2018 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates15 August 2017–7 July 2018
Teams20
Final positions
ChampionsSampaio Corrêa
Runner-upBahia
2019 Copa do BrasilSampaio Corrêa
Tournament statistics
Matches played70
Goals scored163 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Arthur Cabral
Yago
(5 goals each)
Best playerAndrey
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The 2018 Copa do Nordeste was the 15th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with two seeds each.[1]

Sampaio Corrêa defeated the defending champions Bahia 1–0 on aggregate to win their first Copa do Nordeste title. As champions, Sampaio Corrêa qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2019 Copa do Brasil.[2]

Format changes

In 2018 season there was a qualifying stage. In the qualifying stage, a total of 8 teams competed in a single-elimination tournament where the four winners advanced to the group stage.[3] The group stage had only 4 groups. 12 teams gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the qualifying stage.

Teams

The entry stage was determined as follows:

Association Team (Berth) Entry stage Qualification method
Alagoas Alagoas
2 berths 		CRB (Alagoas 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CSA (Alagoas 2) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
Bahia Bahia
3 berths 		Vitória (Bahia 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Baiano champions
Bahia (Bahia 2) 2017 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
Fluminense de Feira (Bahia 3) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place
Ceará Ceará
2 berths 		Ceará (Ceará 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ferroviário (Ceará 2) 2017 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
Maranhão Maranhão
2 berths 		Sampaio Corrêa (Maranhão 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Cordino (Maranhão 2) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Paraíba Paraíba
2 berths 		Botafogo-PB (Paraíba 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Treze (Paraíba 2) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Pernambuco Pernambuco[a]
3 berths 		Salgueiro (Pernambuco 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
Santa Cruz (Pernambuco 2) 2017 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
Náutico (Pernambuco 3) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Pernambucano 4th place
Piauí Piauí
2 berths 		Altos (Piauí 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Parnahyba (Piauí 2) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
2 berths 		ABC (Rio Grande do Norte 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Globo (Rio Grande do Norte 2) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
Sergipe Sergipe
2 berths 		Confiança (Sergipe 1) Group stage 2017 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Itabaiana (Sergipe 2) Qualifying stage 2017 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up
a The Campeonato Pernambucano champions, Sport declined to participate in the Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz in the group stage. Náutico (4th place) entered the qualifying stage.[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[5][6]

Qualifying Stage
Match First leg Second leg
Parnahyba v CSA 15 August 2017 22 August 2017
Fluminense de Feira v Globo 16 August 2017 24 August 2017
Cordino v Treze 4 January 2018 11 January 2018
Itabaiana v Náutico 8 January 2018 13 January 2018
Group Stage
Round 1: 16–18 January 2018
Round 2: 30 January–8 February 2018
Round 3: 10–22 February 2018
Round 4: 10–12 March 2018
Round 5: 20–22 March 2018
Round 6: 27–29 March 2018
Final Stages
Stage First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 26 April–16 May 2018 3–24 May 2018
Semi-finals 19–21 June 2018 26–28 June 2018
Finals 4 July 2018 7 July 2018

Draws

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 3 July 2017, 11:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[7]

Teams were seeded by their 2017 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.

Qualifying stage draw
Pot A Pot B
1 Pernambuco 3 was Santa Cruz at the time of the draw. After the draw, they were promoted to the group stage, being replaced by Náutico in the qualifying stage.

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 September 2017, 21:00, at the Auditório da Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Maranhão (FIEMA) in São Luís.[8]

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups (Groups 1–4) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams were seeded by their 2017 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses) excluding the winners of the qualifying stage, which were allocated to Pot 4.

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
2 The identity of Treze v Cordino and Náutico v Itabaiana winners were not known at the time of the draw.

