2001 CR Vasco da Gama season

Vasco da Gama

2001 season
Manager and President	Eurico Miranda (President)
Head Coach	Joel Santana (until August 13) Hélio dos Anjos (until September 18) Paulo César Gusmão
Stadium	Estádio São Januário
Brazilian Série A	11th place
Copa Libertadores	Quarterfinals
Copa Mercosur	Group stage
Rio de Janeiro State Championship	Runner-up (overall) Semifinals (Guanabara) Champion (Rio)
Rio – São Paulo Championship	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Romário (21 goals) All: Romário
Highest home attendance	TBA
Lowest home attendance	TBA
Home colours Away colours
← 2000 2002 →

CR Vasco da Gama's 86th season of football, and 31st season playing in the Brazilian Série A, was in 2001. Brazilian Série A is the top division of Brazilian football.

Squad information

As of 31 December 2001

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
	Helton		GK	(1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 23)	Youth system
	Fábio		GK	(1980-09-30)30 September 1980 (aged 21)	União Bandeirante
	Márcio		GK	(1971-03-16)16 March 1971 (aged 30)	Youth system
Defenders
	Rafael		RB / RW	(1980-03-13)13 March 1980 (aged 21)	Guarani
	Patrício (on loan from Kindermann)		RB	(1974-10-08)8 October 1974 (aged 27)	Coritiba (on loan from Kindermann)
	Andrezinho		RB / RWM	(1975-02-19)19 February 1975 (aged 26)	Olaria
	Odvan		CB	(1974-03-26)26 March 1974 (aged 27)	Americano
	João Carlos		CB	(1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 19)	Youth system
	Géder		CB	(1978-04-23)23 April 1978 (aged 23)	Youth system
	André Leone		CB	(1979-02-12)12 February 1979 (aged 22)	Vicenza Calcio
	Alexandre Torres		CB	(1966-08-22)22 August 1966 (aged 35)	Nagoya Grampus
	Valdo (on loan from Feirense)		CB / RB	(1979-12-11)11 December 1979 (aged 22)	Feirense
	Paulo César Madureira		CB	(1978-11-14)14 November 1978 (aged 23)	Madureira
	Gilberto		LB / LWM	(1976-04-25)25 April 1976 (aged 25)	Inter Milan
	Edinho		LB / LW	(1979-10-30)30 October 1979 (aged 22)	Madureira
Midfielders
	Fabiano Eller		DMF / LSM / CB	(1977-11-19)19 November 1977 (aged 24)	Youth system
	Ricardo Bóvio (youth player)		DMF	(1982-01-17)17 January 1982 (aged 19)	Youth system
	Wagner		DMF / CB / RB	(1974-03-06)6 March 1974 (aged 27)	Juazeiro
	Jamir		DMF / CMF	(1972-05-13)13 May 1972 (aged 29)	Coronel Bolognesi
	João Paulo (youth player)		DMF / CB / CMF	(1983-07-17)17 July 1983 (aged 18)	Youth system
	Jorginho		RSM / RB	(1974-08-17)17 August 1974 (aged 27)	São Paulo
	Donizete Oliveira		CMF / DMF	(1968-02-21)21 February 1968 (aged 33)	Urawa Red Diamonds
	William Feijó		DMF / CMF	(1972-05-13)13 May 1972 (aged 29)	Americano (on loan from Flamengo)
	Léo Lima (youth player)		CMF / AMF	(1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 19)	Youth system
	Juninho Paulista (on loan from Atlético Madrid)		AMF	(1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 28)	Middlesbrough (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
	Geovani (youth player)		AMF / SS	(1982-09-20)20 September 1982 (aged 19)	Youth system
	Raphael Botti (youth player)		AMF	(1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 20)	Youth system
	Diogo Siston (youth player)		AMF	(1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 20)	Youth system
Forwards
	Euller		SS / RW / LW	(1971-03-15)15 March 1971 (aged 30)	Palmeiras
	Ely Thadeu (youth player)		LW / RW / SS	(1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 19)	Youth system
	Bebeto		AT	(1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 37)	Vitória
	Dedé Anderson		LW / ST / RW	(1980-05-26)26 May 1980 (aged 21)	Bahia (on loan)
	Romário		ST	(1966-01-29)29 January 1966 (aged 35)	Flamengo
	Paulo César		ST	(1978-06-02)2 June 1978 (aged 23)	Madureira
	Souza		ST	(1982-03-04)4 March 1982 (aged 19)	Madureira
	Léo Macaé (youth player)		AT	(1983-03-28)28 March 1983 (aged 18)	Youth system

See also

• 2001 Copa Libertadores
• 2001 Rio State League
• 2001 Rio – São Paulo Championship
• 2001 Brazilian Série A
• 2001 Copa Mercosur

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)