2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, known as Brasileirão TAM 2001 for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on August 1, 2001, and ended on December 23, 2001. Atlético Paranaense won the competition.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	2001
Dates	1 August – 23 December
Champions	Atlético Paranaense 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title 1st Brazilian title
Relegated	Santa Cruz Botafogo-SP América-MG Sport
Copa Libertadores	Atlético Paranaense São Caetano Grêmio (by winning the 2001 Copa do Brasil) Flamengo (by winning the 2001 Copa dos Campeões)
Matches played	386
Goals scored	1,105 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Romário (21 goals)
Average attendance	11401
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Format

The 28 teams played against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals, in which the eighth-placed team played against the first-placed team, the seventh-placed team played against the second-placed team, the sixth-placed team played against the third-placed team, and the fifth-placed team played against the fourth-placed team. The quarter-finals and the semi-finals were played over one leg while the finals were played over two legs. The four worst teams in the first stage were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B of the following year.

First stage standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São Caetano	27	18	5	4	48	25	+23	59	Qualification for the quarter-finals
2	Atlético-PR	27	15	6	6	40	18	+22	51
3	Fluminense	27	14	9	4	44	29	+15	51
4	Atlético Mineiro	27	15	4	8	50	34	+16	49
5	Grêmio	27	14	5	8	39	29	+10	47
6	Ponte Preta	27	13	8	6	53	48	+5	47
7	São Paulo	27	13	7	7	48	34	+14	46
8	Bahia	27	13	6	8	43	38	+5	45
9	Internacional	27	12	4	11	38	40	−2	40	Intermediate zone
10	Goiás	27	12	3	12	38	32	+6	39
11	Vasco	27	10	9	8	57	36	+21	39
12	Palmeiras	27	12	2	13	39	48	−9	38
13	Portuguesa	27	11	4	12	31	33	−2	37
14	Paraná	27	11	3	13	35	37	−2	36
15	Santos	27	9	9	9	37	32	+5	36
16	Vitória	27	9	9	9	33	37	−4	36
17	Coritiba	27	9	8	10	31	32	−1	35
18	Corinthians	27	9	7	11	46	45	+1	34
19	Guarani	27	9	6	12	29	45	−16	33
20	Gama	27	8	9	10	40	34	+6	33
21	Cruzeiro	27	9	5	13	36	43	−7	32
22	Juventude	27	6	12	9	29	37	−8	30
23	Botafogo-RJ	27	8	5	14	41	51	−10	29
24	Flamengo	27	8	5	14	25	38	−13	29
25	Santa Cruz	27	7	6	14	31	50	−19	27	Relegation zone
26	Botafogo-SP	27	6	7	14	23	41	−18	25
27	América-MG	27	6	7	14	32	46	−14	25
28	Sport	27	5	4	18	24	46	−22	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final stage

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1	São Caetano	0
	8	Bahia	0
							São Caetano		2
							Atlético Mineiro		1
	4	Grêmio	0
	5	Atlético Mineiro	3
													São Caetano		2	0
													Atlético-PR		4	1
	2	Fluminense	3
	7	Ponte Preta	2
							Fluminense		2
							Atlético-PR		3
	3	São Paulo	1
	6	Atlético-PR	2

Finals

December 16, 2001

17:00 (UTC-3)

Atlético Paranaense	4 – 2	São Caetano
Ilan 4' Alex Mineiro 55', 80' (pen.), 90+2'		Mancini 31' Marcos Paulo 53'

Arena da Baixada (Curitiba)

Attendance: 31,740

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon Rio Grande do Sul

Atlético-PR: Flávio; Rogério Corrêa, Nem and Gustavo; Alessandro, Cocito, Adriano, Kléberson and Fabiano (Igor); Ilan (Souza) and Alex Mineiro. Head coach: Geninho.

São Caetano: Sílvio Luiz; Mancini, Daniel, Dininho and Marcos Paulo; Simão, Serginho, Adãozinho and Esquerdinha; Anaílson (Müller) and Magrão. Head coach: Jair Picerni.

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December 23, 2001

17:00 (UTC-3)

São Caetano	0 – 1	Atlético Paranaense
		Alex Mineiro 67'

Anacleto Campanella (São Caetano do Sul)

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon Rio Grande do Sul

São Caetano: Sílvio Luiz; Mancini, Daniel, Dininho and Marcos Paulo (Müller); Simão, Serginho (Bechara), Adãozinho and Esquerdinha (Marlon); Anaílson and Magrão. Head coach: Jair Picerni.

Atlético-PR: Flávio; Nem, Gustavo and Rogério Corrêa (Igor); Alessandro, Cocito (Pires), Adriano, Kléberson and Fabiano; Kléber (Souza) and Alex Mineiro. Head coach: Geninho.

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Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético-PR	31	19	6	6	68	45	+23	63	Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2002
2	São Caetano	31	19	6	6	52	31	+21	63
3	Fluminense	29	15	9	5	49	34	+15	54	Eliminated in the Semi-finals
4	Atlético Mineiro	29	16	4	9	54	36	+18	52
5	Grêmio	28	14	5	9	39	32	+7	47	Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
6	Ponte Preta	28	13	8	7	55	51	+4	47
7	São Paulo	28	13	7	8	49	36	+13	46
8	Bahia	28	13	7	8	43	38	+5	46
9	Internacional	27	12	4	11	38	40	−2	40	Eliminated in the First Stage
10	Goiás	27	12	3	12	38	32	+6	39
11	Vasco	27	10	9	8	57	36	+21	39
12	Palmeiras	27	12	2	13	39	48	−9	38
13	Portuguesa	27	11	4	12	31	33	−2	37
14	Paraná	27	11	3	13	35	37	−2	36
15	Santos	27	9	9	9	37	32	+5	36
16	Vitória	27	9	9	9	33	37	−4	36
17	Coritiba	27	9	8	10	31	32	−1	35
18	Corinthians	27	9	7	11	46	45	+1	34
19	Guarani	27	9	6	12	29	45	−16	33
20	Gama	27	8	9	10	40	34	+6	33
21	Cruzeiro	27	9	5	13	36	43	−7	32
22	Juventude	27	6	12	9	29	37	−8	30
23	Botafogo-RJ	27	8	5	14	41	51	−10	29
24	Flamengo	27	8	5	14	25	38	−13	29
25	Santa Cruz	27	7	6	14	31	50	−19	27	Relegated to Série B 2002
26	Botafogo-SP	27	6	7	14	23	41	−18	25
27	América-MG	27	6	7	14	32	46	−14	25
28	Sport	27	5	4	18	24	46	−22	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Pos.	Scorer	Club	Goals[1]
1	Romário	Vasco	21
2	Washington	Ponte Preta	18
3	Alex Mineiro	Atlético-PR	17
	Kléber Pereira	Atlético-PR	17
4	Marques	Atlético Mineiro	16
5	Ricardo Oliveira	Portuguesa	14
6	França	São Paulo	13
	Magrão	São Caetano	13