# 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs. The competition started on 14 May and ended on 21 October 2017.
CSA, Fortaleza, Sampaio Corrêa and São Bento qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
CSA won the title after defeating Fortaleza in the final.

## Teams

| Pos. | Relegated from 2016 Serie B |
| 17º | Joinville |
| 18º | Bragantino |
| 19º | Tupi |
| 20º | Sampaio Corrêa |
| Pos. | Promoted from 2016 Serie D |
| 1º | Volta Redonda |
| 2º | CSA |
| 3° | Moto Club |
| 4º | São Bento |

### Number of teams by state

| Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
| 4 | São Paulo | Botafogo, Bragantino, Mogi Mirim and São Bento |
| 2 | Alagoas | CSA and ASA |
| 2 | Maranhão | Moto Club and Sampaio Corrêa |
| 2 | Minas Gerais | Tupi and Tombense |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | Macaé and Volta Redonda |
| 1 | Ceará | Fortaleza |
| 1 | Mato Grosso | Cuiabá |
| 1 | Pará | Remo |
| 1 | Paraíba | Botafogo |
| 1 | Pernambuco | Salgueiro |
| 1 | Rio Grande do Sul | Ypiranga |
| 1 | Santa Catarina | Joinville |
| 1 | Sergipe | Confiança |

## Personnel

| Team | Home city | Manager |
| ASA | Arapiraca | Marcelo Vilar |
| Botafogo-PB | João Pessoa | Ramiro Souza |
| Botafogo-SP | Ribeirão Preto | Vica |
| Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | Marcelo Veiga |
| Confiança | Aracaju | Ailton Silva |
| CSA | Maceió | Flávio Araújo |
| Cuiabá | Cuiabá | Moacir Júnior |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Antônio Carlos Zago |
| Joinville | Joinville | Fabinho Santos |
| Macaé | Macaé | Josué Teixeira |
| Mogi Mirim | Mogi Mirim | Lecheva |
| Moto Club | São Luís | Marcinho Guerreiro |
| Remo | Belém | Léo Goiano |
| Salgueiro | Salgueiro | Evandro Guimarães |
| Sampaio Corrêa | São Luís | Francisco Diá |
| São Bento | Sorocaba | Paulo Roberto Santos |
| Tombense | Tombos | Raul Cabral |
| Tupi | Juiz de Fora | Ailton Ferraz |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Felipe Surian |
| Ypiranga | Erechim | Hélio Vieira |

## Group stage

In the group 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 is only between two teams). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams share the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 14).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sampaio Corrêa (A) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 32 | Advance to Final stages |
| 2 | CSA (A) | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 32 | Advance to Final stages |
| 3 | Fortaleza (A) | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 27 | Advance to Final stages |
| 4 | Confiança (A) | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 25 | Advance to Final stages |
| 5 | Salgueiro | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Cuiabá | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 | |
| 7 | Remo | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Botafogo-PB | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 21 | |
| 9 | Moto Club (R) | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 20 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| 10 | ASA (R) | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 13 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| Home \ Away | ASA | BPB | CON | CSA | CUI | FOR | MOT | REM | SAL | SCO |
| ASA | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Botafogo-PB | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Confiança | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| CSA | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Cuiabá | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Fortaleza | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Moto Club | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Remo | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Salgueiro | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Bento (A) | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 31 | Advance to Final stages |
| 2 | Tupi (A) | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 28 | Advance to Final stages |
| 3 | Tombense (A) | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 26 | Advance to Final stages |
| 4 | Volta Redonda (A) | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 25 | Advance to Final stages |
| 5 | Joinville | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 25 | |
| 6 | Botafogo-SP | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 25 | |
| 7 | Ypiranga | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 23 | |
| 8 | Bragantino | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 21 | |
| 9 | Macaé (R) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 19 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| 10 | Mogi Mirim (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 13 | Relegation to 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| Home \ Away | BSP | BRA | JOI | MAC | MOG | SBT | TOM | TUP | VRE | YPI |
| Botafogo-SP | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 |
| Bragantino | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Joinville | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–4 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Macaé | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Mogi Mirim | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| São Bento | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Tombense | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Tupi | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Volta Redonda | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 |
| Ypiranga | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | |

## Final Stage

In the final stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 15).

### Bracket

| Opening Round (Winner promoted) | Opening Round (Winner promoted) | Opening Round (Winner promoted) | Opening Round (Winner promoted) | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Tupi | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Tupi | 0 | 1 | 1 | Fortaleza | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Sampaio Corrêa | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Volta Redonda | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sampaio Corrêa | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | CSA | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Confiança | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | CSA | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| São Bento | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| São Bento | 2 | 0 | 2 | São Bento | 0 | 1 | 1 (2) | | | | |
| | | | | CSA (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | | | | |
| Tombense | 0 | 0 | 0 | CSA (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | | | | |
| CSA | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The matches were played between 16 and 25 September.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Volta Redonda | 1–2 | Sampaio Corrêa | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Fortaleza | 2–1 | Tupi | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Tombense | 0–3 | CSA | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Confiança | 0–2 | São Bento | 0–2 | 0–0 |

#### Group C

Sampaio Corrêa won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

#### Group D

Fortaleza won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

#### Group E

CSA won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

#### Group F

São Bento won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals

### Semi-finals
#### Semi-finals seedings

| Seed | Team | Pts | W | GD |
| 1 | CSA | 38 | 10 | +12 |
| 2 | Sampaio Corrêa | 36 | 10 | +5 |
| 3 | São Bento | 35 | 9 | +12 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 30 | 8 | +6 |
The matches were played between 1 and 7 October.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 3–2 | Sampaio Corrêa | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| São Bento | 1–1 (2–4 p) | CSA | 0–1 | 1–0 |

#### Group G

Fortaleza won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Finals

#### Group H

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, CSA won on penalties and advanced to the Finals

### Finals
#### Finals seedings

| Seed | Team | Pts | W | GD |
| 1 | CSA | 41 | 11 | +12 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 34 | 9 | +7 |
The matches were played on 14 and 21 October.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 1–2 | CSA | 1–2 | 0–0 |