2008 Campeonato Mineiro

The 2008 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I was the 94th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 27 and ended on May 4. Cruzeiro won the title for the 33th time.

Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I

Season	2008
Champions	Cruzeiro (33th title)
Relegated	Ipatinga Democrata de Sete Lagoas
2009 CB	Atlético Mineiro Tupi América
2008 Série C	Tupi Ituiutaba América
Matches played	72
Goals scored	208 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jajá (Guarani) - 7 goals
Biggest home win	Cruzeiro 4-0 Uberaba (January 27, 2008) Villa Nova 4-0 Ituiutaba (January 27, 2008) Ipatinga 4-0 Uberaba (February 28, 2008)
Biggest away win	Rio Branco 0-6 Atlético (March 29, 2008)
Highest scoring	Ituiutaba 4-4 Cruzeiro (April 12, 2008)
← 2007 2009 →

Participating teams

Atlético

Cruzeiro

Rio Branco

Social

Democrata-GV

Guarani

Ipatinga FC

Democrata-SL

Tupi

Ituiutaba

Villa Nova

Uberaba

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Locations of the 2008 Módulo I teams

Club	Home city	Previous season
Atlético	Belo Horizonte	1st
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	2nd
Democrata	Governador Valadares	3rd
Democrata	Sete Lagoas	8th
Guarani	Divinópolis	10th
Ipatinga	Ipatinga	7th
Ituiutaba	Ituiutaba	9th
Rio Branco	Andradas	6th
Social	Coronel Fabriciano	1st (Second level)
Tupi	Juíz de Fora	4th
Uberaba	Uberaba	2nd (Second level)
Villa Nova	Nova Lima	5th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruzeiro	11	8	2	1	22	9	+13	26	Qualified to the Semifinals
2	Tupi	11	6	3	2	16	12	+4	21
3	Atlético	11	6	1	4	18	7	+11	19
4	Ituiutaba	11	5	4	2	14	12	+2	19
5	Guarani	11	5	3	3	20	16	+4	18
6	Villa Nova	11	5	2	4	21	15	+6	17
7	Rio Branco	11	4	4	3	14	14	0	16
8	Democrata-GV	11	4	0	7	10	16	−6	12
9	Uberaba	11	3	3	5	13	22	−9	12
10	Social	11	3	2	6	12	18	−6	11
11	Ipatinga	11	3	0	8	12	17	−5	9	Relegated
12	Democrata-SL	11	2	0	9	12	26	−14	6

Updated to match(es) played on May 4, 2008. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Final Tournament

	Semi-finals							Finals
	4th	Ituiutaba	4	1	5
	1st	Cruzeiro	4	3	7
								1st	Cruzeiro	5	1	6
								3rd	Atlético	0	0	0
	3rd	Atlético	3	1	4
	2nd	Tupi	2	0	2

Finals

First leg

2008-04-27

16:00 (UTC-3)

Atlético	0 – 5	Cruzeiro
	(Report) (pt)	Marcelo Moreno 12' Marcos 19' (o.g.) Ramires 38' Guilherme 66' Wagner 77'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 48,093

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira

Second leg

2008-05-04

16:00 (UTC-3)

Cruzeiro	1 – 0	Atlético
Marcelo Moreno 75'	(Report) (pt)

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 39,197

Referee: Evandro Rogério Roman

Campeonato Mineiro 2008 champion
Cruzeiro 33th title