2023 Copa do Nordeste

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2023 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates21 January – 3 May
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Ceará (3rd title)
Runner-up Sport
2024 Copa do Brasil Ceará
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored198 (2.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Three players
(5 goals each)
  2022
2024  

All statistics correct as of 3 May 2023.

The 2023 Copa do Nordeste was the 20th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition features 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2023). The Copa do Nordeste began on 21 January and ended on 3 May 2023.

Contents

Fortaleza are the defending champions.

Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2022 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste. [1]

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups. Each team will play once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams will qualify for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on a single-leg basis and finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. [2]

Qualification

The 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2023) was the qualifying tournament of the 2023 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 5 to 8 January 2023. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste. [3]

The winners were CSA (Alagoas), Ferroviário (Ceará), Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) and Vitória (Bahia). [4]

Teams

The qualified teams are [5]

AssociationTeamQualification method
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg Alagoas
1 + 1 berths
CRB 2022 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CSA 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Bandeira da Bahia.svg Bahia
2 + 1 berths
Atlético de Alagoinhas 2022 Campeonato Baiano champions
Bahia best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Vitória 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará
2 + 1 berths
Fortaleza 2022 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ferroviário 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Bandeira do Maranhao.svg Maranhão
1 berth
Sampaio Corrêa 2022 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Bandeira da Paraiba.svg Paraíba
1 berth
Campinense 2022 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Pernambuco
2 + 1 berths
Náutico 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Sport best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Santa Cruz 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Bandeira do Piaui.svg Piauí
1 berth
Fluminense-PI 2022 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg Rio Grande do Norte
1 berth
ABC 2022 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Bandeira de Sergipe.svg Sergipe
1 berth
Sergipe 2022 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. [6]

StageFirst legSecond leg
Group StageRound 1: 22 January
Round 2: 5 February
Round 3: 15 February
Round 4: 18 February
Round 5: 22 February and 1 March
Round 6: 5 March
Round 7: 8 and 15 March
Round 8: 22 March
Quarter-finals26 March
Semi-finals29 March
Finals19 April3 May

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 November 2022, 15:30, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. [7] The teams (excluding the four teams from the qualification tournament) were seeded into three pots based on the 2022 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). They were drawn into two groups of eight containing two teams from each of the three pots with the restriction that teams from the same federation could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage draw
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

The four teams from the qualification tournament will be drawn according to the position of their federation in the CBF state ranking with the restriction that teams from the same federation can not be drawn into the same group. If there are three or more qualified teams from the same federation, the two best teams in the CBF ranking will be allocated in different groups.

Group stage

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team will play on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria will be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 13). [2]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport 8611195+1419Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Fortaleza 8602155+1018
3 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ferroviário 83411511+413
4 Bandeira de Alagoas.svg CRB 834177013
5 Bandeira do Maranhao.svg Sampaio Corrêa 823371149
6 Bandeira da Bahia.svg Atlético de Alagoinhas 8206616106
7 Bandeira da Bahia.svg Vitória 8134101336
8 Bandeira do Piaui.svg Fluminense-PI 8035718113
Source: CBF

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará 85121611+516Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg ABC 8422136+714
3 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Náutico 84131211+113
4 Bandeira de Sergipe.svg Sergipe 8323128+411
5 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Santa Cruz 8233101339
6 Bandeira da Bahia.svg Bahia 823391569
7 Bandeira da Paraiba.svg Campinense 822481248
8 Bandeira de Alagoas.svg CSA 814361047
Source: CBF

Results

Source:CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: [2]

Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards in the tournament; 5. Fewest yellow cards in the tournament; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 18). [2]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
           
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Fortaleza 4
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ferroviário 0
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Fortaleza 2
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará 3
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará 3
Bandeira de Sergipe.svg Sergipe 1
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará (p) 2 0 2 (4)
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport 1 1 2 (2)
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport 4
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg CRB 0
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport 1
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg ABC 0
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg ABC 3
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Náutico 1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Sport Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg 4–0 Bandeira de Alagoas.svg CRB
ABC Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg 3–1 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Náutico
Ceará Bandeira do Ceara.svg 3–1 Bandeira de Sergipe.svg Sergipe
Fortaleza Bandeira do Ceara.svg 4–0 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ferroviário

Group C

Sport Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg 4–0 Bandeira de Alagoas.svg CRB
Jorginho Soccerball shade.svg32'
Luciano Juba Soccerball shade.svg58'
Igor Cariús Soccerball shade.svg77'
Edinho Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez (Bahia)

Group D

ABC Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg 3–1 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Náutico
Felipe Garcia Soccerball shade.svg13', 77'
Souza Soccerball shade.svg45+3' (o.g.)
Report Tagarela Soccerball shade.svg87'
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda (Ceará)

Group E

Ceará Bandeira do Ceara.svg 3–1 Bandeira de Sergipe.svg Sergipe
Erick Soccerball shade.svg16'
Álvaro Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Luvannor Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report Pedro Henrique Soccerball shade.svg38'
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

Group F

Fortaleza Bandeira do Ceara.svg 4–0 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ferroviário
Lucero Soccerball shade.svg4', 6'
Hércules Soccerball shade.svg43'
Thiago Galhardo Soccerball shade.svg71'
Report
Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima (Pernambuco)

Semi-finals

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsHost
1 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport 9711235+1822Host
4 Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg ABC 9522167+917
2 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Fortaleza 9702195+1421Host
3 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará 96121912+719
Source: CBF
Team 1 Score Team 2
Sport Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg 1–0 Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg ABC
Fortaleza Bandeira do Ceara.svg 2–3 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará

Group G

Sport Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg 1–0 Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg ABC
Vágner Love Soccerball shade.svg1' Report
Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)
a. ^ Match suspended in the 61st minute due to rain. The remaining 29 minutes were played on 30 March 2023 at 19:00.

Group H

Fortaleza Bandeira do Ceara.svg 2–3 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará
Calebe Soccerball shade.svg30'
Lucero Soccerball shade.svg63'
Report Erick Soccerball shade.svg12' (pen.)
Caíque Soccerball shade.svg33'
Titi Soccerball shade.svg46' (o.g.)

Finals

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsHost
1 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport 10811245+19252nd leg
2 Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará 107122214+8221st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ceará Bandeira do Ceara.svg 2–2 (4–2 p) Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport 2–1 0–1

Group I

Ceará Bandeira do Ceara.svg 2–1 Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Sport
Guilherme Castilho Soccerball shade.svg1'
Vitor Gabriel Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report David Ricardo Soccerball shade.svg90+7' (o.g.)
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

2023 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Bandeira do Ceara.svg
Ceará
3rd title

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