1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	1981
Champions	Olaria (1st title)
Promoted	Olaria
Matches played	50
Goals scored	108 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	5 goals: Müller (São Borja) Fabinho (Santo Amaro)
Biggest home win	Piauí 5-0 Moto Club (March 15, 1981)
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The 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, officially, the Taça de Bronze 1981, was the first edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.The championship was performed by 24 clubs.The first phase was disputed by a two-legged knockout tournament, in which the winners qualified to the Second phase, that was disputed in the same way.The winners qualified to the second phase, in which the six teams were divided into two groups of tree teams, that played against the teams of their own groups twice.the first-placed teams of each group qualified to the finals.The winner qualified to the Taça de Prata of the following year.

First Stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético de Alagoinhas[1]	0–0	Capelense	0–0	0–0
Corumbaense	3–4	Dom Bosco	0–1	3–3
Santo Amaro	4–3	Auto Esporte-PB	1–0	3–3
Matsubara	0-1	Figueirense	0-1	0-0
Izabelense[2]	4–4	América-AM	2–0	2–4
Colatina	2-4	Olaria	1–3	1–1
São Borja	3–1	Joaçaba	0–0	3–1
Baraúnas	4-1	Icasa	1–0	3-1
Taguatinga	1–3	Itumbiara	1–0	3–0
Guarani-MG	3-1	Sergipe	1-0	2-1
Moto Club	1-5	Piauí	1-0	0-5
Madureira	2-5	Paranavaí	1–0	1-5

Second phase

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Itumbiara	2–4	Dom Bosco	1–3	1–1
Santo Amaro	2–1	Baraúnas	1–1	1–0
Olaria	3-0	Paranavaí	2–0	1-0
Atlético de Alagoinhas	3–3	Guarani-MG[3]	2–1	1–2
Figueirense	1-3	São Borja	1-0	0-3
Izabelense	1–0	Piauí	1–0	0–0

Third phase

Teams advanced to the final

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Olaria	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
2	São Borja	4	4	1	2	1	4	3	1
3	Dom Bosco	4	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Santo Amaro	6	4	2	2	0	4	1	3
2	Izabelense	3	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1
3	Guarani-MG	3	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2

Finals

First leg

Olaria v Santo Amaro

25 April 1981

Olaria	4 – 0	Santo Amaro
Chiquinho  13' Zé Ica 59' Leandro  68',  70'

Marechal Hermes, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Referee: Nei Andrade Maia

Second leg

Santo Amaro v Olaria

1 May 1981

Santo Amaro	1 – 0	Olaria
Derivaldo  80'

Arruda, Recife (PE) Referee: José Leandro Serpa

References

1. The playoff match between Atlético de Alagoinhas and Capelense ended in a tie, and Atlético de Alagoinhas qualified on penalties.
2. The playoff match between Izabelense and América-AM ended in a tie, and Izabelense qualified on penalties.
3. Guarani-MG qualified due to better record in the First phase.

Sources

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