2012 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2012 Campeonato da Primera Divisåo de Profissionais - Módulo I (official name: Campeonato Mineiro Chevrolet 2012), better known as 2012 Campeonato Mineiro, was the 98th season of Minas Gerais' top-flight football league. The season began at January 29 and ended on May 13.

Campeonato Mineiro
Season2012
ChampionsAtlético
RelegatedDemocrata GV and Uberaba
Copa do BrasilAmérica
Tupi
Cruzeiro
Série DNacional
Guarani
Matches played72
Goals scored195 (2.71 per match)
← 2011
2013 →

Format

The first stage is a single round robin. The top four teams will be qualified to the playoffs, and the bottom two teams will be relegated to the 2013 Módulo II

Qualifications

The best three teams will qualify for 2013 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C will qualify for 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Teams
Locations of the 2012 Módulo I teams
ClubsHome City2011 result
América MineiroBelo Horizonte3rd
América-TOTeófilo Otoni4th
Atlético MineiroBelo Horizonte2nd
Boa EsporteVarginha1st (Módulo II)
CaldensePoços de Caldas7th
CruzeiroBelo Horizonte1st
EC DemocrataGovernador Valadares10th
GuaraniDivinópolis8th
NacionalNova Serrana2nd (Módulo II)
TupiJuiz de Fora6th
Uberaba SCUberaba9th
Villa NovaNova Lima5th

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Mineiro (A) 11 9 2 0 26 7 +19 29 Advances to the Semifinals
2 Cruzeiro (A) 11 9 1 1 27 28 −1 28
3 América Mineiro (A) 11 7 0 4 20 15 +5 21
4 Tupi (A) 11 5 2 4 14 11 +3 17
5 Nacional-MG 11 5 1 5 18 20 −2 16 Série D
6 Guarani-MG 11 4 3 4 15 15 0 15
7 Caldense 11 3 4 4 8 14 −6 13
8 Boa Esporte 11 3 3 5 9 10 −1 12
9 América de Teófilo Otoni 11 3 2 6 12 16 −4 11
10 Villa Nova 11 2 4 5 11 16 −5 10
11 Democrata (R) 11 2 1 8 7 27 −20 7 Relegation to Modul II
12 Uberaba (R) 11 1 3 7 12 20 −8 6
Source: fmf (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head points (only when two teams are tie) 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AMG ATO CAM BOA CAL CRU DEM GUA NAC TUP UBE VIN
América Mineiro 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 2–1
América de Teófilo Otoni 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–3
Atlético Mineiro 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 4–2
Boa Esporte 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 4–0
Caldense 1–0 0–5 2–0 1–0 2–2
Cruzeiro 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–0
Democrata 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–1
Guarani-MG 2–2 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–2
Nacional-MG 2–5 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–1
Tupi 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Uberaba 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 5–0 1–2
Villa Nova 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Semifinals Finals
          
1 Atlético Mineiro 1 1 2
4 Tupi 1 0 1
Atlético Mineiro 1 3 4
América Mineiro 1 0 1
2 Cruzeiro 2 1 3
3 América Mineiro 3 2 5

Overall table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Mineiro (C) 15 11 4 0 32 9 +23 37 Finalist and 2013 Copa do Brasil Round of 16[lower-alpha 1]
2 América Mineiro 15 9 1 5 26 22 +4 28 Finalist and 2013 Copa do Brasil
3 Tupi 13 5 3 5 15 13 +2 18 Eliminated in Semifinals and 2013 Copa do Brasil
4 Cruzeiro 13 9 1 3 30 33 −3 28
5 Nacional-MG 11 5 1 5 18 20 −2 16 Série D
6 Guarani-MG 11 4 3 4 15 15 0 15
7 Caldense 11 3 4 4 8 14 −6 13
8 Boa Esporte 11 3 3 5 9 10 −1 12 2013 Copa do Brasil[lower-alpha 2]
9 América de Teófilo Otoni 11 3 2 6 12 16 −4 11
10 Villa Nova 11 2 4 5 11 16 −5 10
11 Democrata (R) 11 2 1 8 7 27 −20 7 Relegation to Modul II
12 Uberaba (R) 11 1 3 7 12 20 −8 6
Source: fmf (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st stage ; 2nd points; 3rd wins; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th head-to-head points (only when two teams are tie) 7th red cards received; 8th yellow cards received; 9th public draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Atlético Mineiro is qualified for 2013 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa do Brasil as 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up
  2. Boa Esporte qualified as 2012 Taça Minas Gerais champions

References
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