Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2001

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	Athletico Paranaense
Cup winners	Gremio Porto Alegre
Relegated	Santa Cruz FC , Botafogo FC (SP) , América Mineiro , Sport Recife
Teams	28
Games	386
Gates	1105  (ø 2.86 per game)
spectator	4,400,786  (ø 11,401 per game)
Top scorer	Romário (21 goals)
← Copa João Havelange 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2002 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2001 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2001 was the 45th season of the Brazilian Série A .

Season course

The Série A started on August 1, 2001 in their new season and ended on December 23, 2001. The championship was again hosted by the national association CBF , after it was unable to do so the previous year. All clubs in the blue group from the Copa João Havelange as well as Botafogo FC (SP) , Paraná Clube and AD São Caetano were allowed to participate . In order to adjust the size of the league again, four teams had to relegate at the end of the season , as the league was to be reduced by two teams in the 2002 season.

During the competition, all 28 Série A clubs met once on a pre-season schedule. The best eight teams then met again in one game in a knockout round. The final was then played in two legs. The final table, including the results from the knockout games, was used to determine the qualification for the international competitions.

After the season, as every year, awards were given to the best players of the year. The " Golden Ball ", awarded by the sports magazine Placar , went to Alex Mineiro from the champion Athletico Paranaense . The top scorer with 19 goals was Romário from CR Vasco da Gama .

Preliminary round table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	AD Sao Caetano	27	18th	05	04th	48:25	+ 23	59
02.	Athletico Paranaense	27	15th	06th	06th	48:40	+ 08	51
03.	Fluminense FC	27	14th	09	04th	44:29	+ 15	51
04th	Atlético Mineiro	27	15th	04th	08th	50:34	+ 16	49
05.	Gremio Porto Alegre	27	14th	05	08th	39:29	+ 10	47
06th	AA Ponte Preta	27	13	08th	06th	53:48	+ 05	47
07th	Sao Paulo FC	27	13	07th	07th	48:34	+ 14	46
08th.	EC Bahia	27	13	06th	08th	43:38	+ 05	45
09.	SC Internacional	27	12	04th	11	38:40	- 02nd	40
10.	Goiás EC	27	12	03	12	38:32	+ 06	39
11.	CR Vasco da Gama (M)	27	10	09	08th	57:36	+ 11	39
12.	SE Palmeiras	27	12	02	13	40:47	- 07th	38
13.	Portuguesa	27	11	04th	12	31:33	- 02nd	37
14th	Paraná Clube	27	11	03	13	35:37	- 02nd	36
15th	FC Santos	27	09	09	09	37:32	+ 05	36
16.	EC Vitória	27	09	09	09	33:37	- 04th	36
17th	Coritiba FC	27	09	08th	10	31:32	- 01	35
18th	SC Corinthians	27	09	07th	11	46:45	+ 01	34
19th	Guarani FC	27	09	06th	12	29:45	- 16	33
20th	SE Gama	27	08th	09	10	40:34	+ 06	33
21st	Cruzeiro EC	27	09	05	13	36:43	- 07th	32
22nd	EC Juventude	27	06th	12	09	29:37	- 08	30th
23.	Botafogo FR	27	08th	05	14th	41:51	- 10	29
24.	CR Flamengo	27	08th	05	14th	25:39	- 14	29
25th	Santa Cruz FC	27	07th	06th	14th	31:50	- 19th	27
26th	Botafogo FC (SP)	27	06th	07th	14th	32:46	- 14	25th
27.	America Mineiro	27	06th	07th	14th	23:41	- 18th	25th
28.	Sport Recife	27	05	04th	18th	24:46	- 22	19th

	Qualified for the top eight round
	Relegated to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year

KO round

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
AD São Caetano 1	0-0	EC Bahia	0-0
Atlético Mineiro	3-0	Gremio Porto Alegre	3-0
Fluminense FC	3: 2	AA Ponte Preta	3: 2
Athletico Paranaense	2: 1	Sao Paulo FC	2: 1

¹ São Caetano qualified for the semi-finals due to the better positioning in the preliminary round table.

