1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season	1998
Champions	Avaí
Promoted	Avaí; São Caetano
Matches played	388
Goals scored	1,034 (2.66 per match)
Biggest home win	Confiança 7-0 Treze (August 9, 1998); Anapolina 7-0 Alvorada (August 16, 1998); Ferroviário 7-0 Cori-Sabbá (September 28, 1998)
Biggest away win	Alvorada 0-5 Anapolna (September 27, 1998)
Highest scoring	Ferroviário 4-7 Fortaleza (September 6, 1998)
	← 1997 1999 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1998, the third level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 8 to December 6, 1998. The competition had 66 clubs^{[n 1]} and two of them were promoted to Série B.

Stages of the competition

First phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Raimundo	10	6	2	2	14	10	+4	20	Qualified for the second phase
2	Vênus	10	6	1	3	17	13	+4	19
3	São Francisco-PA	10	6	1	3	16	12	+4	19
4	Nacional-AM	10	5	1	4	18	14	+4	16
5	Baré	10	2	4	4	10	12	−2	10
6	Santos-AP	10	0	1	9	2	16	−14	1

Source: rsssf.com

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Moto Club	10	5	3	2	14	9	+5	18	Qualified for the second phase
2	Viana	10	5	2	3	16	9	+7	17
3	Picos	10	3	6	1	12	10	+2	15
4	Ferroviário-CE	10	3	4	3	20	17	+3	13
5	Fortaleza	10	3	4	3	18	15	+3	13
6	Cori-Sabbá	10	0	3	7	7	27	−20	3

Source: rsssf.com

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Limoeiro	10	5	1	4	17	18	−1	16	Qualified for the second phase
2	Potiguar	10	4	4	2	15	9	+6	16
3	Juazeiro	10	4	3	3	14	12	+2	15
4	Icasa	10	4	3	3	11	9	+2	15
5	Campinense	10	2	4	4	16	17	−1	10
6	Baraúnas	10	1	5	4	10	18	−8	8

Source: rsssf.com

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Itabaiana	10	6	1	3	14	10	+4	19	Qualified for the second phase
2	Botafogo-PB	10	5	1	4	18	13	+5	16
3	Confiança	10	5	0	5	18	15	+3	15
4	Catuense	10	4	2	4	13	14	−1	14
5	CSA	10	4	0	6	11	13	−2	12
6	Treze	10	3	2	5	11	20	−9	11

Source: rsssf.com

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Anapolina	8	6	1	1	22	4	+18	19	Qualified for the second phase
2	Anápolis	8	4	1	3	9	7	+2	13	Qualified for the second phase
3	Goiânia	8	3	2	3	11	9	+2	11
4	Alvorada	8	2	2	4	6	21	−15	8
5	Palmas	8	0	4	4	8	15	−7	4

Source: rsssf.com

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América-SP	10	8	1	1	27	9	+18	25	Qualified for the second phase
2	Noroeste	10	5	2	3	13	10	+3	17
3	Comercial-MS	10	5	0	5	18	18	0	15
4	Rioverdense	10	3	3	4	11	12	−1	12
5	Paranavaí	10	3	3	4	9	14	−5	12
6	Ubiratan	10	0	3	7	2	17	−15	3

Source: rsssf.com

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tupi	10	5	3	2	14	9	+5	18	Qualified for the second phase
2	Villa Nova	10	4	3	3	13	9	+4	15
3	América-RJ	10	4	2	4	12	14	−2	14
4	Friburguense	10	3	4	3	12	13	−1	13
5	Rio Branco-ES	10	2	4	4	9	10	−1	10
6	Campo Grande	10	2	4	4	12	17	−5	10

Source: rsssf.com

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mogi Mirim	10	6	2	2	14	8	+6	20	Qualified for the second phase
2	Rio Branco-MG	10	5	4	1	10	6	+4	19
3	Atlético Sorocaba	10	5	1	4	13	9	+4	16
4	Nacional-SP	10	4	4	2	9	6	+3	16
5	Madureira	10	0	6	4	7	15	−8	6
6	CFZ-RJ	10	1	1	8	4	13	−9	4

