2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season	2003
Champions	Ituano
Promoted	Ituano; Santo André
Matches played	340
Goals scored	827 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nílson Sergipano (Botafogo-PB) - 11 goals
	← 2002 2004 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2003, the third level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 17 to December 7, 2003. The competition had 95 clubs^[1] and two of them were promoted to Série B.

Ituano finished the final phase group with most points and was declared 2003 Brazilian Série C champions, claiming the promotion to the 2004 Série B along with Santo André, the runners-up.

Stages of the competition

First Stage

Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;
GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential

Teams promoted to the Second Stage

Group 1 (AC-AM-RO)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Nacional-AM	14	6	4	2	0	11	5	6
2	Rio Branco-AC	4	6	3	2	1	9	6	3
3	Rio Negro	4	6	1	1	4	10	12	-2
4	CFA	4	6	1	1	4	4	11	-7

Group 2 (AP-PA-RO)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético Roraima	9	4	3	0	1	8	6	2
2	Tuna Luso	7	4	2	1	1	4	2	2
3	Ypiranga	4	4	0	1	3	4	8	-4

Group 3 (MA)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Viana	10	4	3	1	0	3	0	3
2	Chapadinha	7	4	2	1	1	3	2	1
3	Maranhão	0	4	0	0	4	1	5	-4

Group 4 (MA)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Imperatriz	9	4	3	0	1	6	3	3
2	Sampaio Corrêa	4	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1
3	Santa Inês	4	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2

Group 5 (MA-PI)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo-PI	9	4	3	0	1	7	2	5
2	River	6	4	2	0	2	5	3	2
3	Caxiense	3	4	1	0	3	1	8	-7

Group 6 (CE)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Itapipoca	7	4	2	1	1	5	6	-1
2	Guarany de Sobral	6	4	1	3	0	4	1	3
3	Ferroviário-CE	2	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2

Group 7 (PB-RN)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	ABC	7	4	2	1	1	4	4	0
2	Campinense	6	4	2	0	2	6	5	1
3	São Gonçalo	4	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1

Group 8 (AL-PB-PE)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Treze	7	4	2	1	1	4	5	-1
2	ASA	5	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
3	Central	4	4	1	1	2	6	5	1

Group 9 (AL-PB)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Botafogo-PB	9	4	3	0	1	6	3	3
2	Sousa	9	4	3	0	1	4	2	2
3	Corinthians-AL	0	4	0	0	4	1	6	-5

Group 10 (AL-BA-SE)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Sergipe	7	4	2	1	1	5	4	1
2	CSA	5	4	1	2	1	8	8	0
3	Catuense	4	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1

Group 11 (BA-SE)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Juazeiro	12	6	4	0	2	10	4	6
2	Confiança	12	6	4	0	2	6	5	1
3	Itabaiana	7	6	2	1	3	6	6	0
4	Lagartense	4	6	1	1	4	4	11	-7

Group 12 (MS)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Comercial-MS	11	6	3	2	1	5	6	-1
2	CENE	9	6	2	3	1	4	3	1
3	Operário-MS	8	6	2	2	2	6	5	1
4	Taveirópolis	4	6	1	1	4	8	9	-1

Group 13 (MT-MS)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Cuiabá	7	4	2	1	1	6	5	1
2	Chapadão	5	4	1	2	1	2	1	1
3	Jaciara	5	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2

Group 14 (GO-TO)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Tocantinópolis	7	4	2	1	1	10	8	2
2	Palmas	7	4	2	1	1	10	9	1
3	Anápolis	2	4	0	2	2	7	10	-3

Group 15 (DF-GO)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	CFZ-DF	10	4	3	1	0	6	2	4
2	Atlético-GO	5	4	1	2	1	6	6	0
3	Goiatuba	1	4	0	1	3	3	7	-4

Group 16 (MG-SP)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Iuiutaba	7	4	2	1	1	5	5	0
2	Uberlândia	5	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
3	Francana	4	4	1	1	2	4	4	0

