The 2019

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

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 (Pré-Copa do Nordeste). In the finals,

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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

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Format changes

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2018

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from Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco) 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

(shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg. : Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the

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would not be used,

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would not be played, and the

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would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Pré-Copa do Nordeste Article 9).

Matches

Sampaio Corrêa, Confiança, Salgueiro and CRB qualified for 2019 Copa do Nordeste.

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

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. 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 (except Salgueiro) could not be drawn into the same group. Teams were seeded by their 2018

(shown in parentheses). 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

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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.

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; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the

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(Regulations Article 10).

Group A

Group B

Results

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a

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with the following rules: *Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg. ** If tied, the

would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 11). *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

would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12). *

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would be not played and

would be not 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. Draw in the headquarters of the

(Regulations Article 17).

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Matches

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Semi-finals

Matches

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Finals

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Top goalscorers

2019 Copa do Nordeste team

The 2019 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament. , ,

Awards

Before the 2020 Copa do Nordeste draw, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the 2019 competition. *Best player: Edinho (

) *Best goalkeeper: Marcelo Boeck (

) *Topscorer:

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(

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) and Júnior Santos (

)

References

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