Copa Verde

The Copa Verde (English: Green Cup) is an annual regional knockout football competition in Brazil that started in 2014, and played by 24 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because they competed in the old Copa Centro Oeste).[1][2]

Copa Verde
Organising bodyBrazilian Football Confederation
Founded2014 (2014)
RegionBrazil's North and Central-West plus Espírito Santo
Number of teams24
Current champions Cuiabá (2nd title)
Most successful club(s) Cuiabá
Paysandu
(2 titles each)
Television broadcastersRede Cultura do Pará
TV Brasil
Mycujoo (Live streaming)
WebsiteOfficial website
2020 Copa Verde

Initially, the champion of the tournament gained a place in the next year's Copa Sudamericana. With the changes implemented by CONMEBOL in 2016 causes a competition no longer qualify in Copa Sudamericana from edition.[3] The champion will now have a spot in the Round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil of the following year. The cup will be organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), with two-legged playoff games played from February to May between the 18 participating teams.[2]

History

The tournament was created with the purpose of making a North Region version of the Copa do Nordeste, hence the name Verde, meaning green, is an allusion to the Amazon Forest.[1] The competition was expanded to include clubs from the Central-West Region and from Espírito Santo state (as the state competed in the defunct Copa Centro-Oeste).[4] The competition was officially announced in September by the competitions director of the Brazilian Football Confederation.[5]

Costs

Since its first edition, in 2014, the Brazilian Sports Ministry along with the television channel TV Esporte Interativo divided the travel costs of the teams.[1][2] However, in May 2018, the channel announced that it will not renew the broadcast rights contract of the tournament.[6]

List of champions
List of Copa Verde finals
Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance Losing semi-finalists1
2014
Details		 Brasília 1–2 Paysandu Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 18,256 Brasiliense and Remo
Brasília 2–1 Paysandu Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília 51,701
3–3 on aggregate; Brasília won 7–6 in a penalty shootout.2
2015
Details		 Cuiabá 1–4 Remo Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 34,973 Luverdense and Paysandu
Cuiabá 5–1 Remo Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá 3,315
Cuiabá won 6–5 on aggregate.
2016
Details		 Paysandu 2–0 Gama Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 26,610 Aparecidense and Remo
Paysandu 1–2 Gama Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Gama 9,090
Paysandu won 3–2 on aggregate.
2017
Details		 Luverdense 3–1 Paysandu Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá 1,853 Rondoniense and Santos
Luverdense 1–1 Paysandu Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 26,653
Luverdense won 4–2 on aggregate.
2018
Details		 Paysandu 2–0 Atlético Itapemirim Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica 6,965 Luverdense and Manaus
Paysandu 1–1 Atlético Itapemirim Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 32,900
Paysandu won 3–1 on aggregate.
2019
Details		 Cuiabá 0–1 Paysandu Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá 11,973 Goiás and Remo
Cuiabá 1–0 Paysandu Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém 28,145
1–1 on aggregate; Cuiabá won 5–4 in a penalty shootout.

Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Note 2: On July 28, 2014, the 2014 Copa Verde title was awarded to Paysandu, due to irregularities on the squad of Brasília.[7] Brasília appealed against this decision and obtained a suspension which reversed this decision temporarily.[8] A final decision by the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) declared Brasília as the champion.[9]

Records and statistics

Finalists
Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Paysandu 2 3 2016, 2018 2014, 2017, 2019
Cuiabá 2 0 2015, 2019 —
Brasília 1 0 2014 —
Luverdense 1 0 2017 —
Remo 0 1 — 2015
Gama 0 1 — 2016
Atlético Itapemirim 0 1 — 2018

Performance by State
State Won Runner-up
 Mato Grosso 3 0
 Pará 2 4
 Distrito Federal 1 1
 Espírito Santo 0 1

References
  1. "CBF cria "Copa Verde" com times de 11 estados e que dá vaga na Sul-Americana". iG (in Portuguese). October 8, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  2. "Copa Verde une 11 estados, do Amazonas ao Espírito Santo". Trivela (in Portuguese). October 8, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  3. "Conmebol mexe na Sul-Americana, e Brasil fica com menos vagas diretas". Lance (in Portuguese). October 3, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  4. "Copa Verde com custeio da CBF poderá se tornar realidade com 2 clubes de MT". Futebol Matogrossense (in Portuguese). July 27, 2013. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. "Dirigente da CBF confirma Copa Verde em janeiro e fevereiro de 2014". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). September 26, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  6. "Esporte Interativo não renova direitos de transmissão da Copa Verde". Portal Mídia Esporte (in Portuguese). May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  7. "Caso Copa Verde: STJD pune Brasília, e Paysandu fica com título e vaga na Sul-Americana" (in Portuguese). Yahoo! Brasil. July 28, 2014. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014.
  8. "Brasília consegue reverter decisão e é, novamente, campeã da Copa Verde" (in Portuguese). superesportes. August 2, 2014.
  9. "Pleno do STJD confirma Brasília campeão da Copa Verde 2014" (in Portuguese). globo.com. November 27, 2014.
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