2020 Copa do Nordeste

The 2020 Copa do Nordeste is the 17th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition features 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Pré-Copa do Nordeste).

2020 Copa do Nordeste
Country Brazil
Dates21 January – 6 May
Teams16
Matches played56
Goals scored135 (2.41 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Gilberto
Rafael Longuine
Tiago Orobó
(4 goals each)
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

The 2020 Copa do Nordeste champions will have a berth in the Round of 16 of the 2021 Copa do Brasil.

Fortaleza are the defending champions.

On 17 March 2020, CBF suspended the Copa do Nordeste indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.[1]

Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2019 CBF ranking from Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.[2]

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups. Each team will play once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams will qualify for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on a single-leg basis and finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[3]

Teams

2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste

The 2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste was the qualifying tournament of 2020 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 1 to 15 May 2019.[4] Best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified from Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

Draw

The draw was held on 24 April 2019, 16:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[5] Teams were seeded by their 2019 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.

2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste draw
Pot A Pot B
1 The identity of Rio Grande do Norte team was not known at the time of the draw.

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Pré-Copa do Nordeste Article 8).[6]

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Campinense 2–3 Náutico 2–1 0–2
Confiança 2–0 Sampaio Corrêa 0–0 2–0
Juazeirense 1–2 CRB 0–0 1–2
Altos 1–2 ABC 1–0 0–2

Náutico, Confiança, CRB and ABC qualified for 2020 Copa do Nordeste.

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas
1 + 1 berths		 CSA 2019 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CRB 2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Bahia
2 berths		 Bahia 2019 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitória best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ceará
2 berths		 Fortaleza 2019 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão
1 berth		 Imperatriz 2019 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba
1 berth		 Botafogo-PB 2019 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Pernambuco
2 + 1 berths		 Sport 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Santa Cruz best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Náutico 2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Piauí
1 berth		 Ríver 2019 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Rio Grande do Norte
1 + 1 berths		 América de Natal 2019 Campeonato Potiguar champions
ABC 2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Sergipe
1 + 1 berths		 Freipaulistano 2019 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Confiança 2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[7]

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 21, 23 and 25–26 January
Round 2: 28–29 January and 1–2 February
Round 3: 6 and 8–9 February
Round 4: 13 and 15–17 February
Round 5: 19, 22 and 26–27 February
Round 6: 3–4 and 7–8 March
Round 7: 12 and 14–15 March
Round 8: 21 March
Quarter-finals 5 April
Semi-finals 12 April
Finals 22 April 6 May

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 September 2019, 19:30, at Mansion Eventos in Aracaju.[8] The 16 teams 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 Náutico) could not be drawn against each other. Teams were seeded by their 2019 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

A second draw to determine the home-and-away teams for matches between same-state clubs was held on 25 October 2019 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[9]

Group stage

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team will play on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tie on points, the following criteria will 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 12).[3]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza (A) 7 4 2 1 10 4 +6 14 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Bahia (A) 7 4 2 1 9 4 +5 14
3 Botafogo-PB 7 3 3 1 8 8 0 12
4 ABC 7 2 3 2 8 8 0 9
5 Sport 7 2 3 2 7 8 −1 9
6 CRB 7 2 2 3 8 9 −1 8
7 Freipaulistano (E) 7 1 2 4 6 15 −9 5
8 Ríver (E) 7 1 1 5 7 16 −9 4
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: CBF
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Confiança 7 4 1 2 10 5 +5 13 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Vitória 7 3 4 0 10 4 +6 13
3 Náutico 7 3 2 2 10 9 +1 11
4 Ceará 7 2 5 0 13 8 +5 11
5 Santa Cruz 7 3 1 3 7 6 +1 10
6 Imperatriz (E) 7 2 1 4 10 13 −3 7
7 América de Natal (E) 7 1 3 3 6 9 −3 6
8 CSA (E) 7 1 1 5 6 9 −3 4
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: CBF
(E) Eliminated.

Results

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source:CBF
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

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

  • Quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
    • If tie, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 10).
  • Finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
    • If tie on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 16).
  • Extra time will be not played and away goals rule will be not used in final stages.

Starting from the semi-finals, the teams will be seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams will be ranked according to overall points. If tie on overall points, the following criteria will 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 17).[3]

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                               
  Winners Group A  
4th place Group A  
  [†]  
  [†]  
Runners-up Group B
  3rd place Group B  
    [†]
  [†]
  Winners Group B  
4th place Group B  
  [†]
  [†]  
Runners-up Group A
  3rd place Group A  
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the higher-seeded team hosting the match or the second leg.

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Winners Group A C 4th place Group A
Runners-up Group A D 3rd place Group A
Winners Group B E 4th place Group B
Runners-up Group B F 3rd place Group B

Matches
Winners Group A C 4th place Group A
Runners-up Group A D 3rd place Group A
Winners Group B E 4th place Group B
Runners-up Group B F 3rd place Group B

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Winners C G[†] Winners F
Winners D H[†] Winners E
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the higher-seeded team hosting the match.

Matches
Winners C G Winners F
Winners D H Winners E

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winners G I[†] Winners H – –
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.

Matches
Winners G v Winners H
Winners H v Winners G

Top goalscorers
As of 15 March 2020
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Gilberto Bahia 4
Rafael Longuine CRB
Tiago Orobó América de Natal
4 Alisson Farias Vitória 3
Cesinha Imperatriz
David Fortaleza
Jean Carlos Náutico
Matheus João Imperatriz
Mikael Confiança
Rafael Sóbis Ceará
Vinícius Ceará

Source:CBF

References
  1. "CBF suspende Copa do Nordeste por tempo indeterminado" (in Portuguese). CBF. 17 March 2020.
  2. "Campeões estaduais definem vagas da Copa do Nordeste 2020 e times do pré-Nordestão" (in Portuguese). Globo. 22 April 2019.
  3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. "PRÉ-COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  5. "Confrontos da Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2020 estão decididos; confira" (in Portuguese). CBF. 24 April 2019.
  6. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  7. "COPA DO NORDESTE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  8. "Grupos da Copa do Nordeste 2020 são definidos em sorteio" (in Portuguese). CBF. 26 September 2019.
  9. "Copa do Nordeste 2020: sorteio define mando de campo do Bahia em clássico contra o Vitória" (in Portuguese). Globo. 25 October 2019.
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