The Serie C of the Brazilian Championship 2016 is a football competition being held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It is being contested by 20 clubs in two geographic groups.
Teams
TeamHome cityManager ABC Natal Geninho América de Natal Natal Francisco Diá ASA Arapiraca Paulo Foiani Boa Esporte Varginha Ney da Matta Botafogo-PB João Pessoa Itamar Schülle Botafogo-SP Ribeirão Preto Márcio Fernandes Confiança Aracaju Roberto Fernandes Cuiabá Cuiabá Roberto Fonseca Fortaleza Fortaleza Marquinhos Santos Guarani Campinas Marcelo Chamusca Guaratinguetá Guaratinguetá João Telê Juventude Caxias do Sul Antônio Carlos Zago Macaé Macaé Josué Teixeira Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim Mário Júnior Portuguesa São Paulo Márcio Ribeiro Remo Belém Waldemar Lemos Ríver Teresina Marcão Salgueiro Salgueiro Evandro Guimarães Tombense Tombos Moacir Júnior Ypiranga Erechim Leocir Dall'Astra
Number of teams by state Number of teams State Team(s)5 Botafogo, Guarani, Guaratinguetá, Mogi Mirim and Portuguesa2Boa Esporte and Tombense ABC and América de NatalJuventude and Ypiranga1 ASA Fortaleza Cuiabá Remo Botafogo Salgueiro Ríver Macaé Confiança
League table
Group A
Group B
Final Stage The final stage consists of three rounds of two-legged knock-out ties. In the quarter-final, the team ranked 1st in Group A will play the team ranked 4th in Group B and so on.
Bracket Team shown first in each tie has home advantage in the 2nd leg.
Final
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1Jones CariocaABC122DanielTombense9Reinaldo AlagoanoASAFumagalliGuarani5Daniel SobralenseFortaleza8HugoJuventude7RicardinhoBoa Esporte7AnselmoFortalezaEdnoRemoJoão PauloYpirangaDanielBoa Esporte
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