Copa do Nordeste (English: Cup of the North-East), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (English: Championship of the North-East) or Copa Nordeste (English: Northeastern Cup) is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern region teams. It is sometimes informally referred to as Lampions League[1][2] – in reference to the UEFA Champions League and bandit folk hero Lampião.

Copa do Nordeste
Organising bodyBrazilian Football Confederation
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
RegionBrazil's Northeast
Number of teams20
Qualifier forCopa do Brasil (third stage)
Current championsCeará Ceará (3rd title)
Most successful club(s)Bahia Bahia
Bahia Vitória
(4 titles each)
Television broadcastersSBT
Nordeste FC
ESPN
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 Copa do Nordeste

History edit

The competition was first played in 1994. From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to Copa Conmebol.

From 2000 to 2002, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões.

The competition returned in 2010, after being defunct since 2003.[3] Copa do Nordeste returned again in 2013.

From 2014 to 2016, the winner got a spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Copa do Nordeste champion now qualifies to the Copa do Brasil.

Competition format edit

Since 2018 a qualifying tournament called Pré-Copa do Nordeste has been played. In this tournament, eight teams compete in a single-elimination tournament where the four winners advance to the Copa do Nordeste.

The Copa do Nordeste has in its first stage two groups. 12 teams gain direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths are decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.

In the group stage, each group is played on a single round-robin basis against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played a single-elimination tournament. Only the finals are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the best tournament team hosting the second leg, while quarter-finals and semi-finals are played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.

List of champions edit

Year Champion Final match Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1994
Details
Sport (1)
  PE
0 – 0
(3–2 pen.)
CRB
  AL
Bahia
  BA
Cruzeiro de Arapiraca
  AL
1995–1996 Not held
1997
Details
Vitória (1)
  BA
3 – 0
1 – 2
Aggregate

4 – 2
Bahia
  BA
Sport
  PE
Ceará
  CE
1998
Details
América (1)
  RN
1 – 2
3 – 1
Aggregate

4 – 3
Vitória
  BA
Bahia
  BA
Santa Cruz
  PE
1999
Details
Vitória (2)
  BA
2 – 0
0 – 1
Aggregate

2 – 1
Bahia
  BA
CSA
  AL
Sport
  PE
2000
Details
Sport (2)
  PE
2 – 2
2 – 2
Aggregate

4 – 4
Vitória
  BA
Poções
  BA
Sergipe
  SE
2001
Details
Bahia (1)
  BA
3 – 1 Sport
  PE
Náutico
  PE
Fortaleza
  CE
2002
Details
Bahia (2)
  BA
3 – 1
2 – 2
Aggregate

5 – 3
Vitória
  BA
Náutico
  PE
Santa Cruz
  PE
2003
Details
Vitória (3)
  BA
1 – 1
0 – 0
Aggregate

1 – 1
Fluminense de Feira
  BA
ABC
  RN
América
  RN
2004–2009 Not held
2010
Details
Vitória (4)
  BA
2 – 1 ABC
  RN
CSA
  AL
Treze
  PB
2011–2012 Not held
2013
Details
Campinense (1)
  PB
2 – 1
2 – 0
Aggregate

4 – 1
ASA
  AL
Ceará
  CE
Fortaleza
  CE
2014
Details
Sport (3)
  PE
2 – 0
1 – 1
Aggregate

3 – 1
Ceará
  CE
América
  RN
Santa Cruz
  PE
2015
Details
Ceará (1)
  CE
1 – 0
2 – 1
Aggregate

3 – 1
Bahia
  BA
Vitória
  BA
Sport
  PE
2016
Details
Santa Cruz (1)
  PE
2 – 1
1 – 1
Aggregate

3 – 2
Campinense
  PB
Bahia
  BA
Sport
  PE
2017
Details
Bahia (3)
  BA
1 – 1
1 – 0
Aggregate

2 – 1
Sport
  PE
Vitória
  BA
Santa Cruz
  PE
2018
Details
Sampaio Corrêa (1)
  MA
1 – 0
0 – 0
Aggregate

1 – 0
Bahia
  BA
ABC
  RN
Ceará
  CE
2019
Details
Fortaleza (1)
  CE
1 – 0
1 – 0
Aggregate