Group 17 (MG-SP)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bragantino	6	4	2	1	1	6	5	1
2	Rio Branco-MG	6	4	2	0	2	6	5	1
3	Uberaba	4	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2

Group 18 (ES-MG)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Ipatinga	13	6	4	1	1	10	2	8
2	Estrela do Norte	13	6	4	1	1	6	5	1
3	Desportiva	7	6	2	1	3	9	9	0
4	Villa Nova	1	6	0	1	5	2	11	-9

Group 19 (ES-MG-RJ)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Tupi	10	6	3	1	2	9	5	4
2	Goytacaz	10	6	3	1	2	8	6	2
3	Rio Branco-ES	10	6	3	1	2	8	8	0
4	Serra	3	6	0	3	3	2	8	-6

Group 20 (RJ)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Americano	16	6	5	1	0	15	6	9
2	Macaé	10	6	3	1	2	7	6	1
3	Portuguesa-RJ	8	6	2	2	2	10	10	0
4	Rio Branco-RJ	0	6	0	0	6	5	15	-10

Group 21 (RJ)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Cabofriense	11	6	3	2	1	9	6	3
2	Olaria	11	6	3	2	1	8	5	3
3	América-RJ	7	6	2	1	3	5	7	-2
4	Bangu	3	6	0	3	3	4	8	-4

Group 22 (RJ-SP)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Friburguense	8	4	2	2	0	6	3	3
2	Volta Redonda	5	4	1	2	1	7	4	3
3	Portuguesa Santista	3	4	1	0	3	1	7	-6

Group 23 (SP)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Sertãozinho	8	4	2	2	0	7	4	3
2	Botafogo-SP	5	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1
3	Comercial-SP	2	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2

Group 24 (SP)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético Sorocaba	9	4	3	0	1	5	1	4
2	Santo André	4	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1
3	Rio Branco-SP	4	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3

Group 25 (SP)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Internacional de Limeira	7	4	2	1	1	5	3	2
2	Ituano	6	4	2	0	2	3	4	-1
3	XV de Piracicaba	4	4	1	1	2	2	3	-1

Group 26 (PR-SP)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	União Barbarense	12	6	3	3	0	9	4	5
2	União Bandeirante	11	6	3	s	1	5	5	0
3	Grêmio Maringá	5	6	1	2	3	7	8	-1
4	Iraty	4	6	1	1	4	5	9	-4

Group 27 (RS-SC)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Caxias-SC	6	4	1	3	0	6	5	1
2	Ulbra	4	4	0	4	0	4	4	0
3	Marcílio Dias	3	4	0	3	1	3	4	-1

Group 28 (RS)
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	RS Futebol	13	6	4	1	1	14	6	8
2	Pelotas	11	6	3	2	1	5	6	-1
3	São José-RS	7	6	2	1	3	5	7	-2
4	Brasil de Pelotas	2	6	0	2	4	7	12	-5

Second Stage

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Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tuna Luso	1–0	Nacional-AM	1–0	0–0
Atlético-GO	3–3(p)	Ituiutaba	2–1	1–2
Rio Branco-MG	4–1	Ipatinga	1–1	3–0
Santo André	6–3	Sertãozinho	4–0	2–3
Sampaio Corrêa	1–3	Viana	1–1	0–2
Chapadinha	2–3	Imperatriz	1–1	1–2
Guarany de Sobral	4–3	Flamengo-PI	3–2	1–1
River	0–1	Itapipoca	0–0	0–1
Campinense	4–2	Treze	3–0	1–2
ASA	3–2	ABC	3–2	0–0
CSA	3–4	Botafogo-PB	1–2	2–2
Sousa	3–5	Sergipe	3–2	0–3
CENE	2–2(p)	Juazeiro	2–0	0–2
Palmas	4–1	Cuiabá	1–0	3–1
Chapadão	3–3(a)	Tocantinópolis	1–0	2–3
Uberlândia	0–6	CFZ-DF	0–3	0–3
Estrela do Norte	2–4	Bragantino	2–2	0–2
Macaé	2–3	Tupi	1–1	1–2
Goytacaz	1–0	Americano^[2]	1–0	annulled^[3]
Volta Redonda	0–1	Cabofriense	0–1	0–0
Olaria	2–0	Friburguense	1–0	1–0
Botafogo-SP	3–1	Atlético Sorocaba	2–0	1–1
União Bandeirante	2–1	Internacional de Limeira	2–0	0–1
Pelotas	5–5(a)	Caxias-SC	3–1	2–4
Ulbra	1–3	RS Futebol	0–1	1–2
Rio Branco-AC	3–1	Atlético Roraima	1–0	2–1
Ituano	3–3(a)	União Barbarense	2–0	1–3
Confiança	4–1	Comercial-MS	3–1	1–0

