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2001 in Brazilian football

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The following article presents a summary of the 2001 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 100th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Main article: 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Quarterfinals

Home team	Score	Away team
São Caetano	0-0 (aet 0-0)	Bahia
Atlético-PR	2-1	São Paulo
Fluminense	1-1 (aet 2-1)	Ponte Preta
Atlético Mineiro	3-0	Grêmio

Semifinals

Home team	Score	Away team
São Caetano	2-1	Atlético Mineiro
Atlético-PR	3-2	Fluminense

Final

Atlético-PR declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 5-2.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Santa Cruz, América-MG Botafogo-SP and Sport, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Main article: 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Paysandu declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Paysandu and Figueirense, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four clubs defeated in the relegation playoffs, which are ABC, Nacional-AM, Desportiva-ES and Serra, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Main article: 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Etti Jundiaí declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

Promotion

The two best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Etti Jundiaí and Mogi Mirim, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2001 Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Grêmio and Corinthians.

Grêmio declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 5-3.

Copa dos Campeões

Main article: 2001 Copa dos Campeões

The Copa dos Campeões final was played between Flamengo and São Paulo.

Flamengo declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 7-6.

Regional and state championship champions

Regional championship champions

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

State championship champions

State	Champion	Champion
Acre	Vasco-AC	Paraíba
Alagoas	ASA	Paraná
Amapá	Independente	Pernambuco
Amazonas	Rio Negro	Piauí
Bahia	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro
Ceará	Fortaleza	Rio Grande do Norte
Distrito Federal	Gama	Rio Grande do Sul
Espírito Santo	Alegrense	Rondônia
Goiás	Vila Nova	Roraima
Maranhão	Moto Club	Santa Catarina
Mato Grosso	Juventude-MT	São Paulo
Mato Grosso do Sul	Comercial	Sergipe
Minas Gerais	América-MG	Tocantins
Pará	Paysandu

Youth competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Macaé de Juvenis	Internacional
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil	Internacional
Copa São Paulo de Juniores	Roma Barueri
Copa Sub-17 de Promissão	União São João
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores	Cruzeiro

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa FPF	Bandeirante
Copa Pernambuco	Central

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 2001	Copa Mercosur 2001
Corinthians	Did not qualify	Semifinals
Cruzeiro	Quarterfinals	Group stage
Flamengo	Did not qualify	Runner-up
Grêmio	Did not qualify	Semifinals
Palmeiras	Semifinals	Group stage
São Caetano	Round of 16	Did not qualify
São Paulo	Did not qualify	Group stage
Vasco	Quarterfinals	Group stage

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2001.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
March 3, 2001		W	2–1	Ronaldinho, Euller	International Friendly
March 6, 2001		D	3–3	Romário (2), Edílson	International Friendly
March 28, 2001		L	0–1	-	World Cup Qualifying
April 25, 2001		D	1–1	Romário	World Cup Qualifying
May 26, 2001	Japan Tokyo Verdy	W	2–0	Washington, Baptista	International Friendly (unofficial match)
May 31, 2001		W	2–0	Washington, Carlos Miguel	Confederations Cup
June 2, 2001		D	0–0	-	Confederations Cup
June 4, 2001		D	0–0	-	Confederations Cup
June 7, 2001		L	1–2	Ramon	Confederations Cup
June 9, 2001		L	0–1	-	Confederations Cup
July 1, 2001		L	0–1	-	World Cup Qualifying
July 12, 2001		L	0–1	-	Copa América
July 15, 2001		W	2–0	Guilherme, Denílson	Copa América
July 18, 2001		W	3–1	Alex, Belletti, Denílson	Copa América
July 23, 2001		L	0–2	-	Copa América
August 9, 2001		W	5–0	Edílson, Alex, Euller, Juninho, Roberto Carlos	International Friendly
August 15, 2001		W	2–0	Marcelinho, Rivaldo	World Cup Qualifying
September 5, 2001		L	1–2	Ayala (own goal)	World Cup Qualifying
October 7, 2001		W	2–0	Edílson, Rivaldo	World Cup Qualifying
November 7, 2001		L	1–3	Edílson	World Cup Qualifying
November 14, 2001		W	3–0	Luizão (2), Rivaldo	World Cup Qualifying

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2001.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
July 18, 2001	New Jersey University of New Jersey	W	16–0	Fabiana (3), Carina (3), Cristiana (3), Mildinha (2), Suzana, Daiane, Mônica de Paula, Rosana, Joana	International Friendly (unofficial match)
August 3, 2001		D	0–0	-	Tiger Pools Toto Cup
August 5, 2001		L	1–3	Mildinha	Tiger Pools Toto Cup
August 7, 2001		D	1–1	Rosana	Tiger Pools Toto Cup
August 8, 2001		W	1–0	unavailable	International Friendly

Domestic competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro	Santa Isabel
Campeonato Carioca	Barra
Campeonato Paulista	Palmeiras

References

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