Minas Gerais State League 1988 - First Division

Campeonato Mineiro 1988 - Primeira Divisão

Participant clubs:

AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Belo Horizonte)
Associação Atlética CALDENSE (Poços de Caldas)
Clube ATLÉTICO Mineiro (Belo Horizonte)
Clube ESPORTIVO de Futebol (Passos)
Clube RIO BRANCO (Andradas)
CRUZEIRO Esporte Clube (Belo Horizonte)
DEMOCRATA Futebol Clube (Sete Lagoas)
FABRIL Esporte Clube (Lavras)
MINAS Esporte Clube (Boa Esperança) (+)
NACIONAL Futebol Clube (Uberaba)
SPORT Club Juiz de Fora (Juiz de Fora) (+)
TUPI Football Club (Juiz de Fora)
UBERABA Sport Club (Uberaba)
UBERLÂNDIA Esporte Clube (Uberlândia)
VALERIODOCE Esporte Clube (Itabira)
VILLA NOVA Atlético Clube (Nova Lima)

(+) promoted from 1987 Second Division

FIRST STAGE

Round 1
[Jan 30]
América       0-0  Nacional-U
[Jan 31]
Cruzeiro      3-1  Sport
Villa Nova    0-0  Fabril
Uberlândia    3-1  Democrata-SL
Tupi          2-2  Valeriodoce
Uberaba       1-0  Esportivo
Caldense      0-0  Rio Branco
[Mar 3]
Atlético      2-0  Minas EC

Round 2
[Feb 7]
Esportivo     0-2  Atlético
Valeriodoce   0-1  Villa Nova
Sport         2-1  Caldense
Rio Branco    0-1  Uberlândia
Fabril        3-1  Tupi
Nacional-U    0-0  Uberaba
América       2-0  Minas EC
[Apr 6]
Democrata-SL  1-1  Cruzeiro
  [match suspended and postponed from Feb 7 due to rain]

Round 3
[Feb 3]
Cruzeiro      0-1  Valeriodoce
[Feb 10]
Villa Nova    1-1  Nacional-U
Atlético      1-0  Rio Branco
Caldense      1-0  América
Tupi          1-0  Democrata-SL
Uberaba       2-1  Sport
Uberlândia    1-0  Esportivo
Minas EC      0-1  Fabril

Round 4
[Feb 12]
Democrata-SL  3-0  Uberaba
[Feb 13]
Atlético      3-0  Tupi
América       1-0  Villa Nova
Fabril        2-0  Valeriodoce
Sport         2-0  Rio Branco
Minas EC      0-0  Uberlândia
Esportivo     0-0  Caldense
[Feb 14]
Cruzeiro      1-1  Nacional-U

Round 5
[Feb 20]
Uberaba       1-0  América
[Feb 21]
Valeriodoce   0-2  Atlético
Villa Nova    1-1  Cruzeiro
Caldense      1-0  Democrata-SL
Tupi          4-0  Minas EC
Uberlândia    2-0  Sport
Nacional-U    0-0  Fabril
[Mar 3]
Rio Branco    0-0  Esportivo
  [match suspended and postponed from Feb 21 due to rain]

Round 6
[Feb 24]
Minas EC      0-0  Uberaba
Fabril        4-0  Rio Branco
Democrata-SL  2-3  Valeriodoce
Esportivo     1-0  Tupi
Atlético      2-0  Nacional-U
Sport         0-1  Villa Nova
Uberlândia    1-0  América
[Mar 2]
Cruzeiro      2-1  Caldense

Round 7 [Feb 27]
Villa Nova    2-0  Minas EC
[Feb 28]
América       1-1  Fabril
Caldense      0-0  Uberlândia
Valeriodoce   4-1  Sport
Nacional-U    2-1  Esportivo
Rio Branco    1-0  Uberaba
Tupi          1-1  Cruzeiro
Democrata-SL  2-1  Atlético

Round 8
[Mar 5]
Nacional-U    1-1  Tupi
[Mar 6]
Cruzeiro      3-0  América
Sport         1-2  Atlético
Uberaba       1-1  Uberlândia
Fabril        0-0  Caldense
Minas EC      2-2  Valeriodoce
Rio Branco    3-0  Democrata-SL
Esportivo     2-0  Villa Nova

