2020 Copa do Nordeste

The 2020 Copa do Nordeste was the 17th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 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). The tournament began on 21 January and ended on 4 August.

2020 Copa do Nordeste
Country Brazil
Dates21 January – 4 August
Teams16
ChampionsCeará
Runners-upBahia
2021 Copa do BrasilCeará
Matches played71
Goals scored166 (2.34 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Vinícius (5 goals)
Best playerVinícius
← 2019
2021 →

Due to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, CBF suspended the Copa do Nordeste indefinitely on 17 March 2020.[1] On 7 July 2020, CBF announced that the Copa do Nordeste would be resumed behind closed doors on 21 July 2020.[2] The last round of the group stage, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals were played in Salvador, Feira de Santana, Riachão do Jacuípe, and Mata de São João. All the chosen venues are in the state of Bahia.[3]

Ceará defeated Bahia 4–1 on aggregate in the finals to win their second title. As champions, Ceará qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2021 Copa do Brasil.[4]

Fortaleza were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.

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.[5]

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups. Each team played once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams qualified for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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).[9]

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 was as follows.[10]

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 and 22 July
Quarter-finals 25 July
Semi-finals 28 and 29 July
Finals 1 August 4 August

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 September 2019, 19:30, at Mansion Eventos in Aracaju.[11] 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.[12]

Group stage

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team played on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. 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. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 12).[6]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza 8 5 2 1 13 5 +8 17[lower-alpha 1] Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Bahia 8 5 2 1 13 5 +8 17[lower-alpha 1]
3 Botafogo-PB 8 3 4 1 9 9 0 13
4 Sport 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 10
5 ABC 8 2 3 3 8 10 −2 9
6 CRB 8 2 2 4 9 11 −2 8
7 Freipaulistano 7 1 2 4 6 15 −9 5
8 Ríver 8 1 1 6 7 17 −10 4
Source: CBF
Notes:
  1. Fewest red cards: Fortaleza 1, Bahia 2

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Confiança 8 4 2 2 11 6 +5 14 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Ceará 8 3 5 0 15 9 +6 14
3 Vitória 8 3 5 0 11 5 +6 14
4 Santa Cruz 8 4 1 3 8 6 +2 13
5 Náutico 8 3 2 3 11 13 −2 11
6 CSA 8 2 1 5 8 9 −1 7
7 Imperatriz 7 2 1 4 10 13 −3 7
8 América de Natal 8 1 3 4 7 12 −5 6
Source: CBF

Results

Source:CBF
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

a CBF cancelled the match between Freipaulistano and Imperatriz because both teams had no chances of qualifying.[13]

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[6]

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

Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were 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 17).[6]

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                               
  Fortaleza (p) 0 (4)  
Sport 0 (1)  
  Fortaleza 0  
  Ceará 1  
Ceará 1
  Vitória 0  
    Ceará 3 1 4
  Bahia 1 0 1
  Bahia 3  
Botafogo-PB 1  
  Bahia 1
  Confiança 0  
Confiança (p) 0 (4)
  Santa Cruz 0 (2)  

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortaleza 0–0 (4–1 p) Sport
Bahia 3–1 Botafogo-PB
Confiança 0–0 (4–2 p) Santa Cruz
Ceará 1–0 Vitória

Matches
Fortaleza 0–0 Sport
Report
Penalties
Juninho
Bruno Melo
Marlon
Edson Cariús 		4–1 Barcia
Patric
Iago Maidana
Attendance: 0
Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez (Bahia)
Bahia 3–1 Botafogo-PB
Ronaldo  12'
Rodriguinho  48'
Fernandão  70'		 Report Rodrigo Andrade  59'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gilberto Rodrigues Castro Júnior (Pernambuco)
Confiança 0–0 Santa Cruz
Report
Penalties
Reis
Renan Gorne
Silva
Danilo Pires 		4–2 Didira
Pipico
Toty
Patrick Nonato
Attendance: 0
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda (Ceará)
Ceará 1–0 Vitória
Vinícius  44' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (Paraíba)

Semi-finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
2 Fortaleza 9 5 3 1 13 5 +8 18 Host
3 Ceará 9 4 5 0 16 9 +7 17
1 Bahia 9 6 2 1 16 6 +10 20 Host
4 Confiança 9 4 3 2 11 6 +5 15
Source: CBF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortaleza 0–1 Ceará
Bahia 1–0 Confiança

Matches
Fortaleza 0–1 Ceará
Report Klaus  23'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)
Bahia 1–0 Confiança
Danielzinho  87' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)

Finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Bahia 10 7 2 1 17 6 +11 23 2nd leg
2 Ceará 10 5 5 0 17 9 +8 20 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ceará 4–1 Bahia 3–1 1–0

Matches
Ceará 3–1 Bahia
Fernando Sobral  27'
Cléber  57'
Mateus Gonçalves  75'		 Report Fernandão  25'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wagner Reway (Paraíba)
Bahia 0–1 Ceará
Report Cléber  61'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)
2020 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Ceará
2nd title


Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Vinícius Ceará 5
2 Gilberto Bahia 4
Rafael Longuine CRB
Tiago Orobó América de Natal
Wellington Paulista Fortaleza
6 Alisson Farias Vitória 3
Cesinha Imperatriz
David Fortaleza
Élber Bahia
Fernandão Bahia
Jean Carlos Náutico
Klaus Ceará
Lohan Botafogo-PB
Matheus João Imperatriz
Mikael Confiança
Rafael Sóbis Ceará
Rodrigo Andrade Botafogo-PB

Source:CBF

2020 Copa do Nordeste team

The 2020 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[14]

References
  1. "CBF suspende Copa do Nordeste por tempo indeterminado" (in Portuguese). CBF. 17 March 2020.
  2. "Copa do Nordeste retorna no dia 21 de julho com sede única" (in Portuguese). CBF. 7 July 2020.
  3. "CBF divulga tabela detalhada do retorno da Copa do Nordeste 2020" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 July 2020.
  4. "Ceará volta a vencer o Bahia e fatura título da Copa do Nordeste 2020" (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 August 2020.
  5. "Campeões estaduais definem vagas da Copa do Nordeste 2020 e times do pré-Nordestão" (in Portuguese). Globo. 22 April 2019.
  6. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  7. "PRÉ-COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  8. "Confrontos da Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2020 estão decididos; confira" (in Portuguese). CBF. 24 April 2019.
  9. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  10. "COPA DO NORDESTE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  11. "Grupos da Copa do Nordeste 2020 são definidos em sorteio" (in Portuguese). CBF. 26 September 2019.
  12. "Copa do Nordeste 2020: sorteio define mando de campo do Bahia em clássico contra o Vitória" (in Portuguese). Globo. 25 October 2019.
  13. "CBF confirma cancelamento de jogo do Imperatriz pela Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). Globo. 10 July 2020.
  14. "A seleção da Copa do Nordeste de 2020, com 8 jogadores do Ceará, 2 do Vitória (?) e 1 do Bahia" (in Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. 6 August 2020.
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