1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

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.

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)
1988 →

First stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Olaria (A)	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	4
2	São Borja	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Dom Bosco	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the final

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santo Amaro (A)	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
2	Izabelense	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
3	Guarani-MG	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to the final

Finals

First leg

25 April 1981 (1981-04-25)

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

Marechal Hermes, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Referee:   Nei Andrade Maia

Second leg

1 May 1981 (1981-05-01)

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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