 3rd | ABC |
| 4th | Atlético Cearense |

### Number of teams by state

| Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
| 3 | Ceará | Atlético Cearense, Ferroviário and Floresta |
| 3 | Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil de Pelotas, São José and Ypiranga |
| 2 | Pará | Paysandu and Remo |
| 2 | Paraíba | Botafogo-PB and Campinense |
| 2 | São Paulo | Botafogo-SP and Mirassol |
| 1 | Amazonas | Manaus |
| 1 | Bahia | Vitória |
| 1 | Goiás | Aparecidense |
| 1 | Piauí | Altos |
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | Volta Redonda |
| 1 | Rio Grande do Norte | ABC |
| 1 | Santa Catarina | Figueirense |
| 1 | Sergipe | Confiança |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | State | Stadium | Capacity |
| ABC | Natal | Rio Grande do Norte | Frasqueirão | 18,000 |
| Altos | Altos | Piauí | Felipe Raulino | 4,000 |
| Aparecidense | Aparecida de Goiânia | Goiás | Annibal Batista de Toledo | 6,645 |
| Atlético Cearense | Fortaleza | Ceará | Antônio Cruz | 3,000 |
| Botafogo-PB | João Pessoa | Paraíba | Almeidão | 25,770 |
| Botafogo-SP | Ribeirão Preto | São Paulo | Santa Cruz | 29,292 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Pelotas | Rio Grande do Sul | Bento Freitas | 29,130 |
| Campinense | Campina Grande | Paraíba | Amigão | 19,000 |
| Confiança | Aracaju | Sergipe | Batistão | 15,575 |
| Ferroviário | Fortaleza | Ceará | Presidente Vargas | 20,262 |
| Figueirense | Florianópolis | Santa Catarina | Orlando Scarpelli | 19,584 |
| Floresta | Fortaleza | Ceará | Domingão | 10,500 |
| Manaus | Manaus | Amazonas | Arena da Amazônia | 44,000 |
| Mirassol | Mirassol | São Paulo | Campos Maia | 15,000 |
| Paysandu | Belém | Pará | Estádio da Curuzu | 16,200 |
| Remo | Belém | Pará | Baenão | 13,792 |
| São José | Porto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul | Passo D'Areia | 15,000 |
| Vitória | Salvador | Bahia | Barradão | 34,535 |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Rio de Janeiro | Raulino de Oliveira | 20,255 |
| Ypiranga | Erechim | Rio Grande do Sul | Colosso da Lagoa | 22,000 |

## Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit main sponsor |
| ABC | Fernando Marchiori | Richardson | Elefante MQ (club manufactured kit) | Upsports.bet |
| Altos | Fernando Tonet | Betinho | Pratic Sport | Carvalho Mercadão |
| Aparecidense | Moacir Júnior | Wesley Matos | Tolledo Sports | LAS |
| Atlético Cearense | Mozart Neto (caretaker) | Carlão | Fibber | Hospital Uniclinic |
| Botafogo-PB | Itamar Schülle | Leandro Camilo | W A Sport | PixBet |
| Botafogo-SP | Paulo Baier | Fillipe Soutto | Volt Sport | Mundo Invest |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Thiago Gomes | Karl | Xavante (club manufactured kit) | Banrisul |
| Campinense | Flávio Araújo | Mauro Iguatu | Super Bolla | PixBet |
| Confiança | Vinícius Eutrópio | Ítalo | Super Bolla | Banese Card |
| Ferroviário | Francisco Diá | Fredson | T33 (club manufactured kit) | Zenir |
| Figueirense | Júnior Rocha | Wilson | Volt Sport | Champion Watch |
| Floresta | Leston Júnior | Maílson | Golaço | Nega Palito Jeans |
| Manaus | Evaristo Piza | Paulo Sérgio | Ícone Sports | Bemol |
| Mirassol | Ricardo Catalá | Camilo | Physicus | Guaraná Poty |
| Paysandu | Márcio Fernandes | Genílson | Lobo (club manufactured kit) | Banpará |
| Remo | Gerson Gusmão | Marlon | Volt Sport | Banpará |
| São José | Paulo Henrique Marques | Fábio Rampi | Weefe | Banrisul |
| Vitória | João Burse | Alan Santos | Volt Sport | Betnacional |
| Volta Redonda | Rogério Corrêa | Bruno Barra | Pratic Sport | Universidade de Vassouras |
| Ypiranga | Luizinho Vieira | Gedeílson | Clanel | Banrisul |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Altos | Paulinho Kobayashi | End of contract | 21 October 2021 | Pre-season | Evandro Guimarães | 21 October 2021 |
| Botafogo-SP | Samuel Dias | End of caretaker spell | 15 November 2021 | Pre-season | Leandro Zago | 19 November 2021 |
| Figueirense | Jorginho | End of contract | 18 November 2021 | Pre-season | Júnior Rocha | 23 November 2021 |
| Ypiranga | Júnior Rocha | End of contract | 19 November 2021 | Pre-season | Luizinho Vieira | 25 November 2021 |
| Vitória | Wagner Lopes | End of contract | 28 November 2021 | Pre-season | Dado Cavalcanti | 22 December 2021 |
| Paysandu | Wilton Bezerra | End of caretaker spell | 4 December 2021 | Pre-season | Márcio Fernandes | 4 December 2021 |
| Remo | Eduardo Baptista | End of contract | 12 December 2021 | Pre-season | Paulo Bonamigo | 14 December 2021 |
| Floresta | Daniel Rocha | Demoted to assistant manager | 20 December 2021 | Pre-season | Ricardo Drubscky | 20 December 2021 |
| Atlético Cearense | Raimundo Wágner | Resigned | 11 January 2022 | State leagues | Reginaldo França | 12 January 2022 |
| Ferroviário | Anderson Batatais | Sacked | 5 February 2022 | State leagues | Paulinho Kobayashi | 6 February 2022 |
| Altos | Evandro Guimarães | Resigned | 11 February 2022 | State leagues | Carlos Rabello | 11 February 2022 |
| São José | Pingo | Sacked | 14 February 2022 | State leagues | Paulo Baier | 14 February 2022 |
| Volta Redonda | Neto Colucci | Sacked | 28 February 2022 | State leagues | Wilson Leite (caretaker) | 28 February 2022 |
| Mirassol | Eduardo Baptista | Resigned | 2 March 2022 | State leagues | Ivan Baitello (caretaker) | 3 March 2022 |
| Aparecidense | Thiago Carvalho | Resigned | 7 March 2022 | State leagues | Eduardo Souza | 9 March 2022 |