Round 9
[Mar 9]
Atlético      1-0  Villa Nova
Valeriodoce   0-0  América
Caldense      0-1  Minas EC
Fabril        1-0  Sport
Uberlândia    1-0  Nacional-U
Esportivo     0-0  Democrata-SL
Tupi          3-1  Rio Branco
[Mar 10]
Uberaba       1-1  Cruzeiro

Round 10
[Mar 12]
Atlético      1-1  Fabril
[Mar 13]
Uberlândia    0-1  Cruzeiro
Democrata-SL  2-1  Sport
Minas EC      0-2  Esportivo
Rio Branco    1-1  Valeriodoce
Nacional-U    1-1  Caldense
América       1-2  Tupi
Villa Nova    0-0  Uberaba

Round 11
[Mar 16]
Villa Nova    3-3  Tupi
Caldense      1-0  Valeriodoce
Fabril        2-0  Uberlândia
Minas EC      1-0  Democrata-SL
Sport         3-0  Nacional-U
Esportivo     0-0  América
[Mar 17]
Uberaba       0-2  Atlético
Cruzeiro      3-0  Rio Branco

Round 12 [Mar 20]
Uberlândia    0-0  Atlético
Democrata-SL  0-0  Fabril
Nacional-U    5-1  Minas EC
Tupi          0-0  Caldense
Rio Branco    2-0  Villa Nova
Valeriodoce   2-1  Uberaba
América       3-1  Sport
Esportivo     1-4  Cruzeiro

Round 13 [Mar 23]
Villa Nova    1-1  Uberlândia
Atlético      1-0  Caldense
Minas EC      0-0  Rio Branco
Uberaba       5-1  Tupi
Sport         3-2  Esportivo
América       1-1  Democrata-SL
Cruzeiro      6-1  Fabril
Valeriodoce   2-0  Nacional-U

Round 14 [Mar 27]
Atlético      1-0  América
Minas EC      0-3  Cruzeiro
Nacional-U    5-1  Rio Branco
Caldense      0-2  Uberaba
Villa Nova    1-1  Democrata-SL
Fabril        3-2  Esportivo
Tupi          0-0  Sport
Valeriodoce   2-0  Uberlândia

Round 15
[Apr 2]
Rio Branco    1-2  América
[Apr 3]
Cruzeiro      2-1  Atlético
Uberaba       2-1  Fabril
Esportivo     1-1  Valeriodoce
Sport         1-1  Minas EC
Uberlândia    3-1  Tupi
Caldense      2-1  Villa Nova
[Apr 13]
Democrata-SL  2-0  Nacional-U
  [match suspended and postponed from Apr 3 due to rain]


Table:          Pts   M   W   D   L  GF  GA  GD
 1.Atlético      24  15  11   2   2  22   6  16  Qualified to league finals
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 2.Cruzeiro      23  15   9   5   1  32  11  21
 3.Fabril        20  15   7   6   2  20  13   7  Qualified to Countryside Trophy (best countryside team in 1st Stage)
 4.Uberlândia    19  15   7   5   3  14   9   5
 5.Uberaba       17  15   7   3   5  16  13   3
 6.Valeriodoce   17  15   6   5   4  20  16   4
 7.Caldense      14  15   4   6   5   8  10  -2
 8.Tupi          14  15   4   6   5  20  24  -4
 9.América       13  15   4   5   6  11  13  -2
10.Democrata-SL  13  15   4   5   6  15  17  -2
11.Nacional-U    13  15   3   7   5  16  17  -1
12.Villa Nova    13  15   3   7   5  12  15  -3
13.Esportivo     11  15   3   5   7  12  17  -5
14.Sport         10  15   4   2   9  17  24  -7
15.Rio Branco     9  15   3   3   9  10  22 -12
16.Minas EC       9  15   2   5   8   6  24 -18

Atlético are the champions of First Stage and qualified to the league final.

