2012 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2012 Campeonato da Primera Divisåo de Profissionais - Módulo I (official name: Campeonato Mineiro Chevrolet 2012), better known as 2012 Campeonato Mineiro, was the 98th season of Minas Gerais' top-flight football league. The season began at January 29 and ended on May 13.

Campeonato Mineiro

Season	2012
Champions	Atlético
Relegated	Democrata GV and Uberaba
Copa do Brasil	América Tupi Cruzeiro
Série D	Nacional Guarani
Matches played	72
Goals scored	195 (2.71 per match)
← 2011 2013 →

Format

The first stage is a single round robin. The top four teams will be qualified to the playoffs, and the bottom two teams will be relegated to the 2013 Módulo II

Qualifications

The best three teams will qualify for 2013 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C will qualify for 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Teams

Belo Horizonte

América-TO

Caldense

Democrata

Guarani

Boa Esporte

Nacional

Tupi

Uberaba SC

Villa Nova

Belo Horizonte teams:
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro

Locations of the 2012 Módulo I teams

Clubs	Home City	2011 result
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	3rd
América-TO	Teófilo Otoni	4th
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	2nd
Boa Esporte	Varginha	1st (Módulo II)
Caldense	Poços de Caldas	7th
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	1st
EC Democrata	Governador Valadares	10th
Guarani	Divinópolis	8th
Nacional	Nova Serrana	2nd (Módulo II)
Tupi	Juiz de Fora	6th
Uberaba SC	Uberaba	9th
Villa Nova	Nova Lima	5th

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Mineiro (A)	11	9	2	0	26	7	+19	29	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Cruzeiro (A)	11	9	1	1	27	28	−1	28
3	América Mineiro (A)	11	7	0	4	20	15	+5	21
4	Tupi (A)	11	5	2	4	14	11	+3	17
5	Nacional-MG	11	5	1	5	18	20	−2	16	Série D
6	Guarani-MG	11	4	3	4	15	15	0	15
7	Caldense	11	3	4	4	8	14	−6	13
8	Boa Esporte	11	3	3	5	9	10	−1	12
9	América de Teófilo Otoni	11	3	2	6	12	16	−4	11
10	Villa Nova	11	2	4	5	11	16	−5	10
11	Democrata (R)	11	2	1	8	7	27	−20	7	Relegation to Modul II
12	Uberaba (R)	11	1	3	7	12	20	−8	6

Source: fmf (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head points (only when two teams are tie) 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMG	ATO	CAM	BOA	CAL	CRU	DEM	GUA	NAC	TUP	UBE	VIN
América Mineiro			1–2	1–0	2–0			0–4		1–2		2–1
América de Teófilo Otoni	1–2		1–2	0–0			2–0		3–2	1–3
Atlético Mineiro				2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0		4–2
Boa Esporte					1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0			4–0
Caldense			1–0			0–5			2–0	1–0		2–2
Cruzeiro	2–1	2–0						0–1		3–0	3–2	2–0
Democrata	1–3				1–1	0–2			0–3	2–1
Guarani-MG		2–2	0–4		1–1		3–1					1–2
Nacional-MG	2–5			2–1		2–4		1–0			1–1
Tupi			0–0	3–0				3–1	0–1		2–1	0–0
Uberaba	0–2	0–1	0–3		0–0		5–0	1–2
Villa Nova		2–1	1–2	0–0			1–2		0–2		2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Atlético Mineiro	1	1	2
	4	Tupi	1	0	1
								Atlético Mineiro		1	3	4
								América Mineiro		1	0	1
	2	Cruzeiro	2	1	3
	3	América Mineiro	3	2	5

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Mineiro (C)	15	11	4	0	32	9	+23	37	Finalist and 2013 Copa do Brasil Round of 16[a]
2	América Mineiro	15	9	1	5	26	22	+4	28	Finalist and 2013 Copa do Brasil
3	Tupi	13	5	3	5	15	13	+2	18	Eliminated in Semifinals and 2013 Copa do Brasil
4	Cruzeiro	13	9	1	3	30	33	−3	28
5	Nacional-MG	11	5	1	5	18	20	−2	16	Série D
6	Guarani-MG	11	4	3	4	15	15	0	15
7	Caldense	11	3	4	4	8	14	−6	13
8	Boa Esporte	11	3	3	5	9	10	−1	12	2013 Copa do Brasil[b]
9	América de Teófilo Otoni	11	3	2	6	12	16	−4	11
10	Villa Nova	11	2	4	5	11	16	−5	10
11	Democrata (R)	11	2	1	8	7	27	−20	7	Relegation to Modul II
12	Uberaba (R)	11	1	3	7	12	20	−8	6

Source: fmf (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st stage ; 2nd points; 3rd wins; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th head-to-head points (only when two teams are tie) 7th red cards received; 8th yellow cards received; 9th public draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Atlético Mineiro is qualified for 2013 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa do Brasil as 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up
2. Boa Esporte qualified as 2012 Taça Minas Gerais champions