title: 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
text: # 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
  
  The Serie C of the Brazilian Championship 2015 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It is contested by 20 clubs.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Team | Home city | Manager |
  | - | - | - |
  | Águia de Marabá | Marabá | João Galvão |
  | América-RN | Natal | Roberto Fernandes |
  | ASA | Arapiraca | Vica |
  | Botafogo-PB | João Pessoa | Ramiro Souza |
  | Brasil de Pelotas | Pelotas | Rogério Zimmermann |
  | Caxias | Caxias do Sul | Beto Campos |
  | Confiança | Aracaju | Betinho |
  | Cuiabá | Cuiabá | Ruy Scarpino |
  | Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Marcelo Chamusca |
  | Guarani | Campinas | Pintado |
  | Guaratinguetá | Guaratinguetá | Sérgio Vieira |
  | Icasa | Juazeiro do Norte | Maurílio |
  | Juventude | Caxias do Sul | Antônio Carlos Zago |
  | Londrina | Londrina | Claudio Tencati |
  | Madureira | Rio de Janeiro | Bruno Reis |
  | Portuguesa | São Paulo | Estevam Soares |
  | Salgueiro | Salgueiro | Sergio China |
  | Tombense | Tombos | Marcelo Mabilia |
  | Tupi | Juiz de Fora | Felipe Surian |
  | Vila Nova | Goiânia | Márcio Fernandes |
  
  ### Number of teams by state
  
  | Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil de Pelotas, Caxias and Juventude |
  | 3 | São Paulo | Guarani, Guaratinguetá and Portuguesa |
  | 2 | Ceará | Fortaleza and Icasa |
  | 2 | Minas Gerais | Tombense and Tupi |
  | 1 | Alagoas | ASA |
  | 1 | Goiás | Vila Nova |
  | 1 | Mato Grosso | Cuiabá |
  | 1 | Pará | Águia de Marabá |
  | 1 | Paraíba | Botafogo |
  | 1 | Paraná | Londrina |
  | 1 | Pernambuco | Salgueiro |
  | 1 | Rio Grande do Norte | América de Natal |
  | 1 | Rio de Janeiro | Madureira |
  | 1 | Sergipe | Confiança |
  
  ## League table
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Fortaleza (A) | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 36 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 2 | ASA (A) | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 35 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 3 | Vila Nova (A) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 33 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 4 | Confiança (A) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 31 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 5 | América de Natal | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 29 | |
  | 6 | Botafogo-PB | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 23 | |
  | 7 | Cuiabá | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 19 | |
  | 8 | Salgueiro | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 19 | |
  | 9 | Águia de Marabá (R) | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 15 | Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
  | 10 | Icasa (R) | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 42 | −27 | 7 | Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Londrina (A) | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 34 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 2 | Portuguesa (A) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 30 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 3 | Tupi (A) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 30 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 4 | Brasil de Pelotas (A) | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 29 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
  | 5 | Juventude | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 29 | |
  | 6 | Guarani | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 29 | |
  | 7 | Tombense | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 17 | |
  | 8 | Guaratinguetá | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 16 | |
  | 9 | Madureira (R) | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 13 | Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
  | 10 | Caxias (R) | 18 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 8 | Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D |
  
  ## Final stage
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Brasil de Pelotas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Fortaleza | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | Fortaleza | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brasil de Pelotas | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | | | | |
  | | | | | Vila Nova | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | | | | |
  | Vila Nova | 1 | 2 | 3 | Vila Nova | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | | | | |
  | Portuguesa | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Portuguesa | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Vila Nova | 0 | 4 | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | | Londrina | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Tupi | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Londrina | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | ASA | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | ASA | 0 | 1 | 1 | Tupi | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | | | | |
  | | | | | Londrina | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | | | | |
  | Confiança | 0 | 0 | 0 | Londrina | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | | | | |
  | Londrina | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  