2024 Copa do Nordeste

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste (officially the Copa do Nordeste Betnacional 2024 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 21st 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 Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024). The Copa do Nordeste began on 3 February and ended on 9 June 2024.^[2] Ceará were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

2024 Copa do Nordeste

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	3 February – 9 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Fortaleza (3rd title)
Runners-up	CRB
2025 Copa do Brasil	Fortaleza
Tournament statistics
Matches played	72
Goals scored	169 (2.35 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Moisés (7 goals)
← 2023 2025 →

Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2023 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatória da 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.^[3]

Qualification

Main article: 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024) was the qualifying tournament of the 2024 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 6 to 14 January 2024. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.^[4]

The winners were ABC (Rio Grande do Norte), Altos (Piauí), Botafogo-PB (Paraíba) and Juazeirense (Bahia).^[5]

Teams

The qualified teams are^[6]

Association	Team	Qualification method
Alagoas 1 berth	CRB	2023 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Bahia 2 + 1 berths	Bahia	2023 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Vitória	best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Juazeirense	2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Ceará 2 berths	Fortaleza	2023 Campeonato Cearense champions
	Ceará	best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão 1 berth	Maranhão	2023 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba 1 + 1 berths	Treze	2023 Campeonato Paraibano champions
	Botafogo-PB	2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Pernambuco 2 berths	Sport	2023 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
	Náutico	best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí 1 + 1 berths	River	2023 Campeonato Piauiense champions
	Altos	2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Rio Grande do Norte 1 + 1 berths	América de Natal	2023 Campeonato Potiguar champions
	ABC	2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Sergipe 1 berth	Itabaiana	2023 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage	First leg	Second leg
Group Stage	Round 1: 4 February
	Round 2: 10 February
	Round 3: 14 February
	Round 4: 21 and 28 February
	Round 5: 6 and 13 March
	Round 6: 20 March
	Round 7: 24 March
	Round 8: 27 March
Quarter-finals	10 April
Semi-finals	24 April
Finals	5 June	9 June

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 January 2024, 19:30, at the Teatro Silvio Mendes in Teresina.^[7] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). They 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 Juazeirense) could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Fortaleza (7) Ceará (14) Bahia (15) Sport (26)	CRB (27) Vitória (29) Náutico (37) ABC (44)	Botafogo-PB (56) Juazeirense (57) Altos (58) América de Natal (62)	Treze (79) Itabaiana (106) River (140) Maranhão (205)

Group stage

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team played on a single round-robin tournament 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. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 13).^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sport	8	5	2	1	16	8	+8	17	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	CRB	8	4	3	1	12	6	+6	15
3	Botafogo-PB	8	4	3	1	9	3	+6	15
4	Ceará	8	4	3	1	9	6	+3	15
5	Vitória	8	4	2	2	12	7	+5	14
6	Maranhão	8	4	2	2	14	13	+1	14
7	América de Natal	8	3	2	3	9	11	−2	11
8	River	8	3	1	4	5	9	−4	10

Source: CBF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahia	8	6	0	2	11	8	+3	18	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Fortaleza	8	2	2	4	9	10	−1	8
3	Altos	8	1	5	2	6	8	−2	8
4	Náutico	8	1	4	3	7	8	−1	7
5	ABC	8	1	4	3	8	12	−4	7
6	Juazeirense	8	2	0	6	9	13	−4	6
7	Treze	8	1	3	4	5	11	−6	6
8	Itabaiana	8	1	0	7	8	16	−8	3

Source: CBF

Results

Home \ Away ABC ALT BAH FOR ITA JUA NAU TRE América de Natal 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 Botafogo-PB 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 Ceará 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 CRB 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 Maranhão 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 River 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 Sport 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 Vitória 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–0

Home \ Away AME BOT CEA CRB MAR RIV SPO VIT ABC 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 Altos 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 Bahia 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Fortaleza 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 Itabaiana 0–1 0–2 3–4 1–2 Juazeirense 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 Náutico 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 Treze 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0