| Atlético Cearense | Reginaldo França | Sacked | 11 March 2022 | State leagues | Betinho (caretaker) | 30 March 2022 |
| São José | Paulo Baier | Sacked | 15 March 2022 | State leagues | Paulo Henrique Marques | 15 March 2022 |
| Ferroviário | Paulinho Kobayashi | Sacked | 16 March 2022 | State leagues | Roberto Fonseca | 18 March 2022 |
| Vitória | Dado Cavalcanti | Sacked | 17 March 2022 | State leagues | Geninho | 17 March 2022 |
| ABC | Moacir Júnior | Mutual agreement | 18 March 2022 | State leagues | Jonydei Tostão (caretaker) | 19 March 2022 |
| Mirassol | Ivan Baitello | End of caretaker spell | 19 March 2022 | State leagues | Ricardo Catalá | 19 March 2022 |
| Volta Redonda | Wilson Leite | End of caretaker spell | 21 March 2022 | State leagues | Rogério Corrêa | 21 March 2022 |
| ABC | Jonydei Tostão | End of caretaker spell | 22 March 2022 | State leagues | Fernando Marchiori | 22 March 2022 |
| Altos | Carlos Rabello | Sacked | 10 April 2022 | 19th | Agnaldo Liz | 11 April 2022 |
| Confiança | Luizinho Lopes | Sacked | 13 April 2022 | 18th | Felipe Loureiro | 14 April 2022 |
| Vitória | Geninho | Sacked | 20 April 2022 | 17th | Ricardo Amadeu (caretaker) | 21 April 2022 |
| Vitória | Ricardo Amadeu | End of caretaker spell | 26 April 2022 | 18th | Fabiano Soares | 26 April 2022 |
| Altos | Agnaldo Liz | Sacked | 26 April 2022 | 19th | Francisco Diá | 26 April 2022 |
| Atlético Cearense | Betinho | End of caretaker spell | 26 April 2022 | 20th | Roberto Carlos | 26 April 2022 |
| Altos | Francisco Diá | Sacked | 16 May 2022 | 19th | Fernando Tonet | 16 May 2022 |
| Botafogo-SP | Leandro Zago | Sacked | 23 May 2022 | 10th | Paulo Baier | 23 May 2022 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Jerson Testoni | Sacked | 30 May 2022 | 19th | Cirilo (caretaker) | 30 May 2022 |
| Aparecidense | Eduardo Souza | Sacked | 6 June 2022 | 16th | Moacir Júnior | 9 June 2022 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Cirilo | End of caretaker spell | 7 June 2022 | 20th | Thiago Gomes | 7 June 2022 |
| Floresta | Ricardo Drubscky | Sacked | 12 June 2022 | 14th | Leston Júnior | 13 June 2022 |
| Ferroviário | Roberto Fonseca | Sacked | 12 June 2022 | 11th | Sidney Moraes | 12 June 2022 |
| Confiança | Felipe Loureiro | Resigned | 18 June 2022 | 18th | Vinícius Eutrópio | 20 June 2022 |
| Vitória | Fabiano Soares | Sacked | 19 June 2022 | 16th | João Burse | 19 June 2022 |
| Remo | Paulo Bonamigo | Sacked | 19 June 2022 | 8th | Gerson Gusmão | 21 June 2022 |
| Botafogo-PB | Gerson Gusmão | Signed by Remo | 21 June 2022 | 4th | Itamar Schülle | 21 June 2022 |
| Manaus | Evaristo Piza | Sacked | 26 June 2022 | 9th | João Brigatti | 28 June 2022 |
| Campinense | Ranielle Ribeiro | Sacked | 3 July 2022 | 18th | Flávio Araújo | 4 July 2022 |
| Ferroviário | Sidney Moraes | Sacked | 4 July 2022 | 17th | Francisco Diá | 4 July 2022 |
| Manaus | João Brigatti | Resigned | 19 July 2022 | 11th | Evaristo Piza | 19 July 2022 |
| Atlético Cearense | Roberto Carlos | Sacked | 20 July 2022 | 20th | Mozart Neto (caretaker) | 23 July 2022 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Cristiano Bassoli was the caretaker manager in the Campeonato Piauiense 11th round against Oeirense on 13 February
* ↑ Cristiano Bassoli was the caretaker manager in the Campeonato Piauiense semifinals against Parnahyba on 13 April
* ↑ Bibi was the caretaker manager on the 2nd round against Ypiranga on 16 April

