Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2002

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	FC Santos
Cup winners	SC Corinthians 1
Relegated	Portuguesa , SE Palmeiras , SE Gama , Botafogo FR
Teams	26th
Games	339
Gates	1025  (ø 3.02 per game)
spectator	4,368,354  (ø 12,886 per game)
Top scorer	Luís Fabiano , Rodrigo Fabri (19 goals)
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2003 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2002 was the 46th season of the Brazilian Série A .

Season course

The Série A started their new season on August 10, 2002 and ended on December 15, 2002. During the competition, all 26 clubs of the Série A met once based on a pre-season schedule. The best eight teams then met each other again in a knockout round in return games. The winner of the two finals became the national champion. The final table, including the results from the knockout games, was used to determine the qualification for the international competitions.

In the season two teams were promoted, but four again had to relegate, as the league should be reduced in the 2003 season by two teams.

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 Kaká from FC São Paulo. The top scorer with 19 goals was Luís Fabiano from FC São Paulo and Rodrigo Fabri from Grêmio Porto Alegre .

Preliminary round table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Sao Paulo FC	25th	16	04th	05	57:35	+ 22	52
02.	AD Sao Caetano	25th	14th	05	06th	42:28	+ 14	47
03.	SC Corinthians	25th	12	07th	06th	37:35	+ 02	43
04th	EC Juventude	25th	12	05	08th	34:30	+ 04	41
05.	Gremio Porto Alegre	25th	11	08th	06th	39:29	+ 10	41
06th	Atlético Mineiro	25th	12	04th	09	49:43	+ 06	40
07th	Fluminense FC	25th	12	04th	09	43:46	- 03	40
08th.	FC Santos	25th	11	06th	08th	46:36	+ 10	39
09.	Cruzeiro EC	25th	11	06th	08th	40:39	+ 01	39
10.	EC Vitória	25th	11	04th	10	46:42	+ 04	37
11.	Coritiba FC	25th	11	03	11	34:34	0000	36
12.	Goiás EC	25th	11	06th	09	42:39	+ 03	36
13.	AA Ponte Preta	25th	10	04th	11	35:34	+ 01	34
14th	Athletico Paranaense (M)	25th	09	07th	09	39:33	+ 06	34
15th	CR Vasco da Gama	25th	10	03	12	37:38	- 01	33
16.	Guarani FC	25th	09	06th	10	32:35	- 03	33
17th	Figueirense FC (N)	25th	09	04th	12	34:43	- 09	31
18th	CR Flamengo	25th	08th	06th	11	38:39	- 01	30th
19th	EC Bahia	25th	08th	06th	11	35:77	- 02nd	30th
20th	Paysandu SC (N)	25th	09	02	14th	35:46	- 11	29
21st	SC Internacional	25th	07th	08th	10	36:37	- 01	29
22nd	Paraná Clube	25th	08th	04th	13	37:42	- 05th	28
23.	Portuguesa	25th	07th	06th	12	26:40	- 14	27
24.	SE Palmeiras	25th	06th	09	10	37:46	- 09	27
25th	SE Gama	25th	07th	04th	14th	30:39	- 09	25th
26th	Botafogo FR	25th	06th	06th	12	24:39	- 15	25th

	Qualified for the top eight round
	Relegated to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

KO round

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sao Paulo FC	2: 5	FC Santos	1: 3	1: 2
EC Juventude	0: 1	Gremio Porto Alegre	0-0	0: 1
SC Corinthians	8: 3	Atlético Mineiro	6: 2	2: 1
AD Sao Caetano	2: 3	Fluminense FC	0: 3	2-0

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Santos	3: 1	Gremio Porto Alegre	3-0	0: 1
SC Corinthians	3: 3	Fluminense FC	3: 2	0: 1

final

First leg

FC Santos		SC Corinthians
	December 8, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in Cícero Pompeu de Toledo Stadium (Morumbi), São Paulo Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva
	Fabio Costa , Michel , Preto , Alex Costa , Léo , Paulo Almeida , Renato , Elano , Diego , Robinho , Alberto Trainer: Émerson Leão	Doni , Rogério , Fábio Luciano , Rafael Scheidt , Kléber , Vampeta , Fabrício , Renato Abreu (84th Leandro ), Deivid (72nd Marcinho ), Guilherme , Gil Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira
	1-0 Alberto (36th) 2-0 Renato (88th)
	Preto, Alberto	Renato