2 – 0
Botafogo
  PB
Náutico
  PE
Santa Cruz
  PE
2020
Details
Ceará (2)
  CE
3 – 1
1 – 0
Aggregate

4 – 1
Bahia
  BA
Fortaleza
  CE
Confiança
  SE
2021
Details
Bahia (4)
  BA
0 – 1
2 – 1

(4–2 pen.)
Ceará
  CE
Fortaleza
  CE
Vitória
  BA
2022
Details
Fortaleza (2)
  CE
1 – 1
1 – 0
Aggregate

2 – 1
Sport
  PE
Náutico
  PE
CRB
  AL
2023
Details
Ceará (3)
  CE
2 – 1
0 – 1

(4–2 pen.)
Sport
  PE
Fortaleza
  CE
ABC
  RN

Performances edit

By club edit

Performance in the Northeastern Cup by club
Club Winners Runners-up Years winners Years runners-up
Bahia 4 5 2001, 2002, 2017, 2021 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2020
Vitória 4 3 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010 1998, 2000, 2002
Sport 3 4 1994, 2000, 2014 2001, 2017, 2022, 2023
Ceará 3 2 2015, 2020, 2023 2014, 2021
Fortaleza 2 0 2019, 2022
Campinense 1 1 2013 2016
América 1 0 1998
Sampaio Corrêa 1 0 2018
Santa Cruz 1 0 2016
ABC 0 1 2010
ASA 0 1 2013
Botafogo-PB 0 1 2019
CRB 0 1 1994
Fluminense de Feira 0 1 2003

By state edit

Performance by state
State Winners Runners-up
  Bahia 8 9
  Ceará 5 2
  Pernambuco 4 4
  Paraíba 1 2
  Rio Grande do Norte 1 1
  Maranhão 1 0
  Alagoas 0 2
  Piauí 0 0
  Sergipe 0 0

Top scorers edit

Year Player (team) Goals
1994 Fábio (Sport) 5
1997 Nildo (Ceará) 6
1998 Paulinho Kobayashi (América de Natal) 9
1999 Ueslei (Bahia) 10
2000 Leonardo (ABC)
Pedro Costa (Sergipe)
6
2001 Kuki (Náutico) 12
2002 Sérgio Alves (Bahia) 13
2003 Nádson (Vitória) 5
2010 Cristiano Alagoano (Confiança) 10
2013 Marcelo Nicácio (Vitória)
Rodrigo Silva (ABC)
5
2014 Magno Alves (Ceará) 8
2015 Max (América de Natal) 6
2016 Rodrigão (Campinense) 9
2017 Régis (Bahia) 6
2018 Arthur Cabral (Ceará)
Yago Felipe (Vitória)
5
2019 Gilberto (Bahia)
Júnior Santos (Fortaleza)
8
2020 Vina (Ceará) 5
2021 Gilberto (Bahia) 8
2022   Hugo Rodallega (Bahia) 8
2023   Juan Martín Lucero (Fortaleza)
Luciano Juba (Sport)
6

Winning managers edit

Year Manager Club
1994 Givanildo Oliveira Sport
1997 Arturzinho Vitória
1998 Arturzinho América de Natal
1999 Ricardo Gomes Vitória
2000 Celso Roth Sport
2001 Evaristo de Macedo Bahia
2002 Bobô Bahia
2003 Joel Santana Vitória
2011 Ricardo Silva Vitória
2013 Oliveira Canindé Campinense
2014 Eduardo Baptista Sport
2015 Silas Ceará
2016 Milton Mendes Santa Cruz
2017 Guto Ferreira Bahia
2018 Roberto Fonseca Sampaio Corrêa
2019 Rogério Ceni Fortaleza
2020 Guto Ferreira Ceará
2021 Dado Cavalcanti Bahia
2022   Juan Pablo Vojvoda Fortaleza
2023 Eduardo Barroca Ceará

References edit

  1. ^ Padin, Guilherme (May 27, 2017). "O sucesso da 'Lampions League'". EL PAÍS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lampions League vira reportagem na terra da Champions League | Blog de Esportes" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  3. ^ LigadoNordeste.com.br (April 8, 2010). "Regulamento da competição" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.

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