Copa do Nordeste

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Copa do Nordeste
Copa do Nordeste.png
Organising body Brazilian Football Confederation
Founded1994;31 years ago (1994)
Region Brazil's Northeast
Number of teams20
Qualifier for Copa do Brasil (third stage)
Current champions Bandeira do Ceara.svg Fortaleza (3rd title)
Most successful club(s) Bandeira da Bahia.svg Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg Vitória
(4 titles each)
Television broadcasters SBT
DAZN
Nosso Futebol
Website Official website
Soccerball current event.svg 2025 Copa do Nordeste

Copa do Nordeste (English: Cup of the North-East), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (English: Championship of the North-East) or Copa Nordeste (English: Northeastern Cup) is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern region teams. It is sometimes informally referred to as Lampions League [1] [2] – in reference to the UEFA Champions League and bandit folk hero Lampião.

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History

The competition was first played in 1994. From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to Copa Conmebol. [3]

From 2000 to 2002, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões.

The competition returned in 2010, after being defunct since 2003. [4] Copa do Nordeste returned again in 2013.

From 2014 to 2016, the winner got a spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Copa do Nordeste champion now qualifies to the Copa do Brasil.

Competition format

Since 2018 a qualifying tournament called Pré-Copa do Nordeste has been played. In this tournament, eight teams compete in a single-elimination tournament where the four winners advance to the Copa do Nordeste.

The Copa do Nordeste has in its first stage two groups. 12 teams gain direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths are decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.

In the group stage, each group is played on a single round-robin basis against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played a single-elimination tournament. Only the finals are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the best tournament team hosting the second leg, while quarter-finals and semi-finals are played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.

List of champions

YearChampionFinal matchRunners-upThird placeFourth place
1994 Sport (1)
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
0 – 0
(3–2 pen.)
CRB
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Cruzeiro de Arapiraca
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
1995–1996Not held
1997 Vitória (1)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
3 – 0
1 – 2
Aggregate

4 – 2
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Ceará
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
1998 América (1)
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg RN
1 – 2
3 – 1
Aggregate

4 – 3
Vitória
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Santa Cruz
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
1999 Vitória (2)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
2 – 0
0 – 1
Aggregate

2 – 1
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
CSA
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2000 Sport (2)
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2 – 2
2 – 2
Aggregate

4 – 4
Vitória
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Poções
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Sergipe
Bandeira de Sergipe.svg SE
2001 Bahia (1)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
3 – 1 Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Náutico
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Fortaleza
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
2002 Bahia (2)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
3 – 1
2 – 2
Aggregate

5 – 3
Vitória
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Náutico
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Santa Cruz
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2003 Vitória (3)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
1 – 1
0 – 0
Aggregate

1 – 1
Fluminense de Feira
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
ABC
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg RN
América
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg RN
2004–2009Not held
2010 Vitória (4)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
2 – 1 ABC
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg RN
CSA
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
Treze
Bandeira da Paraiba.svg PB
2011–2012Not held
2013 Campinense (1)
Bandeira da Paraiba.svg PB
2 – 1
2 – 0
Aggregate

4 – 1
ASA
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
Ceará
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
Fortaleza
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
2014 Sport (3)
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2 – 0
1 – 1
Aggregate

3 – 1
Ceará
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
América
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg RN
Santa Cruz
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2015 Ceará (1)
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
1 – 0
2 – 1
Aggregate

3 – 1
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Vitória
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2016 Santa Cruz (1)
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2 – 1
1 – 1
Aggregate

3 – 2
Campinense
Bandeira da Paraiba.svg PB
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2017 Bahia (3)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
1 – 1
1 – 0
Aggregate

2 – 1
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Vitória
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Santa Cruz
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2018 Sampaio Corrêa (1)
Bandeira do Maranhao.svg MA
1 – 0
0 – 0
Aggregate

1 – 0
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
ABC
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg RN
Ceará
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
2019 Fortaleza (1)
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
1 – 0
1 – 0
Aggregate

2 – 0
Botafogo
Bandeira da Paraiba.svg PB
Náutico
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Santa Cruz
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2020 Ceará (2)
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
3 – 1
1 – 0
Aggregate

