2023 Copa Verde
{{short description|10th edition of a Brazilian association football competition}}
{{ infobox football tournament season
| title = Copa Verde
| year = 2023
| country = Brazil
| dates = {{nowrap|17 February – 31 May}}
| num_teams = 24
| winners = {{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás (1st title)
| second = {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu
| matches = 30
| goals = 73
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|BRA}} Wanderson
(4 goals)
| prev_season = 2022
| next_season = 2024
}}
The 2023 Copa Verde was the tenth 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/copa-verde/cbf-divulga-regulamento-especifico-e-tabela-basica-da-copa-verde-2023|title=CBF divulga Regulamento Específico e Tabela Básica da Copa Verde 2023|publisher=CBF|date=15 December 2022}}
In the finals, Goiás defeated Paysandu 4–1 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the third round of the 2024 Copa do Brasil.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/copa-verde/em-edicao-com-premiacao-recorde-goias-e-campeao-da-copa-verde|title=Em edição com premiação recorde, Goiás é campeão da Copa Verde|publisher=CBF|date=31 May 2023}}
Qualified teams
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Association
!Team !Qualification method | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|Acre}} Acre 2+2 berths | Humaitá | 2022 Campeonato Acreano champions |
| São Francisco | 2022 Campeonato Acreano runners-up | |
| Atlético Acreano | 3rd best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| Rio BrancoAtlético Goianiense declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Rio Branco. | 4th best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Amapá}} Amapá 1 berth | Trem | 2022 Campeonato Amapaense champions |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Amazonas}} Amazonas 2 berths | Manaus | 2022 Campeonato Amazonense champions |
| Princesa do Solimões | 2022 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up | |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Distrito Federal 2 berths | Brasiliense | 2022 Campeonato Brasiliense champions |
| Ceilândia | 2022 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up | |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Espírito Santo}} Espírito Santo 2 berths | Real Noroeste | 2022 Campeonato Capixaba champions |
| Rio Branco | 2022 Copa Espírito Santo runners-up | |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás 1+1 berths | Goiás | 2022 Campeonato Goiano runners-up |
| Vila Nova | 1st best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Mato Grosso 2+1 berths | Cuiabá | 2022 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions |
| União Rondonópolis | 2022 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up | |
| Luverdense | 2nd best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Mato Grosso do Sul}} Mato Grosso do Sul 1 berth | Operário | 2022 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions |
| rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|Pará}} Pará 2+1 berths | Remo | 2022 Campeonato Paraense champions |
| Paysandu | 2022 Campeonato Paraense runners-up | |
| CastanhalAparecidense declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Castanhal. | 5th best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified | |
| rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Rondônia}} Rondônia 1 berth | Real Ariquemes | 2022 Campeonato Rondoniense champions |
| rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Roraima}} Roraima 1 berth | São Raimundo | 2022 Campeonato Roraimense champions |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Tocantins}} Tocantins 2 berths | Tocantinópolis | 2022 Campeonato Tocantinense champions |
| Interporto | 2022 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up |
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.{{cite web|url=https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/cdn/202306/20230601145946_337.pdf |title=COPA VERDE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2023 |publisher=CBF |language=Portuguese}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Stage
!First leg !Second leg |
|---|
| First round
|colspan=2|{{unbulleted list |17, 18 and 19 February 2023 }} |
| Round of 16
|colspan=2|{{unbulleted list |22 and 23 February and 1 March 2023 }} |
| Quarter-finals
|8 and 15 March 2023 |22 and 23 March 2023 |
| Semi-finals
|26 March 2023 |29 March 2023 |
| Finals
|17 May 2023 |31 May 2023 |
Bracket
{{24TeamBracket-Info|paramstyle=numbered
|legs=2 | RD1-legs=1 | RD2-legs=1
|aggregate=y
|nowrap=y
|RD1=First round
|RD2=Round of 16
|RD3=Quarter-finals
|RD4=Semi-finals
|RD5=Finals
||{{flagicon|Acre}} Rio Branco|0|{{flagicon|Amazonas}} Princesa do Solimões|1
||{{flagicon|Pará}} Castanhal|2|{{flagicon|Rondônia}} Real Ariquemes|3
||{{flagicon|Acre}} Atlético Acreano|3|{{flagicon|Acre}} São Francisco|6
||{{flagicon|Acre}} Humaitá|2|{{flagicon|Amapá}} Trem|0
||{{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Luverdense|2|{{flagicon|Tocantins}} Interporto|1
||{{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Ceilândia|1|{{flagicon|Espírito Santo}} Rio Branco|0
||{{flagicon|Tocantins}} Tocantinópolis (p)|1 (5)|{{flagicon|Mato Grosso do Sul}} Operário|1 (4)
||{{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} União Rondonópolis|1|{{flagicon|Espírito Santo}} Real Noroeste|0
||{{flagicon|Amazonas}} Manaus|0|{{flagicon|Amazonas}} Princesa do Solimões|2
||{{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu|3|{{flagicon|Rondônia}} Real Ariquemes|0
||{{flagicon|Roraima}} São Raimundo|6|{{flagicon|Acre}} São Francisco|0
||{{flagicon|Pará}} Remo|4|{{flagicon|Acre}} Humaitá|1
||{{flagicon|Goiás}} Vila Nova (p)|0 (4)|{{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Luverdense|0 (3)
||{{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Cuiabá|3|{{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Ceilândia|0
||{{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Brasiliense|4|{{flagicon|Tocantins}} Tocantinópolis|2
||{{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás|3|{{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} União Rondonópolis|0
||{{flagicon|Amazonas}} Princesa do Solimões|0|0|0 (3)|{{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu (p)|0|0|0 (5)
||{{flagicon|Roraima}} São Raimundo|1|0|1|{{flagicon|Pará}} Remo|0|3|3
||{{flagicon|Goiás}} Vila Nova|0|1|1|{{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Cuiabá|2|1|3
||{{flagicon|Distrito Federal}} Brasiliense|0|0|0|{{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás|0|1|1
||{{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu (p)|0|2|2 (4)|{{flagicon|Pará}} Remo|1|1|2 (2)
||{{flagicon|Mato Grosso}} Cuiabá|1|0|1|{{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás|0|2|2
||{{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu|0|1|1|{{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás|2|2|4}}
Finals
{{main|2023 Copa Verde finals}}
{{Football box
| date = 17 May 2023
| team1 = Paysandu {{flagicon|Pará}}
| score = 0–2
| report = [https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/sumulas/2023/4100830se.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|Goiás}} Goiás
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Maguinho {{goal|55}}
Philippe {{goal|87}}
| stadium = Mangueirão, Belém
| attendance = 13,607
| referee = Alisson Sidnei Furtado
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 31 May 2023
| team1 = Goiás {{flagicon|Goiás}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://conteudo.cbf.com.br/sumulas/2023/4100831se.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|Pará}} Paysandu
| goals1 = Vinícius {{goal|6|pen.}}
Matheus Peixoto {{goal|38|pen.}}
| goals2 = Bruno Melo {{goal|54|o.g.}}
| stadium = Estádio da Serrinha, Goiânia
| attendance = 11,499
| referee = Dyorgines José Padovani de Andrade
}}
Goiás won 4–1 on aggregate.
References
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