Copa do Nordeste

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Copa do Nordeste
Copa do Nordeste.png
Organising body Brazilian Football Confederation
Founded1994;30 years ago (1994)
Region Brazil's Northeast
Number of teams20
Qualifier for Copa do Brasil (third stage)
Current champions Bandeira do Ceara.svg Ceará (3rd title)
Most successful club(s) Bandeira da Bahia.svg Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg Vitória
(4 titles each)
Television broadcasters SBT
Nordeste FC
ESPN
Website Official website
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
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
Details
Bahia
Bandeira da Bahia.svg  BA
Sport
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg  PE

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 202019, 2022
Campinense 1120132016
América 101998
Sampaio Corrêa 102018
Santa Cruz 102016
ABC 012010
ASA 012013
Botafogo-PB 012019
CRB 011994
Fluminense de Feira 012003

By state

Performance by state
StateWinnersRunners-up
Bandeira da Bahia.svg  Bahia 89
Bandeira do Ceara.svg  Ceará 52
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 02
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

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

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