4 – 1
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Fortaleza
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
Confiança
Bandeira de Sergipe.svg SE
2021 Bahia (4)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
0 – 1
2 – 1

(4–2 pen.)
Ceará
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
Fortaleza
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
Vitória
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
2022 Fortaleza (2)
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
1 – 1
1 – 0
Aggregate

2 – 1
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Náutico
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
CRB
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
2023 Ceará (3)
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
2 – 1
0 – 1

(4–2 pen.)
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
Fortaleza
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
ABC
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg RN
2024 Fortaleza (3)
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE
2 – 0
0 – 2

(5–4 pen.)
CRB
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg BA
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg PE
2025 CSA
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg AL
Ceará
Bandeira do Ceara.svg CE

Performances

By club

Performance in the Northeastern Cup by club
ClubWinnersRunners-upYears winnersYears runners-up
Bahia 452001, 2002, 2017, 20211997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2020
Vitória 431997, 1999, 2003, 20101998, 2000, 2002
Sport 341994, 2000, 20142001, 2017, 2022, 2023
Ceará 322015, 2020, 20232014, 2021
Fortaleza 302019, 2022, 2024
Campinense 1120132016
América 101998
Sampaio Corrêa 102018
Santa Cruz 102016
CRB 021994, 2024
ABC 012010
ASA 012013
Botafogo-PB 012019
Fluminense de Feira 012003

By state

Performance by state
StateWinnersRunners-up
Bandeira da Bahia.svg Bahia 89
Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará 62
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Pernambuco 44
Bandeira da Paraiba.svg Paraíba 12
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg Rio Grande do Norte 11
Bandeira do Maranhao.svg Maranhão 10
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg Alagoas 03
Bandeira do Piaui.svg Piauí 00
Bandeira de Sergipe.svg Sergipe 00

Top scorers

YearPlayer (team)Goals
1994Fábio (Sport)5
1997 Nildo (Ceará)6
1998 Paulinho Kobayashi (América de Natal)9
1999 Ueslei (Bahia)10
2000Leonardo (ABC)
Pedro Costa (Sergipe)
6
2001 Kuki (Náutico)12
2002 Sérgio Alves (Bahia)13
2003 Nádson (Vitória)5
2010Cristiano Alagoano (Confiança)10
2013 Marcelo Nicácio (Vitória)
Rodrigo Silva (ABC)
5
2014 Magno Alves (Ceará)8
2015 Max (América de Natal)6
2016 Rodrigão (Campinense)9
2017 Régis (Bahia)6
2018 Arthur Cabral (Ceará)
Yago Felipe (Vitória)
5
2019 Gilberto (Bahia)
Júnior Santos (Fortaleza)
8
2020 Vina (Ceará)5
2021 Gilberto (Bahia)8
2022 Flag of Colombia.svg Hugo Rodallega (Bahia)8
2023 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín Lucero (Fortaleza)
Luciano Juba (Sport)
6
2024 Moisés (Fortaleza)7

Winning managers

YearManagerClub
1994 Givanildo Oliveira Sport
1997 Arturzinho Vitória
1998 Arturzinho América de Natal
1999 Ricardo Gomes Vitória
2000 Celso Roth Sport
2001 Evaristo de Macedo Bahia
2002 Bobô Bahia
2003 Joel Santana Vitória
2011Ricardo Silva Vitória
2013 Oliveira Canindé Campinense
2014 Eduardo Baptista Sport
2015 Silas Ceará
2016 Milton Mendes Santa Cruz
2017 Guto Ferreira Bahia
2018 Roberto Fonseca Sampaio Corrêa
2019 Rogério Ceni Fortaleza
2020 Guto Ferreira Ceará
2021 Dado Cavalcanti Bahia
2022 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Vojvoda Fortaleza
2023 Eduardo Barroca Ceará
2024 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Vojvoda Fortaleza

References

  1. Padin, Guilherme (May 27, 2017). "O sucesso da 'Lampions League'". EL PAÍS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. "Lampions League vira reportagem na terra da Champions League | Blog de Esportes" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  3. "Termos de Uso". premier-bet-aviator.co.mz (in Portuguese). February 13, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  4. LigadoNordeste.com.br (April 8, 2010). "Regulamento da competição" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.