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