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2024 Copa do Nordeste

2024 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates3 February – 9 June
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsFortaleza (3rd title)
Runner-upCRB
2025 Copa do BrasilFortaleza
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored169 (2.35 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Moisés (7 goals)
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The 2024 Copa do Nordeste (officially the Copa do Nordeste Betnacional 2024 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 21st 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 Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024). The Copa do Nordeste began on 3 February and ended on 9 June 2024.[2] Ceará were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2023 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste.

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]

Qualification

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024) was the qualifying tournament of the 2024 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 6 to 14 January 2024. 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.[4]

The winners were ABC (Rio Grande do Norte), Altos (Piauí), Botafogo-PB (Paraíba) and Juazeirense (Bahia).[5]

Teams

The qualified teams are[6]

Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas Alagoas
1 berth
CRB 2023 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Bahia Bahia
2 + 1 berths
Bahia 2023 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitória best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Juazeirense 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Ceará Ceará
2 berths
Fortaleza 2023 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão Maranhão
1 berth
Maranhão 2023 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba Paraíba
1 + 1 berths
Treze 2023 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Botafogo-PB 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Pernambuco Pernambuco
2 berths
Sport 2023 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Náutico best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí Piauí
1 + 1 berths
River 2023 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Altos 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
1 + 1 berths
América de Natal 2023 Campeonato Potiguar champions
ABC 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Sergipe Sergipe
1 berth
Itabaiana 2023 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 4 February
Round 2: 10 February
Round 3: 14 February
Round 4: 21 and 28 February
Round 5: 6 and 13 March
Round 6: 20 March
Round 7: 24 March
Round 8: 27 March
Quarter-finals 10 April
Semi-finals 24 April
Finals 5 June 9 June

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 January 2024, 19:30, at the Teatro Silvio Mendes in Teresina.[7] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). They 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 Juazeirense) could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

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 13).[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pernambuco Sport 8 5 2 1 16 8 +8 17 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Alagoas CRB 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 15
3 Paraíba Botafogo-PB 8 4 3 1 9 3 +6 15
4 Ceará Ceará 8 4 3 1 9 6 +3 15
5 Bahia Vitória 8 4 2 2 12 7 +5 14
6 Maranhão Maranhão 8 4 2 2 14 13 +1 14
7 Rio Grande do Norte América de Natal 8 3 2 3 9 11 −2 11
8 Piauí River 8 3 1 4 5 9 −4 10
Source: CBF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bahia Bahia 8 6 0 2 11 8 +3 18 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Ceará Fortaleza 8 2 2 4 9 10 −1 8
3 Piauí Altos 8 1 5 2 6 8 −2 8
4 Pernambuco Náutico 8 1 4 3 7 8 −1 7
5 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 8 1 4 3 8 12 −4 7
6 Bahia Juazeirense 8 2 0 6 9 13 −4 6
7 Paraíba Treze 8 1 3 4 5 11 −6 6
8 Sergipe Itabaiana 8 1 0 7 8 16 −8 3
Source: CBF

Results

Source:CBF
Legend: 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 winners (Regulations Article 19).
  • 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 19).
  • 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 20).[3]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
           
Pernambuco Sport 2
Ceará Ceará 1
Pernambuco Sport 1
Ceará Fortaleza 4
Ceará Fortaleza 5
Piauí Altos 0
Ceará Fortaleza (p) 2 0 2 (5)
Alagoas CRB 0 2 2 (4)
Bahia Bahia 3
Pernambuco Náutico 0
Bahia Bahia 0 (7)
Alagoas CRB (p) 0 (8)
Alagoas CRB (p) 0 (4)
Paraíba Botafogo-PB 0 (3)

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sport Pernambuco 2–1 Ceará Ceará
Fortaleza Ceará 5–0 Piauí Altos
Bahia Bahia 3–0 Pernambuco Náutico
CRB Alagoas 0–0 (4–3 p) Paraíba Botafogo-PB

Group C

Sport Pernambuco2–1Ceará Ceará
Felipinho 42'
Rafael Thyere 90+1'
Report Recalde 63'
Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho (Paraíba)

Group D

Fortaleza Ceará5–0Piauí Altos
Marinho 28' (pen.)
Andrade 36', 45+1'
Moisés 42'
Yago Pikachu 68'
Report
Referee: Márcio dos Santos Oliveira (Alagoas)

Group E

Bahia Bahia3–0Pernambuco Náutico
Thaciano 65'
Estupiñán 79'
Jean Lucas 85'
Report
Referee: Paulo José Souza Mourão (Maranhão)

Group F

Semi-finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
2 Pernambuco Sport 9 6 2 1 18 9 +9 20 Host
4 Ceará Fortaleza 9 3 2 4 14 10 +4 11
1 Bahia Bahia 9 7 0 2 14 8 +6 21 Host
3 Alagoas CRB 9 4 4 1 12 6 +6 16
Source: CBF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sport Pernambuco 1–4 Ceará Fortaleza
Bahia Bahia 0–0 (7–8 p) Alagoas CRB

Group G

Sport Pernambuco1–4Ceará Fortaleza
Gustavo Coutinho 82' Report Moisés 8', 18', 42'
Hércules 21'

Group H

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Alagoas CRB 10 4 5 1 12 6 +6 17 2nd leg
2 Ceará Fortaleza 10 4 2 4 18 11 +7 14 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza Ceará 2–2 (5–4 p) Alagoas CRB 2–0 0–2

Group I

Fortaleza Ceará2–0Alagoas CRB
Moisés 40'
Lucero 45+3'
Report
Referee: Paulo Belence Alves dos Prazeres Filho (Pernambuco)

2024 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Ceará
Fortaleza
3rd title

Top goalscorers

As of 5 June 2024
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Moisés Ceará Fortaleza 7
2 Brazil Anselmo Ramon Alagoas CRB 5
Brazil Gustavo Coutinho Pernambuco Sport
4 Brazil Erick Pulga Ceará Ceará 4
Brazil Thaciano Bahia Bahia
Brazil Vinícius Barata Maranhão Maranhão

Source:CBF

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