List of Brazilian North-Northeast football champions (1946–1993)

Following is the list with the main North-Norweast competitions held before the creation of Copa do Nordeste, in 1994: ^{[1] [2]}

Copa Cidade de Natal

This tournament was realized to comemore the installation of nocturnal light in the Estádio Juvenal Lamartine. All matches were played in this stadium. ^{[3] [4]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1946	Fortaleza	América de Natal

Torneio Campeão dos Campeões do Norte

Triangular tournament (which also included the participation of Fortaleza EC). All matches were played in Estádio Santa Izabel, São Luís. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1948	Moto Club	Paysandu

Torneio dos Campeões do Nordeste

Tournament held in Recife, organized by the Federação Pernambucana de Futebol and Santa Cruz FC. ^{[8] [9]} The tournament included the participation of 1947 state champions from Alagoas (Alexandria  [ pt ]), Bahia (EC Bahia), Ceará (Fortaleza), Paraíba (Botafogo), Pernambuco (Santa Cruz), Rio Grande do Norte (ABC) and Treze, representing Campina Grande. ^{[10] [11]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1948	Bahia	Santa Cruz

Torneio dos Campeões do Norte-Nordeste

Tournament held in Recife, organized by the Federação Pernambucana de Futebol and Clube Náutico Capibaribe. ^[12] The tournament included the participation of 1951 state champions from Alagoas (CRB), Bahia (Ypiranga), Ceará (Ceará SC), Paraíba (Treze), Pernambuco (Náutico), Rio Grande do Norte (América), Sergipe (Confiança) and Pará (Tuna Luso). ^{[13] [11]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1952	Náutico	Tuna Luso

Torneio Paraíba-Pernambuco

Interstate tournament of clubs from Paraíba and Pernambuco. ^[14] 1967 edition is called "Torneio Quadrangular Festival da Bola". ^[15]

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1953	Botafogo	Treze
1961	Treze	Santa Cruz
1962	Santa Cruz	Campinense
1967	Botafogo	América (PE)

Torneio Rio Grande do Norte-Paraíba

Interstate tournament of clubs from Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte. ^[16]

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1954	Botafogo	Treze
1961	Riachuelo	ABC
1962	Campinense	ABC
1964	Botafogo	Auto Esporte
1980	Treze	Alecrim
1983	ABC	Botafogo

Torneio Bahia-Pernambuco

Interstate tournament of clubs from Bahia and Pernambuco. ^[17] The tournament featured the participation of eight teams (EC Bahia, Botafogo, Galícia and Vitória from Bahia and América, Náutico, Santa Cruz and Sport Recife from Pernambuco). ^{[18] [19]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1956	Santa Cruz	Bahia

Zona Norte-Nordeste da Taça Brasil

Main article: Taça Brasil

Northern Zone of Taça Brasil. Considered the great predecessor of the current Copa do Nordeste. ^{[20] [11]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1959	Bahia	Sport Recife
1960	Fortaleza	Bahia
1961	Bahia	Fortaleza
1962	Sport Recife	Campinense
1963	Bahia	Sport Recife
1964	Ceará	Náutico
1965	Náutico	Vitória
1966	Náutico	Vitória
1967	Náutico	América (CE)
1968	Fortaleza	Bahia

Torneio Maranhão-Piauí

Interstate tournament of clubs from Maranhão and Piauí. ^{[21] [22]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1965	Maranhão	Moto Club
1980	Ríver	Flamengo

Copa dos Campeões do Norte

Tournament held with the previous champions of Zona Norte-Nordeste da Taça Brasil. ^{[23] [24] [25] [11]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1966	Náutico	Ceará

Torneio Hexagonal Norte-Nordeste

Competition that brought together champions and runners-up clubs from the states of Ceará, Pará and Pernambuco. ^{[26] [27] [28]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1967	Santa Cruz	Remo

Torneio Norte-Nordeste

Main article: Torneio Norte-Nordeste

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1968	Sport Recife	Remo
1969	Ceará	Remo
1970	Fortaleza	Sport Recife

Grupo Norte do Torneio Norte-Nordeste

Part of Torneio Norte-Nordeste. Also called Torneio do Norte.

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1968	Remo	Piauí
1969	Remo	Ferroviário (MA)
1970	Fast Clube	Tuna Luso

Zona Norte-Nordeste da Segunda Divisão

According to the regulation, established by the Brazilian Sports Confederation-CBD, the champion teams of the north and northeast regions would decide the title of the North-Northeast Championship in two legs. Thus, the final phase of the North-Northeast Championship, in accordance with the regulations established by the aforementioned confederation, involved the champion teams of the North and Northeast regions. From there would come the winner of the tournament that would make the final of the Second Division with the champion of the Center-South Zone. ^{[29] [30]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1971	Remo	Itabaiana
1972	Sampaio Corrêa	Campinense

Torneio Paraíba-Ceará

Interstate tournament of clubs from Ceará and Paraíba. ^{[31] [32]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1972	Icasa	Campinense

Torneio Pará-Maranhão

Interstate tournament of clubs from Maranhão and Pará. ^{[33] [34]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1972	Moto Club	Remo
1973	Sampaio Corrêa	Remo

Taça Almir de Albuquerque

Tournament for the clubs from North and Northeast using the results of their matches in the first stage of 1973 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. ^{[35] [36]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1973	América de Natal	Rio Negro

Torneio José Américo de Almeida Filho

Championship that brought together the champion teams of six states in the 1975 edition, ^[37] and also the runners-up in the 1976 edition. ^{[38] [39] [11]}

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1975	CRB	Botafogo
1976	Vitória	América de Natal

Torneio Rio Grande do Norte-Pernambuco

Interstate tournament of clubs from Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte. All matches held in Castelão (Natal). ^[40]

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1983	América de Natal	ABC

See also

• Copa Alagipe
• Copa Integração
• Taça Asa Branca

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