2000 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2000 Campeonato Mineiro was the 86th edition of the state championship of Minas Gerais organized by the FMF. The competition began on 23 January and ended on 8 June 2000.

Campeonato Mineiro

Season	2000
Dates	23 January – 8 June
Champions	Atlético Mineiro
Relegated	Ipiranga Valeriodoce
Matches played	114
Goals scored	328 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ditinho (URT) Joãozinho (Ipatinga) 14 goals
Highest scoring	Uberlândia 5-3 Ipiranga (30 January 2000)
← 1999 2001 →

The competition was won by Atlético Mineiro winning their 38th Campeonato Mineiro and their second in a row after winning the 1999 competition. The final consisted of a 2–1 win over Cruzeiro in the first leg followed by a 1–1 draw in the second leg.

Format

First stage

The 2000 Módulo I first stage was contested by 8 clubs in a double round-robin tournament. The four best-placed teams qualified for the second stage and the bottom two teams were relegated to the 2001 Módulo II. The winner of the first stage is named champion of the Taça Minas Gerais.

Second stage

The four teams that qualified from the first stage were entered into a second, double round-robin tournament, alongside four teams that received byes from the first stage. The clubs that received first stage byes were: América Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro and Villa Nova.

Finals

The finals were played between the 2 best-placed teams from the second stage in a two-legged tie.

Participating teams

Belo Horizonte

Democrata

Caldense

Ipatinga

Ipiranga

Rio Branco

Uberlândia

Valeriodoce

URT

Villa Nova

Belo Horizonte teams:
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro

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Locations of the 2000 Campeonato Mineiro teams

Team	Home city	1999 result
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	2nd
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	1st
Caldense	Poços de Caldas	6th
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	3rd
Democrata	Governador Valadares	5th
Ipatinga	Ipatinga	2nd (Módulo II)
Ipiranga	Manhuaçu	9th
Rio Branco	Andradas	10th
Uberlândia	Uberlândia	1st (Módulo II)
URT	Patos de Minas	7th
Valeriodoce	Itabira	8th
Villa Nova	Nova Lima	4th

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		URT	IPA	DEM	RIO	UBE	CAL	IPI	VAL
1	URT (Q)	14	8	3	3	24	17	+7	27	Qualified for Second Stage		—	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0
2	Ipatinga (Q)	14	7	3	4	22	17	+5	24			3–2	—	1–3	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1
3	Democrata (Q)	14	7	2	5	24	17	+7	23			0–3	3–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1
4	Rio Branco (Q)	14	7	2	5	20	16	+4	23			1–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0
5	Uberlândia	14	6	4	4	21	21	0	22			1–0	1–0	3–2	1–4	—	2–0	5–3	0–0
6	Caldense	14	5	5	4	16	15	+1	20			0–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–0
7	Ipiranga (R)	14	1	5	8	20	29	−9	8	2001 Módulo II		3–3	1–1	0–1	4–2	3–3	1–2	—	1–1
8	Valeriodoce (R)	14	1	4	9	10	25	−15	7			1–2	1–2	1–5	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	—

Source: Futebol Nacional
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ATM	CRU	AME	IPA	VIL	RIO	URT	DEM
1	Atlético Mineiro (Q)	14	10	2	2	33	20	+13	32	Qualified for Finals		—	4–2	2–3	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
2	Cruzeiro (Q)	14	9	4	1	26	10	+16	31			2–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
3	América Mineiro	14	5	6	3	20	14	+6	21			1–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0
4	Ipatinga	14	5	4	5	18	18	0	19			1–4	0–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	4–2	4–1
5	Villa Nova	14	4	6	4	19	19	0	18			0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	4–2	2–0	3–1
6	Rio Branco	14	5	2	7	17	22	−5	17			2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–1
7	URT	14	2	3	9	14	26	−12	9			1–3	0–4	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–1
8	Democrata	14	2	1	11	18	36	−18	7			2–3	1–4	0–3	0–1	5–2	1–3	2–3	—

Source: Futebol Nacional
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Finals

3 June 2000

Cruzeiro	1–2	Atlético Mineiro
Geovanni 89'	Report	Marques 24' Guilherme 57'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 4,146

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8 June 2000

Atlético Mineiro	1–1	Cruzeiro
Ramon 28'	Report	Fábio Júnior 84'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 19,853

Referee: Oscar Roberto de Godói

Atlético Mineiro win 3–2 on aggregate

Campeonato Mineiro 2000 champion
Atlético 38th title