Campeonato do Nordeste

Campeonato do Nordeste (Northeastern Championship in English), also known as Copa do Nordeste or Copa Nordeste (Northeastern Cup), is a Brazilian football competition contested between Northeastern region teams (exclude teams from Maranhão and Piauí, which geographic belong to the North East region but played at Copa Norte).

From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to Copa Conmebol.

From 2000 to 2002, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões.

The competition returned in 2010, after being defunct since 2003.^[1]

Competition format

In 2010, all 16 clubs play against each other once. The four best played teams qualify to the playoff stage, which is played in one leg, starting with the semifinals.^[1]

The first and second-placed clubs play all their playoff games at home.^[1]

List of champions

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
1994 Details		Sport Recife	0 - 0 (pen) 3 - 2	CRB		Bahia	Cruzeiro
1997 Details		Vitória	3 - 0 1 - 2 Aggregate 4 - 2	Bahia		Sport Recife	Ceará
1998 Details		América	1 - 2 3 - 1 Aggregate 4 - 3	Vitória		Bahia	Santa Cruz
1999 Details		Vitória	2 - 0 0 - 1 Aggregate 2 - 1	Bahia		CSA	Sport Recife
2000 Details		Sport Recife	2 - 2 2 - 2 Aggregate 4 - 4	Vitória		Poções	Sergipe
2001 Details		Bahia	3 - 1	Sport Recife		Náutico	Fortaleza
2002 Details		Bahia	3 - 1 2 - 2 Aggregate 5 - 3	Vitória		Náutico	Santa Cruz
2003 Details		Vitória	1 - 1 0 - 0 Aggregate 1 - 1	Fluminense de Feira		ABC	América
2004-2009		Not held
2010 Details		Vitória	2 - 1	ABC	CSA	Treze

Titles by team

• Vitória 4 times
• Bahia 2 times
• Sport Recife 2 times
• América (RN) 1 time

Titles by state

•  Bahia 6 times
•  Pernambuco 2 times
•  Rio Grande do Norte 1 time

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} LigadoNordeste.com.br (April 8, 2010). "Regulamento da competição." (in Portuguese). http://ligadonordeste.com.br/regulamento/. Retrieved April 9, 2010. 

External links

• RSSSF