2019 Copa do Nordeste

The 2019 Copa do Nordeste was the 16th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Pré-Copa do Nordeste).

2019 Copa do Nordeste
Country Brazil
Dates15 January – 29 May
Teams16
ChampionsFortaleza
Runners-upBotafogo-PB
2020 Copa do BrasilFortaleza
Matches played72
Goals scored156 (2.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Gilberto
Júnior Santos
(8 goals each)
Best playerEdinho
← 2018
2020 →

In the finals, Fortaleza defeated Botafogo-PB 2–0 on aggregate to win their first Copa do Nordeste title. As champions, Fortaleza qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2020 Copa do Brasil.[1]

Sampaio Corrêa were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Format changes

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2018 CBF ranking from Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.[2]

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups. Each team played once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams qualified for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[3]

Teams

2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste

The 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste was the qualifying tournament of 2019 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 18 April to 1 May 2018.[4] Best placed team in the 2018 CBF ranking not already qualified from Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

Draw

The draw was held on 9 April 2018, 15:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[5] Teams were seeded by their 2018 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.

2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste draw
Pot A Pot B
1 The identity of Piauí team was not known at the time of the draw.

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Pré-Copa do Nordeste Article 9).[6]

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ríver 2–5 Sampaio Corrêa 2–2 0–3
Confiança 5–3 América de Natal 3–3 2–0
Juazeirense 2–3 Salgueiro 1–1 1–2
Campinense 2–3 CRB 1–0 1–3

Sampaio Corrêa, Confiança, Salgueiro and CRB qualified for 2019 Copa do Nordeste.

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas
1 + 1 berths		 CSA 2018 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CRB 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Bahia
2 berths		 Bahia 2018 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitória best placed team in the 2018 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ceará
2 berths		 Ceará 2018 Campeonato Cearense champions
Fortaleza best placed team in the 2018 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão
1 + 1 berths		 Moto Club 2018 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Sampaio Corrêa 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Paraíba
1 berth		 Botafogo-PB 2018 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Pernambuco[a]
2 + 1 berths		 Náutico 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Santa Cruz best second-placed team in the 2018 CBF ranking not already qualified
Salgueiro 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Piauí
1 berth		 Altos 2018 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Rio Grande do Norte
1 berth		 ABC 2018 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Sergipe
1 + 1 berths		 Sergipe 2018 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Confiança 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
a Sport, Pernambuco best placed team in the 2018 CBF ranking, declined to participate in the Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz. Salgueiro (best fourth-placed team) entered the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.[7]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[8]

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 15–17 January
Round 2: 19, 22 and 26–28 January
Round 3: 2–3 and 9 February
Round 4: 9, 16–17 and 24 February
Round 5: 2 and 7 March
Round 6: 10, 13–14 and 16–17 March
Round 7: 23–24 March
Round 8: 30 March
Quarter-finals 6–8 April
Semi-finals 9 May
Finals 23 May 29 May

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 4 October 2018, 20:00, at Teatro Gustavo Leite in Maceió.[9] The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight containing two teams from each of the four pots with the restriction that teams from the same federation (except Salgueiro) could not be drawn against each other. Teams were seeded by their 2018 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

A second draw to determine the home-and-away teams for matches between same-state clubs was held on 15 October 2018 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[10]

Group stage

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team played on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams were 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 would 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 10).[3]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza 8 3 4 1 12 6 +6 13 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Santa Cruz 8 3 3 2 9 8 +1 12
3 CRB 8 1 6 1 6 5 +1 9
4 Vitória 8 0 7 1 8 10 −2 7
5 Salgueiro 8 1 3 4 5 13 −8 6
6 Sampaio Corrêa 8 1 1 6 4 15 −11 4
7 Sergipe 8 1 0 7 4 13 −9 3
8 Altos 8 0 2 6 4 16 −12 2
Source: CBF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará 8 5 3 0 15 5 +10 18 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Botafogo-PB 8 5 3 0 10 3 +7 18
3 CSA 8 4 4 0 10 3 +7 16
4 Náutico 8 4 3 1 13 9 +4 15
5 Bahia 8 3 3 2 15 7 +8 12
6 ABC 8 3 3 2 8 5 +3 12
7 Moto Club 8 2 5 1 9 7 +2 11
8 Confiança 8 2 2 4 6 13 −7 8
Source: CBF

Results

Source: CBF
Colours: 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:[3]

  • Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
    • If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 11).
  • Finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
    • If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12).
  • Extra time would be not played and away goals rule would be not used in final stages.

