2022 Copa do Nordeste

The 2022 Copa do Nordeste was the 19th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2022). The Copa do Nordeste began on 22 January and ended on 3 April 2022.

2022 Copa do Nordeste
Country Brazil
Dates22 January – 3 April
Teams16
ChampionsFortaleza (2nd title)
Runners-upSport
2023 Copa do BrasilFortaleza
Matches played72
Goals scored172 (2.39 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Hugo Rodallega (8 goals)
Best playerMailson
2021
2023

Bahia were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Format

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.[1]

For the group stage, the 16 teams will be drawn into two groups. Each team will play once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams will qualify for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on a single-leg basis and finals will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.[2]

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).[3]

Teams

The qualified teams are[4]

Association Team Qualification method
Alagoas
1 + 1 berths
CSA 2021 Campeonato Alagoano champions
CRB 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Bahia
2 berths
Atlético de Alagoinhas 2021 Campeonato Baiano champions
Bahia best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Ceará
2 + 1 berths
Fortaleza 2021 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Floresta 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Maranhão
1 berth
Sampaio Corrêa 2021 Campeonato Maranhense champions
Paraíba
1 + 2 berths
Campinense 2021 Campeonato Paraibano champions
Botafogo-PB 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Sousa 2022 Copa do Nordeste qualification
Pernambuco
2 berths
Náutico 2021 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
Sport best placed team in the 2021 CBF ranking not already qualified
Piauí
1 berth
Altos 2021 Campeonato Piauiense champions
Rio Grande do Norte
1 berth
Globo 2021 Campeonato Potiguar champions
Sergipe
1 berth
Sergipe 2021 Campeonato Sergipano champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[5]

Stage First leg Second leg
Group Stage Round 1: 22 January–2 March
Round 2: 29 January–10 March
Round 3: 5–9 February
Round 4: 12–27 February
Round 5: 15–17 February
Round 6: 19–24 February
Round 7: 5–6 March
Round 8: 19 March
Quarter-finals 22–24 March
Semi-finals 26–27 March
Finals 31 March 3 April

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2021, 11:00, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.[6] 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 against each other. Teams were seeded by their 2021 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).

Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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).[2]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortaleza 8 4 4 0 17 6 +11 16 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 CSA 8 4 2 2 13 6 +7 14
3 Sport 8 4 2 2 10 6 +4 14
4 Atlético de Alagoinhas 8 3 2 3 6 8 2 11
5 Sampaio Corrêa 8 2 1 5 8 11 3 7
6 Campinense 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 6
7 Globo 8 1 2 5 4 21 17 5
8 Sergipe 8 0 1 7 3 16 13 1
Source: CBF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceará 8 5 3 0 12 2 +10 18 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Botafogo-PB 8 4 3 1 10 6 +4 15
3 Náutico 8 4 2 2 14 8 +6 14
4 CRB 8 4 2 2 8 6 +2 14
5 Bahia 8 4 1 3 18 11 +7 13
6 Sousa 8 3 2 3 10 11 1 11
7 Altos 8 2 3 3 7 9 2 9
8 Floresta 8 2 1 5 7 16 9 7
Source: CBF

Results

Source:CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[2]

  • 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).[2]

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
           
CSA 0 (1)
Sport (p) 0 (3)
Sport 3
CRB 1
Ceará 0 (3)
CRB (p) 0 (4)
Sport 1 0 1
Fortaleza 1 1 2
Fortaleza 5
Atlético de Alagoinhas 1
Fortaleza 2
Náutico 0
Botafogo-PB 1 (3)
Náutico (p) 1 (4)

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortaleza 5–1 Atlético de Alagoinhas
Botafogo-PB 1–1 (3–4 p) Náutico
Ceará 0–0 (3–4 p) CRB
CSA 0–0 (1–3 p) Sport

Group C

Fortaleza 5–1 Atlético de Alagoinhas
Renato Kayzer 29', 58'
Moisés 52'
Romero 80'
Hércules 90+2'
Report Cesinha 1'
Referee: Fábio Augusto Santos Sá Júnior (Sergipe)

Group D

Group E

Group F

CSA 0–0 Sport
Report
Penalties
Osvaldo
Wellington Nascimento
Gabriel
Rodrigo Rodrigues
1–3 Ronaldo
Vanegas
Cáceres
Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

Semi-finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Fortaleza 9 5 4 0 22 7 +15 19 Host
2 Náutico 9 4 3 2 15 9 +6 15
3 Sport 9 4 3 2 10 6 +4 15 Host
4 CRB 9 4 3 2 8 6 +2 15
Source: CBF
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortaleza 2–0 Náutico
Sport 3–1 CRB

Group G

Fortaleza 2–0 Náutico
Robson 18'
Romero 88'
Report
Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim (Alagoas)

Group H

Sport 3–1 CRB
Parraguez 14', 21'
Luciano Juba 82'
Report Anselmo Ramon 73'
Referee: Zandick Gondim Alves Júnior (Rio Grande do Norte)

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
1 Fortaleza 10 6 4 0 24 7 +17 22 2nd leg
2 Sport 10 5 3 2 13 7 +6 18 1st leg
Source: CBF
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sport 1–2 Fortaleza 1–1 0–1

Group I

Sport 1–1 Fortaleza
Bill 90+1' Report Zé Welison 84'
Referee: Antônio Dib Moraes de Sousa (Piauí)

Fortaleza 1–0 Sport
Yago Pikachu 45+2' (pen.) Report
Referee: Marielson Alves Silva (Bahia)
2022 Copa do Nordeste
Champions
Fortaleza
2nd title

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Hugo Rodallega Bahia 8
2 Anselmo Ramon CRB 4
Gabriel Poveda Sampaio Corrêa
Gustavo Coutinho Botafogo-PB
Robinho Náutico
Yago Pikachu Fortaleza

Source:CBF

2022 Copa do Nordeste team

The 2022 Copa do Nordeste team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[7]

References

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