The Copa do Brasil 1999 was the 11th staging of the
Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil () is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, ...
.
The competition started on January 28, 1999, and concluded on June 27, 1999, with the second leg of the final, held at the
Estádio do Maracanã in
Rio de Janeiro
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, in which
Juventude lifted the trophy for the first time with a 0-0 draw with
Botafogo
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.
Romário
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, of
Flamengo
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, and
Dejan Petković
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, of
Vitória, with 7 goals each, were the competition's topscorers.
Format
The competition was disputed by 65 clubs in a
knock-out
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format where all rounds were played over two legs and the
away goals rule
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was used, with the exception of the preliminary match, which was played in a single match, and in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.
Competition stages
References
Copa do Brasil 1999 at RSSSF*''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
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1999 domestic association football cups
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
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1999 in Brazilian football