The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1997, the third level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 30 to November 30, 1997. The competition had 64 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série B.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Raimundo	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ji-Paraná	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
3	Atlético Roraima	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
4	Baré	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sampaio Corrêa	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	Qualified for the second phase
2	Santa Rosa	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
3	4 de Julho	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7
4	River	6	0	1	5	7	16	−9	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quixadá	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Ferroviário	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11
3	Picos	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5
4	Potiguar de Mossoró	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSA	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Porto	6	1	5	0	8	6	+2	8
3	Vitória-PE	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6
4	Fortaleza	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASA	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Qualified for the second phase
2	Juazeiro	6	2	0	4	7	7	0	6
3	Centro Limoeirense	6	1	3	2	2	5	−3	6
4	Flamengo de Arcoverde	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Confiança	6	3	3	0	11	6	+5	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Itabaiana	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10
3	Catuense	6	1	4	1	8	8	0	7
4	Galícia	6	0	2	4	7	15	−8	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goiânia	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Operário-MS	6	3	0	3	4	6	−2	9
3	Operário-MT	6	2	2	2	9	5	+4	8
4	União Rondonópolis	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmas	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9	Qualified for the second phase
2	Brasília	6	2	3	1	11	6	+5	9
3	Tocantinópolis	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
4	Ceilandense	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tupi	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Qualified for the second phase
2	Rio Branco-ES	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
3	América-RJ	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7
4	Campo Grande	6	0	4	2	1	3	−2	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	14	Qualified for the second phase
2	Atlético Sorocaba	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
3	Portuguesa Santista	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6
4	Rio Branco-SP	6	0	1	5	3	9	−6	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uberlândia	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16	Qualified for the second phase
2	Montes Claros	6	3	1	2	5	7	−2	10
3	Anápolis	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
4	Itumbiara	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional de Limeira	6	4	0	2	11	10	+1	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Social	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
3	São José-SP	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
4	Villa Nova	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Francana	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	União Bandeirante	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9
3	América-SP	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
4	Maringá[a]	6	1	2	3	3	4	−1	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponta Grossa	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Internacional de Santa Maria	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
3	Chapecoense	6	2	1	3	3	4	−1	7
4	15 de Novembro	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	12	Qualified for the second phase
2	Avaí	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
3	Paulista	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7
4	Blumenau	6	2	1	3	4	8	−4	7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Figueirense	6	4	1	1	14	11	+3	13	Qualified for the second phase
2	São José-RS	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
3	Brasil de Pelotas	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
4	Tubarão	6	1	1	4	10	13	−3	4

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