Source: rsssf.com

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Caetano	10	8	2	0	15	3	+12	26	Qualified for the second phase
2	Santo André	10	5	2	3	14	10	+4	17
3	Rio Branco-SP	10	4	5	1	18	11	+7	17
4	Matonense	10	3	2	5	11	14	−3	11
5	Etti Jundiaí	10	2	2	6	11	16	−5	8
6	Francana	10	1	1	8	7	22	−15	4

Source: rsssf.com

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	10	4	5	1	19	9	+10	17	Qualified for the second phase
2	Figueirense	10	4	3	3	15	17	−2	15
3	São José-RS	10	3	6	1	12	10	+2	15
4	União Bandeirante	10	3	4	3	15	13	+2	13
5	Rio Branco-PR	10	3	3	4	15	16	−1	12
6	Blumenau	10	1	3	6	11	22	−11	6

Source: rsssf.com

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Avaí	10	6	1	3	22	13	+9	19	Qualified for the second phase
2	Brasil de Pelotas	10	6	1	3	16	7	+9	19
3	15 de Novembro	10	6	0	4	19	17	+2	18
4	Pelotas	10	5	1	4	16	13	+3	16
5	Tubarão	10	2	2	6	13	21	−8	8
6	Chapecoense	10	1	3	6	11	26	−15	6

Source: rsssf.com

Second phase

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Raimundo	1–1(p)	São Francisco	1–1	0–0
Vênus	0–4	Moto Club	0–0	0–4
Limoeiro	5–2	Picos	3–1	2–1
Confiança	3–2	Botafogo-PB	3–1	0–1
Juazeiro	1–3	Itabaiana	1–1	0–2
Viana	2–2(p)	Potiguar	1–1	1–1
Rio Branco-SP	5–1	Villa Nova	3–0	2–1
Comercial-MS	3–6	Anapolina	3–3	0–3
Tupi	0–1	Santo André	0–0	0–1
Anápolis	2–0	América-SP	2–0	0–0
Rio Branco-MG	3–4	Noroeste	1–2	2–2
Atlético Sorocaba	2–3	América-RJ	2–0	0–3
Mogi Mirim	3–4	15 de Novembro	2–2	1–2
São José	1–4	São Caetano	0–2	1–2
Caxias	3–4	Avaí	3–2	0–2
Figueirense	1–3	Brasil de Pelotas	0–1	1–2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Limoeiro	4–3	Confiança	3–1	1–2
São Caetano	4–1	Anápolis	1–0	3–1
Anapolina	4–1	América-RJ	2–0	2–1
Avaí	5–1	Santo André	4–0	1–1
Brasil de Pelotas	4–3	Noroeste	1–0	3–3
Rio Branco-SP	4–4(p)	15 de Novembro	2–2	2–2
São Raimundo	4–2	Moto Club	3–0	1–2
Itabaiana	3–2	Potiguar	2–0	1–2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
São Caetano	3–1	Rio Branco-SP	2–0	1–1
Brasil de Pelotas	4–4(p)	Avaí	2–2	2–2
Anapolina	6–1	Limoeiro	5–0	1–1
Itabaiana	3–3(p)	São Raimundo	2–1	1–1

Final stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	AVA	SCA	ANA	ITB
1	Avaí (P)	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9		2–1	0–0	1–1
2	São Caetano (P)	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	8	1–0		0–0	0–0
3	Anapolina	6	1	4	1	8	5	+3	7	3–3	1–2		5–0
4	Itabaiana	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6	1–2	3–0	0–0

Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted to Série B 1999

Notes

^ Itumbiara was originally placed in Group 5. After playing three matches, Itumbiara was excluded from the competition for not paying referee fees.

Sources

"Brazil Third Level 1998". rsssfbrasil.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-01-04.

[1] Itumbiara was originally placed in Group 5. After playing three matches, Itumbiara was excluded from the competition for not paying referee fees.

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