## Format

In the first stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament against the other clubs. The top eight teams advanced to the second stage. In the second stage, the teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B, while the group winners advanced to the finals.

## First stage

In the first stage, each team played the other nineteen teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 16).
The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated to Série D.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mirassol | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 33 | Advance to Second stage |
| 2 | Paysandu | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 33 | Advance to Second stage |
| 3 | Figueirense | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 33 | Advance to Second stage |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 32 | Advance to Second stage |
| 5 | Botafogo-SP | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 32 | Advance to Second stage |
| 6 | ABC | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 31 | Advance to Second stage |
| 7 | Vitória | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 29 | Advance to Second stage |
| 8 | Aparecidense | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | Advance to Second stage |
| 9 | Botafogo-PB | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 29 | |
| 10 | Ypiranga | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 28 | |
| 11 | São José | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 26 | |
| 12 | Remo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 26 | |
| 13 | Manaus | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 25 | |
| 14 | Confiança | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 23 | |
| 15 | Floresta | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 23 | |
| 16 | Altos | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 21 | |
| 17 | Atlético Cearense (R) | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 19 | Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| 18 | Brasil de Pelotas (R) | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 17 | Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| 19 | Ferroviário (R) | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 16 | Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| 20 | Campinense (R) | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 16 | Relegation to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ABC | ALT | APA | ATL | BPB | BSP | BRA | CAM | CON | FER | FIG | FLO | MAN | MIR | PAY | REM | SJO | VIT | VOL | YPI |
| ABC | | | | | | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | | 1–0 | |
| Altos | 2–1 | | | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | | | 0–3 | | | 0–0 | | 3–0 |
| Aparecidense | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | | | | | | | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | | |
| Atlético Cearense | 0–1 | | | | | 0–2 | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | | | 3–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Botafogo-PB | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | | |
| Botafogo-SP | 2–0 | | 0–2 | | 2–1 | | | | | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | | | 0–2 |
| Campinense | | | 1–1 | | | 1–3 | 2–0 | | | 2–0 | | | 1–2 | | 1–3 | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Confiança | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | | 2–3 | | 1–0 | | | | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Ferroviário | 1–3 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | | | | 0–2 | | | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 |
| Figueirense | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | | | |
| Floresta | | 2–2 | | 2–3 | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | | | | 1–1 | |
| Manaus | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | |
| Mirassol | | 2–1 | | 6–0 | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | | |
| Paysandu | | | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | | | | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Remo | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | | | | 4–0 | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | |
| São José | | 4–1 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | | 4–0 | | | 2–0 | | | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Vitória | 2–2 | | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | | 1–2 | |
| Volta Redonda | | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | 3–0 | | | | 2–1 |
| Ypiranga | 0–0 | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | | | | | | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | |

## Second stage

In the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).
The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B. Group winners advanced to the finals.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mirassol (P) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Advance to Finals and promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 2 | Botafogo-SP (P) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | Promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 3 | Aparecidense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | APA | BSP | MIR | VOL |
| Aparecidense | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Botafogo-SP | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Mirassol | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–3 |
| Volta Redonda | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ABC (P) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 12 | Advance to Finals and promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 2 | Vitória (P) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 9 | Promoted to 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 3 | Figueirense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Paysandu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ABC | FIG | PAY | VIT |
| ABC | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Figueirense | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Paysandu | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Vitória | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |

## Finals

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the champions (Regulations Article 21).
The finalists were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 22).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| 1 | Mirassol | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 45 | 2nd leg |
| 2 | ABC | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 43 | 1st leg |
The matches were played on 1 and 8 October 2022.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| ABC | 0–2 | Mirassol | 0–0 | 0–2 |

### Matches
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alex Henrique | Aparecidense | 12 |
| 2 | Marlon | Paysandu | 10 |
| 3 | Camilo | Mirassol | 9 |
| 4 | Rafinha | Vitória | 8 |
| 5 | Gustavo Coutinho | Botafogo-PB | 7 |
| 5 | Gustavo Xuxa | Botafogo-SP | 7 |
| 5 | Lelê | Volta Redonda | 7 |
| 5 | Vinícius Mingotti | Mirassol | 7 |
| 9 | Cristiano | São José | 6 |
| 9 | Henan | ABC | 6 |
| 9 | Hugo Almeida | Ypiranga | 6 |
| 9 | Léo Artur | Figueirense | 6 |
| 9 | Rafhael Lucas | Volta Redonda | 6 |
| 9 | Thiago Santos | Brasil de Pelotas | 6 |
| 9 | Santiago Tréllez | Vitória | 6 |
Source: CBF