Qualifying stage

In the qualifying stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12).[9]

Matches

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cordino Maranhão 1–2 Paraíba Treze 1–1 0–1
Itabaiana Sergipe 0–0 (4–5 p) Pernambuco Náutico 0–0 0–0
Parnahyba Piauí 0–5 Alagoas CSA 0–1 0–4
Fluminense de Feira Bahia 1–3 Rio Grande do Norte Globo 1–1 0–2

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. 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. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams). If tie on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams shared the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 10).[9]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAN CRB CON TRE
1 Pernambuco Santa Cruz 6 3 3 0 11 4 +7 12 Quarter-finals 2–1 4–1 3–0
2 Alagoas CRB 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 1–1 3–1 2–1
3 Sergipe Confiança 6 1 2 3 8 13 −5 5 1–1 1–1 2–1
4 Paraíba Treze 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 0–0 1–2 3–2
Source: CBF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIT ABC GLO FER
1 Bahia Vitória 6 4 1 1 17 10 +7 13 Quarter-finals 3–3 3–1 4–1
2 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13 3–1 2–0 3–1
3 Rio Grande do Norte Globo 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 1–2 2–1 1–0
4 Ceará Ferroviário 6 0 1 5 4 15 −11 1 1–4 1–3 0–0
Source: CBF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAH BOT NAU ALT
1 Bahia Bahia 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 Quarter-finals 0–1 2–1 5–2
2 Paraíba Botafogo-PB 6 3 1 2 4 4 0 10 0–2 2–1 1–0
3 Pernambuco Náutico 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–0 1–0 2–2
4 Piauí Altos 6 0 3 3 6 12 −6 3 0–2 0–0 2–2
Source: CBF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CEA SAM CSA SAL
1 Ceará Ceará 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 Quarter-finals 2–1 1–0 6–0
2 Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 1–0 0–0 4–0
3 Alagoas CSA 6 0 5 1 3 4 −1 5 1–1 1–1 1–1
4 Pernambuco Salgueiro 6 0 3 3 1 13 −12 3 0–2 0–0 0–0
Source: CBF

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[9]

Seeding

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 2 April 2018, 12:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 8 qualified teams were drawn into four ties between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg.[10]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Starting from the semi-finals, the teams would be seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams would be 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 (Regulations Article 15).[9]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 3 0 3
Bahia Vitória 0 0 0
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 1 1 2
Rio Grande do Norte ABC 0 1 1
Rio Grande do Norte ABC 1 4 5
Pernambuco Santa Cruz 0 1 1
Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 1 0 1
Bahia Bahia 0 0 0
Alagoas CRB 3 0 3
Ceará Ceará (a) 3 0 3
Ceará Ceará 0 0 0
Bahia Bahia 1 0 1
Paraíba Botafogo-PB 1 0 1
Bahia Bahia 2 0 2

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ABC Rio Grande do Norte 5–1 Pernambuco Santa Cruz 1–0 4–1
Sampaio Corrêa Maranhão 3–0 Bahia Vitória 3–0 0–0
CRB Alagoas 3–3 (a) Ceará Ceará 3–3 0–0
Botafogo-PB Paraíba 1–2 Bahia Bahia 1–2 0–0
ABC Rio Grande do Norte1–0Pernambuco Santa Cruz
Leandrão 37' Report
Frasqueirão, Natal
Attendance: 2,172
Referee: Luiz César de Oliveira Magalhães (Ceará)
Santa Cruz Pernambuco1–4Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Héricles 84' Report Higor Leite 7'
Marcos Júnior 21'
Felipe Guedes 36'
Matheus Carvalho 69'
Estádio do Arruda, Recife
Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)

ABC won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Sampaio Corrêa Maranhão3–0Bahia Vitória
Bruninho 32'
Maracás 52'
Alyson 75'		 Report
Castelão, São Luís
Attendance: 6,728
Referee: Nielson Nogueira Dias (Pernambuco)
Vitória Bahia0–0Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa
Report
Barradão, Salvador
Attendance: 7,304
Referee: Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro (Rio Grande do Norte)

Sampaio Corrêa won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

CRB Alagoas3–3Ceará Ceará
Neto Baiano 4', 43', 68' Report Naldo 45+1'
Pio 45+2'
Arthur Cabral 89'
Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió
Attendance: 6,838
Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)
Ceará Ceará0–0Alagoas CRB
Report
Castelão, Fortaleza
Attendance: 8,587
Referee: Mayron Frederico dos Reis Novaes (Maranhão)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Ceará won on away goals and advanced to the semi-finals.

