2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season2025
Dates12 April – 25 October
ChampionsPonte Preta (1st title)
PromotedLondrina
Náutico
Ponte Preta
São Bernardo
RelegatedABC
CSA
Retrô
Tombense
Matches216
Goals432 (2 per match)
Top goalscorerIago Teles
Jonas Toró
(8 goals each)
Biggest away winYpiranga 0–4 Náutico
Group A, R6, 17 May
Retrô 0–4 Londrina
Group A, R10, 28 June
Highest scoring7 goals
ABC 3–4 Guarani
Group A, R17, 16 August
Longest winning run6 games
Ponte Preta
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Náutico
Longest winless run15 games
Tombense
Longest losing run4 games
Confiança
Tombense
2024
2026

The 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It began on 12 April and ended on 25 October 2025.[1]

Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2024 season, four promoted from the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Anápolis, Itabaiana, Maringá and Retrô)[2] and four relegated from the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Brusque, Ituano, Guarani and Ponte Preta).[3]

Format

The first stage had one group where each team played the other teams in a single round-robin tournament. The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated. In the second stage, the teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Série B, while the group winners advanced to the finals.[4]

Teams

Pos. Relegated from 2024 Série B
17th Ponte Preta
18th Ituano
19th Brusque
20th Guarani
Pos. Promoted from 2024 Série D
1st Retrô
2nd Anápolis
3rd Maringá
4th Itabaiana

Number of teams by state

Number
of teams
State Team(s)
4 São Paulo Guarani, Ituano, Ponte Preta and São Bernardo
2 Paraná Londrina and Maringá
Pernambuco Náutico and Retrô
Rio Grande do Sul Caxias and Ypiranga
Santa Catarina Brusque and Figueirense
Sergipe Confiança and Itabaiana
1 Alagoas CSA
Ceará Floresta
Goiás Anápolis
Minas Gerais Tombense
Paraíba Botafogo-PB
Rio Grande do Norte ABC

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city State Stadium Capacity
ABC Natal Rio Grande do Norte Frasqueirão 18,000
Anápolis Anápolis Goiás Jonas Duarte 14,000
Botafogo-PB João Pessoa Paraíba Almeidão 25,770
Brusque Brusque Santa Catarina Augusto Bauer 5,000
Caxias Caxias do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Centenário 22,132
Confiança Aracaju Sergipe Batistão 15,575
CSA Maceió Alagoas Rei Pelé 17,126
Figueirense Florianópolis Santa Catarina Orlando Scarpelli 19,584
Floresta Fortaleza Ceará Presidente Vargas 20,262
Guarani Campinas São Paulo Brinco de Ouro 29,130
Itabaiana Itabaiana Sergipe Etelvino Mendonça 12,000
Ituano Itu São Paulo Novelli Júnior 18,560
Londrina Londrina Paraná Estádio do Café 31,000
Maringá Maringá Willie Davids 16,226
Náutico Recife Pernambuco Aflitos 22,856
Ponte Preta Campinas São Paulo Moisés Lucarelli 19,728
Retrô Camaragibe Pernambuco Arena Pernambuco 44,300
São Bernardo São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo 1º de Maio 15,159
Tombense Tombos Minas Gerais Almeidão 3,050
Ypiranga Erechim Rio Grande do Sul Colosso da Lagoa 22,000

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Kit main sponsor
ABC Jonydei Tostão (caretaker) Bruno Bispo Diadora ZeroUm, Nota Potiguar
Anápolis Gabardo Júnior Paulinho Kelme Brejeiro, ZeroUm
Botafogo-PB Evaristo Piza Wendel Lomar Kappa Loccel, ZeroUm
Brusque Bernardo Franco Alex Ruan Finta HAVAN, ZeroUm
Caxias Júnior Rocha Tomas Bastos Bravo 35[a] Banrisul, ZeroUm, Postos SIM
Confiança Luizinho Vieira Valdo Super Bolla Banese Card, MC Games Bet
CSA Higo Magalhães Camacho Azulão[a] BETesporte, Governo de Alagoas
Figueirense Elio Sizenando Ligger Volt Sport Grupo Liderança, Dalla Cervejaria
Floresta Leston Júnior Ícaro Golaço ZeroUm
Guarani Matheus Costa Alan Santos Kappa Única Saúde, ASA Alumínio, ZeroUm
Itabaiana Gilson Kleina Betão Robrac Banese Card, ZeroUm
Ituano Mazola Júnior Bruno Silva Alluri Sports ZeroUm, HARAS Coração de Cavalo
Londrina Roger Silva Wallace MaxRun OnilX, Refriko
Maringá Rodrigo Chipp Ronald Carvalho Maringá[a] Cresol, Tayayá, UniCesumar
Náutico Hélio dos Anjos Vinícius Diadora Esportes da Sorte, CONSERT, CIMED
Ponte Preta Marcelo Fernandes Élvis Diadora GingaBet, DESKTOP
Retrô Jamesson Andrade (caretaker) Fabinho LWGA Company UNIBRA
São Bernardo Ricardo Catalá Hélder Maciel Magnum Magnum Bank, Zona de Jogo
Tombense Marcelo Chamusca Roger Carvalho Vettor None
Ypiranga Raul Cabral Zé Carlos Clanel Banrisul, Aurora, Cavaletti
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Club manufactured kit

