2016 Copa Verde finals

The 2016 Copa Verde finals was the final two-legged tie that decided the 2016 Copa Verde, the 3rd season of the Copa Verde, Brazil's regional cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.

2016 Copa Verde finals

Event	2016 Copa Verde
Paysandu Gama 3 2
on aggregate
First leg
Paysandu Gama 2 0
Date	3 May 2016
Venue	Mangueirão, Belém
Referee	Alisson Sidnei Furtado
Attendance	24,160
Second leg
Gama Paysandu 2 1
Date	10 May 2016
Venue	Bezerrão, Gama
Referee	Elmo Alves Resende Cunha
Attendance	9,090
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The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Paysandu, from Pará, and Gama, from Distrito Federal.^[1][2]

Paysandu defeated Gama 3–2 on aggregate to win their first Copa Verde title.^[3]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Paysandu	1 (2014)
Gama	None

Road to the final

Note: In all scores below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Paysandu			Round	Gama
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Bye			Preliminary round	Bye
Fast Clube (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–1	Round of 16	Interporto (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–1
	Home	3–0			Home	3–0
Rio Branco (won 6–2 on aggregate)	Home	1–0	Quarter-finals	Vila Nova (tied 0–0 on aggregate, won 4–3 on penalties)	Away	0–0
	Away	5–2			Home	0–0
Remo (won 6–3 on aggregate)	Neutral	2–1	Semi-finals	Aparecidense (won 4–3 on aggregate)	Away	3–1
	Neutral	4–2			Home	1–2

Format

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Matches

First leg

3 May 2016 (2016-05-03)

20:30 BRT (UTC−3)

Paysandu	2–0	Gama
Celsinho 9' Leandro Cearense 90+4'	Report

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 24,160

Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado (Tocantins)

Paysandu

Gama

GK 1 Emerson DF 13 Crystian DF 3 Fernando Lombardi DF 26 Gualberto DF 25 Lucas Siqueira MF 5 Ricardo Capanema  32' MF 8 Augusto Recife (c) MF 6 Raí  63' MF 20 Celsinho  82' FW 11 Fabinho Alves  81' FW 9 Leandro Cearense  44' Substitutes: MF 16 Raphael Luz  63' FW 29 Wanderson  81'   Coach: Dado Cavalcanti

GK 1 Pereira DF 2 Dudu Gago DF 3 Pedrão  78' DF 4 João Paulo DF 6 Makeka MF 5 Eduardo  37' MF 7 Lucas Almeida  53' MF 8 Michel Pires MF 10 Fábio Gama  70' FW 11 Formiga FW 9 Rafael Grampola  90+1' Substitutes: DF 13 Jesiel  90+1' MF 16 Héricles  78' FW 17 Raone  70'   Coach: Arthur Bernardes

Assistant referees: Bruno Raphael Pires (Goiás) Eduardo Gonçalves da Cruz (Mato Grosso do Sul) Fourth official: Andrey da Silva e Silva (Pará)

Second leg

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)

20:30 BRT (UTC−3)

Gama	2–1	Paysandu
Rafael Grampola 73', 78' (pen.)	Report	Raí 3'

Bezerrão, Gama

Attendance: 9,090

Referee: Elmo Alves Resende Cunha (Goiás)

Gama

Paysandu

GK 1 Pereira DF 2 Dudu Gago  86' DF 3 Pedrão DF 4 João Paulo DF 6 Lucas Almeida  67' MF 5 Eduardo  26' MF 7 Héricles MF 8 Michel Pires MF 10 Fábio Gama FW 11 Raone  28' FW 9 Rafael Grampola Substitutes: DF 14 Adriano  86' FW 18 Ítalo  85'  67'   Coach: Reinaldo Gueldini

GK 1 Emerson  88' DF 2 Roniery  12' DF 3 Fernando Lombardi DF 26 Gualberto  78' DF 25 Lucas Siqueira MF 5 Ricardo Capanema  38'  59' MF 8 Augusto Recife (c)  21' MF 6 Raí  14'  46' MF 20 Celsinho FW 11 Fabinho Alves  9' FW 9 Leandro Cearense Substitutes: MF 32 Rodrigo Andrade  46' MF 28 Paulinho  84' MF 16 Raphael Luz  32'  9'  84'   Coach: Dado Cavalcanti

Assistant referees: Cristhian Passos Sorence (Goiás) Leone Carvalho Rocha (Goiás) Fourth official: Breno Vieira Souza (Goiás)

See also

• 2017 Copa do Brasil