Botafogo-PB Paraíba1–2Bahia Bahia
Marcos Aurélio 49' Report Marco Antônio 45'
Régis 74'
Almeidão, João Pessoa
Attendance: 2,952
Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)
Bahia Bahia0–0Paraíba Botafogo-PB
Report
Estádio de Pituaçu, Salvador
Attendance: 6,992
Referee: Nielson Nogueira Dias (Pernambuco)

Bahia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 8 6 1 1 20 9 +11 19 2nd leg
4 Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 8 3 4 1 10 3 +7 13 1st leg
2 Bahia Bahia 8 5 1 2 13 6 +7 16 2nd leg
3 Ceará Ceará 8 4 3 1 15 6 +9 15 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sampaio Corrêa Maranhão 2–1 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 1–0 1–1
Ceará Ceará 0–1 Bahia Bahia 0–1 0–0
Sampaio Corrêa Maranhão1–0Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Uilliam 59' (pen.) Report
Castelão, São Luís
Attendance: 4,826
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)
ABC Rio Grande do Norte1–1Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa
Erivélton 83' Report Fernando Sobral 79' (pen.)
Frasqueirão, Natal
Attendance: 3,387
Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)

Sampaio Corrêa won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Ceará Ceará0–1Bahia Bahia
Report Élber 61'
Castelão, Fortaleza
Attendance: 13,894
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Minas Gerais)
Bahia Bahia0–0Ceará Ceará
Report
Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 16,052
Referee: Denis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)

Bahia won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Bahia Bahia 10 6 2 2 14 6 +8 20 2nd leg
2 Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa 10 4 5 1 12 4 +8 17 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sampaio Corrêa Maranhão 1–0 Bahia Bahia 1–0 0–0
Sampaio Corrêa Maranhão1–0Bahia Bahia
Uilliam 1' Report
Castelão, São Luís
Attendance: 18,021
Referee: Luiz César de Oliveira Magalhães (Ceará)
Bahia Bahia0–0Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa
Report
Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 45,378
Referee: Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro (Rio Grande do Norte)
2018 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Maranhão
Sampaio Corrêa
1st title

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Arthur Cabral Ceará Ceará 5
Brazil Yago Bahia Vitória
3 Brazil Edigar Junio Bahia Bahia 4
Brazil Matheus Matias Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Brazil Neto Baiano Alagoas CRB
Brazil Uilliam Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa
7 Brazil Edson Ratinho Alagoas CRB 3
Brazil Héricles Pernambuco Santa Cruz
Brazil Higor Leite Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Brazil Neilton Bahia Vitória
Brazil Robinho Pernambuco Santa Cruz

Source:CBF[11]

2018 Copa do Nordeste team

The 2018 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Copa do Nordeste de 2018 começa em maio de 2017, com "fase preliminar"" (in Portuguese). Diário de Pernambuco. 10 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Sampaio Corrêa é campeão da Copa do Nordeste 2018" (in Portuguese). CBF. 7 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Pré-Nordestão, o que é isso? Times brigam por quatro vagas e mais dinheiro na conta" (in Portuguese). Globo. 15 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Após desistência do Sport, CBF confirma Santa e Náutico na Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). UOL. 7 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Copa do Nordeste Preliminar 2018" (in Portuguese). CBF.
  6. ^ "COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2018" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  7. ^ "Fase Preliminar tem confrontos definidos" (in Portuguese). CBF. 3 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2018: quatro grupos definidos" (in Portuguese). CBF. 6 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2018" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  10. ^ "Copa do Nordeste 2018: Quartas de Final definidas" (in Portuguese). CBF. 2 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Artilharia – Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). CBF.
  12. ^ "Definidos os grupos do Nordestão 2019: oito de um lado, oito de outro" (in Portuguese). Globo. 4 October 2018.
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