2004 Copa do Brasil explained

Copa do Brasil
Year:2004
Other Titles:Copa do Brasil 2004
Country: Brazil
Dates:February 4 - June 30
Num Teams:64
Champions:Santo André (SP)
Runner-Up:Flamengo (RJ)
Matches:114
Goals:325
Top Goal Scorer:Dauri (8)
Prevseason:2003
Nextseason:2005

The Copa do Brasil 2004 was the 16th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

The competition started on February 4, 2004 and concluded on June 30, 2004 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Santo André lifted the trophy for the first time with a 2-0 victory over Flamengo.

Dauri, of 15 de Novembro, with 8 goals, was the competition's top goal scorer.

Format

The competition was played by 64 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

Competition stages

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