1990 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1990, known as the Terceira Divisão, was a football series played from 29 September to 9 December 2020. It was the third level of the Brazilian National League. The competition had 30 clubs, and four of them were originally promoted to Série B.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Season	1990
Champions	Atlético Goianiense
Promoted	none
Matches played	74
Goals scored	142 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Júlio César (Atlético Goianiense), 10 goals
Biggest home win	Atlético Goianiense 5–1 Ubiratan (17 October)
← 1988 1992 →

In 1991, the Brazilian Football Confederation declared that the 1990 Série C was a deficitary tournament, deciding to extinguish it and allowing 64 teams in the 1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAY	FOR	MAR	TIR	NAC
1	Paysandu	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to Second phase				1–0		2–0
2	Fortaleza	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6			0–0			2–0
3	Maranhão	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	4				1–1		1–1
4	Tiradentes	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	3			1–2				2–1
5	Nacional	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0				1–2	0–3

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARN	EST	CSA	APE	CAM
1	América-RN	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to Second phase			1–0		1–0
2	Estudantes	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5					1–2		2–1
3	CSA	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	4			2–2	1–2
4	América-PE	4	0	2	2	0	2	−2	2					0–0		0–0
5	Campinense	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2			1–3		0–1

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AMG	COL	ARJ	FLU	LAG
1	América-MG	4	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to Second phase				2–0	1–0
2	Colatina	4	1	3	0	4	2	+2	5			0–0		3–1
3	America-RJ	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	4						1–0	2–0
4	Fluminense de Feira	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3				1–1			2–1
5	Lagarto	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2			0–0	0–0

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATL	GAM	VIL	UNI	UBI
1	Atlético Goianiense	4	4	0	0	12	3	+9	8	Advance to Second phase			1–0			5–1
2	Gama	4	3	0	1	3	1	+2	6					1–0	1–0
3	Vila Nova	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	4			1–4				3–1
4	União Rondonópolis	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	2			1–2		0–2
5	Ubiratan	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0				0–1		0–1

Source:

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAN	NOR	ESP	MOG	CGD
1	Bangu	4	1	3	0	3	0	+3	5	Advance to Second phase			3–0		0–0
2	Noroeste	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	5						1–0	3–0
3	Esportivo	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4			0–0	2–2
4	Mogi Mirim	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	3					1–2		1–0
5	Campo Grande	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	3			0–0		2–1

Source:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	CAX	PON	BAN	AME
1	Paraná	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advance to Second phase			4–1			2–0
2	Caxias	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	4					2–1	2–1
3	Ponte Preta	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4			0–0			1–1
4	União Bandeirante	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3			0–2				1–0
5	América	4	1	0	3	1	4	−3	2				1–0	0–1

Source:

Second phase

Matches played on 4 and 11 November.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América Mineiro	4–2	Paysandu	4–0	0–2
Fortaleza	1–1	América de Natal	0–0	1–1
Gama	1–4	Atlético Goianiense	1–0	0–4
Bangu	1–1	Paraná	1–1	0–0

Bangu and América de Natal qualified due to best record.

Semifinal

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América Mineiro	2–1	Paraná	1–0	1–1
América de Natal	2–7	Atlético Goianiense	0–2	2–5

Final

2 December 1990

América Mineiro	0–0	Atlético Goianiense

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

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9 December 1990

Atlético Goianiense	0–0	América Mineiro
Penalties
	3–2

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Goiás

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Atlético Goianiense declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions after a 3–2 penalty win (0–0 aggregate score).