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Ref
ABC Roberto Fonseca Mutual agreement 28 August 2024 Pre-season Ney Franco 15 November 2024 [5][6]
Figueirense João Burse Sacked 30 August 2024 Thiago Carvalho 25 November 2024 [7][8]
Floresta Marcelo Cabo Contract ended 2 September 2024 Marcelo Chamusca 13 December 2024 [9][10]
Confiança Mazola Júnior Mutual agreement 3 September 2024 Waguinho Dias 23 September 2024 [11][12]
Náutico Bruno Pivetti Signed by CRB 6 September 2024 Marquinhos Santos 28 September 2024 [13][14]
Caxias Thiago Gomes Sacked 22 September 2024 Luizinho Vieira 24 September 2024 [15][16]
Retrô Itamar Schülle Contract ended 1 October 2024 Dico Woolley 1 October 2024 [17][18]
Botafogo-PB Evaristo Piza Sacked 8 October 2024 João Burse 3 November 2024 [19][20]
Ypiranga Thiago Carvalho Resigned 20 October 2024 Matheus Costa 23 October 2024 [21][22]
Ponte Preta João Brigatti Moved to coordinator role 22 November 2024 Alberto Valentim 26 November 2024 [23][24]
Ituano Chico Elias End of caretaker spell 24 November 2024 Vinicius Munhoz 18 December 2024 [25]
Brusque Marcelo Cabo Contract ended 25 November 2024 Filipe Gouveia 6 January 2025 [26][27]
Guarani Allan Aal Mutual agreement Maurício Souza 4 December 2024 [28][29]
Retrô Dico Woolley Sacked 12 January 2025 State leagues Evaristo Piza[i] 17 January 2025 [30][31]
Ituano Vinicius Munhoz 13 February 2025 Chico Elias (caretaker) 14 February 2025 [32][33]
ABC Ney Franco 24 February 2025 Evaristo Piza 27 February 2025 [34][35]
Ituano Chico Elias End of caretaker spell Mazola Júnior 24 February 2025 [36]
Retrô Evaristo Piza Mutual agreement 27 February 2025 Wíres Souza (caretaker) 1 March 2025 [37]
Floresta Marcelo Chamusca Sacked 5 March 2025 Leston Júnior 6 March 2025 [38][39]
Retrô Wíres Souza End of caretaker spell 2 April 2025 Milton Mendes 27 March 2025 [40]
Botafogo-PB João Burse Sacked Antônio Carlos Zago 7 April 2025 [41][42]
Náutico Marquinhos Santos 14 April 2025 17th Hélio dos Anjos 15 April 2025 [43][44]
Caxias Luizinho Vieira 22 April 2025 9th Júnior Rocha 22 April 2025 [45][46]
Guarani Maurício Souza 19th Marcelo Cordeiro (caretaker) [47]
Confiança Waguinho Dias 28 April 2025 14th Luizinho Vieira 28 April 2025 [48][49]
Figueirense Thiago Carvalho 17th Pintado 29 April 2025 [50][51]
Guarani Marcelo Cordeiro End of caretaker spell 29 April 2025 20th Marcelo Fernandes 30 April 2025 [52]
Retrô Milton Mendes Sacked 11 May 2025 15th Wíres Souza 11 May 2025 [53]
Botafogo-PB Antônio Carlos Zago 12 May 2025 13th Márcio Fernandes 12 May 2025 [54][55]
Itabaiana Roberto Cavalo 2 June 2025 17th Gilson Kleina 4 June 2025 [56][57]
Londrina Claudinei Oliveira Resigned 4 June 2025 5th Roger Silva 7 June 2025 [58][59]
Anápolis Ângelo Luiz Sacked 17 June 2025 20th Gabardo Júnior 18 June 2025 [60][61]
Retrô Wíres Souza 20 June 2025 17th Itamar Schülle 21 June 2025 [62][63]
ABC Evaristo Piza 30 June 2025 15th Rodrigo Santana 2 July 2025 [64][65]
Botafogo-PB Márcio Fernandes 2 July 2025 17th Zé Carlos (caretaker) 7 July 2025 [66][67]
Zé Carlos End of caretaker spell 8 July 2025 Evaristo Piza 8 July 2025 [68]
Brusque Filipe Gouveia Mutual agreement 10 July 2025 11th Bernardo Franco 10 July 2025 [69][70]
Tombense Raul Cabral Sacked 13 July 2025 17th Marcelo Chamusca 13 July 2025 [71]
Guarani Marcelo Fernandes 26 July 2025 12th Matheus Costa 28 July 2025 [72][73]
CSA Higo Magalhães 27 July 2025 9th Márcio Fernandes [74][75]
Ypiranga Matheus Costa Resigned 6th Raul Cabral [76][77]
Maringá Jorge Castilho Sacked 31 July 2025 13th Cyro Bueno (caretaker) 2 August 2025 [78][79]
Cyro Bueno End of caretaker spell 4 August 2025 Rodrigo Chipp 4 August 2025 [80]
Ponte Preta Alberto Valentim Signed by América Mineiro 11 August 2025 3rd Marcelo Fernandes 12 August 2025 [81][82]
Figueirense Pintado Sacked 17th Elio Sizenando 13 August 2025 [83][84]
CSA Márcio Fernandes Mutual agreement 12 August 2025 9th Higo Magalhães [85]
Retrô Itamar Schülle Sacked 18 August 2025 19th Jamesson Andrade (caretaker) 18 August 2025 [86]
ABC Rodrigo Santana 18th Jonydei Tostão (caretaker) [87]
Notes
  1. ^ Wilton Bezerra was the caretaker head coach in a Campeonato Pernambucano match against Sport on 18 January.

