2001 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2001 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I was the 87th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 27 and ended on June 3. América won the championship, winning the title for the 15th time.

Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I

Season	2001
Champions	América (15th title)
Relegated	Democrata Guarani
2002 CB	América Cruzeiro Atlético
2001 Série C	Villa Nova Ipatinga Mamoré Uberlândia
2002 Sul-Minas	América Cruzeiro Atlético Mamoré
Matches played	92
Goals scored	242 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guilherme (Atlético) - 10 goals
Biggest home win	Ipatinga 5-0 Uberlândia (March 3, 2001)
Biggest away win	Rio Branco 0-3 Atlético (February 4, 2001) Uberlândia 0-3 Atlético (March 14, 2001)
Highest scoring	Villa Nova 5-2 Guarani (March 4, 2001) Democrata 4-3 Villa Nova (March 25, 2001)
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Participating teams

Belo Horizonte

Mamoré

Caldense

Ipatinga FC

URT

Villa Nova

Rio Branco

Democrata

Guarani

Uberlândia

Belo Horizonte teams:
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro

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Locations of the 2001 Módulo I teams

Club	Home city	Previous season
América	Belo Horizonte	3rd
Atlético	Belo Horizonte	1st
Caldense	Poços de Caldas	10th
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	2nd
Democrata	Governador Valadares	8th
Guarani	Divinópolis	2nd (Second level)
Ipatinga	Ipatinga	4th
Mamoré	Patos de Minas	1st (Second level)
Rio Branco	Andradas	6th
Uberlândia	Uberlândia	9th
URT	Patos de Minas	7th
Villa Nova	Nova Lima	5th

System

The championship would have three stages.:

• First phase: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin tournament, with the eight best teams qualifying to the Second phase and the two worst teams being relegated.
• Second phase: The eight remaining teams were divided into two groups of four; the teams played the teams of their own group in a double round-robin tournament, with the best team in each group advancing to the Finals.
• Finals: The group winners of the Second phase played in a two-legged tie to define the Champions.

League table

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético	11	6	3	2	17	8	+9	21	Qualified to Second phase
2	Cruzeiro	11	6	2	3	20	12	+8	20
3	Mamoré	11	6	2	3	18	15	+3	20
4	Ipatinga	11	5	2	4	18	9	+9	17
5	América	11	5	2	4	16	13	+3	17
6	Villa Nova	11	5	2	4	18	16	+2	17
7	Caldense	11	5	1	5	12	16	−4	16
8	Rio Branco	11	4	4	3	12	13	−1	16
9	URT	11	5	0	6	12	13	−1	15
10	Uberlândia	11	4	1	6	7	16	−9	13
11	Democrata	11	3	2	6	11	14	−3	11	Relegated
12	Guarani	11	1	1	9	9	25	−16	4

Updated to match(es) played on April 8, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10	Qualified to Finals
2	Villa Nova	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
3	Mamoré	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	8
4	Rio Branco	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5

Updated to match(es) played on May 20, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Qualified to Finals
2	Cruzeiro	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	Caldense	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7
4	Ipatinga	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	6

Updated to match(es) played on May 20, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Copa Sul-Minas qualfiication table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético	17	9	4	4	29	16	+13	31	Qualified to 2002 Copa Sul-Minas
2	Cruzeiro	17	9	3	5	28	19	+9	30
3	América	17	9	2	6	25	18	+7	29
4	Mamoré	17	8	4	5	25	25	0	28
5	Villa Nova	17	8	3	6	28	24	+4	27
6	Ipatinga	17	7	2	8	26	18	+8	23
7	Caldense	17	7	2	8	19	27	−8	23
8	Rio Branco	17	5	6	6	15	19	−4	21

Updated to match(es) played on May 20, 2001. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	5–4	Atlético	4–1	1–3

First leg

2001-05-27

16:00 (UTC-3)

América	4 – 1	Atlético
Wellington Paulo 4' Tucho 17' Rodrigo 28' 83'		Gilberto Silva 29'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 22,391

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Second leg

2001-06-03

16:00 (UTC-3)

Atlético	3 – 1	América
Guilherme 12' Gilberto Silva 55' Lincoln 62'		Alessandro 77'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 46,934

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Campeonato Mineiro 2001 champion
América 15th title