Copa do Nordeste (English: Cup of the North-East), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (English: Championship of the North-East) or Copa Nordeste (English: Northeastern Cup) is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern region teams. It is sometimes informally referred to as Lampions League[1][2] – in reference to the UEFA Champions League and bandit folk hero Lampião.
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| Organising body | Brazilian Football Confederation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Region | Brazil's Northeast |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Qualifier for | Copa do Brasil (third stage) |
| Current champions |  Fortaleza (3rd title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  Bahia Vitória(4 titles each) |
| Television broadcasters | SBT DAZN Nosso Futebol |
| Website | Official website |
 2024 Copa do Nordeste | |
History
editThe competition was first played in 1994. From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to Copa Conmebol.[3]
From 2000 to 2002, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões.
The competition returned in 2010, after being defunct since 2003.[4] Copa do Nordeste returned again in 2013.
From 2014 to 2016, the winner got a spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Copa do Nordeste champion now qualifies to the Copa do Brasil.
Competition format
editSince 2018 a qualifying tournament called Pré-Copa do Nordeste has been played. In this tournament, eight teams compete in a single-elimination tournament where the four winners advance to the Copa do Nordeste.
The Copa do Nordeste has in its first stage two groups. 12 teams gain direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths are decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.
In the group stage, each group is played on a single round-robin basis against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played a single-elimination tournament. Only the finals are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the best tournament team hosting the second leg, while quarter-finals and semi-finals are played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
List of champions
edit| Year | Champion | Final match | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Details |
Sport (1) |
0 – 0 (3–2 pen.) |
CRB |
Bahia |
Cruzeiro de Arapiraca |
| 1995–1996 | Not held | ||||
| 1997 Details |
Vitória (1) |
3 – 0 1 – 2 Aggregate 4 – 2 |
Bahia |
Sport |
Ceará |
| 1998 Details |
América (1) |
1 – 2 3 – 1 Aggregate 4 – 3 |
Vitória |
Bahia |
Santa Cruz |
| 1999 Details |
Vitória (2) |
2 – 0 0 – 1 Aggregate 2 – 1 |
Bahia |
CSA |
Sport |
| 2000 Details |
Sport (2) |
2 – 2 2 – 2 Aggregate 4 – 4 |
Vitória |
Poções |
Sergipe |
| 2001 Details |
Bahia (1) |
3 – 1 | Sport |
Náutico |
Fortaleza |
| 2002 Details |
Bahia (2) |
3 – 1 2 – 2 Aggregate 5 – 3 |
Vitória |
Náutico |
Santa Cruz |
| 2003 Details |
Vitória (3) |
1 – 1 0 – 0 Aggregate 1 – 1 |
Fluminense de Feira |
ABC |
América |
| 2004–2009 | Not held | ||||
| 2010 Details |
Vitória (4) |
2 – 1 | ABC |
CSA |
Treze |
| 2011–2012 | Not held | ||||
| 2013 Details |
Campinense (1) |
2 – 1 2 – 0 Aggregate 4 – 1 |
ASA |
Ceará |
Fortaleza |
| 2014 Details |
Sport (3) |
2 – 0 1 – 1 Aggregate 3 – 1 |
Ceará |
América |
Santa Cruz |
| 2015 Details |
Ceará (1) |
1 – 0 2 – 1 Aggregate 3 – 1 |
Bahia |
Vitória |
Sport |
| 2016 Details |
Santa Cruz (1) |
2 – 1 1 – 1 Aggregate 3 – 2 |
Campinense |
Bahia |
Sport |
| 2017 Details |
Bahia (3) |
1 – 1 1 – 0 Aggregate 2 – 1 |
Sport |
Vitória |
Santa Cruz |
| 2018 Details |
Sampaio Corrêa (1) |
1 – 0 0 – 0 Aggregate 1 – 0 |
Bahia |
ABC |
Ceará |
| 2019 Details |
Fortaleza (1) |
1 – 0 1 – 0 Aggregate 2 – 0 |
Botafogo |
