The 2018 Copa do Nordeste was the 15th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with two seeds each.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Dates | 15 August 2017–7 July 2018 |
| Teams | 20 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Sampaio Corrêa |
| Runner-up | Bahia |
| 2019 Copa do Brasil | Sampaio Corrêa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 70 |
| Goals scored | 163 (2.33 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Arthur Cabral Yago (5 goals each) |
| Best player | Andrey |
Sampaio Corrêa defeated the defending champions Bahia 1–0 on aggregate to win their first Copa do Nordeste title. As champions, Sampaio Corrêa qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2019 Copa do Brasil.[2]
Format changes edit
In 2018 season there was a qualifying stage. In the qualifying stage, a total of 8 teams competed in a single-elimination tournament where the four winners advanced to the group stage.[3] The group stage had only 4 groups. 12 teams gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the qualifying stage.
Teams edit
The entry stage was determined as follows:
- Group stage: 12 teams
- Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco
- Teams which qualified for berth 1 from Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe
- Qualifying stage: 8 teams
- Teams which qualified for berth 3 from Bahia and Pernambuco
- Teams which qualified for berth 2 from Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe
Schedule edit
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[5][6]
| Qualifying Stage | ||
| Match | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| Parnahyba v CSA | 15 August 2017 | 22 August 2017 |
| Fluminense de Feira v Globo | 16 August 2017 | 24 August 2017 |
| Cordino v Treze | 4 January 2018 | 11 January 2018 |
| Itabaiana v Náutico | 8 January 2018 | 13 January 2018 |
| Group Stage | ||
| Round 1: | 16–18 January 2018 | |
| Round 2: | 30 January–8 February 2018 | |
| Round 3: | 10–22 February 2018 | |
| Round 4: | 10–12 March 2018 | |
| Round 5: | 20–22 March 2018 | |
| Round 6: | 27–29 March 2018 | |
| Final Stages | ||
| Stage | First leg | Second leg |
| Quarter-finals | 26 April–16 May 2018 | 3–24 May 2018 |
| Semi-finals | 19–21 June 2018 | 26–28 June 2018 |
| Finals | 4 July 2018 | 7 July 2018 |
Draws edit
The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 3 July 2017, 11:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[7]
Teams were seeded by their 2017 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.
| Pot A | Pot B |
|---|---|
|
- 1 Pernambuco 3 was Santa Cruz at the time of the draw. After the draw, they were promoted to the group stage, being replaced by Náutico in the qualifying stage.
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 September 2017, 21:00, at the Auditório da Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Maranhão (FIEMA) in São Luís.[8]
For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups (Groups 1–4) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams were seeded by their 2017 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses) excluding the winners of the qualifying stage, which were allocated to Pot 4.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
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|
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- 2 The identity of Treze v Cordino and Náutico v Itabaiana winners were not known at the time of the draw.
Qualifying stage edit
In the qualifying stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12).[9]
Matches edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cordino 
|
1–2 |  Treze
|
1–1 | 0–1 |
Itabaiana 
|
0–0 (4–5 p) |  Náutico
|
0–0 | 0–0 |
Parnahyba 
|
0–5 |  CSA
|
0–1 | 0–4 |
Fluminense de Feira 
|
1–3 |  Globo
|
1–1 | 0–2 |
Group stage edit
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. 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. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams). If tie on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams shared the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 10).[9]
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAN | CRB | CON | TRE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz
|
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Quarter-finals | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 2 | CRB
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |||
| 3 | Confiança
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||
| 4 | Treze
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIT | ABC | GLO | FER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitória
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | Quarter-finals | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 2 | ABC
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |||
| 3 | Globo
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||
| 4 |  Ferroviário
|
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAH | BOT | NAU | ALT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahia
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Quarter-finals | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | ||
| 2 | Botafogo-PB
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | Náutico
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |||
| 4 | Altos
|
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CEA | SAM | CSA | SAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceará
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 | Quarter-finals | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 2 | Sampaio Corrêa
|
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 3 | CSA
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6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||
| 4 | Salgueiro
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Final stages edit
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[9]
- Each tie would be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 14.a and 15).
- If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams shared the same stadium). If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12).
