2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	2001
Champions	Atlético Paranaense (1st title)
Relegated	Santa Cruz Botafogo-SP América-MG Sport
Copa Libertadores	Atlético Paranaense São Caetano Grêmio (by winning the 2001 Copa do Brasil) Flamengo (by winning the 2001 Copa dos Campeões)
Matches played	386
Goals scored	1,105 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Romário (21 goals)
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The 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 45th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It Began on August 1, 2001, and reached its end on December 23, 2001. The competition was won by Atlético Paranaense.

Format

The 28 teams played against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals, in which the eight-placed team played against the first-placed team, the seventh-placed team played against the second-placed team, the sixth-placed team played against the third-placed team, and the fifth-placed team played against the fourth-placed team. The quarter-finals and the semi-finals were played over one leg while the finals were played over two legs. The four worst teams in the first stage were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B of the following year.

First Stage standings

First Stage Final Standings
Club		P	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Caetano	59	27	18	5	4	48	25	23
2	Atlético-PR	51	27	15	6	6	40	18	22
3	Fluminense	51	27	14	9	4	44	29	15
4	Atlético Mineiro	49	27	15	4	8	50	34	16
5	Grêmio	47	27	14	5	8	39	29	10
6	Ponte Preta	47	27	13	8	6	53	48	5
7	São Paulo	46	27	13	7	7	48	34	14
8	Bahia	45	27	13	6	8	43	38	5
9	Internacional	40	27	12	4	11	38	40	-2
10	Goiás	39	27	12	3	12	38	32	6
11	Vasco	39	27	10	9	8	57	36	21
12	Palmeiras	38	27	12	2	13	39	48	-9
13	Portuguesa	37	27	11	4	12	31	33	-2
14	Paraná	36	27	11	3	13	35	37	-2
15	Santos	36	27	9	9	9	37	32	5
16	Vitória	36	27	9	9	9	33	37	-4
17	Coritiba	35	27	9	8	10	31	32	-1
18	Corinthians	34	27	9	7	11	46	45	1
19	Guarani	33	27	9	6	12	29	45	-16
20	Gama	33	27	8	9	10	40	34	6
21	Cruzeiro	32	27	9	5	13	36	43	-7
22	Juventude	30	27	6	12	9	29	37	-8
23	Botafogo-RJ	29	27	8	5	14	41	51	-10
24	Flamengo	29	27	8	5	14	25	38	-13
25	Santa Cruz	27	27	7	6	14	31	50	-19
26	Botafogo-SP	25	27	6	7	14	23	41	-18
27	América-MG	25	27	6	7	14	32	46	-14
28	Sport	19	27	5	4	18	24	46	-22
P - points earned; G - matches played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF - goals scored; GA - goals conceded; GD - goal difference

	Zone of qualification for the quarter-finals
	Intermediate Zone
	Relegation zone

Finals

December 16, 2001

Atlético-PR	4 – 2	São Caetano
Ilan 4' Alex Mineiro 55', 80' (pen.), 90+2'		Mancini 31' Marcos Paulo 53'

Arena da Baixada (Curitiba)

Attendance: 31,740

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon Rio Grande do Sul

Atlético-PR: Flávio; Rogério Corrêa, Nem and Gustavo; Alessandro, Cocito, Adriano, Kléberson and Fabiano (Igor); Ilan (Souza) and Alex Mineiro. Head coach: Geninho.

São Caetano: Sílvio Luiz; Mancini, Daniel, Dininho and Marcos Paulo; Simão, Serginho, Adãozinho and Esquerdinha; Anaílson (Müller) and Magrão. Head coach: Jair Picerni.

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December 23, 2001

São Caetano	0 – 1	Atlético-PR
		Alex Mineiro 67'

Anacleto Campanella (São Caetano do Sul)

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon Rio Grande do Sul

São Caetano: Sílvio Luiz; Mancini, Daniel, Dininho and Marcos Paulo (Müller); Simão, Serginho (Bechara), Adãozinho and Esquerdinha (Marlon); Anaílson and Magrão. Head coach: Jair Picerni.

Atlético-PR: Flávio; Nem, Gustavo and Rogério Corrêa (Igor); Alessandro, Cocito (Pires), Adriano, Kléberson and Fabiano; Kléber (Souza) and Alex Mineiro. Head coach: Geninho.

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Final standings

Final Standings
Club		P	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético-PR	63	31	19	6	6	68	45	23
2	São Caetano	63	31	19	6	6	52	31	21
3	Fluminense	54	29	15	9	5	49	34	15
4	Atlético Mineiro	52	29	16	4	9	54	36	18
5	Grêmio	47	28	14	5	9	39	32	7
6	Ponte Preta	47	28	13	8	7	55	51	4
7	São Paulo	46	28	13	7	8	49	36	13
8	Bahia	46	28	13	7	8	43	38	5
9	Internacional	40	27	12	4	11	38	40	-2
10	Goiás	39	27	12	3	12	38	32	6
11	Vasco	39	27	10	9	8	57	36	21
12	Palmeiras	38	27	12	2	13	39	48	-9
13	Portuguesa	37	27	11	4	12	31	33	-2
14	Paraná	36	27	11	3	13	35	37	-2
15	Santos	36	27	9	9	9	37	32	5
16	Vitória	36	27	9	9	9	33	37	-4
17	Coritiba	35	27	9	8	10	31	32	-1
18	Corinthians	34	27	9	7	11	46	45	1
19	Guarani	33	27	9	6	12	29	45	-16
20	Gama	33	27	8	9	10	40	34	6
21	Cruzeiro	32	27	9	5	13	36	43	-7
22	Juventude	30	27	6	12	9	29	37	-8
23	Botafogo-RJ	29	27	8	5	14	41	51	-10
24	Flamengo	29	27	8	5	14	25	38	-13
25	Santa Cruz	27	27	7	6	14	31	50	-19
26	Botafogo-SP	25	27	6	7	14	23	41	-18
27	América-MG	25	27	6	7	14	32	46	-14
28	Sport	19	27	5	4	18	24	46	-22
P - points earned; G - matches played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF - goals scored; GA - goals conceded; GD - goal difference

	Champions and runners-up, and qualified to Copa Libertadores 2002
	Eliminated in the Semi-finals
	Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
	Eliminated in the First Stage
	Relegated to Série B 2002

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Romário	Vasco	21
2	Washington	Ponte Preta	18
3	Alex Mineiro	Atlético-PR	17
	Kléber Pereira	Atlético-PR	17
4	Marques	Atlético Mineiro	16
5	Ricardo Oliveira	Portuguesa	14
6	França	São Paulo	13
	Magrão	São Caetano	13

External links

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2001 at RSSSF