1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1997, the third level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 30 to November 30, 1997. The competition had 64 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série B.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	1997
Champions	Sampaio Corrêa
Promoted	Sampaio Corrêa Juventus
Matches played	260
Goals scored	632 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcelo Baron (Sampaio Corrêa) - 9 goals
Biggest home win	Tupi 8-1 Avaí (October 12, 1997)
← 1996 1998 →

Stages of the competition

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Raimundo	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ji-Paraná	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
3	Atlético Roraima	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
4	Baré	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4

Source: rsssf.com

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sampaio Corrêa	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	Qualified for the second phase
2	Santa Rosa	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
3	4 de Julho	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7
4	River	6	0	1	5	7	16	−9	1

Source: rsssf.com

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quixadá	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ferroviário	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11
3	Picos	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5
4	Potiguar de Mossoró	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4

Source: rsssf.com

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSA	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Porto	6	1	5	0	8	6	+2	8
3	Vitória-PE	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6
4	Fortaleza	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5

Source: rsssf.com

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASA	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Qualified for the second phase
2	Juazeiro	6	2	0	4	7	7	0	6
3	Centro Limoeirense	6	1	3	2	2	5	−3	6
4	Flamengo de Arcoverde	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5

Source: rsssf.com

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Confiança	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Itabaiana	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10
3	Catuense	6	1	4	1	8	8	0	7
4	Galícia	6	0	2	4	7	15	−8	2

Source: rsssf.com

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goiânia	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Operário-MS	6	3	0	3	4	6	−2	9
3	Operário-MT	6	2	2	2	9	5	+4	8
4	União Rondonópolis	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5

Source: rsssf.com

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmas	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9	Qualified for the second phase
2	Brasília	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	9
3	Tocantinópolis	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
4	Ceilandense	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7

Source: rsssf.com

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tupi	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Rio Branco-ES	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
3	América-RJ	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7
4	Campo Grande	6	0	4	2	1	3	−2	4

Source: rsssf.com

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	14	Qualified for the second phase
2	Atlético Sorocaba	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
3	Portuguesa Santista	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6
4	Rio Branco-SP	6	0	1	5	3	9	−6	1

Source: rsssf.com

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uberlândia	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16	Qualified for the second phase
2	Montes Claros	6	3	1	2	5	7	−2	10
3	Anápolis	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
4	Itumbiara	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2

Source: rsssf.com

Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional de Limeira	6	4	0	2	11	10	+1	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Social	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
3	São José-SP	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
4	Villa Nova	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3

Source: rsssf.com

Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Francana	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	União Bandeirante	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9
3	América-SP	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
4	Maringá[lower-alpha 1]	6	1	2	3	3	4	−1	5

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. No relation to the present-day team of the same name.

Group 14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponta Grossa	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Internacional de Santa Maria	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
3	Chapecoense	6	2	1	3	3	4	−1	7
4	15 de Novembro	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5

Source: rsssf.com

Group 15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Avaí	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
3	Paulista	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7
4	Blumenau	6	2	1	3	4	8	−4	7

Source: rsssf.com

Group 16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Figueirense	6	4	1	1	14	11	+3	13	Qualified for the second phase
2	São José-RS	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
3	Brasil de Pelotas	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
4	Tubarão	6	1	1	4	10	13	−3	4

Source: rsssf.com

Second phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Sorocaba	1–2	Montes Claros	1–1	0–1
Francana	6–2	Ponta Grossa	3–0	3–2
Internacional de Limeira	3–5	Uberlândia	2–3	1–2
Internacional de Santa Maria	1–2	União Bandeirante	0–0	1–2
Ferroviário	3–1	Porto	2–1	1–0
Rio Branco-ES	0–3	Confiança	0–0	0–3
São Raimundo	0–2	Santa Rosa	0–0	0–2
Sampaio Corrêa	2–1	Quixadá	1–1	1–0
CSA	2–1	Juazeiro	2–1	0–0
Itabaiana	4–1	ASA	2–1	2–0
Tupi	4–1	Brasília	2–1	2–0
São José-RS	1–5	Avaí	0–1	1–4
Figueirense	0–3	Caxias	0–1	0–2
Social	1–5	Juventus	1–2	0–3
Ji-Paraná	1–0	Operário-MS	1–0	0–0
Tocantinópolis	1–4	Goiânia	0–1	1–3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montes Claros	2–2(p)	Francana	1–1	1–1
União Bandeirante	2–2(p)	Uberlândia	1–1	1–1
Confiança	4–4(p)	Ferroviário	3–2	1–2
Santa Rosa	2–3	Sampaio Corrêa	0–0	2–3
CSA	5–4	Itabaiana	3–3	2–1
Tupi	8–5	Avaí	8–1	0–4
Juventus	3–0	Caxias	1–0	2–0
Goiânia	0–1	Ji-Paraná	0–0	0–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Francana	4–3	Uberlândia	2–1	2–2
Ferroviário	0–5	Sampaio Corrêa	0–1	0–4
Tupi	2–1	CSA	1–0	1–1
Ji-Paraná	2–7	Juventus	0–3	2–4

Final stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SMC	JUV	FRA	TUP
1	Sampaio Corrêa (P)	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12			1–1	3–1	3–0
2	Juventus (P)	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8		2–2		2–1	3–1
3	Francana	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7		1–1	1–0		1–2
4	Tupi	6	2	0	4	5	10	−5	6		0–1	2–1	0–1

Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted to 1998 Série B.

Sources

• "Brazil Third Level 1997". rsssfbrasil.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-01-04.