Seeding edit
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 2 April 2018, 12:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 8 qualified teams were drawn into four ties between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg.[10]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|
Starting from the semi-finals, the teams would be seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams would be 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. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).[9]
Bracket edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Sampaio Corrêa
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Vitória
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sampaio Corrêa
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| ABC
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| ABC
| 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Santa Cruz
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sampaio Corrêa
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bahia
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CRB
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ceará (a)
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ceará
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bahia
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Botafogo-PB
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bahia
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC
|
5–1 | Santa Cruz
|
1–0 | 4–1 |
| Sampaio Corrêa
|
3–0 | Vitória
|
3–0 | 0–0 |
| CRB
|
3–3 (a) | Ceará
|
3–3 | 0–0 |
| Botafogo-PB
|
1–2 | Bahia
|
1–2 | 0–0 |
| ABC | 1–0 | Santa Cruz |
|---|---|---|
Leandrão  37' |
Report |
| Santa Cruz | 1–4 | ABC |
|---|---|---|
| Héricles 84' |
Report | Higor Leite 7' Marcos Júnior 21'Felipe Guedes 36'Matheus Carvalho 69' |
ABC won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.
Sampaio Corrêa won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.
| CRB | 3–3 | Ceará |
|---|---|---|
| Neto Baiano 4', 43', 68' |
Report | Naldo 45+1' Pio 45+2'Arthur Cabral 89' |
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Ceará won on away goals and advanced to the semi-finals.
| Botafogo-PB | 1–2 | Bahia |
|---|---|---|
| Marcos Aurélio 49' |
Report | Marco Antônio 45' Régis 74' |
| Bahia | 0–0 | Botafogo-PB |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Bahia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABC
|
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 19 | 2nd leg |
| 4 | Sampaio Corrêa
|
8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | 1st leg |
| 2 | Bahia
|
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 16 | 2nd leg |
| 3 | Ceará
|
8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 | 1st leg |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampaio Corrêa
|
2–1 | ABC
|
1–0 | 1–1 |
| Ceará
|
0–1 | Bahia
|
0–1 | 0–0 |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1–0 | ABC |
|---|---|---|
| Uilliam 59' (pen.) |
Report |
| ABC | 1–1 | Sampaio Corrêa |
|---|---|---|
| Erivélton 83' |
Report | Fernando Sobral 79' (pen.) |
Sampaio Corrêa won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Bahia won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Finals edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahia
|
10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 20 | 2nd leg |
| 2 | Sampaio Corrêa
|
10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 17 | 1st leg |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampaio Corrêa
|
1–0 | Bahia
|
1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1–0 | Bahia |
|---|---|---|
| Uilliam 1' |
Report |
| Bahia | 0–0 | Sampaio Corrêa |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| 2018 Copa do Nordeste Champions |
|---|
|
| Sampaio Corrêa 1st title |
Top goalscorers edit
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arthur Cabral
|
Ceará
|
5 |
| Yago
|
Vitória
| ||
| 3 | Edigar Junio
|
Bahia
|
4 |
| Matheus Matias
|
ABC
| ||
| Neto Baiano
|
CRB
| ||
| Uilliam
|
Sampaio Corrêa
| ||
| 7 | Edson Ratinho
|
CRB
|
3 |
| Héricles
|
Santa Cruz
| ||
| Higor Leite
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ABC
| ||
| Neilton
|
Vitória
| ||
| Robinho
|
Santa Cruz
|
Source:CBF[11]
2018 Copa do Nordeste team edit
The 2018 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Copa do Nordeste de 2018 começa em maio de 2017, com "fase preliminar"" (in Portuguese). Diário de Pernambuco. 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Sampaio Corrêa é campeão da Copa do Nordeste 2018" (in Portuguese). CBF. 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Pré-Nordestão, o que é isso? Times brigam por quatro vagas e mais dinheiro na conta" (in Portuguese). Globo. 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Após desistência do Sport, CBF confirma Santa e Náutico na Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). UOL. 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Copa do Nordeste Preliminar 2018" (in Portuguese). CBF.
- ^ "COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2018" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
- ^ "Fase Preliminar tem confrontos definidos" (in Portuguese). CBF. 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2018: quatro grupos definidos" (in Portuguese). CBF. 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2018" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
- ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2018: Quartas de Final definidas" (in Portuguese). CBF. 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Artilharia – Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). CBF.
- ^ "Definidos os grupos do Nordestão 2019: oito de um lado, oito de outro" (in Portuguese). Globo. 4 October 2018.