Participants: Associação Atlética CALDENSE (Poços de Caldas) IPATINGA Futebol Clube (Ipatinga) NACIONAL Futebol Clube (Uberaba) (+) RIO BRANCO de Andradas Futebol Clube (Andradas) TUPI Foot Ball Club (Juiz de Fora) (+) UBERLÂNDIA Esporte Clube (Uberlândia) União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores - URT (Patos de Minas) VILLA NOVA Atlético Clube (Nova Lima) (+) Promoted from Módulo II 2001 Note: América, Atlético, Cruzeiro and Mamoré, due to their participation in 2002 Sul-Minas league, did not participate in this championship Table: M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Caldense 14 7 5 2 31-17 26 Champions ----------------------------------------- 2.Ipatinga 14 7 4 3 21-13 25 3.Villa Nova 14 7 2 5 26-21 23 4.Tupi 14 5 6 3 22-21 21 5.Rio Branco 14 4 5 5 19-16 17 6.URT 14 3 6 5 10-17 15 7.Nacional 14 2 6 6 15-26 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.Uberlândia 14 3 2 9 11-24 11 Relegated Round 1 [Feb 3] Ipatinga 0-0 Rio Branco Uberlândia 1-0 Nacional [Fabiano] Villa Nova 1-1 Caldense [Formiga; Beto] URT 1-1 Tupi [Lico; Marcelo] Round 2 [Feb 17] Nacional 1-1 URT [Dudu; Marvila] Rio Branco 0-1 Villa Nova [Formiga] Tupi 3-1 Uberlândia [Marcelo(2), Alexandre Alvim; Fabiano] Caldense 3-0 Ipatinga [Zezinho, Gustavinho, Ramos] Round 3 [Feb 24] Ipatinga 2-0 Tupi [Alex Rossi, Henrique] Uberlândia 1-2 Caldense [Fabiano; Zezinho, Beto] Rio Branco 1-1 URT [Luciano, Edilson] Villa Nova 3-2 Nacional [Edmundo, Raniery, Helberte; Éverton, Esquerdinha] Round 4 [Mar 3] Ipatinga 4-1 Villa Nova [Alex Rossi(2), Henrique, Tércio; Helberte] URT 2-1 Uberlândia [Claudio, Nelsinho; Arílson] Tupi 2-2 Nacional [Sergio Bigode, Marcelo Soares; Vandão, Marcelo] Caldense 3-3 Rio Branco [Nilson, Zezinho, Gustavinho; Toinzé (2), Fernando] Round 5 [Mar 10] URT 1-0 Caldense [William Paulo] Uberlândia 1-0 Ipatinga [Guiba] Tupi 0-3 Villa Nova [Wellington, Edmundo, Elder] Nacional 3-3 Rio Branco [Dudu, Ewerthon, Esquerdinha; Luciano(2), Toinzé] Round 6 [Mar 17] Ipatinga 3-1 Nacional [Júlio César, Geovani, Alex Rossi; Vandão] Villa Nova 0-1 URT [Pael] Rio Branco 2-0 Uberlândia [Neomar, Toinzé] Caldense 1-1 Tupi [Inca; Fabiano Guru] Round 7 [Mar 24] Nacional 1-6 Caldense [Dudu; Carioca (3), Inca, Joílson, Lauro] Uberlândia 0-0 Villa Nova Tupi 2-1 Rio Branco [André Luis, Marcelo; Luciano] URT 0-0 Ipatinga [Match played in Divinópolis due to incidents in URT-Caldense match on March 10] Round 8 [Mar 31] Rio Branco 3-0 Ipatinga [Fernando, Agnaldo, Sandro Luis] Nacional 2-1 Uberlândia [Esquerdinha, Wellerson; Paulo Souza] Caldense 5-1 Villa Nova [Gustavinho (3), Paulista, Nenê Miranda; Edmundo] Tupi 4-0 URT [Marcelo Soares(2), Serginho, Jairo] Round 9 [Apr 6] URT 0-0 Nacional [Apr 7] Villa Nova 3-2 Rio Branco [Edmundo (2), Fabrício; Fernando, Ricardo] Uberlândia 1-4 Tupi [Luciano; Arileneo, Flávio, Léo, Marcelo] Ipatinga 3-1 Caldense [Alex Rossi (2), Henrique; Gustavinho] Round 10 [Apr 14] Tupi 0-0 Ipatinga URT 0-0 Rio Branco Nacional 1-0 Villa Nova [Marcelo] Caldense 2-2 Uberlândia [Zezinho, Gustavinho; Demétrio, Flávio Costa] [Match played in Alfenas due to incidents in Caldense-Villa Nova match on March 31] Round 11 [Apr 21] Villa Nova 2-3 Ipatinga [Edmundo(2); Fernandinho, Alex Rossi, Léo] Uberlândia 2-0 URT [Fabiano(2)] Nacional 1-1 Tupi [Marcelo; Wallace] Rio Branco 0-1 Caldense [Beto] Round 12 [Apr 28] Caldense 2-1 URT [Carioca, Joílson; Pael] Ipatinga 3-0 Uberlândia [Leandro (2), Alex Rossi] Villa Nova 5-0 Tupi [Helberte (2), Paulo César, Formiga, Paulinho] Rio Branco 2-0 Nacional [Agnaldo, Luciano] Round 13 [May 1] Nacional 1-1 Ipatinga [Alisson; Tércio] URT 2-3 Villa Nova [Rômulo, Edilson; Paulo César, Formiga, Helberte] Uberlândia 0-1 Rio Branco [Luciano] Tupi 2-2 Caldense [Alexandre Alvim, Jairo; Clayton, Zezinho] Round 14 [May 5] Caldense 2-0 Nacional [Gustavinho, Carioca] Ipatinga 2-0 URT [Márcio Costa, Japinha] Villa Nova 3-0 Uberlândia [Lima, Rômulo Silva, Anderson Duarte] Rio Branco 1-2 Tupi [Leandro; Marcelino(2)] Table: M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Caldense 14 7 5 2 31-17 26 Champions ----------------------------------------- 2.Ipatinga 14 7 4 3 21-13 25 Copa do Brasil 2003 3.Villa Nova 14 7 2 5 26-21 23 4.Tupi 14 5 6 3 22-21 21 5.Rio Branco 14 4 5 5 19-16 17 6.URT 14 3 6 5 10-17 15 7.Nacional 14 2 6 6 15-26 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.Uberlândia 14 3 2 9 11-24 11 Relegated ** CALDENSE are the Minas Gerais state champions of 2002 ** *** Topscorer: Gustavinho (Caldense), 8 goals ***
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