2017 Copa do Nordeste

2017 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	24 January – 24 May
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Bahia
Runner-up	Sport
2018 Copa do Brasil	Bahia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	183 (2.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Régis (6 goals)
Best player	Régis
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The 2017 Copa do Nordeste was the 14th 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]

Bahia defeated Sport 2–1 on aggregate to win their third Copa do Nordeste title.^[2] After the format changes implemented by CONMEBOL, Bahia did not qualify to Copa Sudamericana. Instead, they had a berth in the Round of 16 of the 2018 Copa do Brasil.

Santa Cruz were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Sport in the semi-finals.

Qualified teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage
Alagoas 2 berths	CRB	2016 Campeonato Alagoano champions
Alagoas 2 berths	CSA	2016 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
Bahia 3 berths	Vitória	2016 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Bahia	2016 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Juazeirense	2016 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place
Ceará 2 berths	Fortaleza	2016 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará 2 berths	Uniclinic	2016 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
Maranhão 2 berths	Moto Club	2016 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Maranhão 2 berths	Sampaio Corrêa	2016 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Paraíba 2 berths	Campinense	2016 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Paraíba 2 berths	Botafogo-PB	2016 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Pernambuco 3 berths	Santa Cruz	2016 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
	Sport	2016 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Náutico	2016 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
Piauí 2 berths	Ríver	2016 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Piauí 2 berths	Altos	2016 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths	ABC	2016 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths	América de Natal	2016 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
Sergipe 2 berths	Sergipe	2016 Campeonato Sergipano champions
Sergipe 2 berths	Itabaiana	2016 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up

Format

In the Group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the top three runners-up of each group advanced to the Quarter-finals.
In the final stages, the 8 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the best tournament team hosting the second leg. 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.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).

To select the top four group winners and the top three runners-up.

If two or more teams were equal on points, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:

Higher number of wins;
Superior goal difference;
Higher number of goals scored;
Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

To rank same group teams.

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:

Higher number of wins;
Superior goal difference;
Higher number of goals scored;
Head-to-head result between tied teams (only applicable for a 2 teams tiebreak). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used unless the teams play in the same stadium;
Fewest red cards received;
Fewest yellow cards received;
Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

To select Semi-finals and Final second leg host team

If two or more teams were equal on points, the following criteria were applied to determine the host team:

Higher number of wins in the tournament;
Superior goal difference in the tournament;
Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.^[3]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAN	CAM	NAU	UNI
1	Santa Cruz	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13	Knockout phase		1–0	1–0	4–0
2	Campinense	6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11	Knockout phase	1–1		2–0	4–0
3	Náutico	6	3	1	2	14	3	+11	10		1–0	0–0		4–0
4	Uniclinic	6	0	0	6	0	24	−24	0		0–2	0–1	0–9

Source: CBF and CBF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAH	FOR	ALT	MOT
1	Bahia	6	4	2	0	11	0	+11	14	Knockout phase		2–0	3–0	2–0
2	Fortaleza	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7		0–0		1–1	3–2
3	Altos	6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	7		0–0	1–1		4–3
4	Moto Club	6	0	2	4	7	15	−8	2		0–4	1–1	1–1

Source: CBF and CBF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPO	RIV	SAM	JUA
1	Sport	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Knockout phase		2–2	1–0	5–0
2	Ríver	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Knockout phase	1–2		1–0	2–0
3	Sampaio Corrêa	6	2	0	4	4	8	−4	6		2–1	0–1		2–1
4	Juazeirense	6	1	0	5	4	11	−7	3		0–1	0–1	3–0

Source: CBF and CBF

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ITA	CRB	ABC	CSA
1	Itabaiana	6	3	2	1	6	6	0	11	Knockout phase		0–0	2–1	2–1
2	CRB	6	2	3	1	4	2	+2	9		0–0		2–0	2–1
3	ABC	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7		3–0	0–0		2–1
4	CSA	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6		1–2	1–0	3–0

Source: CBF and CBF

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIT	SER	AME	BOT
1	Vitória	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13	Knockout phase		3–1	2–1	1–0
2	Sergipe	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Knockout phase	1–2		1–0	2–0
3	América de Natal	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7		0–0	0–2		3–1
4	Botafogo-PB	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4		4–2	2–2	0–1

