2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 14 April and ended on 22 September 2018.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Season2018
ChampionsOperário Ferroviário (1st title)
PromotedBotafogo-SP
Bragantino
Cuiabá
Operário Ferroviário
RelegatedJoinville
Juazeirense
Salgueiro
Tupi
Matches played194
Goals scored456 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorerCaio Dantas (11 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Acreano 5–0 Juazeirense
R5, 13 May
Cuiabá 5–0 Joinville
R14, 14 July
Biggest away winRemo 0–3 Confiança
R6, 20 May
Ypiranga 0–3 Botafogo-SP
R8, 3 June
Tupi 0–3 Bragantino
R11, 23 June
ABC 0–3 Santa Cruz
R12, 1 July
Atlético Acreano 0–3 Confiança
R17, 5 August
Botafogo-SP 0–3 Cuiabá
Semifinals 2nd leg, 8 September
Highest attendance34,474 Santa Cruz 1–0 Operário Ferroviário
Quarter-finals 1st leg, 19 August
Lowest attendance96 Ypiranga 3–0 Cuiabá
R16, 29 July
Total attendance605,023
Average attendance3,119
2017
2019

Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Operário Ferroviário, Globo, Atlético Acreano and Juazeirense), and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Luverdense, Santa Cruz, ABC and Náutico).

Botafogo-SP, Bragantino, Cuiabá and Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Operário Ferroviário won the title after defeating Cuiabá in the final.

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