Wikipedia

2024 Copa do Nordeste

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste (officially the Copa do Nordeste Betnacional 2024 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 21st 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 Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024). The Copa do Nordeste began on 3 February and ended on 9 June 2024.[2] Ceará were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

2024 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates3 February – 9 June
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsFortaleza (3rd title)
Runner-upCRB
2025 Copa do BrasilFortaleza
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored169 (2.35 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Moisés (7 goals)
← 2023
2025 →

Format

edit

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2023 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste.

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.[3]

Qualification

edit
Main article: 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024) was the qualifying tournament of the 2024 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 6 to 14 January 2024. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.[4]

The winners were ABC (Rio Grande do Norte), Altos (Piauí), Botafogo-PB (Paraíba) and Juazeirense (Bahia).[5]

Teams

edit

The qualified teams are[6]

Association Team Qualification method
  Alagoas
1 berth 		CRB 2023 Campeonato Alagoano champions
  Bahia
2 + 1 berths 		Bahia 2023 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitória best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Juazeirense 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
  Ceará
2 berths 		Fortaleza 2023 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
  Maranhão
1 berth 		Maranhão 2023 Campeonato Maranhense champions
  Paraíba
1 + 1 berths 		Treze 2023 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Botafogo-PB 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
  Pernambuco
2 berths 		Sport 2023 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Náutico best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
  Piauí
1 + 1 berths 		River 2023 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Altos 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
  Rio Grande do Norte
1 + 1 berths 		América de Natal 2023 Campeonato Potiguar champions
ABC 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
  Sergipe
1 berth 		Itabaiana 2023 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

edit

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 4 February
Round 2: 10 February
Round 3: 14 February
Round 4: 21 and 28 February
Round 5: 6 and 13 March
Round 6: 20 March
Round 7: 24 March
Round 8: 27 March
Quarter-finals 10 April
Semi-finals 24 April
Finals 5 June 9 June

Draw

edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 January 2024, 19:30, at the Teatro Silvio Mendes in Teresina.[7] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). They 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 Juazeirense) could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

edit

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 13).[3]

Group A

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sport 8 5 2 1 16 8 +8 17 Advance to Quarter-finals
2   CRB 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 15
3   Botafogo-PB 8 4 3 1 9 3 +6 15
4   Ceará 8 4 3 1 9 6 +3 15
5   Vitória 8 4 2 2 12 7 +5 14
6   Maranhão 8 4 2 2 14 13 +1 14
7   América de Natal 8 3 2 3 9 11 −2 11
8   River 8 3 1 4 5 9 −4 10
Source: CBF

Group B

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bahia 8 6 0 2 11 8 +3 18 Advance to Quarter-finals
2   Fortaleza 8 2 2 4 9 10 −1 8
3   Altos 8 1 5 2 6 8 −2 8
4   Náutico 8 1 4 3 7 8 −1 7
5   ABC 8 1 4 3 8 12 −4 7
6   Juazeirense 8 2 0 6 9 13 −4 6
7   Treze 8 1 3 4 5 11 −6 6
8   Itabaiana 8 1 0 7 8 16 −8 3
Source: CBF

Results

edit

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

Final stages

edit

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

  • 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 winners (Regulations Article 19).
  • 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 winners (Regulations Article 19).
  • 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. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards in the tournament; 5. Fewest yellow cards in the tournament; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).[3]

Bracket

edit
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
           
  Sport 2
  Ceará 1
  Sport 1
  Fortaleza 4
  Fortaleza 5
  Altos 0
  Fortaleza (p) 2 0 2 (5)
  CRB 0 2 2 (4)
  Bahia 3
  Náutico 0
  Bahia 0 (7)
  CRB (p) 0 (8)
  CRB (p) 0 (4)
  Botafogo-PB 0 (3)

Quarter-finals

edit
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sport   2–1   Ceará
Fortaleza   5–0   Altos
Bahia   3–0   Náutico
CRB   0–0 (4–3 p)   Botafogo-PB

Group C

edit
Sport  2–1  Ceará
Felipinho   42'
Rafael Thyere   90+1'		 Report Recalde   63'
Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho (Paraíba)

Group D

edit
Fortaleza  5–0  Altos
Marinho   28' (pen.)
Andrade   36', 45+1'
Moisés   42'
Yago Pikachu   68'		 Report
Referee: Márcio dos Santos Oliveira (Alagoas)

Group E

edit
Bahia  3–0  Náutico
Thaciano   65'
Estupiñán   79'
Jean Lucas   85'		 Report
Referee: Paulo José Souza Mourão (Maranhão)

Group F

edit
CRB  0–0  Botafogo-PB
Report
Penalties
Anselmo Ramon  
Gegê  
Falcão  
Matheus Ribeiro  		 4–3   Wendel Lomar
  Pipico
  Lenon
  Paulinho
  Júlio Rusch
Referee: Leonilson Fernandes Trigueiro Filho (Rio Grande do Norte)

Semi-finals

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
2   Sport 9 6 2 1 18 9 +9 20 Host
4   Fortaleza 9 3 2 4 14 10 +4 11
1   Bahia 9 7 0 2 14 8 +6 21 Host
3   CRB 9 4 4 1 12 6 +6 16
Source: CBF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sport   1–4   Fortaleza
Bahia   0–0 (7–8 p)   CRB

Group G

edit
Sport  1–4  Fortaleza
Gustavo Coutinho   82' Report Moisés   8', 18', 42'
Hércules   21'
Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

Group H

edit

Finals

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1   CRB 10 4 5 1 12 6 +6 17 2nd leg
2   Fortaleza 10 4 2 4 18 11 +7 14 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortaleza   2–2 (5–4 p)   CRB 2–0 0–2

Group I

edit
Fortaleza  2–0  CRB
Moisés   40'
Lucero   45+3'		 Report
Referee: Paulo Belence Alves dos Prazeres Filho (Pernambuco)
CRB  2–0  Fortaleza
João Neto   65', 86' Report
Penalties
Anselmo Ramon  
Gegê  
João Neto  
Hereda  
Matheus Ribeiro  		 4–5   Lucero
  Pedro Rocha
  Zé Welison
  Hércules
  Yago Pikachu
Referee: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade (Bahia)
2024 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
 
Fortaleza
3rd title

Top goalscorers

edit
As of 5 June 2024
Rank Player Team Goals
1   Moisés   Fortaleza 7
2   Anselmo Ramon   CRB 5
  Gustavo Coutinho   Sport
4   Erick Pulga   Ceará 4
  Thaciano   Bahia
  Vinícius Barata   Maranhão

Source:CBF

References

edit
  1. ^ "Betnacional tem acordo de naming rights com a Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). YOGONET. 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2024" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste – 2024" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. ^ "Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste: CBF divulga regulamento e tabela básica" (in Portuguese). CBF. 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Copa do Nordeste define os quatro últimos clubes classificados" (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2024 tem todos os participantes da edição definidos; veja" (in Portuguese). Globo. 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2024: Confira os grupos sorteados" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 January 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Copa_do_Nordeste&oldid=1228186382"