2001 Copa dos Campeões

2001 Copa dos Campeões
Country  Brazil
Teams 14
Champions Flamengo
Runners-up São Paulo
Matches played 20
Goals scored 61 (3.05 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Brazil Luís Fabiano

The 2001 Copa dos Campeões was the second staging of the Copa dos Campeões. The competition began on June 26, 2001 and ended on July 11, 2001 with the final, held at the Almeidão in João Pessoa, in which Flamengo lifted the trophy for the first time in their history with an aggregate 7–6 victory over São Paulo. Palmeiras were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for this edition.

Qualifying Stage

The qualifying stage was played by Goiás, Sport, and São Raimundo. The three teams played each other once and the best two qualified for the final stage of the competition.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sport 0–0 São Raimundo
Goiás 3–3 Sport
São Raimundo 2–1 Goiás

São Raimundo and Sport qualified for the First Stage of the Copa dos Campeões 2001.

First Stage

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruzeiro 6−1 São Raimundo 1−0 5−1
São Paulo 9−2 Sport 4−2 5−0
Flamengo 6−2 Bahia 4−2 2−0
Corinthias 0−3 Coritiba 0−1 0−2

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

The first leg matches were played on 30 June while the second legs were played on 4 July 2001.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Flamengo 3–0 Cruzeiro 0–0 3–0
Coritiba 1–6 São Paulo 0–2 1–4

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

7 July 2001
16:00
São Paulo FC 3 5 Flamengo
Luís Fabiano  16', 71'
Rogério Pinheiro  59'
Edílson  14', 57'
Reinaldo  25'
Beto  36'
Rogério Pinheiro  79' (o.g)
Almeidão, João Pessoa
Attendance: 17,271

Second leg

11 July 2001
21:45
Flamengo 2 3
(7 6 agg.)
São Paulo FC
Juan  47'
Petković  58'
Kaká  39'
França  65' (pen), 88'


Flamengo
São Paulo
GK 1 Brazil Julio Cesar
RB 2 Brazil Alessandro
CB 3 Brazil Juan
CB 4 Paraguay Carlos Gamarra
LB 6 Brazil Cássio
DM 5 Brazil Leandro Ávila  a'
DM 9 Brazil Rocha
AM 7 Brazil Beto (c)
AM 10 Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Petković
FW 8 Brazil Reinaldo  b'
FW 11 Brazil Edílson
Substitutes:
DM 15 Brazil Jorginho  a'
MF 16 Brazil Fábio Augusto  b'
Manager:
Brazil Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Brazil Rogério Ceni (c)
RB 2 Brazil Belletti
CB 3 Brazil Rogério Pinheiro
CB 4 Brazil Jean
LB 6 Brazil Gustavo Nery
DM 5 Brazil Alexandre
DM 10 Brazil Douglas
MF 7 Brazil Fábio Simplício
AM 8 Brazil Kaká
FW 11 Brazil Luis Fabiano Red card 58'
FW 9 Brazil França
Substitutes:
AM 16 Brazil Júlio Baptista
Manager:
Brazil Nelsinho Baptista


Copa dos Campeões
2001 Winners
Flamengo
1st Title

References

http://www.flamengo.com.br/flapedia/Flamengo_2x3_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_-_Final_da_Copa_dos_Campe%C3%B5es_de_2001

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