2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 11 to December 7, 2002. The competition had 26 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C.The competition was won by Criciúma.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season2002
ChampionsCriciúma
PromotedCriciúma
Fortaleza
RelegatedAmericano
Botafogo-SP
Sampaio Corrêa
Guarany de Sobral
XV de Piracicaba
Bragantino
Goals scored970
Average goals/game2.86
Top goalscorerVinícius (Fortaleza) - 22

Criciúma defeated Fortaleza in the finals, and was declared 2002 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 2003 Série A along with Fortaleza, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round ( Americano, Botafogo-SP, Sampaio Corrêa, Guarany de Sobral, XV de Piracicaba and Bragantino) were relegated to play Série C in 2003.

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 six worst teams in the first stage were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C of the following year.

Teams
Team City Stadium 2001 Season
América MineiroBelo HorizonteIndependência27th in Série A
América de NatalNatalMachadão12th in Série B
AmericanoRio de JaneiroGodofredo Cruz14th in Série B
AnapolinaAnápolisJonas Duarte17th in Série B
AvaíFlorianópolisRessacada4th in Série B
Botafogo-SPRibeirão PretoSanta Cruz26th in Série A
BragantinoBragança PaulistaNabi Abi Chedid16th in Série B
CaxiasCaxias do SulCentenário3rd in Série B
CearáFortalezaCastelão8th in Série B
CRBMaceióPajuçara6th in Série B
CriciúmaCriciúmaHeriberto Hülse22nd in Série B
FortalezaFortalezaCastelão9th in Série B
Guarany de SobralSobralJunco3rd in Série C[1]
JoinvilleJoinvilleErnestão9th in Série B
JundiaíJundiaíJayme Cintra1st in Série C
LondrinaLondrinaCafé15th in Série B
Mogi MirimMogi MirimVail Chaves2nd in Série C
NáuticoRecifeAflitos5th in Série B
RemoBelémMangueirão19th in Série B
Santa CruzRecifeArruda25th in Série A
São RaimundoManausIsmael Benigno11th in Série B
Sampaio CorrêaSão LuísCastelão20th in Série B
SportRecifeIlha do Retiro28th in Série A
União São JoãoArarasHerminião7th in Série B
Vila NovaGoiâniaSerra Dourada13th in Série B
XV de PiracicabaPiracicabaBarão de Serra Negra18th in Série B

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Criciúma 25 16 3 6 45 34 +11 51 Qualified to Quarterfinals
2 Sport 25 15 5 5 38 21 +17 50
3 Fortaleza 25 15 3 7 48 24 +24 48
4 Santa Cruz 25 13 8 4 46 24 +22 47
5 Avaí 25 14 4 7 39 20 +19 46
6 América Mineiro 25 12 4 9 49 36 +13 40
7 Jundiaí 25 11 6 8 37 27 +10 39
8 Remo 25 11 5 9 37 35 +2 38
9 CRB 25 10 8 7 35 32 +3 38
10 América-RN 25 10 6 9 46 35 +11 36
11 Mogi Mirim 25 11 2 12 37 39 −2 35
12 Joinville 25 10 4 11 36 44 −8 34
13 Ceará 25 9 6 10 35 27 +8 33
14 Caxias 25 9 6 10 31 24 +7 33
15 Vila Nova 25 9 6 10 40 35 +5 33
16 União São João 25 9 6 10 32 40 −8 33
17 Anapolina 25 8 9 8 33 35 −2 33
18 Londrina 25 8 9 8 28 30 −2 33
19 São Raimundo 25 10 2 13 34 37 −3 32
20 Náutico 25 9 5 11 38 35 +3 32
21 Americano 25 9 5 11 34 36 −2 32 Relegated to 2003 Série C
22 Botafogo-SP 25 8 6 11 36 60 −24 30
23 Sampaio Corrêa 25 7 4 14 25 50 −25 25
24 Guarany de Sobral 25 5 5 15 28 51 −23 20
25 XV de Piracicaba 25 5 4 16 19 44 −25 19
26 Bragantino 25 4 5 16 23 54 −31 17
Source:

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jundiaí 3–2 Sport 2–1 1–1
América Mineiro 0–2 Fortaleza 0–0 0–2
Avaí 2–3 Santa Cruz 1–1 1–2
Remo 2–5 Criciúma 2–1 0–4

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jundiaí 3–8 Fortaleza 1–6 2–2
Santa Cruz 0–4 Criciúma 0–1 0–3

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza 3–4 Criciúma 2–0 1–4

Sources

References
  1. gained a berth in the Série B after Malutrom withdrew.
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