Náutico |
Santa Cruz |
| 2020 Details |
Ceará (2) |
3 – 1 1 – 0 Aggregate 4 – 1 |
Bahia |
Fortaleza |
Confiança |
| 2021 Details |
Bahia (4) |
0 – 1 2 – 1 (4–2 pen.) |
Ceará |
Fortaleza |
Vitória |
| 2022 Details |
Fortaleza (2) |
1 – 1 1 – 0 Aggregate 2 – 1 |
Sport |
Náutico |
CRB |
| 2023 Details |
Ceará (3) |
2 – 1 0 – 1 (4–2 pen.) |
Sport |
Fortaleza |
ABC |
| 2024 Details |
Fortaleza (3) |
2 – 0 0 – 2 (5–4 pen.) |
CRB |
Bahia |
Sport |
Performances
editBy club
edit| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years winners | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 4 | 5 | 2001, 2002, 2017, 2021 | 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2020 |
| Vitória | 4 | 3 | 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010 | 1998, 2000, 2002 |
| Sport | 3 | 4 | 1994, 2000, 2014 | 2001, 2017, 2022, 2023 |
| Ceará | 3 | 2 | 2015, 2020, 2023 | 2014, 2021 |
| Fortaleza | 3 | 0 | 2019, 2022, 2024 | — |
| Campinense | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2016 |
| América | 1 | 0 | 1998 | — |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| CRB | 0 | 2 | — | 1994, 2024 |
| ABC | 0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| ASA | 0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
| Botafogo-PB | 0 | 1 | — | 2019 |
| Fluminense de Feira | 0 | 1 | — | 2003 |
By state
edit| State | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | |
| 6 | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | |
| 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 |
Top scorers
edit| Year | Player (team) | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Fábio (Sport) | 5 |
| 1997 | Nildo (Ceará) | 6 |
| 1998 | Paulinho Kobayashi (América de Natal) | 9 |
| 1999 | Ueslei (Bahia) | 10 |
| 2000 | Leonardo (ABC) Pedro Costa (Sergipe) |
6 |
| 2001 | Kuki (Náutico) | 12 |
| 2002 | Sérgio Alves (Bahia) | 13 |
| 2003 | Nádson (Vitória) | 5 |
| 2010 | Cristiano Alagoano (Confiança) | 10 |
| 2013 | Marcelo Nicácio (Vitória) Rodrigo Silva (ABC) |
5 |
| 2014 | Magno Alves (Ceará) | 8 |
| 2015 | Max (América de Natal) | 6 |
| 2016 | Rodrigão (Campinense) | 9 |
| 2017 | Régis (Bahia) | 6 |
| 2018 | Arthur Cabral (Ceará) Yago Felipe (Vitória) |
5 |
| 2019 | Gilberto (Bahia) Júnior Santos (Fortaleza) |
8 |
| 2020 | Vina (Ceará) | 5 |
| 2021 | Gilberto (Bahia) | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | Luciano Juba (Sport) |
6 |
| 2024 | Moisés (Fortaleza) | 7 |
Winning managers
edit| Year | Manager | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Givanildo Oliveira | Sport |
| 1997 | Arturzinho | Vitória |
| 1998 | Arturzinho | América de Natal |
| 1999 | Ricardo Gomes | Vitória |
| 2000 | Celso Roth | Sport |
| 2001 | Evaristo de Macedo | Bahia |
| 2002 | Bobô | Bahia |
| 2003 | Joel Santana | Vitória |
| 2011 | Ricardo Silva | Vitória |
| 2013 | Oliveira Canindé | Campinense |
| 2014 | Eduardo Baptista | Sport |
| 2015 | Silas | Ceará |
| 2016 | Milton Mendes | Santa Cruz |
| 2017 | Guto Ferreira | Bahia |
| 2018 | Roberto Fonseca | Sampaio Corrêa |
| 2019 | Rogério Ceni | Fortaleza |
| 2020 | Guto Ferreira | Ceará |
| 2021 | Dado Cavalcanti | Bahia |
| 2022 | Fortaleza | |
| 2023 | Eduardo Barroca | Ceará |
| 2024 | Fortaleza |
References
edit- ^ Padin, Guilherme (May 27, 2017). "O sucesso da 'Lampions League'". EL PAÍS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "Lampions League vira reportagem na terra da Champions League | Blog de Esportes" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "Termos de Uso". premier-bet-aviator.co.mz (in Portuguese). February 13, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ LigadoNordeste.com.br (April 8, 2010). "Regulamento da competição" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.