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
AD Sao Caetano	3: 1	Atlético Mineiro	3-0
Fluminense FC	2: 3	Athletico Paranaense	2: 3

final

First leg

Athletico Paranaense		AD Sao Caetano
	December 16, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. in Arena da Baixada , Curitiba Result: 4: 2 (1: 0) Spectators: 31,740 Referee: Carlos Simon
	Flávio , Rogério Corrêa , Nem , Gustavo , Alessandro , Cocito , Kléberson , Fabiano (88th Igor ), Ilan Araújo (68th Souza ), Alex Mineiro Trainer: Geninho	Silvio Luiz , Mancini , Daniel , Dininho , Marocs Paulo , Simão , Serginho , Adãozinho , Magrão , Esquerdinha , Anaílson (72nd Müller ) Trainer: Jair Picerni
	1: 0 Ilan (4th) 2: 2 Alex Mineiro (55th) 3: 2 Alex Mineiro (79th) 4: 2 Alex Mineiro (90th + 2)	1: 1 Mancini (31st) 1: 2 Marcos Paulo (53rd)
	Rogério Corrêa, Gustavo	Serginho, Marcos Paulo

Return leg

AD Sao Caetano		Athletico Paranaense
	December 23, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. in Anacletto Campanella Stadium, São Caetano do Sul Result: 0: 1 (0: 0) Referee: Carlos Simon
	Silvio Luiz , Mancini , Daniel , Dininho , Marocs Paulo (56th Müller ), Simão , Serginho (46th Bechara Oliveira ), Adãozinho , Magrão , Esquerdinha (72nd Marlon ), Anaílson Trainer: Jair Picerni	Flávio , Rogério Corrêa (71st Igor ), Nem , Gustavo , Alessandro , Cocito (77th Pires ), Kléberson , Fabiano , Kléber Pereira (83rd Souza ), Alex Mineiro Trainer: Geninho
		0: 1 Alex Mineiro (66.)
	Mancini, Simão, Esquerdinha	Nem, Rogério Corrêa, Adriano

Closing table

The table of the preliminary round was supplemented by the goals scored and the number of games in the knockout round.

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Athletico Paranaense	31	19th	06th	06th	68:45	+ 23	63
02.	AD Sao Caetano	31	19th	06th	06th	52:31	+ 21	63
03.	Fluminense FC	29	15th	09	05	49:34	+ 15	54
04th	Atlético Mineiro	29	16	04th	09	54:36	+ 18	52
05.	Gremio Porto Alegre 2	28	14th	05	09	39:32	+ 07	47
06th	AA Ponte Preta	28	13	08th	07th	55:51	+ 04	47
07th	Sao Paulo FC	28	13	07th	08th	49:36	+ 13	46
08th.	EC Bahia	28	13	07th	08th	43:38	+ 05	46
09.	SC Internacional	27	12	04th	11	38:40	- 02nd	40
10.	Goiás EC	27	12	03	12	38:32	+ 06	39
11.	CR Vasco da Gama (M)	27	10	09	08th	57:36	+ 11	39
12.	SE Palmeiras	27	12	02	13	40:47	- 07th	38
13.	Portuguesa	27	11	04th	12	31:33	- 02nd	37
14th	Paraná Clube	27	11	03	13	35:37	- 02nd	36
15th	FC Santos	27	09	09	09	37:32	+ 05	36
16.	EC Vitória	27	09	09	09	33:37	- 04th	36
17th	Coritiba FC	27	09	08th	10	31:32	- 01	35
18th	SC Corinthians	27	09	07th	11	46:45	+ 01	34
19th	Guarani FC	27	09	06th	12	29:45	- 16	33
20th	SE Gama	27	08th	09	10	40:34	+ 06	33
21st	Cruzeiro EC	27	09	05	13	36:43	- 07th	32
22nd	EC Juventude	27	06th	12	09	29:37	- 08	30th
23.	Botafogo FR	27	08th	05	14th	41:51	- 10	29
24.	CR Flamengo 3	27	08th	05	14th	25:39	- 14	29
25th	Santa Cruz FC	27	07th	06th	14th	31:50	- 19th	27
26th	Botafogo FC (SP)	27	06th	07th	14th	32:46	- 14	25th
27.	America Mineiro	27	06th	07th	14th	23:41	- 18th	25th
28.	Sport Recife	27	05	04th	18th	24:46	- 22	19th

	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2002 as top of the table
	Qualified for the 2002 Copa Libertadores
	Relegated to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year

² Qualified as cup winner 2001 for the Copa Libertadores 2002

³Qualified as the 2001 Copa dos Campeões winner for the 2002 Copa Libertadores

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Romario	CR Vasco da Gama	21 goals
2		Washington	Ponte Preta	18 goals
3		Alex Mineiro	Athletico Paranaense	17 goals
		Kléber Pereira	Athletico Paranaense
5		Marques	Atlético Mineiro	16 goals
6th		Ricardo Oliveira	Portuguesa	14 goals

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 2001 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com