SECOND STAGE

Round 1
[Apr 9]
Atlético      0-0  Esportivo
[Apr 10]
Sport         2-4  Cruzeiro
América       2-0  Caldense
Democrata-SL  0-0  Villa Nova
Rio Branco    0-0  Tupi
Fabril        6-0  Uberaba
Nacional-U    1-1  Valeriodoce
Uberlândia    0-1  Minas EC

Round 2
[Apr 16]
Cruzeiro      4-0  Democrata-SL
[Apr 17]
Uberaba       4-1  Rio Branco
Tupi          0-0  Uberlândia
Villa Nova    0-0  Sport
Valeriodoce   0-1  Fabril
Minas EC      1-1  América
Caldense      1-5  Atlético
Esportivo     0-0  Nacional-U

Round 3
[Apr 20]
Cruzeiro      2-0  Uberaba
América       0-0  Esportivo
Rio Branco    3-2  Atlético
Fabril        3-1  Minas EC
Sport         2-0  Uberlândia
Democrata-SL  4-0  Tupi
Valeriodoce   3-0  Caldense
[Apr 21]
Nacional-U    0-0  Villa Nova

Round 4
[Apr 23]
América       1-0  Valeriodoce
[Apr 24]
Atlético      1-0  Democrata-SL
Fabril        2-0  Cruzeiro
Sport         0-1  Tupi
Minas EC      2-2  Nacional-U
Uberlândia    1-0  Rio Branco
Uberaba       0-2  Villa Nova
Caldense      0-1  Esportivo

Round 5
[Apr 30]
Cruzeiro      3-1  Uberlândia
[May 1]
Tupi          0-0  Atlético
Nacional-U    1-1  América
Rio Branco    1-0  Fabril
Democrata-SL  3-0  Minas EC
Caldense      4-1  Sport
Esportivo     0-0  Uberaba
Villa Nova    2-2  Valeriodoce

Round 6
[May 4]
Atlético      3-0  Sport
Fabril        1-0  Nacional-U
Uberlândia    4-0  Caldense
América       3-0  Rio Branco
Tupi          1-0  Villa Nova
Esportivo     2-1  Minas EC
[May 5]
Uberaba       1-1  Democrata-SL
[Jun 23]
Valeriodoce   0-3  Cruzeiro

Round 7 [May 8]
Nacional-U    0-2  Democrata-SL
Sport         2-1  Uberaba
Cruzeiro      2-0  Esportivo
Valeriodoce   1-0  Tupi
Rio Branco    1-1  Caldense
Minas EC      1-7  Atlético
Uberlândia    2-0  Fabril
Villa Nova    2-1  América

Round 8
[May 13]
Tupi          0-1  América
[May 14]
Atlético      2-1  Uberlândia
[May 15]
Caldense      0-0  Cruzeiro
Fabril        4-0  Villa Nova
Uberaba       1-0  Nacional-U
Valeriodoce   3-1  Minas EC
Democrata-SL  5-0  Rio Branco
Esportivo     2-0  Sport

Round 9
[May 18]
Tupi          0-2  Fabril
Uberlândia    0-2  América
Sport         0-0  Democrata-SL
Nacional-U    0-3  Atlético
Villa Nova    0-2  Esportivo
[May 19]
Minas EC      3-2  Caldense
Uberaba       1-2  Valeriodoce
[Jun 26]
Rio Branco    1-0  Cruzeiro

Round 10 [May 22]
Uberaba       0-0  Minas EC
Cruzeiro      3-1  Tupi
Uberlândia    0-0  Valeriodoce
Esportivo     3-1  Rio Branco
Nacional-U    1-0  Sport
Democrata-SL  2-1  América
Villa Nova    1-3  Atlético
Caldense      1-0  Fabril

Round 11
[May 28]
Atlético      1-0  Uberaba
[May 29]
Sport         4-0  Fabril
Valeriodoce   0-0  Esportivo
Democrata-SL  0-0  Uberlândia
Minas EC      2-0  Villa Nova
Rio Branco    5-2  Nacional-U
[Jun 14]
Caldense      1-0  Tupi
[Jun 26]
América       2-2  Cruzeiro

