2024 Copa do Nordeste explained

Copa do Nordeste
Year:2024
Country:Brazil
Dates:3 February – 9 June
Num Teams:16
Runner-Up:CRB
Continentalcup1:2025 Copa do Brasil
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Fortaleza
Matches:72
Goals:169
Top Goal Scorer:Moisés (7 goals)
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

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

See main article: 2024 Copa do Nordeste 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]

AssociationTeamQualification method
Alagoas
CRB2023 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Bahia
Bahia2023 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitóriabest placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Juazeirense2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Ceará
Fortaleza2023 Campeonato Cearense champions
Cearábest placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão
Maranhão2023 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba
Treze2023 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Botafogo-PB2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Pernambuco
Sport2023 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Náuticobest placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí
River2023 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Altos2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Rio Grande do Norte
América de Natal2023 Campeonato Potiguar champions
ABC2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Sergipe
Itabaiana2023 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

StageFirst legSecond leg
Group StageRound 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-finals10 April
Semi-finals24 April
Finals5 June9 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.

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Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
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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]

Results

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<--ABC-->1–0<--ALT-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver1–2<--JUA-->bgcolor=silver1–0<--TRE-->2–2
Botafogo-PB<--ABC-->bgcolor=silver1–2<--BAH-->4–0<--FOR-->1–1<--ITA-->bgcolor=silver1–0<--NAU-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver
Ceará<--ABC-->2–2<--ALT-->1–1<--BAH-->1–2<--FOR-->bgcolor=silver2–1<--JUA-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver
CRB<--ABC-->bgcolor=silver2–0<--BAH-->0–1<--FOR-->1–0<--ITA-->bgcolor=silver3–1<--NAU-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver
Maranhão<--ABC-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver3–2<--ITA-->bgcolor=silver2–1<--NAU-->1–3<--TRE-->1–0
River<--ABC-->0–1<--ALT-->0–0<--BAH-->1–0<--FOR-->bgcolor=silver1–0<--JUA-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver
Sport<--ABC-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver1–1<--ITA-->bgcolor=silver3–0<--NAU-->2–2<--TRE-->3–1
Vitória<--ABC-->3–1<--ALT-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver3–1<--JUA-->bgcolor=silver1–1<--TRE-->3–0
--Colors: Blue:#CCF9FF, Red:#FFCCCC and Yellow:#FFFFCC-->0–2-->width=130Home \ AwayAMEBOTCEACRBMARRIVSPOVIT
ABC<--AME-->bgcolor=silver0–0<--CEA-->bgcolor=silver2–2<--MAR-->2–2<--RIV-->bgcolor=silver0–2<--VIT-->bgcolor=silver
Altos<--AME-->1–1<--BOT-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver1–1<--RIV-->bgcolor=silver1–2<--VIT-->0–0
Bahia<--AME-->3–0<--BOT-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver1–0<--RIV-->bgcolor=silver2–1<--VIT-->2–1
Fortaleza<--AME-->2–1<--BOT-->bgcolor=silver0–1<--CRB-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver3–1<--SPO-->bgcolor=silver0–1
Itabaiana<--AME-->bgcolor=silver0–1<--CEA-->bgcolor=silver0–2<--MAR-->3–4<--RIV-->bgcolor=silver1–2<--VIT-->bgcolor=silver
Juazeirense<--AME-->1–2<--BOT-->bgcolor=silver0–1<--CRB-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver4–1<--SPO-->bgcolor=silver2–0
Náutico<--AME-->bgcolor=silver0–1<--CEA-->0–0<--CRB-->1–1<--MAR-->bgcolor=silver0–1<--SPO-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver
Treze<--AME-->bgcolor=silver0–0<--CEA-->0–1<--CRB-->1–1<--MAR-->bgcolor=silver1–0<--SPO-->bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[3]

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]

Quarter-finals

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Group F

Semi-finals

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Group H

Finals

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Group I

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Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Moisés Fortaleza7
align=center rowspan=22 Anselmo Ramon CRBalign=center rowspan=25
Gustavo Coutinho Sport
align=center rowspan=34 Erick Pulga Cearáalign=center rowspan=34
Thaciano Bahia
Vinícius Barata Maranhão

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Betnacional tem acordo de naming rights com a Copa do Nordeste . 11 January 2024 . YOGONET . Portuguese.
  2. Web site: COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2024 . CBF . 25 January 2024 . Portuguese.
  3. Web site: Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste – 2024 . CBF . Portuguese.
  4. Web site: Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste: CBF divulga regulamento e tabela básica . CBF . 8 November 2023 . Portuguese.
  5. Web site: Copa do Nordeste define os quatro últimos clubes classificados . CBF . 14 January 2024 . Portuguese.
  6. Web site: Copa do Nordeste 2024 tem todos os participantes da edição definidos; veja . Globo . 14 January 2024 . Portuguese.
  7. Web site: Copa do Nordeste 2024: Confira os grupos sorteados . CBF . 18 January 2024 . Portuguese.