Football in Brazil

Season	2002
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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.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	3-2	São Caetano	3-0	0-2
Atlético Mineiro	3-8	Corinthians	2-6	1-2
Grêmio	1-0	Juventude	0-0	1-0
Santos	5-2	São Paulo	3-1	2-1

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	3-3	Corinthians	1-0	2-3
Santos	3-1	Grêmio	3-0	0-1

Final

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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.

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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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brasiliense (P)	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4	12
2	Marília (P)	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
3	Ipatinga	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5
4	Nacional-AM	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4

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.

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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.

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

Regional and state championship champions

Regional championship champions

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

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
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

Competition	Champion
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

Competition	Champion
Copa FPF	São Bento
Copa Pernambuco	Recife

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 2002	Copa Sudamericana 2002
Atlético Paranaense	Group stage	N/A
Flamengo	Group stage	N/A
Grêmio	Semifinals	N/A
São Caetano	Runner-up	N/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.

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