2022 Copa do Nordeste

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2021 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste.{{cite web|url=https://cassiozirpoli.com.br/a-copa-do-nordeste-de-2022-e-reformulada-e-preliminar-ganha-mais-16-clubes-lista-pronta/ |title=A Copa do Nordeste de 2022 é reformulada e preliminar ganha mais 16 clubes; lista pronta |publisher=Cassio Zirpoli |date=24 July 2021 |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/202112/20211217123945_556.pdf |title=Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Nordeste – 2022 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}}

{{main|2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification}}

The 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2022) was the qualifying tournament of the 2022 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 12 October to 18 November 2021. Twenty-four teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in three rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.

The winners were CRB (Alagoas), Floresta (Ceará), Sousa and Botafogo-PB (Paraíba).{{cite web|url=https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/definidos-todos-os-clubes-garantidos-na-fase-de-grupos-da-copa-do-nordeste-veja-aqui/ |title= Definidos todos os clubes garantidos na fase de grupos da Copa do Nordeste; Veja aqui! |publisher=Futebol Interior |date=19 November 2021 |language=Portuguese}}

The qualified teams were{{cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/pe/futebol/copa-do-nordeste/noticia/copa-do-nordeste-de-2022-tem-todos-os-16-participantes-definidos-veja-potes-do-sorteio.ghtml |title=Copa do Nordeste de 2022 tem todos os 16 participantes definidos; veja potes do sorteio |publisher=Globo |date=19 November 2021 |language=Portuguese}}

The schedule of the competition was as follows.{{cite web|url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/202203/20220311103031_184.pdf |title=COPA DO NORDESTE TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2022 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}}

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2021, 11:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/copa-nordeste/sorteio-define-grupos-da-copa-do-nordeste-2022 |title=Sorteio define grupos da Copa do Nordeste 2022 |publisher=CBF |date=6 December 2021 |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 Floresta and Sousa) could not be drawn into the same group. Teams were seeded by their 2021 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

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 13).

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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 winners (Regulations Article 17).
• 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 17).
• Extra time was not played and away goals rule was 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. 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 18).

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Adilson Bahia {{pengoal}}
Bruno Ré {{penmiss}}

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{{pengoal}} Hereda
{{pengoal}} Amarildo
{{penmiss}} Juninho Carpina
{{pengoal}} Júnior Tavares

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|date=24 March 2022

|time=19:00

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Nino Paraíba {{penmiss}}

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{{penmiss}} Anselmo Ramon
{{pengoal}} Yago
{{pengoal}} Gum
{{pengoal}} Diogo Silva
{{pengoal}} Raul Prata

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|attendance=24,492

|referee=Diego Pombo Lopez (Bahia)

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|date=22 March 2022

|time=21:35

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Rodrigo Rodrigues {{penmiss}}

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{{pengoal}} Vanegas
{{pengoal}} Cáceres

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|attendance=8,616

|referee=Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

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|time=17:45

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|date=27 March 2022

|time=18:30

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Luciano Juba {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Anselmo Ramon {{goal|75}}

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|attendance=22,483

|referee=Zandick Gondim Alves Júnior (Rio Grande do Norte)

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|date=31 March 2022

|time=21:35

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|goals2=Zé Welison {{goal|84}}

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|date=3 April 2022

|time=18:30

|team1=Fortaleza {{flagicon|Ceará}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/copa-nordeste-masculino/2022/72

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|goals1=Yago Pikachu {{goal|45+2|pen.}}

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|referee=Marielson Alves Silva (Bahia)

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The 2022 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.{{cite web|title=A seleção do Nordestão 2022, com 5 jogadores do Sport e 4 do Fortaleza; vice liderou |url=https://cassiozirpoli.com.br/a-selecao-do-nordestao-2022-com-5-jogadores-do-sport-e-4-jogadores-do-fortaleza-vice-liderou/ |publisher=Cassio Zirpoli |date=8 April 2022 |language=Portuguese}}

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| GK_nat = BRA | GK = Mailson

| RB_nat = BRA | RB = Yago Pikachu

| RCB_nat = BRA | RCB = Marcelo Benevenuto

| LCB_nat = BRA | LCB = Rafael Thyere

| LB_nat = BRA | LB = Luciano Juba

| RDM_nat = BRA | RDM = Matheus Jussa

| LDM_nat = BRA | LDM = Ronaldo

| RAM_nat = BRA | RAM = Vina

| LAM_nat = BRA | LAM = Lucas Crispim

| RCF_nat = COL | RCF = Rodallega

| LCF_nat = CHI | LCF = Parraguez

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||{{small|Head coach
{{flagicon|ARG}} Vojvoda}}

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