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2000 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2000 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 99th season of competitive football in the country. Copa João Havelange The Copa João Havelange was a competition organized by the Clube dos 13, but later recognized by the Brazilian Football Confederation, that replaced the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final ---- ---- ---- Vasco declared as the Copa João Havelange champions by aggregate score of 4–2. Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil final was played between Cruzeiro and São Paulo. ---- ---- ---- Cruzeiro declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 2–1. Copa dos Campeões The Copa dos Campeões final was played in a single match between Sport and Palmeiras. ---- ---- Palmeiras declared as the cup champions after beating Sport 2–1. Regional and state championship champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
América Futebol Clube (MG)
América Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as simply América Mineiro, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Belo Horizonte, capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1912, the club preserves its name and crest since its inception. The original home kit colours are white and green only; the black color was incorporated in the 1970s. The team also played with a red home kit between 1933 and 1942, as a protest to the introduction of professionalism. It hosts its matches at Independência stadium. The club has the third largest fan base among the teams from Minas Gerais. América is one of the most traditional and successful teams from Minas Gerais. It has won the state championship 16 times, and finished as runners-up in another 16 occasions. The first 10 victories were in a row, between 1916 and 1925, being the national record of successive accomplishments (together with ABC); the most recent was in 2016. Other major accomplishments were the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Sul-Minas
Copa Sul-Minas was a Brazilian football competition that ran between 2000 and 2002, with teams from the three Southern states of Brazil, plus the Southeastern state of Minas Gerais. It is a successor competition to the 1999 Tournament called Copa Sul which only included teams from the Southern states. In 2016, a successor to this tournament was created, the Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ... (also known as Copa Sul-Minas-Rio). In its three editions, Copa Sul-Minas was won by Minas Gerais teams. List of finals Copa Sul Copa Sul-Minas Records and statistics Top scorers Winning managers See also * Primeira Liga (Brazil) References Defunct football competitions in Brazil {{Brazil-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Raimundo Esporte Clube (AM)
São Raimundo Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as São Raimundo, is a Brazilian professional club based in Manaus, Amazonas founded on 18 November 1918. It competes in the Campeonato Amazonense, the top flight of the Amazonas state football league. The club is named after their neighborhood, which is named after Saint Raymond. Saint Raymond is also the patron saint of the neighborhood of São Raimundo. History In 1915, Risópolis Clube Recreativo was founded by Francisco Rebelo and Professor Assis. On November 18, 1918, the club changed its name to Risófoli Clube Recreativo. In December of the same year the club changed its name to São Raimundo Esporte Clube. In 1956, São Raimundo played for the first time in Campeonato Amazonense First Division. In 1961, the club won their first state championship. From 1999 to 2001, the club won three Copa Norte titles in a row. These were the club's first regional competition titles. In 1999, after finishing second in the Brazili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Norte
Copa Norte () was a Brazilian football competition contested between North region teams. Also with teams from the states of Maranhão and Piauí in the Northeastern. From 1997 to 1999, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to Copa CONMEBOL. From 2000 to 2002, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups. The Copa dos Campeões wi .... List of champions Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. Note 2: São Raimundo won for having made the best campaign. Records and statistics Finalists Performance by State External linksRSSSF {{Brazilian Football Competitions Norte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goiás Esporte Clube
Goiás Esporte Clube is a Brazilian sports club, best known for its association football team, located in the city of Goiânia, capital city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. Goiás has won Brazilian's second tier Série B twice, in 1999 and 2012, 28 Campeonato Goiano, 3 Copa Centro-Oeste and also its revival, the Copa Verde once in 2023. Goiás' football team has been a mainstay in premiere Brazilian league Série A and has played at Latin America's Copa Libertadores twice and South America's Copa Sudamericana six times, where it was the runner-up in 2010. Its main rivals are Vila Nova, Atlético Goianiense and Goiânia. Goiás has a wide advantage in matches between the two teams. History On 6 April 1943, in a meeting among friends at Lino Barsi's home, Goiás Esporte Clube was founded. In 1973, the team was promoted to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro. In 1998, the team joined the Clube dos 13 (Clube dos 13 is an organization composed by the greatest tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Centro-Oeste
Copa Centro-Oeste () was a Brazilian football competition contested between Center-West region teams and teams from the Southeastern State Espírito Santo. For one edition, it was also contested by teams from Minas Gerais. Minas Gerais state clubs only competed in the first Copa Centro-Oeste edition, in 1999, joining the new Copa Sul-Minas in 2000. Cruzeiro, from Minas Gerais, won the Cup and was the only non-Central Western team to reach the finals in the four editions of the tourney. From 2000 to 2002, the Copa Centro-Oeste champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups. The Copa dos Campeões wi .... List of champions Performances By club By state Similar competitions The Copa Brasil Central was held in 1967 and 1969, while the Torn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Do Nordeste
Copa do Nordeste (English: ''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''English: Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (English: ''Northeastern Cup'') is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern region teams. It is sometimes informally referred to as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Champions League and bandit folk hero Lampião. History The competition was first played in 1994. From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to Copa Conmebol. From 2000 to 2002, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões. The competition returned in 2010, after being defunct since 2003. Copa do Nordeste returned again in 2013. From 2014 to 2016, the winner got a spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Copa do Nordeste champion now qualifies to the Copa do Brasil. Competition format Since 2018 a qualifying tournament called Pré-Copa do Nordeste has been played. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Rei Pelé
The Estádio Rei Pelé, also known as Trapichão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Maceió, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 19,105. The stadium was built in 1970. Estádio Rei Pelé is owned by the Government of Alagoas and it is the stadium where CRB (Clube de Regatas Brasil) and CSA (Centro Sportivo Alagoano) play their home matches. The stadium is named after the footballer Pelé (1940–2022), and its name means ''King Pelé''. The stadium is nicknamed ''Trapichão'' because it is located in Trapiche da Barra neighborhood. There is a museum inside the stadium, called Museu de Esportes Edvaldo Santa Rosa, named after an Alagoan footballer nicknamed Dida (1934–2002), who played for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo and the Brazil national football team The Brazil national football team (), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' ("Canary Squad", after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international Association foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Dos Campeões
Copa dos Campeões (Portuguese for Brazilian Champions Cup) was a Brazilian football competition, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), contested by the best teams from each one of the regional cups. The Copa dos Campeões winner was automatically qualified to following year's Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam .... In 1968, Grêmio Maringá won a similar competition, named Torneio dos Campeões da CBD. Regional cups These were the regional cups that granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões: * Campeonato do Nordeste * Copa Centro-Oeste * Copa Norte * Copa Sul-Minas * Torneio Rio-São Paulo Format In 2000, and in 2001, the competition was contested by eight clubs, in a two-leg playoff system. There was a preliminary st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineirão
Mineirão (; , named after its large structure), officially known as Governador Magalhães Pinto Stadium (, ; , named after Magalhães Pinto), is an association football stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Owned by the state of Minas Gerais, it is used by Clube Atlético Mineiro and by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. It served as a venue in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It also hosted some matches of the football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The stadium has a seating capacity of 66,658 spectators. History Background The project to construct the Mineirão predated the stadium's opening by more than 25 years. In the 1940s, a modest movement began, involving managers, entrepreneurs, athletes and journalists. The idea was to build a field in Belo Horizonte to that matched the evolution of Minas Gerais' football up to that point. The top three teams in the state capital had their stadiums, but they were cramped and uncomfortable, and no longer s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
