2023 Copa do Nordeste

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2023 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates21 January – 3 May
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsCeará (3rd title)
Runner-upSport
2024 Copa do BrasilCeará
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored198 (2.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Three players
(5 goals each)
All statistics correct as of 3 May 2023.
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The 2023 Copa do Nordeste was the 20th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition features 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2023). The Copa do Nordeste began on 21 January and ended on 3 May 2023.

Fortaleza are the defending champions.

Format[edit]

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2022 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste.[1]

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups. Each team will play once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams will qualify for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on a single-leg basis and finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[2]

Qualification[edit]

Main article: 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2023) was the qualifying tournament of the 2023 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 5 to 8 January 2023. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.[3]

The winners were CSA (Alagoas), Ferroviário (Ceará), Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) and Vitória (Bahia).[4]

Teams[edit]

The qualified teams are[5]

Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas Alagoas
1 + 1 berths 		CRB 2022 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CSA 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Bahia Bahia
2 + 1 berths 		Atlético de Alagoinhas 2022 Campeonato Baiano champions
Bahia best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Vitória 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Ceará Ceará
2 + 1 berths 		Fortaleza 2022 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ferroviário 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Maranhão Maranhão
1 berth 		Sampaio Corrêa 2022 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba Paraíba
1 berth 		Campinense 2022 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Pernambuco Pernambuco
2 + 1 berths 		Náutico 2022 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Sport best placed team in the 2022 CBF ranking not already qualified
Santa Cruz 2023 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Piauí Piauí
1 berth 		Fluminense-PI 2022 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
1 berth 		ABC 2022 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Sergipe Sergipe
1 berth 		Sergipe 2022 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule[edit]

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[6]

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 22 January
Round 2: 5 February
Round 3: 15 February
Round 4: 18 February
Round 5: 22 February and 1 March
Round 6: 5 March
Round 7: 8 and 15 March
Round 8: 22 March
Quarter-finals 26 March
Semi-finals 29 March
Finals 19 April 3 May

Draw[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 November 2022, 15:30, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[7] The teams (excluding the four teams from the qualification tournament) were seeded into three pots based on the 2022 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). They were drawn into two groups of eight containing two teams from each of the three pots with the restriction that teams from the same federation could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

The four teams from the qualification tournament will be drawn according to the position of their federation in the CBF state ranking with the restriction that teams from the same federation can not be drawn into the same group. If there are three or more qualified teams from the same federation, the two best teams in the CBF ranking will be allocated in different groups.

Group stage[edit]

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team will play on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams will be 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 will 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 13).[2]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pernambuco Sport 8 6 1 1 19 5 +14 19 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Ceará Fortaleza 8 6 0 2 15 5 +10 18
3 Ceará Ferroviário 8 3 4 1 15 11 +4 13
4 Alagoas CRB 8 3 4 1 7 7 0 13
5 Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 8 2 3 3 7 11 −4 9
6 Bahia Atlético de Alagoinhas 8 2 0 6 6 16 −10 6
7 Bahia Vitória 8 1 3 4 10 13 −3 6
8 Piauí Fluminense-PI 8 0 3 5 7 18 −11 3
Source: CBF

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará Ceará 8 5 1 2 16 11 +5 16 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 8 4 2 2 13 6 +7 14
3 Pernambuco Náutico 8 4 1 3 12 11 +1 13
4 Sergipe Sergipe 8 3 2 3 12 8 +4 11
5 Pernambuco Santa Cruz 8 2 3 3 10 13 −3 9
6 Bahia Bahia 8 2 3 3 9 15 −6 9
7 Paraíba Campinense 8 2 2 4 8 12 −4 8
8 Alagoas CSA 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 7
Source: CBF

Results[edit]

Source:CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages[edit]

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[2]

  • 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 winners (Regulations Article 17).
  • 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 winners (Regulations Article 17).
  • Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be 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. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards in the tournament; 5. Fewest yellow cards in the tournament; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 18).[2]

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
           
Ceará Fortaleza 4
Ceará Ferroviário 0
Ceará Fortaleza 2
Ceará Ceará 3
Ceará Ceará 3
Sergipe Sergipe 1
Ceará Ceará (p) 2 0 2 (4)
Pernambuco Sport 1 1 2 (2)
Pernambuco Sport 4
Alagoas CRB 0
Pernambuco Sport 1
Rio Grande do Norte ABC 0
Rio Grande do Norte ABC 3
Pernambuco Náutico 1

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sport Pernambuco 4–0 Alagoas CRB
ABC Rio Grande do Norte 3–1 Pernambuco Náutico
Ceará Ceará 3–1 Sergipe Sergipe
Fortaleza Ceará 4–0 Ceará Ferroviário

Group C[edit]

Sport Pernambuco4–0Alagoas CRB
Jorginho 32'
Luciano Juba 58'
Igor Cariús 77'
Edinho 87'		 Report
Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez (Bahia)

Group D[edit]

ABC Rio Grande do Norte3–1Pernambuco Náutico
Felipe Garcia 13', 77'
Souza 45+3' (o.g.)		 Report Tagarela 87'
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda (Ceará)

Group E[edit]

Ceará Ceará3–1Sergipe Sergipe
Erick 16'
Álvaro 45+2'
Luvannor 90'		 Report Pedro Henrique 38'
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

Group F[edit]

Fortaleza Ceará4–0Ceará Ferroviário
Lucero 4', 6'
Hércules 43'
Thiago Galhardo 71'		 Report
Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima (Pernambuco)

Semi-finals[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Pernambuco Sport 9 7 1 1 23 5 +18 22 Host
4 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 9 5 2 2 16 7 +9 17
2 Ceará Fortaleza 9 7 0 2 19 5 +14 21 Host
3 Ceará Ceará 9 6 1 2 19 12 +7 19
Source: CBF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sport Pernambuco 1–0 Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Fortaleza Ceará 2–3 Ceará Ceará

Group G[edit]

Sport Pernambuco1–0Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Vágner Love 1' Report
Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)
a.^ Match suspended in the 61st minute due to rain. The remaining 29 minutes were played on 30 March 2023 at 19:00.

Group H[edit]

Fortaleza Ceará2–3Ceará Ceará
Calebe 30'
Lucero 63'		 Report Erick 12' (pen.)
Caíque 33'
Titi 46' (o.g.)

Finals[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Pernambuco Sport 10 8 1 1 24 5 +19 25 2nd leg
2 Ceará Ceará 10 7 1 2 22 14 +8 22 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ceará Ceará 2–2 (4–2 p) Pernambuco Sport 2–1 0–1

Group I[edit]

Ceará Ceará2–1Pernambuco Sport
Guilherme Castilho 1'
Vitor Gabriel 45'		 Report David Ricardo 90+7' (o.g.)
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)
2023 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Ceará
Ceará
3rd title

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Copa do Nordeste apresenta formato da edição 2023" (in Portuguese). CBF. 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste – 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  3. ^ "Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2023: conheça os 16 participantes e veja os prováveis duelos" (in Portuguese). Globo. 27 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Vitória, CSA, Ferroviário e Santa Cruz se classificam para a Copa do Nordeste 2023" (in Portuguese). CBF. 8 January 2023.
  5. ^ "O novo Pré-Nordestão tem "mata" e "mata" valendo 4 vagas em janeiro de 2023" (in Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Com direito a polêmica, CBF define critérios para a Copa do Nordeste 2023; tabela sai nesta quarta-feira" (in Portuguese). Globo. 26 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Sorteio define grupos da Copa do Nordeste 2023" (in Portuguese). CBF. 21 November 2022.
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