# 2001 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2001 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I was the 87th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 27 and ended on June 3. América won the championship, winning the title for the 15th time.

## Participating teams

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

## System

The championship would have three stages.:
* First phase: The twelve teams all played in a single round-robin tournament, with the eight best teams qualifying to the Second phase and the two worst teams being relegated.
* Second phase: The eight remaining teams were divided into two groups of four; the teams played the teams of their own group in a double round-robin tournament, with the best team in each group advancing to the Finals.
* Finals: The group winners of the Second phase played in a two-legged tie to define the Champions.

## League table
### First phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 21 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 20 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Mamoré | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 20 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 4 | Ipatinga | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 17 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 5 | América | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 17 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 6 | Villa Nova | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 17 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 7 | Caldense | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 16 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 8 | Rio Branco | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 16 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 9 | URT | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 15 | |
| 10 | Uberlândia | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 13 | |
| 11 | Democrata | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 11 | Relegated |
| 12 | Guarani | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 4 | Relegated |

### Second phase
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 10 | Qualified to Finals |
| 2 | Villa Nova | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | |
| 3 | Mamoré | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Rio Branco | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | América | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Qualified to Finals |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| 3 | Caldense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | |
| 4 | Ipatinga | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |

### Copa Sul-Minas qualfiication table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 31 | Qualified to 2002 Copa Sul-Minas |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 30 | Qualified to 2002 Copa Sul-Minas |
| 3 | América | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 29 | Qualified to 2002 Copa Sul-Minas |
| 4 | Mamoré | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 28 | Qualified to 2002 Copa Sul-Minas |
| 5 | Villa Nova | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 27 | |
| 6 | Ipatinga | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 23 | |
| 7 | Caldense | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 23 | |
| 8 | Rio Branco | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 21 | |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| América | 5–4 | Atlético | 4–1 | 1–3 |

### Second leg

* Campeonato Mineiro 2001 champion
* América 15th title