2025 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2025 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2025) was the qualifying tournament of the 2025 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 4 to 8 January 2025.^[1] Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

2025 Copa do Nordeste qualification

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	4 – 8 January 2025
Teams	16
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	19 (1.58 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Thiago Alagoano (2 goals)
← 2024 2026 →

Format

The teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[2]

• The tournament was played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
  • If tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
• Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used during the tournament.

Qualified teams

Every federation had a team qualified by the 2024 CBF ranking, while the seven best placed federations in the 2024 CBF state ranking (Ceará, Bahia, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba) earned an extra berth in the tournament by participating in their respective state championships.^[3]

Association	Team	Qualification method
Alagoas 2 berths	CSA	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
	ASA	2024 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
Bahia 2 berths	Juazeirense	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Barcelona de Ilhéus	2024 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place
Ceará 2 berths	Ferroviário	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Maracanã	2024 Campeonato Cearense 3rd place
Maranhão 2 berths	Moto Club	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Maranhão	2024 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Paraíba 2 berths	Botafogo-PB	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Treze	2024 Campeonato Paraibano 3rd place
Pernambuco 2 berths	Santa Cruz	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Retrô	2024 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
Piauí 1 berth	Fluminense-PI	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths	ABC	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Santa Cruz de Natal	2024 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
Sergipe 1 berth	Sergipe	best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[1]

Round	First leg	Second leg
First round	4 January 2025
Second round	8 January 2025

First round

Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2024 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Pot
CSA (31) ABC (40) Ferroviário (53) Botafogo-PB (54) Santa Cruz (58) Juazeirense (63) Retrô (73) Sergipe (82)	ASA (83) Moto Club (86) Fluminense-PI (91) Treze (107) Maranhão (135) Santa Cruz de Natal (217) Maracanã (no rank) Barcelona de Ilhéus (no rank)

For the first round, the sixteen teams were drawn into eight ties, with the best seeded team playing against the sixteenth seeded team, while the second-best seeded team facing the fifteenth-best, third against fourteenth, fourth against thirteenth, etc. The higher-seeded team hosted the leg.^[2]

Matches

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSA	1–0	Barcelona de Ilhéus
ABC	0–0 (4–5 p)	Maracanã
Ferroviário	0–0 (7–6 p)	Santa Cruz de Natal
Botafogo-PB	1–0	Maranhão
Santa Cruz	1–2	Treze
Juazeirense	3–3 (5–4 p)	Fluminense-PI
Retrô	1–1 (5–6 p)	Moto Club
Sergipe	0–2	ASA

CSA	1–0	Barcelona de Ilhéus
Guilherme Cachoeira 19'	Report

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

16:00

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Referee: Afro Rocha de Carvalho Filho (Paraíba)

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Santa Cruz	1–2	Treze
Thiaguinho 55'	Report	Wandson 33' Van 69'

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

16:00

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

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Juazeirense	3–3	Fluminense-PI
Guilherme Silveira 11' Jhúnior 36' Tatá Baiano 65' (pen.)	Report	Gabriel Vieira 6' Romarinho 29' João Sala 84' (pen.)
Penalties
Zé Oliveira Elivélton Bruno Oliveira Tatá Baiano Júnior Santos	5–4	João Sala Everton Vitor Miguel Gabriel Biloca Gabriel Vieira

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

16:00

Estádio Adauto Moraes, Juazeiro

Referee: Márcio dos Santos Oliveira (Alagoas)

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Sergipe	0–2	ASA
	Report	Thiago Alagoano 29' (pen.), 43'

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

16:00

Batistão, Aracaju

Referee: Marcelo de Lima Henrique (Ceará)

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ABC	0–0	Maracanã
	Report
Penalties
Wallyson Bismark Adeílson Maranhão Robinho Emanuel	4–5	Jair Berlitz Wendel Willian Fazendinha Vinícius Canindé Davi Torres

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

19:30

Frasqueirão, Natal

Referee: Wallas Martins Lopes (Maranhão)

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Ferroviário	0–0	Santa Cruz de Natal
	Report
Penalties
Janeudo Gharib Pablo Alves João Cubas Ciel Allanzinho Wesley Junio Jeffão	7–6	Bebeto Felipe Araújo Pedro Teixeira Diego Costa Ewerton Potiguar Tiago Bettim David Lopes Moisés Matias

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

19:30

Estádio Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza

Referee: Marcel Phillipe Santos Martins (Sergipe)

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Botafogo-PB	1–0	Maranhão
Igor Maduro 70'	Report

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

19:30

Almeidão, João Pessoa

Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos (Bahia)

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Retrô	1–1	Moto Club
Mascote 29'	Report	Danilo Pires 57'
Penalties
Mascote Samuel Granada Fernandinho Franco Gedeílson Luiz Henrique Ericson Rayan Ribeiro Claudinho	5–6	Matheus Silva Wesley Danilo Pires Gustavo Rodrigues Lopeu Luís Gustavo Warllem Mateus Vítor Carvalho Allan Thiago

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04)

19:30

Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata

Referee: José Magno Teixeira do Nascimento (Rio Grande do Norte)

Second round

Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2024 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Pot
CSA (31) Ferroviário (53) Botafogo-PB (54) Juazeirense (63)	ASA (83) Moto Club (86) Treze (107) Maracanã (no rank)

For the second round, the eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the best seeded team playing against the eighth seeded team, the second-best seeded team facing the seventh-best, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. The higher-seeded team hosted the leg.^[2]

Matches

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSA	1–0	Maracanã
Ferroviário	2–0	Treze
Botafogo-PB	0–1	Moto Club
Juazeirense	0–0 (4–3 p)	ASA

Ferroviário	2–0	Treze
Allanzinho 61' Kiuan 87'	Report

8 January 2025 (2025-01-08)

16:00

Estádio Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza

Referee: Paulo Belence Alves dos Prazeres Filho (Pernambuco)

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Juazeirense	0–0	ASA
	Report
Penalties
Zé Oliveira Clébson Tatá Baiano Bino Júnior Santos Bruno Oliveira	4–3	França Carlos Santos Uelber Fabrício Bigode Thiago Gabriel Paulinho

8 January 2025 (2025-01-08)

16:00

Estádio Adauto Moraes, Juazeiro

Referee: Jurandy Ribeiro da Silva (Bahia)

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CSA	1–0	Maracanã
Igor Bahia 48'	Report

8 January 2025 (2025-01-08)

20:00

Estádio Rei Pelé, Maceió

Referee: Nairon Pereira de Lira (Pernambuco)

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Botafogo-PB	0–1	Moto Club
	Report	Danilinho 58'

8 January 2025 (2025-01-08)

20:00

Almeidão, João Pessoa

Referee: Rafael Carlos Salgueiro Lima (Alagoas)

2025 Copa do Nordeste qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the 2025 Copa do Nordeste.

State	Team
Alagoas	CSA
Ceará	Ferroviário
Maranhão	Moto Club
Bahia	Juazeirense

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Thiago Alagoano	ASA	2
2	Seventeen players		1

Source:CBF