Third Stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tuna Luso	2–0	Rio Branco-AC	2–0	0–0
Imperatriz	5–3	Viana	3–1	2–2
Guarany de Sobral	2–4	Itapipoca	1–3	1–1
ASA	0-3	Campinense	0-1	0-2
Sergipe	2–4	Botafogo-PB	0–0	2–4
Palmas	2-2 (a)	Chapadão	0–0	2–2
CFZ-DF	3–1	Ituiutaba	1–1	2–0
Bragantino	3-1	Rio Branco-MG	1–0	2-1
Olaria	3–4	Cabofriense	1–3	2–1
Santo André	4-1	Botafogo-SP	4-0	0-1
Ituano	4-2	União Bandeirante	3-2	1-0
RS Futebol	1-0	Pelotas	1–0	0-0
Tupi	5-3	Americano	5-2	0-1
CENE	2–2(p)	Confiança	2–0	0–2

Fourth Stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tuna Luso	2-1	Imperatriz	2–0	0-1
Campinense	2-2(a)	Itapipoca	1-0	1-2
Palmas	2-0	CFZ-DF	1–0	1–0
Bragantino	3-2	Tupi	3-1	0-1
Cabofriense	3-3(p)	Santo André	1-2	2-1
Ituano	4-4(p)	RS Futebol	3-1	1-3
Botafogo-PB	6-1	Confiança	2-0	4-1

Fifth Stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Campinense	7-2	Tuna Luso	4-1	3-1
Botafogo-PB	6-4	Palmas	5-2	1-2
Santo André	5-4	Bragantino	4-1	1–3
RS Futebol^[4]	3-4	Ituano	2-1	1-3

Final Stage

Time		P	J	V	E	D	GP	GC	SG
1	Ituano	11	6	3	2	1	9	7	2
2	Santo André	10	6	3	1	2	7	5	2
3	Botafogo-PB	7	6	2	1	3	8	12	-4
4	Campinense	6	6	2	0	4	5	5	0

	BPB	CPN	ITU	SAD
Botafogo-PB	—	1-0	4-4	1-3
Campinense	3-0	—	1-0	1-2
Ituano	2-1	1-0	—	2-1
Santo André	0-1	1-0	0-0	—


	Promoted to Série B 2004

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105108/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/braz3-03.html

References

↑ the withdrawal of Guaxupé and Parnahyba reduced this number to 93.
↑ CBF awarded the berth to the third stage to Americano.
↑ the match was interrupted at 61', after 5 Goytacaz players had been sent off and Americano was winning by 1-0.
↑ RS Futebol qualified to the Fifth stage as the loser with the best campaign throughout the championship.

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[1] the withdrawal of Guaxupé and Parnahyba reduced this number to 93.

[2] CBF awarded the berth to the third stage to Americano.

[3] the match was interrupted at 61', after 5 Goytacaz players had been sent off and Americano was winning by 1-0.

[4] RS Futebol qualified to the Fifth stage as the loser with the best campaign throughout the championship.