2023 Copa Verde
The 2023 Copa Verde is the 10th edition of the football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Pará and Tocantins have two vacancies; Amapá, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia and Roraima with one each. The others five berths was set according to CBF ranking.[1]
| Country |  Brazil |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 February – 3 May |
| Teams | 24 |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 68 (2.43 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Wanderson (4 goals) |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The champion will have a spot in the third round of the 2024 Copa do Brasil.
Qualified teams
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[4]
| Stage | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| First round |
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| Round of 16 |
| |
| Quarter-finals | 8 and 15 March 2023 | 22 and 23 March 2023 |
| Semi-finals | 26 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 |
| Finals | 19 April 2023 | 3 May 2023 |
First round
Draw
| Group 1 | Group 2 |
|---|---|
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In the first round, each tie was played on a single-legged basis. The higher-ranked team hosted the match. If the score was level, the match would go straight to the penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Humaitá  |
2–0 |  Trem |
| Atlético Acreano |
3–6 | São Francisco |
Castanhal  |
2–3 |  Real Ariquemes |
| Rio Branco |
0–1 |  Princesa do Solimões |
União Rondonópolis  |
1–0 |  Real Noroeste |
Tocantinópolis  |
1–1 (5–4 p) |  Operário |
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1–0 | Rio Branco |
| Luverdense |
2–1 | Interporto |
Round of 16
In the round of 16, each tie was played on a single-legged basis. The higher-ranked team hosted the match. If the score was level, the match would go straight to the penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Remo |
4–1 | Humaitá |
São Raimundo  |
6–0 | São Francisco |
| Paysandu |
3–0 | Real Ariquemes |
| Manaus |
0–2 | Princesa do Solimões |
Goiás  |
3–0 | União Rondonópolis |
| Brasiliense |
4–2 | Tocantinópolis |
| Cuiabá |
3–0 | Ceilândia |
| Vila Nova |
0–0 (4–3 p) | Luverdense |
Bracket
From the quarter-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The higher-ranked team hosted the second match. If the aggregate score was level, the second-leg match would go straight to the penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Princesa do Solimões
| 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Paysandu (p)
| 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Paysandu (p)
| 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Remo
| 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||||
| São Raimundo
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Remo
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Paysandu
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| Goiás
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| Vila Nova
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cuiabá
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Cuiabá
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Goiás
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Brasiliense
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Goiás
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
References
- "CBF divulga Regulamento Específico e Tabela Básica da Copa Verde 2023". CBF. 15 December 2022.
- Atlético Goianiense declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Rio Branco.
- Aparecidense declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Castanhal.
- "COPA VERDE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
- Due to the two equal positions in the CBF club ranking (RNC), the state ranking (RNF) was adopted in this case.