2019 Copa do Nordeste

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2018 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.{{cite web|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/pi/futebol/copa-do-nordeste/noticia/cbf-anuncia-mudanca-no-nordestao-2019-que-vai-adotar-ranking-nacional-de-clubes.ghtml |title=Com ranking nacional de clubes de critério, Nordestão 2019 inicia em abril de 2018 |publisher=Globo |date=16 February 2018 |language=Portuguese}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/201811/20181128150855_927.pdf |title=Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste 2019 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}}

The 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste was the qualifying tournament of 2019 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 18 April to 1 May 2018.{{cite web|url=https://cdn.cbf.com.br/content/201804/20180410192405_0.pdf |title=PRÉ-COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}} Best placed team in the 2018 CBF ranking not already qualified from Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

The draw was held on 9 April 2018, 15:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/campeonato-copa-nordeste/sorteio-define-duelos-da-pre-copa-do-nordeste-2019 |title=Sorteio define duelos da Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2019 |publisher=CBF |date=9 April 2018 |language=Portuguese}} Teams were seeded by their 2018 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). The eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the Pot A teams hosting the second leg.

:{{note label|id4||1}}{{small|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, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Pré-Copa do Nordeste Article 9).{{cite web|url=https://cdn.cbf.com.br/content/201802/20180216180922_0.pdf |title=Regulamento Específico da Competição Pré-Copa do Nordeste 2019 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}}

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Sampaio Corrêa, Confiança, Salgueiro and CRB qualified for 2019 Copa do Nordeste.

:{{note label|id4||a}}{{small|Sport, Pernambuco best placed team in the 2018 CBF ranking, declined to participate in the Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz. Salgueiro (best fourth-placed team) entered the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.diariodepernambuco.com.br/esportes/2018/03/23/sport-confirma-mais-uma-desistencia-na-lampions-e-segue-reprimindo-sua-historia/ |title=Sport anuncia mais uma desistência no Nordestão e segue reprimindo a história |publisher=Diário de Pernambuco |date=23 March 2018 |language=Portuguese}}}}

The schedule of the competition was as follows.{{cite web|url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/201810/20181017174649_655.pdf |title=COPA DO NORDESTE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2018 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}}

The draw for the group stage was held on 4 October 2018, 20:00, at Teatro Gustavo Leite in Maceió.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/copa-nordeste-masculino/apos-mudanca-copa-do-nordeste-tem-classicos-na-primeira-fase |title=Após mudança, Copa do Nordeste tem clássicos na primeira fase |publisher=CBF |date=5 October 2018 |language=Portuguese}} 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 2018 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

A second draw to determine the home-and-away teams for matches between same-state clubs was held on 15 October 2018 at CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/copa-nordeste-masculino/copa-do-nordeste-sorteio-define-mandos-dos-classicos-estaduais |title=Copa do Nordeste: sorteio define mandos dos clássicos estaduais |publisher=CBF |date=15 October 2018 |language=Portuguese}}

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 10).

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Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

• 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 winner (Regulations Article 11).
• 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 winner (Regulations Article 12).
• Extra time would be not played and away goals rule would be not 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. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 17).

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Dudu {{pengoal}}
William Alves {{pengoal}}
Augusto Potiguar {{pengoal}}
Ítalo Henrique {{pengoal}}
Allan Dias {{pengoal}}

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{{pengoal}} Ferrugem
{{pengoal}} Daniel Borges
{{pengoal}} William Barbio
{{pengoal}} Felipe Menezes
{{pengoal}} Guilherme Mattis
{{pengoal}} Igor
{{penmiss}} Mailson

|stadium=Estádio do Arruda, Recife

|attendance=8,018

|referee=Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva (Sergipe)

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|date=6 April 2019

|time=18:30

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|referee=Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

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|time=18:00

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|report=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/copa-nordeste-masculino/2019/67

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|goals1=Clayton {{goal|49}}
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Dico {{goal|86}}

|goals2=Robinho {{goal|64}}

|stadium=Almeidão, João Pessoa

|attendance=7,544

|referee=Diego Pombo Lopez (Bahia)

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|attendance=30,495

|referee=Marielson Alves Silva (Bahia)

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|date=9 May 2019

|time=19:15

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|goals2=Fábio Alves {{goal|60|o.g.}}

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|referee=Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro (Rio Grande do Norte)

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|date=23 May 2019

|time=21:30

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|date=29 May 2019

|time=20:00

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|attendance=17,518

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The 2019 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.{{cite web|title=A seleção da Copa do Nordeste de 2019, com 8 jogadores do Fortaleza, 2 do Botafogo e 1 do Bahia |url=https://cassiozirpoli.com.br/a-selecao-da-copa-do-nordeste-de-2019-com-8-jogadores-do-fortaleza-2-do-botafogo-e-1-do-bahia/ |publisher=Cassio Zirpoli |date=4 June 2019 |language=Portuguese}}

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| GK_nat = BRA | GK = Marcelo Boeck

| RB_nat = BRA | RB = Tinga

| RCB_nat = COL | RCB = Quintero

| LCB_nat = BRA | LCB = Roger Carvalho

| LB_nat = BRA | LB = Carlinhos

| DM_nat = BRA | DM = Gregore

| RCM_nat = BRA | RCM = Marcos Aurélio

| LCM_nat = BRA | LCM = Marcos Vinícius

| RW_nat = BRA | RW = Edinho

| CF_nat = BRA | CF = Júnior Santos

| LW_nat = BRA | LW = Osvaldo

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||{{small|Head coach
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Before the 2020 Copa do Nordeste draw, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the 2019 competition.

• Best player: Edinho (Fortaleza)
• Best goalkeeper: Marcelo Boeck (Fortaleza)
• Topscorer: Gilberto (Bahia) and Júnior Santos (Fortaleza)

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