2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
# 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 | | | | | | | | |
