In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs divided in four groups, followed by a playoff round, from July 18 to November 21, 2010. The top four clubs, the ones which qualified to the semifinals, were promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B to be contested in 2011. Meanwhile, the bottom four clubs, the ones that finished in last place of each group, were relegated to 2011 Série D.

Team information

Team	City	State	Stadium	Capacity	2009 season
ABC	Natal	RN	Frasqueirão	18,000	Série B 20th place
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	PA	Zinho de Oliveira	10,000	Série C 12th place
Alecrim	Natal	RN	Machadão	32,000	Série D 4th place
Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas	RS	Bento Freitas	18,000	Série C 6th place
Campinense	Campina Grande	PB	Amigão	35,000	Série B 19th place
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	RS	Centenário	30,434	Série C 5th place
Chapecoense	Chapecó	SC	Arena Condá	16,000	Série D 3rd place
CRB	Maceió	AL	Rei Pelé	30,000	Série C 16th place
Criciúma	Criciúma	SC	Heriberto Hülse	19,900	Série C 15th place
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	CE	Castelão	60,326	Série B 18th place
Gama	Gama	DF	Bezerrão	20,000	Série C 14th place
Ituiutaba	Ituiutaba	MG	Fazendinha	13,500	Série C 11th place
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	RS	Alfredo Jaconi	23,726	Série B 17th place
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	MT	Paço das Emas	7,000	Série C 13th place
Macaé	Macaé	RJ	Cláudio Moacyr	16,000	Série D 2nd place
Marília	Marília	SP	Bento de Abreu	19,500	Série C 9th place
Paysandu	Belém	PA	Estádio Olímpico do Pará	45,000	Série C 8th place
Rio Branco (AC)	Rio Branco	AC	Arena da Floresta	20,000	Série C 7th place
Salgueiro	Salgueiro	PE	Cornélio de Barros	6,000	Série C 10th place
São Raimundo (PA)	Santarém	PA	Colosso do Tapajós	19,000	Série D 1st place

Format

• First Stage: The 20 teams are divided in four groups of 5, playing within them in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group advance towards next stage. The last placed team in each group is relegated to Série D 2011
• Quarterfinals: Eight qualified teams play in two-leg format, home and away. Winners qualify to semifinals and are promoted to Série B 2011.
• Semifinals: Quarterfinals winners play in two-leg format, home and away. Winners qualify to the Finals.
• Finals: Semifinals winners play in two-leg format, home and away. Winners are declared champions.

Results

First stage

Group A (AC-CE-PA)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAY	AGU	FOR	RBR	SRA
Paysandu	8	4	2	2	15	9	+6	14			2–0	1–1	6–2	1–0
Águia de Marabá	8	3	3	2	11	7	+4	12		2–1		1–1	4–0	1–1
Fortaleza	8	2	6	0	9	7	+2	12		1–1	0–0		1–1	2–1
Rio Branco (AC)	8	2	4	2	12	17	−5	10		3–1	2–1	0–0		3–3
São Raimundo (PA)	8	0	3	5	8	15	−7	3		0–2	0–2	2–3	1–1

Source:

Group B (AL-PB-PE-RN)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ABC	SAL	CRB	CPN	ALE
ABC	8	3	3	2	11	6	+5	12			3–1	3–1	0–0	1–1
Salgueiro	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1	11		0–3		3–0	2–1	2–2
CRB	8	3	2	3	8	11	−3	11		1–0	1–1		2–1	0–0
Campinense	8	3	1	4	7	7	0	10		1–0	2–0	0–1		2–1
Alecrim	8	2	4	2	9	10	−1	10		1–1	0–2	3–2	1–0

Source:

Group C (DF-MT-MG-RJ-SP)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ITB	MCE	LUV	MAC	GAM
Ituiutaba	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5	15			1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0
Macaé	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4	14		0–0		1–1	3–1	2–1
Luverdense	8	3	3	2	12	10	+2	12		2–1	3–1		2–2	2–0
Marília	8	1	3	4	7	12	−5	6		1–2	0–1	1–0		2–2
Gama	8	0	5	3	5	11	−6	5		0–0	1–4	1–1	0–0

