2001 Copa dos Campeões

2001 Copa dos Campeões
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates5 June – 11 July
Teams9
Final positions
Champions Flamengo (1st title)
Runners-up São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored61 (3.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Luís Fabiano
(7 goals)

The 2001 Copa dos Campeões was the second edition of the football competition held in Brazil. It was carried out in a neutral field in two states in the Northeast Region — Alagoas and Paraíba.[1]

In the finals, Flamengo defeated São Paulo 7–6 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the group stage of the 2002 Copa Libertadores.[2]

Qualified teams

Team Qualification
Bahia 2001 Copa Nordeste champions
Corinthians 2001 Campeonato Paulista champions
Coritiba 2001 Copa Sul-Minas runners-up
Cruzeiro 2001 Copa Sul-Minas champions
Flamengo 2001 Campeonato Carioca champions
Goiás 2001 Copa Centro-Oeste champions
São Paulo 2001 Torneio Rio-São Paulo champions
São Raimundo 2001 Copa Norte champions
Sport 2001 Copa Nordeste runners-up

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 São Raimundo (A) 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Sport (A) 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3 Goiás 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Source: Bola na Área
(A) Advance to a further round

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
Corinthians 0 0 0
Coritiba 1 2 3
Coritiba 0 1 1
São Paulo 2 4 6
São Paulo 4 5 9
Sport 2 0 2
São Paulo 3 3 6
Flamengo 5 2 7
Flamengo 4 2 6
Bahia 2 0 2
Flamengo 0 3 3
Cruzeiro 0 0 0
Cruzeiro 1 5 6
São Raimundo 0 1 1

Finals

São Paulo 3–5 Flamengo
Luís Fabiano 16', 71'
Rogério Pinheiro 59'
Report Edílson 14', 57'
Reinaldo 25'
Beto 36'
Rogério Pinheiro 79' (o.g)
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Luciano Almeida

Flamengo 2–3 São Paulo
Juan 47'
Petković 58'
Report Kaká 39'
França 65' (pen.), 88'

Flamengo won 7–6 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "História da Copa dos Campeões". Folha Online. 22 April 2003.
  2. ^ "Flamengo perde mas é campeão da Copa dos Campeões". Folha de S. Paulo. 11 July 2001.