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2002 in Brazilian football

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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

Main article: 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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

Main article: 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B final was played between Fortaleza and Criciúma.

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

Main article: 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

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

Main article: Copa do Brasil 2002

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

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.

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
Alagoas	CRB		Paraná
Amapá	Ypiranga		Pernambuco
Amazonas	Nacional		Piauí
Bahia	Palmeiras do Nordeste
Vitória(1)		Rio de Janeiro
Ceará	Ceará		Rio Grande do Norte
Distrito Federal	CFZ de Brasília		Rio Grande do Sul
Espírito Santo	Alegrense		Rondônia
Goiás	Goiás		Roraima
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa		Santa Catarina
Mato Grosso	Operário (VG)		São Paulo
Mato Grosso do Sul	CENE		Sergipe
Minas Gerais	Caldense
Cruzeiro(1)		Tocantins
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.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
January 31, 2002		W	6–0	Cris, Gilberto Silva (2), Kléberson, Washington, Ânderson Polga	International Friendly
February 6, 2002		W	1–0	Djalminha	International Friendly
March 7, 2002		W	6–1	Ânderson Polga (2), Kléberson, Kaká, Gilberto Silva, Edílson	International Friendly
March 27, 2002		W	1–0	Luizão	International Friendly
April 17, 2002		D	1–1	Ronaldinho	International Friendly
May 18, 2002	Catalonia Catalonia	W	3–1	Ronaldinho (2), Edmílson	International Friendly (unofficial match)
May 25, 2002		W	4–0	Ronaldo, Juninho, Denílson, Edílson	International Friendly
June 3, 2002		W	2–1	Ronaldo, Rivaldo	World Cup
June 8, 2002		W	4–0	Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo	World Cup
June 13, 2002		W	5–2	Ronaldo (2), Edmílson, Rivaldo, Júnior	World Cup
June 17, 2002		W	2–0	Rivaldo, Ronaldo	World Cup
June 21, 2002		W	2–1	Rivaldo, Ronaldinho	World Cup
June 26, 2002		W	1–0	Ronaldo	World Cup
June 30, 2002		W	2–0	Ronaldo (2)	World Cup
August 21, 2002		L	0–1	-	International Friendly
November 20, 2002		W	3–2	Ronaldo (2), Ronaldinho	International Friendly

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The Brazil women's national football team did not play any matches in 2002.

References

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