2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Explained

The 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 21 clubs, and started on June 1 and ended on December 1, 2013. The four teams in the semifinals were promoted to the 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B,^[2] and the worst three teams in Group A and the two worst teams in Group B were relegated to the 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.^[3]

Teams

Team	Home city	State
Águia de Marabá	Marabá	PA
Baraúnas	Mossoró	RN
Betim	Betim	MG
Brasiliense	Taguatinga	DF
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	RS
CRAC	Catalão	GO
CRB	Maceió	AL
Cuiabá	Cuiabá	MT
Duque de Caxias	Duque de Caxias	RJ
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	CE
Grêmio Barueri	Barueri	SP
Guarani	Campinas	SP
Luverdense	Lucas do Rio Verde	MT
Macaé	Macaé	RJ
Madureira	Rio de Janeiro	RJ
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	SP
Rio Branco	Rio Branco	AC
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	MA
Santa Cruz	Recife	PE
Treze	Campina Grande	PB
Vila Nova	Goiânia	GO

First stage

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Final stage

Finals

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Notes and References

1. Originally, Baraúnas, Grêmio Barueri, Brasiliense, CRAC and Rio Branco were relegated to the Série D.However, Betim was punished by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee with the loss 6 points due to a debt regarding the sale of a player to Nacional da Madeira contracted in 2006.the team didn't accept the loss of points, which would mean that the team would lose its spot in the quarterfinals to Mogi Mirim, and appealed to the common courts even before any rejection of its appeals to the Sports Courts, which led STJD to exclude Betim from the championship.later, the decision of excluding the team was reverted, but the loss of points remained.However, Betim managed to obtain a preliminary injunction reversing the loss of points as well. unable to dismiss the injunction, CBF confirmed Betim on the quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Santa Cruz. Eventually, for not having appealed to the sports courts before going top the common courts, Betim was eventually excluded from the Série C, which led Tiradentes-CE, Metropolitano-SC, that had been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Série D of 2013, and Brasiliense, that had the best performance among the relegated, to claim the spot of Betim in the Série C of 2014.However, STJD chose to give the berth to CRAC, that had the best performance among the relegated of Group B.
2. Web site: Regulamento Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2013 . September 10, 2013 . UOL Esporte . pt .
3. Web site: Diretrizes Técnicas . September 10, 2013 . CBF . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204044217/http://imagens.cbf.com.br/201306/2096258152.PDF . 2013-12-04 . dead .