2015 Copa do Nordeste
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{{ infobox football tournament season
| title = Copa do Nordeste
| year = 2015
| other_titles = Nordestão
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| country = Brazil
| dates = 3 February – 29 April
| num_teams = 16
| champions = Ceará
| runner-up = Bahia
| continentalcup1 = 2015 Copa Sudamericana
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Ceará
| matches = 73
| goals = 173
| attendance = 506803
| top goal scorer = Max
(6 goals)
| player =
| prevseason = 2014
| nextseason = 2016
}}
The 2015 Copa do Nordeste was the 12th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region.{{cite web|url=https://fnf.org.br/copa-do-nordeste-2015|title=Copa do Nordeste 2015|trans-title=2015 Northeast Cup|website=Federação Norte-rio-grandense de Futebol|date=September 15, 2014|accessdate=September 26, 2022}} 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. For the first time, the competition included teams from Maranhão and Piauí.
Qualified teams
Knockout phase
=Bracket=
{{8TeamBracket-2Leg
| RD1= Quarter-finals
| RD2= Semi-finals
| RD3= Finals
| noseeds= y
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|Ceará}} Fortaleza
| RD1-score1-1=1
| RD1-score1-2=0
| RD1-score1-agg=1 (2)
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|Pernambuco}} Sport
| RD1-score2-1=0
| RD1-score2-2=1
| RD1-score2-agg=1 (4)
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|Paraíba}} Campinense
| RD1-score3-1=0
| RD1-score3-2=0
| RD1-score3-agg=0
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|Bahia}} Bahia
| RD1-score4-1=0
| RD1-score4-2=1
| RD1-score4-agg=1
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|Pernambuco}} Salgueiro
| RD1-score5-1=0
| RD1-score5-2=1
| RD1-score5-agg=1
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|Ceará}} Ceará
| RD1-score6-1=2
| RD1-score6-2=2
| RD1-score6-agg=4
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|Rio Grande do Norte}} América
| RD1-score7-1=0
| RD1-score7-2=2
| RD1-score7-agg=2
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|Bahia}} Vitória
| RD1-score8-1=1
| RD1-score8-2=4
| RD1-score8-agg=5
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|Pernambuco}} Sport
| RD2-score1-1=0
| RD2-score1-2=2
| RD2-score1-agg=2
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|Bahia}} Bahia
| RD2-score2-1=0
| RD2-score2-2=3
| RD2-score2-agg=3
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|Ceará}} Ceará {{aet}}
| RD2-score3-1=0
| RD2-score3-2=2
| RD2-score3-agg=2
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|Bahia}} Vitória
| RD2-score4-1=0
| RD2-score4-2=2
| RD2-score4-agg=2
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|Bahia}} Bahia
| RD3-score1-1=0
| RD3-score1-2=1
| RD3-score1-agg=1
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|Ceará}} Ceará
| RD3-score2-1=1
| RD3-score2-2=2
| RD3-score2-agg=3
}}
=Quarterfinals=
=Semifinals=
=Finals=
{{Football box
| date = 22 April 2015
| time = 22:00 UTC−3
| team1 = Bahia
| score = 0–1
| report = [http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/copa-do-nordeste-2015/22-04-2015/bahia-ceara.html Report]
| team2 = Ceará
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Ricardinho {{goal|71}}
| stadium = Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
| attendance = 40,805
| referee = Pablo dos Santos Alves
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 29 April 2015
| time = 22:00 UTC−3
| team1 = Ceará
| score = 2–1
| report = [http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/copa-do-nordeste-2015/29-04-2015/ceara-bahia.html Report]
| team2 = Bahia
| goals1 = Charles {{goal|15}}
Gilvan {{goal|51}}
| goals2 = Maxi Biancucchi {{goal|88}}
| stadium = Castelão, Fortaleza
| attendance = 63,399
| referee = Ítalo Medeiros de Azevedo
}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; width: 20%" |
| 2015 Copa do Nordeste Champions |
|---|
| {{flagicon|Ceará|size=100px}} |
| Ceará 1st title |
Top scorers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| 1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Max |align="left"|América de Natal |6 |
| rowspan="2"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Kieza |align="left"|Bahia |rowspan="2"|5 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Magno Alves
|align="left"|Ceará |
| 4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Robert |align="left"|Sampaio Corrêa |4 |