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 toSérie B.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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