2002 Campeonato Mineiro
# 2002 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2002 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I was the 88th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on February 3 and ended on May 30. Caldense won the title for the regular season, that being its first title, and Cruzeiro won the superchampionship, winning the title for the 31st time.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | Previous season |
| - | - | - |
| América | Belo Horizonte | 1st |
| Atlético | Belo Horizonte | 2nd |
| Caldense | Poços de Caldas | 7th |
| Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte | 3rd |
| Ipatinga | Ipatinga | 6th |
| Mamoré | Patos de Minas | 4th |
| Nacional | Uberaba | 2nd (Second level) |
| Rio Branco | Andradas | 8th |
| Tupi | Juíz de Fora | 1st (Second level) |
| Uberlândia | Uberlândia | 10th |
| URT | Patos de Minas | 9th |
| Villa Nova | Nova Lima | 5th |

## System

The championship would have two stages.:

* First phase: Out of the twelve teams, the four that had qualified to the Copa Sul-Minas in the previous year received a bye to the Superchampionship and the remaining eight teams played a double round-robin tournament, in which the team with the most points would win the state title and qualify to the Superchampionship.
* Superchampionship: The champions of the first phase would join the four teams that had received a bye to the Superchampionship, and played a single round-robin tournament, in which the team with the most points would win the title.

## League table

### First phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Caldense | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 26 | Champions;Qualified to Superchampionship |
| 2 | Ipatinga | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 25 | Qualified to 2002 Série C |
| 3 | Villa Nova | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 23 | Qualified to 2002 Série C |
| 4 | Tupi | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 21 | Qualified to 2002 Série C |
| 5 | Rio Branco | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 17 | |
| 6 | URT | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 15 | |
| 7 | Nacional | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 12 | |
| 8 | Uberlândia | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 11 | Relegated |

### Superchampionship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Champions |
| 2 | Caldense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | |
| 3 | América | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Atlético | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Mamoré | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

* Campeonato Mineiro 2002 champion
* Caldense 1st title
* Supercampeonato Mineiro 2002 champion
* Cruzeiro 31st title
