2021 Copa do Nordeste

The 2021 Copa do Nordeste was the 18th 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 Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Pré-Copa do Nordeste). The Copa do Nordeste began on 27 February and ended on 8 May.

2021 Copa do Nordeste
Country Brazil
Dates27 February – 8 May
Teams16
ChampionsBahia
Runners-upCeará
2022 Copa do BrasilBahia
Matches played72
Goals scored153 (2.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Gilberto (8 goals)
Best playerGilberto
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Tied on aggregate 2–2, Bahia defeated the defending champions Ceará on penalties in the finals to win their fourth title. As champions, Bahia qualified for the third round of the 2022 Copa do Brasil.[1]

Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2020 CBF ranking from Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.[2]

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]

Teams

2021 Pré-Copa do Nordeste

The 2021 Pré-Copa do Nordeste was the qualifying tournament of 2021 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 16 December 2020 to 2 February 2021.[4] Eight teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. Teams from Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe qualified as best placed teams in the 2020 CBF ranking not already qualified, while the team from Bahia qualified through the 2020 Campeonato Baiano (best placed team not already qualified, runners-up Atlético de Alagoinhas).[5]

Draw

The draw was held on 4 November 2020, 10:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[6] Teams were seeded by their 2020 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.

2021 Pré-Copa do Nordeste draw
Pot A Pot B
1 The identity of Piauí team was not known at the time of the draw.

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time would not be played and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. The away goals rule would not be used (Regulations Pré-Copa do Nordeste Article 10).[7]

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Itabaiana 2–4 Santa Cruz 2–2 0–2
Moto Club 0–2 CSA 0–0 0–2
Atlético de Alagoinhas 1–4 Botafogo-PB 1–1 0–3
Altos 2–1 Globo 2–0 0–1

Santa Cruz, CSA, Botafogo-PB and Altos qualified for 2021 Copa do Nordeste.

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas
1 + 1 berths		 CRB 2020 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CSA 2021 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Bahia
2 berths		 Bahia 2020 Campeonato Baiano champions
Vitória best placed team in the 2020 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ceará
2 berths		 Fortaleza 2020 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2020 CBF ranking not already qualified
Maranhão
1 berth		 Sampaio Corrêa 2020 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba
1 + 1 berths		 Treze 2020 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Botafogo-PB 2021 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Pernambuco
2 +1 berths		 Salgueiro 2020 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Sport best placed team in the 2020 CBF ranking not already qualified
Santa Cruz 2021 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Piauí
1 + 1 berths		 4 de Julho 2020 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Altos 2021 Pré-Copa do Nordeste
Rio Grande do Norte
1 berth		 ABC 2020 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Sergipe
1 berth		 Confiança 2020 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[8]

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 27 February–3 March
Round 2: 6–7 March
Round 3: 11–17 March
Round 4: 20–21 March
Round 5: 23 March–7 April
Round 6: 27 March–1 April
Round 7: 3–5 April
Round 8: 10 April
Quarter-finals 17–18 April
Semi-finals 24 April
Finals 1 May 8 May

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 4 February 2021, 12:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[9] The 16 teams 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 Salgueiro) could not be drawn into the same group. Teams were seeded by their 2020 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

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 12).[3]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará 8 4 4 0 14 3 +11 16 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Bahia 8 4 1 3 16 9 +7 13
3 CRB 8 3 4 1 10 6 +4 13
4 Sampaio Corrêa 8 2 5 1 8 8 0 11
5 Treze 8 2 3 3 7 10 −3 9
6 Confiança 8 1 5 2 5 6 −1 8
7 4 de Julho 8 1 5 2 8 10 −2 8
8 Santa Cruz 8 1 0 7 3 11 −8 3
Source: CBF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza 8 5 2 1 9 4 +5 17 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Vitória 8 3 4 1 10 7 +3 13
3 Altos 8 3 2 3 7 9 −2 11
4 CSA 8 2 5 1 10 9 +1 11
5 ABC 8 2 4 2 9 9 0 10
6 Salgueiro 8 2 2 4 7 11 −4 8
7 Botafogo-PB 8 1 5 2 5 6 −1 8
8 Sport 8 1 3 4 6 16 −10 6
Source: CBF