Return leg

SC Corinthians		FC Santos
	December 15, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in Cícero Pompeu de Toledo Stadium (Morumbi), São Paulo Result: 2: 3 (0: 1) Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon
	Doni , Rogério , Fábio Luciano , Anderson , Kléber , Vampeta , Fabinho (73rd Fabrício ), Renato Abreu (46th Marcinho ), Deivid , Guilherme (73rd Leandro ), Gil Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira	Fabio Costa , Maurinho , André Luís , Alex Costa , Léo , Paulo Almeida , Renato , Elano , Diego (3rd Robert , 90th Michel ), Robinho , William (73rd Alexandre Alves da Silva ) Trainer: Émerson Leão
	1: 1 Deivid (75th) 2: 1 Ânderson (84th)	0-1 Robinho (37th penalty) 2-2 Elano (88th) 2-3 Léo (90th + 2 ')
	Fábio Luciano, Fabinho, Fabrício	Fábio Costa, Maurinho

Closing table

The table of the preliminary round was supplemented by the goals scored and the number of games. No points were awarded for the games. The ranking of the first eight teams was newly formed in the following order:

1. Number of games
2. Points scored

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	FC Santos	31	16	06th	09	49:41	+ 18	54
02.	SC Corinthians 1	31	15th	07th	09	50:46	+ 04	52
03.	Gremio Porto Alegre 2	29	13	09	07th	41:32	+ 09	48
04th	Fluminense FC	29	14th	04th	11	49:51	- 02nd	46
05.	Sao Paulo FC	27	16	04th	07th	59:40	+ 19	52
06th	AD Sao Caetano	27	15th	05	07th	44:31	+ 13	47
07th	EC Juventude	27	12	06th	09	34:31	+ 03	41
08th.	Atlético Mineiro	27	12	04th	11	52:51	+ 01	40
09.	Cruzeiro EC	25th	11	06th	08th	40:39	+ 01	39
10.	EC Vitória	25th	11	04th	10	46:42	+ 04	37
11.	Coritiba FC	25th	11	03	11	34:34	0000	36
12.	Goiás EC	25th	11	06th	09	42:39	+ 03	36
13.	AA Ponte Preta	25th	10	04th	11	35:34	+ 01	34
14th	Athletico Paranaense (M)	25th	09	07th	09	39:33	+ 06	34
15th	CR Vasco da Gama	25th	10	03	12	37:38	- 01	33
16.	Guarani FC	25th	09	06th	10	32:35	- 03	33
17th	Figueirense FC (N)	25th	09	04th	12	34:43	- 09	31
18th	CR Flamengo	25th	08th	06th	11	38:39	- 01	30th
19th	EC Bahia	25th	08th	06th	11	35:77	- 02nd	30th
20th	Paysandu SC (N) 2	25th	09	02	14th	35:46	- 11	29
21st	SC Internacional	25th	07th	08th	10	36:37	- 01	29
22nd	Paraná Clube	25th	08th	04th	13	37:42	- 05th	28
23.	Portuguesa	25th	07th	06th	12	26:40	- 14	27
24.	SE Palmeiras	25th	06th	09	10	37:46	- 09	27
25th	SE Gama	25th	07th	04th	14th	30:39	- 09	25th
26th	Botafogo FR	25th	06th	06th	12	24:39	- 15	25th

	Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2003 and the Copa Sudamericana 2003
	Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2003 - The places were awarded according to the eternal best list of the national association CBF and not according to the placement in the table.
	Relegated to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

¹ Qualified as cup winner 2002 for the Copa Libertadores 2003

²Due to the double qualification of Corinthians through table place and cup victory for the Copa Libertadores 2003, the national association CBF decided that Grêmio would take the place of Corinthians as third in the table and Paysandu as second place from the cup competition.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Luís Fabiano	São Paulo	19 goals
		Rodrigo Fabri	Gremio
3		Dimba	Goiás	17 goals
4th		Romario	Fluminense	16 goals
5		Mancini	Cruzeiro	15 goals
		Ramón	Vasco da Gama

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 2002 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com