2018 Campeonato Mineiro

Campeonato Mineiro
Season	2018
Champions	Cruzeiro
Relegated	Democrata; Uberlândia
Matches played	76
Goals scored	164 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aylon; Ricardo Oliveira (6 goals)
Average attendance	5 258,6
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The 2018 Campeonato Mineiro was the 104th season of Mineiro's top professional football league. The competition began on January 17 and ended on April 8. Atlético was the defending champions but was beaten in the final by its longtime rival Cruzeiro, that conquered its 37th title and became the defending champions.

Format

First stage

The 2018 Módulo I first stage was played by 12 clubs in a single round-robin, with all teams playing each other once. The eight best-placed teams qualified for the final stage and the last two teams were relegated to the 2019 Módulo II.

The league also selects Minas Gerais's representatives in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and the Copa do Brasil. The two best placed teams not already qualified to the 2018 seasons of the Série A, Série B or Série C, earns the spots to the 2018 Série D. The three best-placed teams qualify for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.

Knockout stage

The knockout stage was played between the 8 best-placed teams from the previous stage, with the quarterfinals played in a one-legged tie and the semifinals and finals played in a two-legged tie. The quarterfinals were played necessarily at the best-placed team's home. The first best-placed team played against the eighth best-placed, the second against the seventh and so on. In the semifinals, the best-placed team in the first stage in each contest have the right to choose whether to play its home game in the first or second leg. The best-placed team in the first stage of each contest could win it with two ties.

Participating teams

Team	Home city	Manager
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Enderson Moreira
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Oswaldo de Oliveira
Boa Esporte	Varginha	Sidney Moraes
Caldense	Poços de Caldas	Roberto Fonseca
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Mano Menezes
Democrata	Governador Valadares	Gimar Estevam
Patrocinense	Patrocínio	Rogério Henrique
Tombense	Tombos	Ramon Menezes
Tupi	Juiz de Fora	Alexandre Barroso
Uberlândia	Uberlândia	Paulo Cézar Catanoce
URT	Patos de Minas	Rodrigo Santana
Villa Nova	Nova Lima	Ito Roque

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruzeiro	11	9	2	0	20	2	18	29	Knockout stage
2	América Mineiro	11	6	3	2	14	8	6	21
3	Atlético Mineiro	11	5	3	3	14	7	7	18
4	Tupi	11	5	1	5	19	16	3	16
5	Tombense	11	4	3	4	8	7	1	15
6	URT	11	4	3	4	12	13	−1	15
7	Boa Esporte	11	4	2	5	5	9	−4	14
8	Patrocinense	11	3	4	4	13	14	−1	13
9	Caldense	11	3	4	4	9	12	−3	13
10	Villa Nova	11	3	2	6	12	16	−4	11
11	Democrata GV	11	3	1	7	12	0	12	10	2019 Módulo II
12	Uberlândia	11	3	0	8	9	18	−9	9	2019 Módulo II

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2018. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Finals

A1	Cruzeiro	2

A2	Patrocinense	0
			Cruzeiro	1	2	3

			Tupi	0	1	1
B1	Tupi	0 (4)

B2	Tombense	0 (2)
							Cruzeiro	1	2	3

							Atlético Mineiro	3	0	3
C1	Atlético Mineiro	1

C2	URT	0
			Atlético Mineiro	1	2	3

			América Mineiro	0	0	0
D1	América Mineiro	1

D2	Boa Esporte	0