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. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 17).[3]

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                               
  Fortaleza 4  
Vitória 0  
  Fortaleza 1  
  Santa Cruz 0  
Santa Cruz (p) 1 (8)
  CRB 1 (7)  
    Fortaleza 1 1 2
  Botafogo-PB 0 0 0
  Botafogo-PB 3  
CSA 1  
  Botafogo-PB 2
  Náutico 1  
Ceará 0
  Náutico 2  

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortaleza 4–0 Vitória
Santa Cruz 1–1 (8–7 p) CRB
Ceará 0–2 Náutico
Botafogo-PB 3–1 CSA

Matches
Fortaleza 4–0 Vitória
Júnior Santos  27', 35'
Edinho  83'
Dodô  90'		 Report
Attendance: 29,565
Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (Paraíba)
Santa Cruz 1–1 CRB
William Alves  90+2' Report William Barbio  86'
Penalties
Pipico
Charles
Carlos Renato
Dudu
William Alves
Augusto Potiguar
Ítalo Henrique
Allan Dias 		8–7 Zé Carlos
Ferrugem
Daniel Borges
William Barbio
Felipe Menezes
Guilherme Mattis
Igor
Mailson
Attendance: 8,018
Referee: Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva (Sergipe)
Ceará 0–2 Náutico
Report Valdo  76' (o.g.)
Thiago  90'
Attendance: 35,140
Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)
Botafogo-PB 3–1 CSA
Clayton  49'
Nando  52'
Dico  86'		 Report Robinho  64'
Attendance: 7,544
Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez (Bahia)

Semi-finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
3 Fortaleza 9 4 4 1 16 6 +10 16 Host
4 Santa Cruz 9 3 4 2 10 9 +1 13
1 Botafogo-PB 9 6 3 0 13 4 +9 21 Host
2 Náutico 9 5 3 1 15 9 +6 18
Source: CBF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortaleza 1–0 Santa Cruz
Botafogo-PB 2–1 Náutico

Matches
Fortaleza 1–0 Santa Cruz
Romarinho  77' Report
Attendance: 30,495
Referee: Marielson Alves Silva (Bahia)
Botafogo-PB 2–1 Náutico
Nando  55'
Juninho  89'		 Report Fábio Alves  60' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,462
Referee: Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro (Rio Grande do Norte)

Finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Botafogo-PB 10 7 3 0 15 5 +10 24 2nd leg
2 Fortaleza 10 5 4 1 17 6 +11 19 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza 2–0 Botafogo-PB 1–0 1–0

Matches
Fortaleza 1–0 Botafogo-PB
Wellington Paulista  78' Report
Attendance: 38,070
Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez (Bahia)
Botafogo-PB 0–1 Fortaleza
Report Wellington Paulista  3'
Attendance: 17,518
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)
2019 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Fortaleza
1st title

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Gilberto Bahia 8
Júnior Santos Fortaleza
3 Marcos Aurélio Botafogo-PB 5
4 Patrick Fabiano CSA 4
Pipico Santa Cruz
Wallace Pernambucano Náutico
7 Edinho Fortaleza 3
Felipe Baxola Ceará
Márcio Diogo Moto Club
Maxuell Samurai Sampaio Corrêa
Nando Botafogo-PB
Ricardo Bueno Ceará

Source:CBF[11]

2019 Copa do Nordeste team

The 2019 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[12]

Awards

Before the 2020 Copa do Nordeste draw, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the 2019 competition.

References
  1. "Campeão! Fortaleza vence o Botafogo-PB e fica com o título da Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). CBF. 29 May 2019.
  2. "Com ranking nacional de clubes de critério, Nordestão 2019 inicia em abril de 2018" (in Portuguese). Globo. 16 February 2018.
  3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. "PRÉ-COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  5. "Sorteio define duelos da Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2019" (in Portuguese). CBF. 9 April 2018.
  6. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  7. "Sport anuncia mais uma desistência no Nordestão e segue reprimindo a história" (in Portuguese). Diario de Pernambuco. 23 March 2018.
  8. "COPA DO NORDESTE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2018" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  9. "Após mudança, Copa do Nordeste tem clássicos na primeira fase" (in Portuguese). CBF. 5 October 2018.
  10. "Copa do Nordeste: sorteio define mandos dos clássicos estaduais" (in Portuguese). CBF. 15 October 2018.
  11. "Artilharia - Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). CBF.
  12. "A seleção da Copa do Nordeste de 2019, com 8 jogadores do Fortaleza, 2 do Botafogo e 1 do Bahia" (in Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. 4 June 2019.
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