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The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1996, the third level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 27 to December 8, 1996. The competition had 58 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série B.

Stages of the competition

First phase

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rio Branco-AC	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ji-Paraná	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	4
3	São Raimundo	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	4

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10	Qualified for the second phase
2	Baré	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7
3	GAS	4	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gurupi	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7	Qualified for the second phase
2	Sampaio Corrêa	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
3	Kaburé	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fortaleza	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ferroviário	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	Cori-Sabbá	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
4	River	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Potiguar de Mossoró	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Qualified for the second phase
2	Pauferrense	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

1. ^ Potiguar won the 1st place by a draw

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Catuense	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5
3	Confiança	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSA	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15	Qualified for the second phase
2	Fluminense de Feira	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9
3	Itabaiana	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
4	Galícia	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Operário-MS	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Mixto	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5
3	Comercial-MS	4	0	2	2	0	2	−2	2

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vila Nova	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Qualified for the second phase
2	Uberlândia	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
3	Anápolis	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo Sobradinho	6	3	2	1	6	5	+1	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Francana	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
3	Uberaba	6	3	1	2	4	4	0	10
4	Planaltina	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estrela do Norte	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Qualified for the second phase
2	Colatina	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6
3	Vitória-ES	4	1	0	3	3	5	−2	3

Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rio Branco-SP	8	5	3	0	18	3	+15	18	Qualified for the second phase
2	Lousano Paulista	8	4	2	2	8	7	+1	14
3	Juventus	8	2	3	3	7	7	0	9
4	Tupi	8	2	2	4	4	11	−7	8
5	Barra Mansa	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5

Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo-SP	8	4	3	1	15	5	+10	15	Qualified for the second phase
2	Corinthians de Presidente Prudente	8	4	0	4	13	17	−4	12
3	Comercial-SP	8	3	2	3	11	9	+2	11
4	União Bandeirante	8	2	4	2	7	7	0	10
5	Matsubara	8	1	3	4	11	19	−8	6

Group 14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Soroacaba	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Rio Branco-PR	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	9
3	Jaraguá	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
4	Sãocarlense	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2

Group 15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Qualified for the second phase
2	Cascavel	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9
3	Chapecoense	6	3	0	3	6	9	−3	9
4	São Luiz	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7

Group 16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Figueirense	8	4	2	2	12	7	+5	14	Qualified for the second phase
2	Tubarão	8	4	1	3	12	12	0	13
3	Pelotas	8	3	3	2	16	12	+4	12
4	Avaí	8	3	2	3	15	15	0	11
5	Brasil de Pelotas	8	0	4	4	5	14	−9	4

Second phase

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Sources

• "Brazil Third Level 1996". rsssfbrasil.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2020-01-05.

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C seasons
• 1996 in Brazilian football leagues