2002 in Brazilian football

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The following article presents a summary of the 2002 football (soccer) season in Brazil , which was the 101st season of competitive football in the country.

Contents

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Fluminense 3-2 São Caetano 3-00-2
Atlético Mineiro 3-8 Corinthians 2-61-2
Grêmio 1-0 Juventude 0-01-0
Santos 5-2 São Paulo 3-12-1

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Fluminense 3-3 Corinthians 1-02-3
Santos 3-1 Grêmio 3-00-1

Final

Santos 2–0 Corinthians
Morumbi
Corinthians 2–3 Santos
Morumbi

Santos declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 5-2.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Portuguesa, Palmeiras, Gama and Botafogo, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B final was played between Fortaleza and Criciúma.

Fortaleza 2–0 Criciúma
Castelão
Criciúma 4–1 Fortaleza
Heriberto Hülse

Criciúma declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions by aggregate score of 4-3.

Promotion

The champion and the runner-up, which are Criciúma and Fortaleza, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The six worst placed teams, which are Americano, Botafogo-SP, Sampaio Corrêa, Guarany-CE, XV de Piracicaba and Bragantino, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Final stage
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Brasiliense (P)633095+412
2 Marília (P)6321117+411
3 Ipatinga 6123810−25
4 Nacional-AM 611439−64
Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted to Série B 2003

Brasiliense declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Brasiliense and Marília, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Corinthians and Brasiliense.

Corinthians 2–1 Brasiliense
Morumbi
Brasiliense 1–1 Corinthians
Serejão

Corinthians declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 3-2.

Copa dos Campeões

The Copa dos Campeões final was played between Paysandu and Cruzeiro.

Paysandu 1–2 Cruzeiro
Mangueirão
Cruzeiro 3–4 Paysandu
Castelão

Paysandu declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 5-5.

Regional and state championship champions

Regional championship champions

CompetitionChampion
Campeonato do Nordeste Bahia
Copa Centro-Oeste Goiás
Copa Norte Paysandu
Copa Sul-Minas Cruzeiro
Torneio Rio-São Paulo Corinthians

State championship champions

StateChampionStateChampion
Acre Rio Branco Paraíba Atlético Cajazeirense
Alagoas CRB Paraná Iraty
Atlético Paranaense ( 1 )
Amapá Ypiranga Pernambuco Náutico
Amazonas Nacional Piauí River
Bahia Palmeiras do Nordeste
Vitória ( 1 )		 Rio de Janeiro Fluminense ( 2 )
Ceará Ceará Rio Grande do Norte América-RN
Distrito Federal CFZ de Brasília Rio Grande do Sul Internacional
Espírito Santo Alegrense Rondônia CFA
Goiás Goiás Roraima Atlético Roraima
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa Santa Catarina Figueirense
Mato Grosso Operário (VG) São Paulo Ituano
São Paulo ( 1 )
Mato Grosso do Sul CENE Sergipe Confiança
Minas Gerais Caldense
Cruzeiro ( 1 )		 Tocantins Tocantinópolis
Pará Paysandu

( 1 )The club won a competition named Supercampeonato (Superchampionship), which was an extra tournament that included regional championship teams.

( 2 )According to the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation, the 2002 Rio de Janeiro State Championship is sub judice.

Youth competition champions

CompetitionChampion
Copa Macaé de Juvenis Fluminense
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil Cruzeiro
Copa São Paulo de Juniores Portuguesa
Copa Sub-17 de Promissão Corinthians
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores Palmeiras

Other competition champions

CompetitionChampion
Copa FPF São Bento
Copa Pernambuco Recife

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team Copa Libertadores 2002 Copa Sudamericana 2002
Atlético Paranaense Group stageN/A
Flamengo Group stageN/A
Grêmio SemifinalsN/A
São Caetano Runner-upN/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2002.

DateOppositionResultScoreBrazil scorersCompetition
January 31, 2002Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia W6–0 Cris, Gilberto Silva (2), Kléberson, Washington, Ânderson Polga International Friendly
February 6, 2002Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia W1–0 Djalminha International Friendly
March 7, 2002Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland W6–1 Ânderson Polga (2), Kléberson, Kaká, Gilberto Silva, Edílson International Friendly
March 27, 2002Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia W1–0 Luizão International Friendly
April 17, 2002Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal D1–1 Ronaldinho International Friendly
May 18, 2002 Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia W3–1 Ronaldinho (2), Edmílson International Friendly (unofficial match)
May 25, 2002Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia W4–0 Ronaldo, Juninho, Denílson, Edílson International Friendly
June 3, 2002Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey W2–1 Ronaldo, Rivaldo World Cup
June 8, 2002Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China W4–0 Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo World Cup
June 13, 2002Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica W5–2 Ronaldo (2), Edmílson, Rivaldo, Júnior World Cup
June 17, 2002Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium W2–0 Rivaldo, Ronaldo World Cup
June 21, 2002Flag of England.svg  England W2–1 Rivaldo, Ronaldinho World Cup
June 26, 2002Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey W1–0 Ronaldo World Cup
June 30, 2002Flag of Germany.svg  Germany W2–0 Ronaldo (2) World Cup
August 21, 2002Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay L0–1- International Friendly
November 20, 2002Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea W3–2 Ronaldo (2), Ronaldinho International Friendly

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The Brazil women's national football team did not play any matches in 2002.

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