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Copa do Nordeste
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Copa do Nordeste | |
| image | [[File:Copa do Nordeste.png | 185px]] |
| organiser | Brazilian Football Confederation | |
| founded | ||
| region | Brazil's Northeast | |
| number of teams | 20 | |
| qualifier for | Copa do Brasil (third stage) | |
| current champions | Bahia Bahia (5th title) | |
| most successful club | Bahia Bahia | |
| (5 titles) | ||
| broadcasters | SBT | |
| DAZN | ||
| Nosso Futebol | ||
| website | Official website | |
| current | Copa do Nordeste |
(5 titles) DAZN Nosso Futebol
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 – in reference to the UEFA Champions League and bandit folk hero Lampião.
History
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. 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. After 2026 onwards, teams qualified for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana will no longer participate in the competition due to the conflict of matches schedule.
Competition format
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
| Year | Champion | Final match | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Sport (1) | ||||
| Pernambuco | 0 – 0 | ||||
| (3–2 pen.) | CRB | ||||
| Alagoas | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | Cruzeiro de Arapiraca | ||||
| Alagoas | |||||
| 1995–1996 | Not held | ||||
| 1997 | Vitória (1) | ||||
| Bahia | 3 – 0 | ||||
| 1 – 2 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 4 – 2 | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | Ceará | ||||
| Ceará | |||||
| 1998 | América (1) | ||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1 – 2 | ||||
| 3 – 1 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 4 – 3 | Vitória | ||||
| Bahia | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | Santa Cruz | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 1999 | Vitória (2) | ||||
| Bahia | 2 – 0 | ||||
| 0 – 1 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 2 – 1 | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | CSA | ||||
| Alagoas | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2000 | Sport (2) | ||||
| Pernambuco | 2 – 2 | ||||
| 2 – 2 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 4 – 4 | Vitória | ||||
| Bahia | Poções | ||||
| Bahia | Sergipe | ||||
| Sergipe | |||||
| 2001 | Bahia (1) | ||||
| Bahia | 3 – 1 | Sport | |||
| Pernambuco | Náutico | ||||
| Pernambuco | Fortaleza | ||||
| Ceará | |||||
| 2002 | Bahia (2) | ||||
| Bahia | 3 – 1 | ||||
| 2 – 2 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 5 – 3 | Vitória | ||||
| Bahia | Náutico | ||||
| Pernambuco | Santa Cruz | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2003 | Vitória (3) | ||||
| Bahia | 1 – 1 | ||||
| 0 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 1 – 1 | Fluminense de Feira | ||||
| Bahia | ABC | ||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | América | ||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | |||||
| 2004–2009 | Not held | ||||
| 2010 | Vitória (4) | ||||
| Bahia | 2 – 1 | ABC | |||
| Rio Grande do Norte | CSA | ||||
| Alagoas | Treze | ||||
| Paraíba | |||||
| 2011–2012 | Not held | ||||
| 2013 | Campinense (1) | ||||
| Paraíba | 2 – 1 | ||||
| 2 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 4 – 1 | ASA | ||||
| Alagoas | Ceará | ||||
| Ceará | Fortaleza | ||||
| Ceará | |||||
| 2014 | Sport (3) | ||||
| Pernambuco | 2 – 0 | ||||
| 1 – 1 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 3 – 1 | Ceará | ||||
| Ceará | América | ||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | Santa Cruz | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2015 | Ceará (1) | ||||
| Ceará | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 2 – 1 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 3 – 1 | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | Vitória | ||||
| Bahia | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2016 | Santa Cruz (1) | ||||
| Pernambuco | 2 – 1 | ||||
| 1 – 1 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 3 – 2 | Campinense | ||||
| Paraíba | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2017 | Bahia (3) | ||||
| Bahia | 1 – 1 | ||||
| 1 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 2 – 1 | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | Vitória | ||||
| Bahia | Santa Cruz | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2018 | Sampaio Corrêa (1) | ||||
| Maranhão | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 0 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 1 – 0 | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | ABC | ||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | Ceará | ||||
| Ceará | |||||
| 2019 | Fortaleza (1) | ||||
| Ceará | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 1 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 2 – 0 | Botafogo | ||||
| Paraíba | Náutico | ||||
| Pernambuco | Santa Cruz | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2020 | Ceará (2) | ||||
| Ceará | 3 – 1 | ||||
| 1 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 4 – 1 | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | Fortaleza | ||||
| Ceará | Confiança | ||||
| Sergipe | |||||
| 2021 | Bahia (4) | ||||
| Bahia | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 2 – 1 | |||||
| (4–2 pen.) | Ceará | ||||
| Ceará | Fortaleza | ||||
| Ceará | Vitória | ||||
| Bahia | |||||
| 2022 | Fortaleza (2) | ||||
| Ceará | 1 – 1 | ||||
| 1 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 2 – 1 | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | Náutico | ||||
| Pernambuco | CRB | ||||
| Alagoas | |||||
| 2023 | Ceará (3) | ||||
| Ceará | 2 – 1 | ||||
| 0 – 1 | |||||
| (4–2 pen.) | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | Fortaleza | ||||
| Ceará | ABC | ||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | |||||
| 2024 | Fortaleza (3) | ||||
| Ceará | 2 – 0 | ||||
| 0 – 2 | |||||
| (5–4 pen.) | CRB | ||||
| Alagoas | Bahia | ||||
| Bahia | Sport | ||||
| Pernambuco | |||||
| 2025 | Bahia (5) | ||||
| Bahia | 4 – 1 | ||||
| 5 – 0 | |||||
| Aggregate | |||||
| 9 – 1 | Confiança | ||||
| Sergipe | Ceará | ||||
| Ceará | CSA | ||||
| Alagoas |
Performances
By club
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years winners | Years runners-up | Bahia | Vitória | Sport | Ceará | Fortaleza | Campinense | América | Sampaio Corrêa | Santa Cruz | CRB | ABC | ASA | Botafogo-PB | Confiança | Fluminense de Feira |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 2001, 2002, 2017, 2021, 2025 | 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010 | 1998, 2000, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 1994, 2000, 2014 | 2001, 2017, 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 2015, 2020, 2023 | 2014, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2019, 2022, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 1994, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2003 |
By state
| State | Winners | Runners-up | Bahia | Ceará | Pernambuco | Paraíba | Rio Grande do Norte | Maranhão | Alagoas | Sergipe | Piauí |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 |
Top scorers
| 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 | COL Hugo Rodallega (Bahia) | 8 |
| 2023 | ARG Juan Martín Lucero (Fortaleza) | |
| Luciano Juba (Sport) | 6 | |
| 2024 | Moisés (Fortaleza) | 7 |
| 2025 | Tiago (Bahia) | 6 |
Winning managers
| 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 | ARG Juan Pablo Vojvoda | Fortaleza |
| 2023 | Eduardo Barroca | Ceará |
| 2024 | ARG Juan Pablo Vojvoda | Fortaleza |
| 2025 | Rogério Ceni | Bahia |
References
References
- Padin, Guilherme. (May 27, 2017). "O sucesso da 'Lampions League'".
- "Lampions League vira reportagem na terra da Champions League {{!}} Blog de Esportes".
- (2024-02-13). "Termos de Uso".
- LigadoNordeste.com.br. (April 8, 2010). "Regulamento da competição.".
- (1 October 2025). "Clubes que jogarem Libertadores ou Sul-Americana não disputarão torneios regionais; entenda".
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