# 2023 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2023 Campeonato Mineiro (officially Campeonato Mineiro SICOOB 2023 – Módulo I for sponsorship reasons) is the 109th edition of the state championship of Minas Gerais organized by the FMF. The competition started on 21 January and ended on 9 April 2023.
Atlético Mineiro successfully defended its tri-championship and earned the 48th title.

## Format
### First stage

The 2023 Módulo I first stage was played by the ten teams participating in 2022 Módulo I not relegated, in addition to the two teams promoted from 2022 Módulo II. The 12 teams are divided into three groups of four teams in the first phase; the teams will play against those clubs in the other groups. At the end of the first phase, the leaders of the 3 groups plus the best second place overall qualify for the semifinals.

### Knockout stage

The knockout phase features the 4 qualified teams from the previous phase in a two-legged tie in the semi-finals and the finals, where the team with the best seed has the right to choose the order of the legs. In the event of an aggregate draw, the team with the best record in the first phase progresses.

### Relegation

According to the change made by the Federação Mineira de Futebol, the descent will be decided in a triangular disputed by the three teams with the worst overall campaign in the initial phase. That is, not necessarily the last one of a group will dispute the triangular one, being able to have made a better campaign compared to other teams of other groups.

## Participating teams

| Team | Home city | Manager | 2022 result |
| América Mineiro | Belo Horizonte | Vagner Mancini | 5th |
| Athletic Club | São João del-Rei | Roger Silva | 3rd |
| Atlético Mineiro | Belo Horizonte | Eduardo Coudet | 1st |
| Caldense | Poços de Caldas | Thiago Oliveira | 4th |
| Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte | Paulo Pezzolano | 2nd |
| Democrata-GV | Governador Valadares | Paulo César Schardong | 7th |
| Democrata-SL | Sete Lagoas | Paulinho Guará | 1st (Módulo II) |
| Ipatinga | Ipatinga | Waguinho Dias | 2nd (Módulo II) |
| Patrocinense | Patrocínio | Tuca Guimarães | 9th |
| Pouso Alegre | Pouso Alegre | Eugênio Souza | 10th |
| Tombense | Tombos | Marcelo Chamusca | 8th |
| Villa Nova | Nova Lima | Cícero Júnior | 6th |

## First stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 20 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Athletic Club | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 15 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Villa Nova | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 10 | |
| 4 | Pouso Alegre | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 10 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | América Mineiro | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 18 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Caldense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 5 | Relegation stage |
| 3 | Patrocinense | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | Relegation stage |
| 4 | Democrata-SL | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | Relegation stage |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Tombense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 11 | |
| 3 | Democrata-GV | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Ipatinga | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | |

## Relegation stage

In the relegation stage, each team will be played the other two teams in a single round-robin tournament.

### Standings and results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | PAT | CAL | DSL |
| 1 | Patrocinense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Caldense (R) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2024 Módulo II | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 3 | Democrata-SL (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | 2024 Módulo II | Canceled | 1–0 | |

## Troféu Inconfidência
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| C2 | Tombense | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| A4 | Pouso Alegre | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| A4 | Pouso Alegre | 2 | 0 | 2 | C2 | Tombense | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | A3 | Villa Nova | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| A3 | Villa Nova | 2 | 2 | 4 | A3 | Villa Nova | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| C3 | Democrata-GV | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| A2 | Athletic Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| A1 | Atlético Mineiro | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| A1 | Atlético Mineiro | 0 | 1 | 1 | A1 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | | B1 | América Mineiro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C1 | Cruzeiro | 0 | 1 | 1 | B1 | América Mineiro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| B1 | América Mineiro | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |

### Semi-finals
#### Group F

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro advanced to the finals due to their best performance in the first stage.

#### Group G

América Mineiro advanced to the finals.

### Finals
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hulk | Atletico Mineiro | 11 |
| 2 | Daniel Amorim | Tombense | 10 |
| 3 | Neto Costa | Patrocinense | 5 |
| 4 | Aloísio | América-MG | 4 |
| 4 | Bruno Rodrigues | Cruzeiro | 4 |
| 4 | Dodô | Villa Nova | 4 |
| 4 | Luan | Villa Nova | 4 |
| 4 | Wellington Paulista | América-MG | 4 |