Source: CBF and CBF

Top three runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Ríver	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Knockout phase
2	A	Campinense	6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11
3	E	Sergipe	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
4	D	CRB	6	2	3	1	4	2	+2	9
5	B	Fortaleza	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7

Source: CBF

Knockout phase

A draw by CBF was held on March 24 to set the matches for the Quarter-finals. The 8 qualified teams were divided in two pots (1-2). Teams from pot 1 were the top four group winners. Pot 2 was composed of the other group winner and the top three runners-up.^[4]

Seeding

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Bahia	6	4	2	0	11	0	+11	14	Pot 1
2	C	Sport	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
3	A	Santa Cruz	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13
4	E	Vitória	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13
5	D	Itabaiana	6	3	2	1	6	6	0	11	Pot 2
6	C	Ríver	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Pot 2
7	A	Campinense	6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11
8	E	Sergipe	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10

Source: CBF

Pot 1	Pot 2
Bahia Sport Santa Cruz Vitória	Itabaiana Ríver Campinense Sergipe

Bracket

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Campinense	3	1	4 (2)

Sport (p)	1	3	4 (4)
				Sport	1	2	3

				Santa Cruz	2	0	2
Itabaiana	0	0	0

Santa Cruz	1	1	2
								Sport	1	0	1

								Bahia	1	1	2
Ríver	2	0	2

Vitória	3	1	4
				Vitória	2	0	2

				Bahia	1	2	3
Sergipe	2	0	2

Bahia	4	3	7

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 March, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 April 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Campinense	4–4 (2–4 p)	Sport	3–1	1–3
Itabaiana	0–2	Santa Cruz	0–1	0–1
Ríver	2–4	Vitória	2–3	0–1
Sergipe	2–7	Bahia	2–4	0–3

Matches

30 March 2017

21:15

Campinense	3–1	Sport
Magno 28' Augusto 29' Reinaldo Alagoano 83'	Report	Juninho 81'

Amigão, Campina Grande

Attendance: 6,949

Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)

2 April 2017

16:00

Sport	3–1	Campinense
Rogério 4' Diego Souza 17', 59'	Report	Fernando Pires 48'
Penalties
Ronaldo Alves Everton Felipe Lenis Fabrício	4–2	Osvaldir Reinaldo Alagoano Tiago Orobó Joécio

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 19,308

Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Sport won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals.

29 March 2017

21:45

Itabaiana	0–1	Santa Cruz
	Report	Anderson Salles 20'

Estádio Etelvino Mendonça, Itabaiana

Attendance: 3,648

Referee: Marielson Alves Silva (Bahia)

1 April 2017

18:15

Santa Cruz	1–0	Itabaiana
Anderson Salles 72'	Report

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 21,101

Referee: Jailson Macêdo Freitas (Bahia)

Santa Cruz won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

29 March 2017

19:15

Ríver	2–3	Vitória
Brizuela 6' Negueba 80'	Report	Kieza 2' Alan Costa 55' David 77'

Lindolfinho, Teresina

Attendance: 4,885

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

1 April 2017

16:00

Vitória	1–0	Ríver
José Welison 73'	Report

Barradão, Salvador

Attendance: 9,189

Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)

Vitória won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

29 March 2017

21:45

Sergipe	2–4	Bahia
Élton 25' Fabiano 89'	Report	Hernane 28' (pen.) Zé Rafael 60' Matheus Reis 62' Régis 76'

Batistão, Aracaju

Attendance: 7,610

Referee: Renan Roberto de Souza (Paraíba)

2 April 2017

18:30

Bahia	3–0	Sergipe
Edson 52', 62' Edigar Junio 82'	Report

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 8,299

Referee: Luiz César de Oliveira Magalhães (Ceará)

Bahia won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Host team

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
2	Santa Cruz	8	6	1	1	11	2	+9	19	2nd leg
4	Sport	8	5	1	2	16	9	+7	16	1st leg

