Copa do Nordeste
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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.
History
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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
Performances
By club
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years winners | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 4 | 5 | 2001, 2002, 2017, 2021 | 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2020 |
| Vitória | 4 | 3 | 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010 | 1998, 2000, 2002 |
| Sport | 3 | 4 | 1994, 2000, 2014 | 2001, 2017, 2022, 2023 |
| Ceará | 3 | 2 | 2015, 2020, 2023 | 2014, 2021 |
| Fortaleza | 3 | 0 | 2019, 2022, 2024 | Template:Sort dash |
| Campinense | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2016 |
| América | 1 | 0 | 1998 | Template:Sort dash |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | 0 | 2018 | Template:Sort dash |
| Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 2016 | Template:Sort dash |
| CRB | 0 | 2 | Template:Sort dash | 1994, 2024 |
| ABC | 0 | 1 | Template:Sort dash | 2010 |
| ASA | 0 | 1 | Template:Sort dash | 2013 |
| Botafogo-PB | 0 | 1 | Template:Sort dash | 2019 |
| Fluminense de Feira | 0 | 1 | Template:Sort dash | 2003 |
By state
| State | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Country data Bahia | 8 | 9 |
| Template:Country data Ceará | 6 | 2 |
| Template:Country data Pernambuco | 4 | 4 |
| Template:Country data Paraíba | 1 | 2 |
| Template:Country data Rio Grande do Norte | 1 | 1 |
| Template:Country data Maranhão | 1 | 0 |
| Template:Country data Alagoas | 0 | 3 |
| Template:Country data Piauí | 0 | 0 |
| Template:Country data Sergipe | 0 | 0 |
Top scorers
| Year | Player (team) | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Fábio (Sport)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5 |
| 1997 | Nildo (Ceará)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 6 |
| 1998 | Paulinho Kobayashi (América de Natal)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 9 |
| 1999 | Ueslei (Bahia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 10 |
| 2000 | Leonardo (ABC)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pedro Costa (Sergipe)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2001 | Kuki (Náutico)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 12 |
| 2002 | Sérgio Alves (Bahia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 13 |
| 2003 | Nádson (Vitória)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5 |
| 2010 | Cristiano Alagoano (Confiança)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 10 |
| 2013 | Marcelo Nicácio (Vitória)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Rodrigo Silva (ABC)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2014 | Magno Alves (Ceará)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 8 |
| 2015 | Max (América de Natal)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 6 |
| 2016 | Rodrigão (Campinense)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 9 |
| 2017 | Régis (Bahia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 6 |
| 2018 | Arthur Cabral (Ceará)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Yago Felipe (Vitória)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2019 | Gilberto (Bahia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Júnior Santos (Fortaleza)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2020 | Vina (Ceará)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5 |
| 2021 | Gilberto (Bahia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 8 |
| 2022 | Template:Flagicon Hugo Rodallega (Bahia)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 8 |
| 2023 | Template:Flagicon Juan Martín Lucero (Fortaleza)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Luciano Juba (Sport)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2024 | Moisés (Fortaleza)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 7 |
Winning managers
| Year | Manager | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2011 | Ricardo 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 | Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Vojvoda | Fortaleza |
| 2023 | Eduardo Barroca | Ceará |
| 2024 | Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Vojvoda | Fortaleza |