The2016Copa do Nordeste was the 14th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with two seeds each.Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) qualified to play in the2016 Copa Sudamericana,^[1] after winning the final againstCampinense (Paraíba) 3–2 on aggregate.
Santa Cruz also qualified to play in the2017 Copa Sudamericana but CONMEBOL reduced the Brazilian berths from 8 to 6. Therefore, the champions Santa Cruz (Copa do Nordeste) and Paysandu (Copa Verde) lost their Copa Sudamericana berths.^[2] Finally, they qualified for the2017 Copa do Brasil Round of 16.^[3]
Ceará were the defending champion, but were eliminated by Santa Cruz in the quarterfinals.

Association	Team(Berth)	Entry stage
Alagoas 2 berths	CRB	2015 Campeonato Alagoano champions
	Coruripe	2015 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
Bahia 3 berths	Bahia	2015 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Vitória da Conquista	2015 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Juazeirense	2015 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place
Ceará 2 berths	Fortaleza	2015 Campeonato Cearense champions
	Ceará	2015 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
Maranhão 2 berths	Imperatriz	2015 Campeonato Maranhense champions
	Sampaio Corrêa	2015 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Paraíba 2 berths	Campinense	2015 Campeonato Paraibano champions
	Botafogo-PB	2015 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Pernambuco 3 berths	Santa Cruz	2015 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
	Salgueiro	2015 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Sport	2015 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
Piauí 2 berths	Ríver	2015 Campeonato Piauiense champions
	Flamengo-PI	2015 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths	América de Natal	2015 Campeonato Potiguar champions
	ABC	2015 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
Sergipe 2 berths	Confiança	2015 Campeonato Sergipano champions
	Estanciano	2015 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Campinense	6	5	1	0	13	3	+10	16
2	Salgueiro	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
3	ABC	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4
4	Imperatriz	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

Source:CBF

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CRB	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
2	América de Natal	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
3	Coruripe	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
4	Estanciano	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5

Source:CBF

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahia	6	6	0	0	12	2	+10	18
2	Santa Cruz	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
4	Confiança	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4
3	Juazeirense	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2

Source:CBF

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sport	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11
2	Fortaleza	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	Ríver	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
4	Botafogo-PB	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5

Source:CBF

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ceará	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13
2	Sampaio Corrêa	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
3	Vitória da Conquista	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10
4	Flamengo-PI	6	0	1	5	1	14	−13	1

Source:CBF

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Salgueiro	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
2	Santa Cruz	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
3	Fortaleza	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
4	Sampaio Corrêa	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
5	América de Natal	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Santa Cruz	2	1	3
	Ceará	1	0	1
							Santa Cruz	2	1	3
							Bahia	2	0	2
	Fortaleza	1	1	2
	Bahia	2	1	3
													Santa Cruz	2	1	3
													Campinense	1	1	2
	CRB	2	0	2
	Sport (a)	1	1	2
							Sport	1	0	1(1)
							Campinense (p)	0	1	1(3)
	Salgueiro	0	2	2
	Campinense	2	1	3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortaleza	2–3	Bahia	1–2	1–1
Santa Cruz	3–1	Ceará	2–1	1–0
CRB	2–2 (a)	Sport	2–1	0–1
Salgueiro	2–3	Campinense	0–2	2–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Cruz	3–2	Bahia	2–2	1–0
Sport	1–1 (1–3p)	Campinense	1–0	0–1

27 April 2016

21:45

Santa Cruz	2–1	Campinense
Grafite 29' Bruno Moraes 90+2'	Report	Tiago Sala 71'

Estádio do Arruda,Recife

Attendance: 36,106

Referee: Arilson Bispo da Anunciação
Replaced by Nielson Nogueira Dias (16')

1 May 2016

16:00

Campinense	1–1	Santa Cruz
Rodrigão 70'	Report	Arthur Caíke 78'

Estádio Governador Ernani Sátyro,Campina Grande

Attendance: 19,859

Referee: Jailson Macêdo Freitas

2016 Copa do Nordeste Champions
Santa Cruz 1st title

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rodrigão	Campinense	9
2	Hernane	Bahia	6
3	Grafite	Santa Cruz	5
	Keno	Santa Cruz
5	Bill	Ceará	4
	Juninho	Bahia
	Neto Baiano	CRB
	Piauí	Salgueiro
	Rafael Costa	Ceará

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