# 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 3 May and end on 8 November, however due to COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled for 8 August 2020 – 30 January 2021.
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2019 season, four promoted from the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Brusque, Manaus, Ituano and Jacuipense) and four relegated from the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Londrina, São Bento, Criciúma and Vila Nova).
The matches Treze v Imperatriz, scheduled for 9 August 2020 (Group A 1st round), and Imperatriz v Jacuipense, scheduled for 15 August 2020 (Group A 2nd round), were postponed after 14 Imperatriz players tested positive for COVID-19.
Brusque, Londrina, Remo and Vila Nova were promoted to the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
Vila Nova defeated Remo 8–3 on aggregate in the finals to win their third title.

## Format changes

Starting from this edition, the quarter-finals and semi-finals were replaced by a second group stage played by eight teams. They were divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B, while the group winners qualified for the finals.

## Teams

| Pos. | Relegated from 2019 Série B |
| 17º | Londrina |
| 18º | São Bento |
| 19º | Criciúma |
| 20º | Vila Nova |
| Pos. | Promoted from 2019 Série D |
| 1º | Brusque |
| 2º | Manaus |
| 3º | Ituano |
| 4º | Jacuipense |

### Number of teams by state

| Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
| 2 | Minas Gerais | Boa Esporte and Tombense |
| 2 | Pará | Paysandu and Remo |
| 2 | Paraíba | Botafogo-PB and Treze |
| 2 | Rio Grande do Sul | São José and Ypiranga |
| 2 | Santa Catarina | Brusque and Criciúma |
| 2 | São Paulo | Ituano and São Bento |
| 1 | Amazonas | Manaus |
| 1 | Bahia | Jacuipense |
| 1 | Ceará | Ferroviário |
| 1 | Goiás | Vila Nova |
| 1 | Maranhão | Imperatriz |
| 1 | Paraná | Londrina |
| 1 | Pernambuco | Santa Cruz |
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | Volta Redonda |

## Personnel

| Team | Home city | Manager | Kit Manufacturer |
| Boa Esporte | Varginha | Ariel Mamede | GSport |
| Botafogo-PB | João Pessoa | Evaristo Piza | Belo 1931 (Club manufactured kit) |
| Brusque | Brusque | Jerson Testoni | Embratex |
| Criciúma | Criciúma | Itamar Schülle | Garra91 (Club manufactured kit) |
| Ferroviário | Fortaleza | Totonho (caretaker) | BM9 Sports |
| Imperatriz | Imperatriz | Charles Guerreiro | DG Sports |
| Ituano | Itu | Vinícius Bergantin | Kanxa |
| Jacuipense | Riachão do Jacuípe | Jonilson Veloso | Niory Sports |
| Londrina | Londrina | Silvinho (caretaker) | Karilu |
| Manaus | Manaus | Souza Baiano (caretaker) | Soft Malhas |
| Paysandu | Belém | João Brigatti | Lobo (Club manufactured kit) |
| Remo | Belém | Paulo Bonamigo | Kappa |
| Santa Cruz | Recife | Marcelo Martelotte | Cobra Coral (Club manufactured kit) |
| São Bento | Sorocaba | Edson Vieira | Joma |
| São José | Porto Alegre | China Balbino | Mega Sports |
| Tombense | Tombos | Julinho Camargo | Vettor |
| Treze | Campina Grande | Márcio Fernandes | Karilu |
| Vila Nova | Goiânia | Márcio Fernandes | V43 (Club manufactured kit) |
| Volta Redonda | Volta Redonda | Neto Colucci | Ícone sports |
| Ypiranga | Erechim | Celso Teixeira | Clanel |

## First stage

In the first 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); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).
The top four teams of each group advanced to the second stage.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Santa Cruz | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 37 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Remo | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 31 | Advance to second stage |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 31 | Advance to second stage |
| 4 | Paysandu | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 29 | Advance to second stage |
| 5 | Manaus | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Jacuipense | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 24 | |
| 7 | Ferroviário | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Botafogo-PB | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 20 | |
| 9 | Treze (R) | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 19 | Relegation to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| 10 | Imperatriz (R) | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 60 | −50 | 1 | Relegation to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BOT | FER | IMP | JAC | MAN | PAY | REM | SAN | TRE | VIL |
| Botafogo-PB | — | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Ferroviário | 2–0 | — | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Imperatriz | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Jacuipense | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Manaus | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Paysandu | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Remo | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Santa Cruz | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Treze | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Vila Nova | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ypiranga | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 31 | Advance to second stage |
| 2 | Ituano | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 29 | Advance to second stage |
| 3 | Londrina | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 29 | Advance to second stage |
| 4 | Brusque | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 29 | Advance to second stage |
| 5 | Tombense | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 27 | |
| 6 | Volta Redonda | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 23 | |
| 7 | Criciúma | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 19 | |
| 8 | São José | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 20 | |
| 9 | São Bento (R) | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 17 | Relegation to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
| 10 | Boa Esporte (R) | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 15 | Relegation to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BOA | BRU | CRI | ITU | LON | SBE | SJO | TOM | VOL | YPI |
| Boa Esporte | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Brusque | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–8 | 2–1 |
| Criciúma | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 |
| Ituano | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Londrina | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| São Bento | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| São José | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Tombense | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Volta Redonda | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Ypiranga | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — |

## 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 criteria to determine the ranking were the same as used in the first stage (Regulations Article 19).
The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B. Group winners advanced to the finals.

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vila Nova (P) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 10 | Advance to Finals and promoted to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 2 | Brusque (P) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Promoted to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Ituano | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BRU | ITU | SAN | VIL |
| Brusque | — | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Ituano | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Santa Cruz | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 |
| Vila Nova | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Remo (P) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Finals and promoted to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 2 | Londrina (P) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Promoted to 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 3 | Ypiranga | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Paysandu | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | LON | PAY | REM | YPI |
| Londrina | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Paysandu | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Remo | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Ypiranga | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |

## 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 20).
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 21).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| 1 | Remo | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 41 | 2nd leg |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 41 | 1st leg |
The matches were played on 23 and 30 January 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Vila Nova | 8–3 | Remo | 5–1 | 3–2 |

### Matches
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thiago Alagoano | Brusque | 12 |
| 2 | Willian Lira | Ferroviário | 11 |
| 3 | Henan | Vila Nova | 10 |
| 3 | Neto Pessoa | Ypiranga | 10 |
| 5 | Nicolas | Paysandu | 9 |
| 6 | Chiquinho | Santa Cruz | 8 |
| 6 | Hamilton | Manaus | 8 |
| 6 | João Carlos | Volta Redonda | 8 |
| 9 | Caprini | Ypiranga | 7 |
| 9 | Fernandinho | Ypiranga | 7 |
| 9 | Rubens | Tombense | 7 |
Source: CBF