Results

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 10).
  • 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 16).
  • 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 17).[3]

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
           
Fortaleza 2
CSA 1
Fortaleza 0 (2)
Bahia (p) 0 (4)
Bahia 4
CRB 0
Bahia (p) 0 2 2 (4)
Ceará 1 1 2 (2)
Ceará 3
Sampaio Corrêa 0
Ceará 2
Vitória 0
Vitória 2
Altos 1

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ceará 3–0 Sampaio Corrêa
Bahia 4–0 CRB
Fortaleza 2–1 CSA
Vitória 2–1 Altos

Group C
Ceará 3–0 Sampaio Corrêa
Allan Godoi 72' (o.g.)
Saulo Mineiro 75'
Felipe Vizeu 78'		 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marielson Alves Silva (Bahia)

Group D
Bahia 4–0 CRB
Matheus Bahia 13'
Thaciano 42'
Gilberto 57'
Rossi 69'		 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

Group E
Fortaleza 2–1 CSA
David 17'
Bruno Melo 65'		 Report Dellatorre 42' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leandro Bizzio Marinho (Paraíba)

Group F
Vitória 2–1 Altos
Samuel 22'
Eduardo 89'		 Report Lucas Campos 26'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda (Ceará)

Semi-finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
2 Ceará 9 5 4 0 17 3 +14 19 Host
4 Vitória 9 4 4 1 12 8 +4 16
1 Fortaleza 9 6 2 1 11 5 +6 20 Host
3 Bahia 9 5 1 3 20 9 +11 16
Source: CBF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ceará 2–0 Vitória
Fortaleza 0–0 (2–4 p) Bahia

Group G
Ceará 2–0 Vitória
Vinícius 20'
Messias 41'		 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Zandick Gondim Alves Júnior (Rio Grande do Norte)

Group H
Fortaleza 0–0 Bahia
Report
Penalties
Bruno Melo
Lucas Crispim
Éderson
Robson 		2–4 Gilberto
Matheus Galdezani
Rodriguinho
Juninho Capixaba
Conti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)

Finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Ceará 10 6 4 0 19 3 +16 22 2nd leg
2 Bahia 10 5 2 3 20 9 +11 17 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahia 2–2 (4–2 p) Ceará 0–1 2–1

Group I
Bahia 0–1 Ceará
Report Jael 90+3'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)
Ceará 1–2 Bahia
Jael 83' Report Rodriguinho 63' (pen.)
Gilberto 69'
Penalties
Lima
Jorginho
Marlon
Fernando Sobral 		2–4 Rodriguinho
Matheus Galdezani
Thonny Anderson
Lucas Araújo
Conti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)
2021 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Bahia
4th title

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Gilberto Bahia 8
2 Dellatorre CSA 6
3 Samuel Vitória 5
4 João Leonardo Treze 4
Lucão CRB
Saulo Mineiro Ceará
Wallyson ABC
8 Bruninho Confiança 3
Ciel Salgueiro
Felipe Vizeu Ceará
Jael Ceará
Jefinho Sampaio Corrêa
Marco Túlio CSA
Rodriguinho Bahia

Source:CBF

2021 Copa do Nordeste team

The 2021 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[10]

References
  1. "Nos pênaltis, Bahia supera o Ceará e conquista Copa do Nordeste 2021" (in Portuguese). CBF. 8 May 2021.
  2. "Definida a fase preliminar do Nordestão 2021, com o Santa Cruz indo até Sergipe" (in Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. 4 November 2020.
  3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste –2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  4. "ELIMINATÓRIA - COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  5. "REGULAMENTO Campeonato Baianão 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FBF. 17 November 2019.
  6. "Sorteio define os confrontos das eliminatórias da Copa do Nordeste" (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 November 2020.
  7. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  8. "COPA DO NORDESTE – TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  9. "Sorteio define grupos da Copa do Nordeste 2021" (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 February 2021.
  10. "A seleção do Nordestão 2021, com 7 jogadores do Bahia, 3 do Ceará e 1 do Confiança" (in Portuguese). Cassio Zirpoli. 10 May 2021.
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