2019 Copa do Nordeste


The 2019 Copa do Nordeste was the 16th 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.
In the finals, Fortaleza defeated Botafogo-PB 2–0 on aggregate to win their first Copa do Nordeste title. As champions, Fortaleza qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2020 Copa do Brasil.
Sampaio Corrêa were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Format changes

In this season, 12 teams gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Pré-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.

Teams

2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste

The 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste was the qualifying tournament of 2019 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 18 April to 1 May 2018. Best placed team in the 2018 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 9 April 2018, 15:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Teams were seeded by their 2018 CBF ranking. The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.
Pot APot B

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.

Matches

Qualified teams

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 4 October 2018, 20:00, at Teatro Gustavo Leite in Maceió. 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 could not be drawn against each other. Teams were seeded by their 2018 CBF ranking.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

A second draw to determine the home-and-away teams for matches between same-state clubs was held on 15 October 2018 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

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. 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.

Group A

Group B

Results

Home \ AwayABCBAHBOTCEACONCSAMOTNAU
Altos1–10–50–11–2
CRB0–00–02–21–2
Fortaleza1–02–24–00–0
Salgueiro1–11–30–01–1
Sampaio Corrêa0–11–02–20–3
Santa Cruz1–01–32–01–1
Sergipe1–20–11–30–2
Vitória1–31–11–11–1

Home \ AwayALTCRBFORSALSAMSANSERVIT
ABC0–04–12–10–0
Bahia1–13–00–11–1
Botafogo-PB2–01–01–00–0
Ceará2–11–15–02–1
Confiança0–20–11–02–2
CSA0–01–02–01–1
Moto Club1–11–11–00–1
Náutico2–01–32–12–2

Final stages

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

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Matches

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Semi-finals

Matches

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Finals

Matches

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2019 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Fortaleza
1st title

Top goalscorers

Awards

Before the 2020 Copa do Nordeste draw, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the 2019 competition.