Season 2002 Dates 10 Aug 2002 – 15 Dec 2002 Goals scored 1,025 | Average attendance 19,028 Location Brazil Matches played 339 | |
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Champions Santos
1st Campeonato Brasileiro title
7th Brazilian title Copa Libertadores Santos
Corinthians
Grêmio Copa Sudamericana Santos
Corinthians
Grêmio
Fluminense
São Paulo
São Caetano
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Vasco da Gama
Flamengo
Internacional
Palmeiras (All qualified by the CBF ranking) Top goalscorer Luís Fabiano
Rodrigo Fabri (19 goals each) Relegated Associação Portuguesa de Desportos Similar 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro, Copa João Havelange | ||
The 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, known as Troféu Visa Electron by sponsor reasons, was the 46th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It Began on August 10, 2002, and reached its end on December 15, 2002. It was the last championship with a knockout stage. The competition was won by Santos.
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Format
The 26 teams played against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals, in which the eight-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, semi-finals and 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.
Finals
Santos: Fábio Costa; Michel, Preto, Alex and Léo, Paulo Almeida, Renato, Elano and Diego; Robinho and Alberto. Head coach: Émerson Leão.
Corinthians: Doni; Rogério, Fábio Luciano, Scheidt and Kléber; Vampeta, Fabrício and Renato (Leandro); Deivid (Marcinho), Guilherme and Gil. Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Corinthians: Doni; Rogério, Fábio Luciano, Anderson and Kléber; Vampeta, Fabinho (Fabrício) and Renato (Marcinho); Deivid, Guilherme (Leandro) and Gil. Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Santos: Fábio Costa; Maurinho, André Luís, Alex and Léo; Paulo Almeida, Renato, Elano and Diego (Robert, and then Michel); Robinho and William (Alexandre). Head coach: Émerson Leão.