First stage

In the first stage, each team played the other nineteen teams in a single round-robin tournament. 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. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 16).[88]

The top eight teams advanced to the second stage, while the bottom four were relegated to Série D.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Caxias 19 12 1 6 26 21 +5 37 Advance to Second stage
2 Ponte Preta 19 11 3 5 20 16 +4 36
3 Náutico 19 10 6 3 25 7 +18 36
4 Londrina 19 8 6 5 27 19 +8 30
5 São Bernardo 19 8 6 5 19 15 +4 30
6 Brusque 19 8 4 7 20 17 +3 28
7 Guarani 19 7 6 6 20 20 0 27
8 Floresta 19 7 6 6 15 15 0 27
9 Confiança 19 7 5 7 21 22 −1 26
10 Ypiranga 19 7 4 8 17 21 −4 25
11 Maringá 19 5 10 4 26 24 +2 25
12 Ituano 19 6 6 7 19 24 −5 24
13 Botafogo-PB 19 6 5 8 22 21 +1 23
14 Figueirense 19 5 8 6 21 18 +3 23
15 Anápolis 19 5 8 6 16 19 −3 23
16 Itabaiana 19 6 4 9 16 20 −4 22
17 CSA (R) 19 5 7 7 21 23 −2 22 Relegation to 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
18 ABC (R) 19 2 12 5 20 25 −5 18
19 Retrô (R) 19 3 5 11 7 22 −15 14
20 Tombense (R) 19 2 8 9 14 23 −9 14
Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fewest red cards; 6) fewest yellow cards; 7) draw.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ABC ANA BOT BRU CAX CON CSA FIG FLO GUA ITA ITU LON MAR NAU PON RET SBE TOM YPI
ABC 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–4 0–1 2–3 3–3 0–0 0–3
Anápolis 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Botafogo-PB 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Brusque 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0
Caxias 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–1
Confiança 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–2
CSA 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–2
Figueirense 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Floresta 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Guarani 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–1
Itabaiana 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Ituano 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1
Londrina 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1
Maringá 1–1 0–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Náutico 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–0
Ponte Preta 0–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Retrô 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–0
São Bernardo 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Tombense 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2
Ypiranga 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–4 0–2 1–0
Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

In the second stage, each group will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams will be 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 will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).[88]

The top two teams of each group will be promoted to the Série B. Group winners will advance to the finals.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Londrina (P) 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10 Advance to Finals and promoted to 2026 Série B
2 São Bernardo (P) 6 1 4 1 4 4 0 7 Promoted to 2026 Série B
3 Floresta 6 1 4 1 2 2 0 7
4 Caxias 6 0 4 2 2 4 −2 4
Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away CAX FLO LON SBE
Caxias 1–1 0–1 0–0
Floresta 0–0 0–1 0–0
Londrina 1–1 0–0 1–1
São Bernardo 1–0 0–1 2–2
Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ponte Preta (P) 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 Advance to Finals and promoted to 2026 Série B
2 Náutico (P) 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 Promoted to 2026 Série B
3 Guarani 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7
4 Brusque 6 2 0 4 6 8 −2 6
Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away BRU GUA NAU PON
Brusque 3–2 0–1 2–1
Guarani 1–0 1–1 0–1
Náutico 2–1 0–2 0–1
Ponte Preta 1–0 2–0 1–1
Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 21).[88]

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 22).[88]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Ponte Preta 25 15 4 6 27 19 +8 49 2nd leg
2 Londrina 25 10 10 5 33 23 +10 40 1st leg
Source: CBF

The matches were played on 18 and 25 October 2025.[89]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Londrina 0–2 Ponte Preta 0–0 0–2

Matches

Londrina 0–0 Ponte Preta
Report
Estádio Vitorino Gonçalves Dias, Londrina
Attendance: 8,003[90]
Referee: André Luiz Skettino Policarpo Bento (Minas Gerais)

Ponte Preta 2–0 Londrina
Jonas Toró 48'
Élvis 72' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 14,623[91]
Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima (Minas Gerais)

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iago Teles Londrina 8
Jonas Toró Ponte Preta
3 Diego Mathias Brusque 7
Élvis Ponte Preta
5 Bruno Santos Guarani 6
Maranhão Maringá
Tiago Marques CSA

Source: CBF

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