This Saturday (11th) was the sixth and final round of the Second Phase of Série C, which ended with Náutico, Londrina, and São Bernardo celebrating their promotion to Série B-2026.
Only Ponte Preta had already confirmed its place in Série B.
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The final will be between Ponte and Londrina – teams that led their respective groups.
The day began with Londrina and São Bernardo in the qualifying zone for Group B, and Guarani holding the second spot in Group C.
Bugre faced its biggest rival right at Moisés Lucarelli in the 212th Dérbi in history.
And was defeated 2-0. Goals by Bruno Lopes (7') and Luiz Felipe (75').
GOOOOOOOOOLLLLL DA PONTEEEE!!! ⚫️⚪️🦍 Elvis cruzou e Luiz Felipe ampliou o marcador! 🔥🔥🔥
A Macaca Querida está ON FIRE!
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Third victory for Macaca over Guarani in four matches this season. And first place secured with 13 points in Group C.
Bugre finished with six. Watched Náutico secure promotion in a dramatic match at Aflitos.
🤯 Red card almost decided promotion…
Náutico started the round in last place. They needed to win and hope for a Guarani slip-up. Same situation for Brusque, in third.
The Alvirrubra team took the lead at 33' after Hélio Borges had two chances to beat Matheus Nogueira.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL DO TIMBU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A bola sobrou para Hélio Borges que sozinho abriu o placar!!!!!
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The team from Santa Catarina equalized after an own goal by Mateus (75').
The 1-1 score at that moment left Brusque and Guarani with identical records. Promotion was being decided by the number of red cards received in the final phase.
Which would have guaranteed promotion for the team from the South of the country.
But everything changed.
Brought on in the second half, veteran Paulo Sérgio and Oluwasegun Otusanya made the difference.
The Nigerian was brought down in the box. Penalty, which the 36-year-old striker converted (87').
There was still a penalty awarded to the visitors in stoppage time, before the assistant signaled offside – confirmed by VAR.
Hélio dos Anjos’ Timbu won, reaching eight points. Leaving Brusque with six.
Ended a three-year spell in the third division after relegation in 2022.
And guaranteed a pitch invasion by their fans.
Nothing changed in the other group
São Bernardo took the lead at Londrina’s home with João Paulo (17').
And were down to ten men soon after, with Foguinho sent off (19').
The Tubarão fought back for a 1-1 draw in the second half, with Welligton (47').
⚽ GOL DO TUBARÃO! 🦈💙
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Securing their promotion by reaching ten points in Group B. They had been relegated in 2023.
They were joined by Bernô, who reached seven points thanks to the result of the other match.
Secured a historic first-ever promotion. After having come close twice before.
In the other match, Caxias opened the scoring with Jhonatan Ribeiro (13'). They needed more goals – and a Londrina win.
But saw the team from Ceará equalize 1-1 thanks to Ruan in the 79th minute.
A score that eliminated both. Floresta finished with the same seven points as São Bernardo, but had fewer goals scored.
The team from Serra finished with four.
And without a win after having led the group in the qualifying phase.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
