2014 Copa do Nordeste

2014 Copa do Nordeste

Nordestão
Country	Brazil
Dates	17 January – 9 April
Teams	16
Champions	Sport
Runners-up	Ceará
2014 Copa Sudamericana	Sport
Matches played	62
Goals scored	152 (2.45 per match)
Attendance	374,107 (6,034 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Magno Alves (8 goals)
Best player	Neto Baiano (Sport)[1]
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The 2014 Copa do Nordeste was the 11th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Nordeste. The competition featured 16 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas and Paraíba with two seeds each. The 2014 Copa do Nordeste did not feature teams from the states of Maranhão and Piauí, though they are slated to enter the tournament in its 2015 edition.^{[2] [3]} The champions, Sport Recife, earned a berth in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

Qualified teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage
Alagoas 2 berths	CRB	2013 Campeonato Alagoano champions
	CSA	2013 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
Bahia 3 berths	Vitória	2013 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Bahia	2013 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Vitória da Conquista	2013 Campeonato Baiano champions of the first phase
Ceará 2 berths	Ceará	2013 Campeonato Cearense champions
	Guarany	2013 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
Paraíba 2 berths	Botafogo	2013 Campeonato Paraibano champions
	Treze	2013 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Pernambuco 3 berths	Santa Cruz	2013 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
	Sport	2013 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Náutico	2013 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths	Potiguar	2013 Campeonato Potiguar champions
	América	2013 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
Sergipe 2 berths	Sergipe	2013 Campeonato Sergipano champions
	Confiança^[A]	2013 Campeonato Sergipano third place

^ A. River Plate was originally qualified as runners-up of the 2013 Campeonato Sergipano. Because of their request to be absent for 2 two years of the Campeonato Sergiano due to financial problems, Confiança earned their spot.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts América 6 3 3 0 10 2 +8 12 Vitória 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Sergipe 6 1 3 2 8 14 −6 6 Confiança 6 0 2 4 6 12 −6 2

AME CON SER VIT América — 2–0 3–0 0–0 Confiança 1–1 — 2–2 1–3 Sergipe 1–1 2–1 — 2–2 Vitória 0–3 2–1 5–1 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSA 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Santa Cruz 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Bahia 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 Vitória da Conquista 6 0 1 5 6 11 −5 1

BAH CSA STC VCO Bahia — 1–0 1–1 1–0 CSA 4–1 — 1–1 2–1 Santa Cruz 2–1 0–1 — 3–2 Vitória da Conquista 1–2 2–2 0–1 —

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ceará 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 11 CRB 6 3 1 2 7 10 −3 10 Potiguar 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 Treze 6 1 0 5 5 9 −4 3

CEA CRB POT TRZ Ceará — 5–0 1–1 2–0 CRB 2–0 — 1–1 2–1 Potiguar 1–1 1–2 — 2–1 Treze 0–1 2–0 1–2 —

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Guarany 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 Sport 6 2 2 2 5 3 +2 8 Náutico 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6 Botafogo 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 04^†

BOT GUA NAU SPO Botafogo — 1–0 1–1 1–1^† Guarany 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 Náutico 0–1 1–1 — 0–3 Sport 1–0 0–0 0–1 —

^† Botafogo deducted four points for fielding an ineligible player.

Knockout phase

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	América	0	4	4
	CRB	2	0	2
							América	0	2	2
							Ceará	4	0	4
	Ceará	1	5	6
	Vitória	1	1	2
													Ceará	0	1	1
												Sport	2	1	3
	CSA	0	1	1
	Sport	2	0	2
							Sport	2	2	4
							Santa Cruz	0	1	1
	Guarany	0	0	0
	Santa Cruz	3	1	4

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Cruz	4–0	Guarany	3–0	1–0
CRB	2–4	América	2–0	0–4
Sport	2–1	CSA	2–0	0–1
Vitória	2–6	Ceará	1–1	1–5

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ceará	4–2	América	4–0	0–2
Sport	4–1	Santa Cruz	2–0	2–1

Finals

Sport v Ceará

2 April 2014 22:00 UTC−3

Sport	2–0	Ceará
Neto Baiano  11' Danilo  85'	Report

Ilha do Retiro, Recife Attendance: 25,545 Referee: Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva

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Ceará v Sport

9 April 2014 22:00 UTC−3

Ceará	1–1	Sport
Magno Alves  42'	Report	Neto Baiano  51' (pen.)

Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 60,068 Referee: Jailson Macedo Freitas

2014 Copa do Nordeste Champions
Sport 3rd title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Magno Alves	Ceará	8
2	Neto Baiano	Sport	6
3	Bill	Ceará	4
	Denilson	CRB
	Josimar	CSA

References

1. "Neto Baiano é eleito o Craque da Copa do Nordeste de 2014". br.esporteinterativo.yahoo.com (Yahoo Esporte Interativo). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
2. Teams of Maranhão and Piauí Cup may be in the 2014 Copa do Nordeste, Globoesporte.com, 18 March 2013
3. Meeting defines inclusion of Piauí and Maranhão in the 2015 Copa do Nordeste Globoesporte.com, 19 April 2013