Source:

Group D (RS-SC)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CRI	CHA	CAX	GEB	JUV
Criciúma	8	3	3	2	7	4	+3	12			2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Chapecoense	8	3	2	3	9	9	0	11		1–0		1–1	3–2	2–0
Caxias	8	2	4	2	6	6	0	10		1–0	2–1		0–0	2–2
Brasil de Pelotas	8	2	4	2	4	5	−1	10		0–0	0–0	1–0		0–0
Juventude	8	1	5	2	6	8	−2	8		1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1

Source:

Knockout stages

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1A	Paysandu	1	2
	2B	Salgueiro	1	3
							Salgueiro		1	0
							ABC		1	2
	1B	ABC	1	3
	2A	Águia de Marabá	0	1
													ABC		1	0
													Ituiutaba		0	0
	1C	Ituiutaba (a)	1	0
	2D	Chapecoense	1	0
							Ituiutaba (p)		1	1
							Criciúma		1	1
	1D	Criciúma	2	2
	2C	Macaé	3	0

(p) won on penalty shootout.
(a) won by away goals rule.

Quarterfinals

Paysandu vs. Salgueiro first leg played on October 9; Second leg played on October 17.
ABC vs. Águia de Marabá first leg played on October 16; Second leg played on October 24.
Ituiutaba vs. Chapecoense first leg played on October 9; Second leg played on October 16.
Criciúma vs. Macaé first leg played on October 10; Second leg played on October 23.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paysandu	3-4	Salgueiro	1-1	2-3
ABC	4-1	Águia de Marabá	1-0	3-1
Ituiutaba	1-1 (a)	Chapecoense	1-1	0-0
Criciúma	4-3	Macaé	2-3	2-0

Team #1 played second match at home.

Semifinals

First leg played on October 30. Second leg played on November 6 and 07

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ABC	3-1	Salgueiro	1-1	2-0
Ituiutaba	2-2 (p 4-2)	Criciúma	1-1	1-1

Team #1 played second match at home.

Finals

All times Brazilian Daylight Saving Time

13 November 2010
17:00

Ituiutaba	0 – 1	ABC
		71' Cascata

Parque do Sabiá, Uberlândia

Referee: Luis Flávio de Oliveira

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20 November 2010
17:00

ABC	0 – 0	Ituiutaba

Frasqueirão, Natal

Referee: Wallace Nascimento Valente

ABC won 1–0 on aggregate.

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C winners
ABC 1st title

Aggregate table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
ABC (C, P)	14	7	5	2	19	8	+11	26	Champions: promotion to 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Ituiutaba (P)	14	4	8	2	12	8	+4	20	Playoff semifinalists: promotion to 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Criciúma (P)	12	4	5	3	15	9	+6	17
Salgueiro (P)	12	4	4	4	16	18	−2	16
Macaé	10	5	2	3	15	12	+3	17	Playoff quarterfinalists: no promotion
Paysandu	10	4	3	3	18	13	+5	15
Chapecoense	10	3	4	3	10	10	0	13
Águia de Marabá	10	3	3	4	12	11	+1	12
Luverdense	8	3	3	2	12	10	+2	12
Fortaleza	8	2	6	0	9	7	+2	12
CRB	8	3	2	3	8	11	−3	11
Campinense	8	3	1	4	7	7	0	10
Caxias	8	2	4	2	6	6	0	10
Brasil de Pelotas	8	2	4	2	4	5	−1	10
Rio Branco (AC)	8	2	4	2	12	17	−5	10
Marília	8	1	3	4	7	12	−5	6
Alecrim (R)	8	2	4	2	9	10	−1	10	Relegation to 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Juventude (R)	8	1	5	2	6	8	−2	8
Gama (R)	8	0	5	3	5	11	−6	5
São Raimundo (PA) (R)	8	0	3	5	8	15	−7	3

Top goalscorers

Pos	Name	Club	Goals
1	Bruno Rangel	Paysandu	8
2	Cascata	ABC	5
	Felipe Mamão	Águia de Marabá

References