Source:CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[3]

• Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
  • If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 19).
• 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 penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 19).
• Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be 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. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards in the tournament; 5. Fewest yellow cards in the tournament; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).^[3]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
		Sport	2
		Ceará	1
							Sport	1
							Fortaleza	4
		Fortaleza	5
		Altos	0
												Fortaleza (p)	2	0	2 (5)
												CRB	0	2	2 (4)
		Bahia	3
		Náutico	0
							Bahia	0 (7)
							CRB (p)	0 (8)
		CRB (p)	0 (4)
		Botafogo-PB	0 (3)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sport	2–1	Ceará
Fortaleza	5–0	Altos
Bahia	3–0	Náutico
CRB	0–0 (4–3 p)	Botafogo-PB

Group C

Sport	2–1	Ceará
Felipinho 42' Rafael Thyere 90+1'	Report	Recalde 63'

10 April 2024

21:30

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho (Paraíba)

Group D

Fortaleza	5–0	Altos
Marinho 28' (pen.) Andrade 36', 45+1' Moisés 42' Yago Pikachu 68'	Report

21 April 2024

19:00

Castelão, Fortaleza

Referee: Márcio dos Santos Oliveira (Alagoas)

Group E

Bahia	3–0	Náutico
Thaciano 65' Estupiñán 79' Jean Lucas 85'	Report

10 April 2024

21:30

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Referee: Paulo José Souza Mourão (Maranhão)

Group F

CRB	0–0	Botafogo-PB
	Report
Penalties
Anselmo Ramon Gegê Falcão Matheus Ribeiro	4–3	Wendel Lomar Pipico Lenon Paulinho Júlio Rusch

9 April 2024

20:00

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Referee: Leonilson Fernandes Trigueiro Filho (Rio Grande do Norte)

Semi-finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
2	Sport	9	6	2	1	18	9	+9	20	Host
4	Fortaleza	9	3	2	4	14	10	+4	11
1	Bahia	9	7	0	2	14	8	+6	21	Host
3	CRB	9	4	4	1	12	6	+6	16

Source: CBF

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sport	1–4	Fortaleza
Bahia	0–0 (7–8 p)	CRB

Group G

Sport	1–4	Fortaleza
Gustavo Coutinho 82'	Report	Moisés 8', 18', 42' Hércules 21'

26 May 2024

18:00

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Referee: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (Rio Grande do Norte)

Group H

Bahia	0–0	CRB
	Report
Penalties
Everaldo Estupiñán Luciano Juba Cauly Jean Lucas Biel Ademir Caio Alexandre	7–8	Anselmo Ramon Gegê Rômulo Hereda Mike João Pedro Matheus Ribeiro Lucas Kallyel

26 May 2024

18:00

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Referee: Fábio Augusto Santos Sá Júnior (Sergipe)

Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	CRB	10	4	5	1	12	6	+6	17	2nd leg
2	Fortaleza	10	4	2	4	18	11	+7	14	1st leg

Source: CBF

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	2–2 (5–4 p)	CRB	2–0	0–2

Group I

Fortaleza	2–0	CRB
Moisés 40' Lucero 45+3'	Report

5 June 2024

21:30

Castelão, Fortaleza

Referee: Paulo Belence Alves dos Prazeres Filho (Pernambuco)

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CRB	2–0	Fortaleza
João Neto 65', 86'	Report
Penalties
Anselmo Ramon Gegê João Neto Hereda Matheus Ribeiro	4–5	Lucero Pedro Rocha Zé Welison Hércules Yago Pikachu

9 June 2024

16:30

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Referee: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade (Bahia)

2024 Copa do Nordeste Champions
Fortaleza 3rd title

Top goalscorers

As of 5 June 2024

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Moisés	Fortaleza	7
2	Anselmo Ramon	CRB	5
	Gustavo Coutinho	Sport
4	Erick Pulga	Ceará	4
	Thaciano	Bahia
	Vinícius Barata	Maranhão

Source:CBF