2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Season	2002
Champions	Criciúma
Promoted	Criciúma Fortaleza
Relegated	Americano Botafogo-SP Sampaio Corrêa Guarany de Sobral XV de Piracicaba Bragantino
Goals scored	970
Average goals/game	2.86
Top goalscorer	Vinícius (Fortaleza) - 22
← Série B 2001 Série B 2003 →

The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 11 to December 7, 2002. The competition had 26 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C.The competition was won by Criciúma.

Criciúma defeated Fortaleza in the finals, and was declared 2002 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 2003 Série A along with Fortaleza, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round ( Americano, Botafogo-SP, Sampaio Corrêa, Guarany de Sobral, XV de Piracicaba and Bragantino) were relegated to play Série C in 2003.

Format

The 26 teams played against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals, in which the eight-placed team played against the first-placed team, the seventh-placed team played against the second-placed team, the sixth-placed team played against the third-placed team, and the fifth-placed team played against the fourth-placed team. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played over two legs. The six worst teams in the first stage were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C of the following year.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	2001 Season
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	27th in Série A
América de Natal	Natal	Machadão	12th in Série B
Americano	Rio de Janeiro	Godofredo Cruz	14th in Série B
Anapolina	Anápolis	Jonas Duarte	17th in Série B
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	4th in Série B
Botafogo-SP	Ribeirão Preto	Santa Cruz	26th in Série A
Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Nabi Abi Chedid	16th in Série B
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	Centenário	3rd in Série B
Ceará	Fortaleza	Castelão	8th in Série B
CRB	Maceió	Pajuçara	6th in Série B
Criciúma	Criciúma	Heriberto Hülse	22nd in Série B
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	Castelão	9th in Série B
Guarany de Sobral	Sobral	Junco	3rd in Série C
Joinville	Joinville	Ernestão	9th in Série B
Jundiaí	Jundiaí	Jayme Cintra	1st in Série C
Londrina	Londrina	Café	15th in Série B
Mogi Mirim	Mogi Mirim	Vail Chaves	2nd in Série C
Náutico	Recife	Aflitos	5th in Série B
Remo	Belém	Mangueirão	19th in Série B
Santa Cruz	Recife	Arruda	25th in Série A
São Raimundo	Manaus	Ismael Benigno	11th in Série B
Sampaio Corrêa	São Luís	Castelão	20th in Série B
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	28th in Série A
União São João	Araras	Herminião	7th in Série B
Vila Nova	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	13th in Série B
XV de Piracicaba	Piracicaba	Barão de Serra Negra	18th in Série B

First stage

Template:Fb cl header |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 1. |align="left"|Criciúma | 51 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +11 |rowspan="8"| Qualified to Quarterfinals |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 2. |align="left"|Sport | 50 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 3. |align="left"|Fortaleza | 48 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 24 | +24 |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 4. |align="left"|Santa Cruz | 47 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 24 | +22 |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 5. |align="left"|Avaí | 46 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 20 | +19 |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 6. |align="left"|América Mineiro | 40 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 36 | +13 |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 7. |align="left"|Jundiaí | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 |-style="background: #90EE90;" | 8. |align="left"|Remo | 38 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 |- | 9. |align="left"|CRB | 38 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 |- | 10. |align="left"|América-RN | 36 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 35 | +11 |- | 11. |align="left"|Mogi Mirim | 35 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 39 | -2 |- | 12. |align="left"|Joinville | 34 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 44 | -8 |- | 13. |align="left"|Ceará | 33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 27 | +8 |- | 14. |align="left"|Caxias | 33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 24 | +7 |- | 15. |align="left"|Vila Nova | 33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 |- | 16. |align="left"|União São João | 33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 40 | -8 |- | 17. |align="left"|Anapolina | 33 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 35 | -2 |- | 18. |align="left"|Londrina | 33 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 30 | -2 |- | 19. |align="left"|São Raimundo | 32 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 34 | 37 | -3 |- | 20. |align="left"|Náutico | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 |-style="background:#FFCCCC" | 21. |align="left"|Americano | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 36 | -2 |rowspan="6"| Relegated to 2003 Série C |-style="background:#FFCCCC" | 22. |align="left"|Botafogo-SP | 30 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 60 | -24 |-style="background:#FFCCCC" | 23. |align="left"|Sampaio Corrêa | 25 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 50 | -25 |-style="background:#FFCCCC" | 24. |align="left"|Guarany de Sobral | 20 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 51 | -23 |-style="background:#FFCCCC" | 25. |align="left"|XV de Piracicaba | 19 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 44 | -25 |-style="background:#FFCCCC" | 26. |align="left"|Bragantino | 17 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 54 | -31 |}

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jundiaí	3–2	Sport	2–1	1–1
América Mineiro	0–2	Fortaleza	0–0	0–2
Avaí	2–3	Santa Cruz	1–1	1–2
Remo	2–5	Criciúma	2–1	0–4

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jundiaí	3–8	Fortaleza	1–6	2–2
Santa Cruz	0–4	Criciúma	0–1	0–3

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	3–4	Criciúma	2–0	1–4

Sources

• http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/braz2-02.html