Round 12
[May 10]
Tupi          4-0  Uberaba
[May 26]
Esportivo     3-1  Uberlândia
[May 31]
Atlético      1-1  Valeriodoce
[Jun 1]
Villa Nova    3-0  Rio Branco
Fabril        1-1  Democrata-SL
Caldense      0-0  Nacional-U
Sport         1-0  América
[Jun 8]
Cruzeiro      1-0  Minas EC

Round 13
[Jun 5]
América       1-0  Uberaba
Fabril        0-0  Atlético
Democrata-SL  3-2  Caldense
Minas EC      1-1  Sport
Tupi          1-0  Esportivo
Uberlândia    0-2  Villa Nova
Valeriodoce   4-0  Rio Branco
[Jul 3]
Nacional-U    0-2  Cruzeiro

Round 14
[Jun 11]
Uberaba       0-0  Caldense
[Jun 12]
Nacional-U    0-2  Uberlândia
Minas EC      3-0  Tupi
Rio Branco    2-2  Sport
Valeriodoce   1-1  Democrata-SL
Esportivo     3-2  Fabril
[Jul 3]
América       0-1  Atlético
[Jul 6]
Cruzeiro      4-0  Villa Nova

Round 15
[Jun 18]
Villa Nova    0-1  Caldense
Uberlândia    1-0  Uberaba
[Jun 19]
Democrata-SL  0-2  Esportivo
Tupi          0-1  Nacional-U
Sport         0-1  Valeriodoce
Rio Branco    3-1  Minas EC
[Jul 10]
Atlético      1-0  Cruzeiro
Fabril        0-1  América

Table:            P   G   W   D   L  GF  GA  GD
 1.Atlético      24  15  10   4   1  30   8  22  Champions (won both stages)
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 2.Cruzeiro      22  15  10   2   3  30  10  20
 3.Esportivo     21  15   8   5   2  18   8  10  Qualified to Countryside Trophy (best countryside team in 2nd Stage)
 4.América       18  15   7   4   4  17  10   7
 5.Democrata-SL  18  15   6   6   3  22  13   9
 6.Valeriodoce   18  15   6   6   3  19  12   7
 7.Fabril        16  15   7   2   6  22  14   8
 8.Uberlândia    13  15   5   3   7  13  15  -2
 9.Rio Branco    13  15   5   3   7  18  31 -13
10.Sport         12  15   4   4   7  15  20  -5
11.Villa Nova    12  15   4   4   7  12  20  -8
12.Minas EC      12  15   4   4   7  18  28 -10
13.Caldense      12  15   4   4   7  13  23 -10
14.Tupi          11  15   4   3   8   8  16  -8
15.Nacional-U    10  15   2   6   7   8  20 -12
16.Uberaba        8  15   2   4   9   8  23 -15

Atlético are league champions for having won both stages.

Final table       M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
 1.Atlético      30 21  6  3  52-14  48  Champions; qualified to Copa do Brasil 1989
 2.Cruzeiro      30 19  7  4  62-21  45  Runner-up; qualified to Copa do Brasil 1989
 3.Fabril        30 14  8  8  42-28  36  Qualified to Countryside Trophy (best countryside team in 1st Stage)
 4.Valeriodoce   30 12 11  7  39-28  35  Qualified to Countryside Trophy (best countryside team overall, not counting Fabril)
 5.Uberlândia    30 12  8 10  27-24  32
 6.Esportivo     30 11 10  9  30-25  32  Qualified to Countryside Trophy (best countryside team in 2nd Stage)
 7.América       30 11  9 10  28-23  31
 8.Democrata-SL  30 10 11  9  37-31  31
 9.Caldense      30  8 10 12  21-33  26
10.Uberaba       30  8  9 13  24-36  25
11.Tupi          30  8  9 13  30-40  25
12.Villa Nova    30  7 11 12  24-35  25
13.Nacional-U    30  5 13 12  24-37  23
14.Rio Branco    30  8  7 15  28-53  23
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15.Sport         30  8  6 16  32-44  22  (+) Relegated to 1989 Second Division
16.Minas EC      30  6  9 15  24-52  21  (+) Relegated to 1989 Second Division

(+) promoted from 1987 Second Division

1987

1988 (Countryside Trophy)

1988 (2nd level)

1988 (3rd level)

1989

list of champions

list of topscorers


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