First Phase Participants ABC FC (Natal-RN) Fluminense FC (Feira de Santana-BA) América FC (Natal-RN) Fortaleza EC (CE) EC Bahia (Salvador-BA) C Náutico Capibaribe (Recife-PE) Botafogo FC (João Pessoa-PB) Santa Cruz FC (Recife-PE) Ceará SC (Fortaleza-CE) CS Sergipe (Aracaju-SE) AD Confiança (Aracaju-SE) Sport Clube do Recife (PE) Clube de Regatas Brasil (Maceió-AL) Treze FC (Campina Grande-PB) Centro Sportivo Alagoano (Maceió-AL) EC Vitória (Salvador-BA) First Phase Table 1.Vitória 15 10 3 2 37-14 33 Qualified 2.Bahia 15 8 3 4 36-21 27 Qualified 3.Náutico 15 8 3 4 31-20 27 Qualified 4.Santa Cruz 15 8 1 6 17-18 25 Qualified ----------------------------------------- 5.CSA 15 6 7 2 27-20 25 6.Fluminense-BA 15 7 3 5 16-15 24 7.CRB 15 6 6 3 33-24 24 8.América-RN 15 6 4 5 16-14 22 9.Fortaleza 15 6 4 5 20-19 22 10.Sport Recife 15 6 2 7 25-27 20 11.ABC 15 4 7 4 19-20 19 12.Botafogo-PB 15 5 2 8 23-35 17 13.Treze 15 4 4 7 18-27 16 14.Ceará 15 3 6 6 22-26 15 15.Sergipe 15 2 3 10 21-32 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.Confiança-SE 15 1 1 13 14-42 4 Relegated Round 1 [Jan 19] Náutico 8-2 Botafogo [Jan 20] Bahia 0-0 América Confiança 2-2 Ceará CRB 1-0 Santa Cruz Vitória 4-0 Sergipe Fortaleza 1-1 CSA Sport 1-0 Fluminense Treze 1-1 ABC Round 2 [Jan 26] Ceará 1-1 CRB [Jan 27] Bahia 3-1 Náutico Santa Cruz 1-0 Vitória Sergipe 0-1 Fortaleza CSA 3-2 Sport ABC 3-2 Confiança Botafogo 2-0 América Fluminense 2-1 Treze Round 3 [Jan 30] Fortaleza 1-0 Botafogo Sport 0-2 Bahia Vitória 2-1 Ceará Treze 1-2 Santa Cruz Náutico 3-3 CSA Sergipe 2-0 Confiança CRB 3-4 ABC América 2-1 Fluminense Round 4 [Feb 2] Vitória 3-2 América [Feb 3] Fluminense 2-1 Fortaleza Confiança 2-3 Sport CRB 3-0 Treze Ceará 2-1 Bahia Botafogo 3-2 Sergipe ABC 0-1 Náutico Santa Cruz 0-2 CSA Round 5 [Feb 6] Bahia 1-1 ABC Fluminense 2-2 CRB [Feb 9] Fortaleza 0-2 Vitória América 1-1 Sport CSA 4-2 Confiança Botafogo 4-0 Treze [Feb 20] Santa Cruz 4-3 Ceará [Mar 13] Náutico 4-3 Sergipe Round 6 [Feb 16] Sport 2-0 Treze Sergipe 1-1 ABC [Feb 17] Bahia 2-0 Santa Cruz Náutico 2-1 Vitória Confiança 0-2 Fortaleza Ceará 1-2 América CRB 1-1 CSA Botafogo 0-0 Fluminense Round 7 [Feb 23] América 1-0 Náutico [Feb 24] Sergipe 2-2 Bahia Vitória 5-0 Sport Treze 3-2 Fortaleza Ceará 0-1 Fluminense CRB 4-2 Confiança ABC 1-3 CSA Santa Cruz 0-1 Botafogo Round 8 [Mar 2] Fortaleza 1-1 Ceará CSA 3-2 Sergipe [Mar 3] Fluminense 2-1 ABC Bahia 3-0 Botafogo Sport 1-2 Santa Cruz Treze 1-0 Náutico CRB 1-1 América Confiança 0-2 Vitória Round 9 [Mar 9] Náutico 3-2 CRB [Mar 10] Fortaleza 4-3 Sport Vitória 3-0 Bahia Botafogo 3-3 Ceará CSA 1-1 Fluminense Santa Cruz 2-1 Sergipe Treze 2-0 Confiança América abd ABC [abandoned at 75' in 0-0 due to power failure at the stadium, result stood] Round 10 [Mar 16] Confiança 0-2 Náutico Vitória 2-2 Treze [Mar 17] Sport 2-2 CRB Fluminense 1-0 Bahia Sergipe 3-2 Ceará ABC 3-0 Santa Cruz Fortaleza 1-0 América CSA 3-0 Botafogo Round 11 [Mar 20] Náutico 0-1 Sport Sergipe 1-2 Fluminense Bahia 4-1 CSA CRB 2-1 Fortaleza Botafogo 3-6 Vitória Ceará 1-1 ABC Confiança 0-1 Santa Cruz América 2-0 Treze Round 12 [Mar 23] Sport 4-1 Sergipe ABC 0-3 Botafogo [Mar 24] Fortaleza 2-2 Náutico Treze 3-4 Bahia CSA 0-1 Ceará Vitória 3-2 CRB Santa Cruz 1-0 Fluminense América 2-0 Confiança Round 13 [Mar 30] Santa Cruz 1-1 Náutico América 1-1 CSA [Mar 31] Bahia 3-2 Fortaleza ABC 1-1 Vitória Ceará 3-1 Sport Botafogo 1-4 CRB Sergipe 1-2 Treze Fluminense 2-0 Confiança Round 14 [Apr 6] Vitória 3-0 Fluminense [Apr 7] Fortaleza 1-0 Santa Cruz Náutico 3-0 Ceará CRB 3-1 Bahia Sport 1-2 ABC Treze 1-1 CSA América 1-0 Sergipe Confiança 2-1 Botafogo Round 15 [Apr 14] Bahia 10-2 Confiança CSA 0-0 Vitória Botafogo 0-3 Sport Santa Cruz 3-1 América ABC 0-0 Fortaleza Sergipe 2-2 CRB Ceará 1-1 Treze Fluminense 0-1 Náutico Table 1.Vitória 15 10 3 2 37-14 33 Qualified 2.Bahia 15 8 3 4 36-21 27 Qualified 3.Náutico 15 8 3 4 31-20 27 Qualified 4.Santa Cruz 15 8 1 6 17-18 25 Qualified ----------------------------------------- 5.CSA 15 6 7 2 27-20 25 6.Fluminense-BA 15 7 3 5 16-15 24 7.CRB 15 6 6 3 33-24 24 8.América-RN 15 6 4 5 16-14 22 9.Fortaleza 15 6 4 5 20-19 22 10.Sport Recife 15 6 2 7 25-27 20 11.ABC 15 4 7 4 19-20 19 12.Botafogo-PB 15 5 2 8 23-35 17 13.Treze 15 4 4 7 18-27 16 14.Ceará 15 3 6 6 22-26 15 15.Sergipe 15 2 3 10 21-32 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.Confiança-SE 15 1 1 13 14-42 4 Relegated Semi-Finals [Apr 20 and 28] Santa Cruz 2-1 0-3 Vitória [Apr 21 and 27] Náutico 0-0 0-1 Bahia Finals [May 5 and 12] Bahia 3-1 2-2 Vitória EC Bahia are the 2002 Nordeste Championship champions
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