1	Bahia	8	6	2	0	18	2	+16	20	2nd leg
3	Vitória	8	6	1	1	14	9	+5	19	1st leg

Source: CBF

Summary

The first legs were played on 27 and 29 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 3 May 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sport	3–2	Santa Cruz	1–2	2–0
Vitória	2–3	Bahia	2–1	0–2

Matches

29 April 2017

18:30

Sport	1–2	Santa Cruz
Diego Souza 39' (pen.)	Report	Léo Costa 32' Halef Pitbull 76'

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 23,574

Referee: Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva (Sergipe)

3 May 2017

21:45

Santa Cruz	0–2	Sport
	Report	Everton Felipe 16' André 77'

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 35,231

Referee: Péricles Bassols Pegado Cortez (Pernambuco)

Sport won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

27 April 2017

20:30

Vitória	2–1	Bahia
Euller 37' André Lima 51'	Report	Edson 4'

Barradão, Salvador

Attendance: 13,686

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

30 April 2017

16:00

Bahia	2–0	Vitória
Allione 37' Régis 59'	Report

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 34,599

Referee: Luiz César de Oliveira Magalhães (Ceará)

Bahia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

Host team

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Bahia	10	7	2	1	21	4	+17	23	2nd leg
2	Sport	10	6	1	3	19	11	+8	19	1st leg

Source: CBF

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sport	1–2	Bahia	1–1	0–1

Matches

17 May 2017

21:45

Sport	1–1	Bahia
Juninho 80'	Report	Juninho 56'

Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 26,685

Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

24 May 2017

21:45

Bahia	1–0	Sport
Edigar Junio 12'	Report

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 41,175

Referee: Francisco Carlos do Nascimento (Alagoas)

2017 Copa do Nordeste Champions

Bahia 3rd title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Régis	Bahia	6
2	Hernane	Bahia	5
2	Hiago	Sergipe	5
4	André	Sport	4
	Diego Souza	Sport	4
	Giva	Náutico	4
	Halef Pitbull	Santa Cruz	4
	Kieza	Vitória	4
	Rogério	Sport	4
	Viola	River	4

Source: CBF^[5]

2017 Copa do Nordeste team

The 2017 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.^[6]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Magrão	Sport
DF	Eduardo	Bahia
DF	Anderson Salles	Santa Cruz
DF	Tiago	Bahia
DF	Pablo Armero	Bahia
MF	Rithely	Sport
MF	Edson	Bahia
MF	Régis ^a	Bahia
MF	Diego Souza ^b	Sport
FW	David ^c	Vitória
FW	Edigar Junio	Bahia
Head coach	Guto Ferreira	Bahia

a.^ Best player and Top scorer
b.^ Best goal of the tournament (playing against Campinense, 59th minute)
c.^ Breakthrough player

Head coach

References

^ "Conheça os quatro potes do sorteio da Copa do Nordeste-2017" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. May 26, 2016.
^ "É campeão! Bahia bate o Sport e conquista a Copa do Nordeste 2017" (in Portuguese). Globo. May 24, 2017.
^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2017" (PDF). CBF (in Portuguese). November 28, 2016.
^ "CBF define em sorteio, e River-PI pega o Vitória nas quartas do Nordestão" (in Portuguese). Globo. March 24, 2017.
^ "Artilharia - Copa do Nordeste 2017" (in Portuguese). CBF.
^ "Campeão, Bahia domina seleção do Nordestão com técnico e craque" (in Portuguese). ESPN. June 1, 2017.

[1] "Conheça os quatro potes do sorteio da Copa do Nordeste-2017" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. May 26, 2016.

[2] "É campeão! Bahia bate o Sport e conquista a Copa do Nordeste 2017" (in Portuguese). Globo. May 24, 2017.

[3] "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2017" (PDF). CBF (in Portuguese). November 28, 2016.

[4] "CBF define em sorteio, e River-PI pega o Vitória nas quartas do Nordestão" (in Portuguese). Globo. March 24, 2017.

[5] "Artilharia - Copa do Nordeste 2017" (in Portuguese). CBF.

[6] "Campeão, Bahia domina seleção do Nordestão com técnico e craque" (in Portuguese). ESPN. June 1, 2017.

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