List of Brazilian North-Northeast football champions (1946–1993)

Following is the list with the main North-Norweast competitions held before the creation of Copa do Nordeste, in 1994:[1][2]

Copa Cidade de Natal

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This tournament was realized to comemore the installation of nocturnal light in the Estádio Juvenal Lamartine. All matches were played in this stadium.[3]

Year Champion Runners-up
1946   Fortaleza   América de Natal

Torneio Campeão dos Campeões do Norte

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Triangular tournament. All matches were played in Estádio Santa Izabel, São Luís.[4]

Year Champion Runners-up
1948   Moto Club   Paysandu

Torneio dos Campeões do Nordeste

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Tournament held in Recife.[5]

Year Champion Runners-up
1948   Bahia   Santa Cruz

Torneio dos Campeões do Norte-Nordeste

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Tournament held in Recife.[6]

Year Champion Runners-up
1952   Náutico   Tuna Luso

Torneio Paraíba-Pernambuco

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Interstate tournament of clubs from Paraíba and Pernambuco.[7] 1967 edition is called Torneio Quadrangular Festival da Bola[8]

Year Champion Runners-up
1953   Botafogo   Treze
1961   Treze   Santa Cruz
1962   Santa Cruz   Campinense
1965   Sport Recife   Náutico
1967   Botafogo   América (PE)

Torneio Rio Grande do Norte-Paraíba

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Interstate tournament of clubs from Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte.[9]

Year Champion Runners-up
1954   Botafogo   Treze
1961   Riachuelo   ABC
1962   Campinense   ABC
1964   Botafogo   Auto Esporte
1980   Treze   Alecrim
1983   ABC   Botafogo

Torneio Bahia-Pernambuco

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Interstate tournament of clubs from Bahia and Pernambuco.[10]

Year Champion Runners-up
1956   Santa Cruz   Bahia

Zona Norte-Nordeste da Taça Brasil

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Northern Zone of Taça Brasil. Considered the great predecessor of the current Copa do Nordeste.[11]

Year Champion Runners-up
1959   Bahia   Sport Recife
1960   Fortaleza   Bahia
1961   Bahia   Fortaleza
1962   Sport Recife   Campinense
1963   Bahia   Sport Recife
1964   Ceará   Náutico
1965   Náutico   Vitória
1966   Náutico   Vitória
1967   Náutico   América (CE)
1968   Fortaleza   Bahia

Copa dos Campeões do Norte

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Tournament held with the previous champions of Zona Norte-Nordeste da Taça Brasil.[12]

Year Champion Runners-up
1966   Náutico   Ceará

Torneio Hexagonal Norte-Nordeste

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Competition that brought together champions and runners-up clubs from the states of Ceará, Pará and Pernambuco.[13]

Year Champion Runners-up
1967   Santa Cruz   Remo

Torneio Norte-Nordeste

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Year Champion Runners-up
1968   Sport Recife   Remo
1969   Ceará   Remo
1970   Fortaleza   Sport Recife

Grupo Norte do Torneio Norte-Nordeste

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Part of Torneio Norte-Nordeste. Also called Torneio do Norte.

Year Champion Runners-up
1968   Remo   Piauí
1969   Remo   Ferroviário (MA)
1970   Fast Clube   Tuna Luso

Zona Norte-Nordeste da Segunda Divisão

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According to the regulation, established by the Brazilian Sports Confederation-CBD, the champion teams of the north and northeast regions would decide the title of the North-Northeast Championship in two legs. Thus, the final phase of the North-Northeast Championship, in accordance with the regulations established by the aforementioned confederation, involved the champion teams of the North and Northeast regions. From there would come the winner of the tournament that would make the final of the Second Division with the champion of the Center-South Zone.[14][15]

Year Champion Runners-up
1971   Remo   Itabaiana
1972   Sampaio Corrêa   Campinense

Torneio Paraíba-Ceará

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Interstate tournament of clubs from Ceará and Paraíba.[16]

Year Champion Runners-up
1972   Icasa   Campinense

Torneio Pará-Maranhão

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Interstate tournament of clubs from Maranhão and Pará.[17][18]

Year Champion Runners-up
1972   Moto Club   Remo
1973   Sampaio Corrêa   Remo

Taça Almir de Albuquerque

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Tournament for the clubs from North and Northeast using the results of their matches in the first stage of 1973 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[19][20]

Year Champion Runners-up
1973   América de Natal   Rio Negro

Torneio José Américo de Almeida Filho

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Championship that brought together the champion teams of six states in the 1975 edition,[21] and also the runners-up in the 1976 edition.[22][23]

Year Champion Runners-up
1975   CRB   Botafogo
1976   Vitória   América de Natal

Torneio Rio Grande do Norte-Pernambuco

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Interstate tournament of clubs from Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte.[24]

Year Champion Runners-up
1983   América de Natal   ABC

References

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  7. ^ "Torneio Paraíba-Pernambuco". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Torneio Quadrangular Festival da Bola 1967". Futebol Nacional. RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Torneio Rio Grande do Norte-Paraíba - List of Champions". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  10. ^ "TORNEIO BAHIA-PERNAMBUCO 1956". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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  15. ^ "Há 50 anos, Remo dava início a conquista da Taça Norte-Nordeste, quarto título regional do clube". O Liberal (in Portuguese). 5 December 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  16. ^ José Ricardo Caldas e Almeida (15 Feb 2008). "Torneio paraíba-ceará 1972". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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  23. ^ Caldas, Matheus; Guerra, Glauber (14 September 2017). "Vitória e CRB esperam da CBF reconhecimento de títulos nordestinos da década de 70". Bahia Notícia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Torneio Rio Grande do Norte-Pernambuco 1983". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 21 May 2023.