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| Organiser(s) | Brazilian Football Confederation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994; 31 years ago (1994) |
| Region | Brazil's Northeast |
| Teams | 20 |
| Qualifier for | Copa do Brasil (third stage) |
| Current champions |  Bahia (5th title) |
| Most championships | Bahia (5 titles) |
| Broadcaster(s) | SBT DAZN Nosso Futebol |
| Website | Official website |
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Copa do Nordeste (English:Cup of the North-East), also known asCampeonato do Nordeste (English: Championship of the North-East) orCopa Nordeste (English:Northeastern Cup) is a Brazilianfootball competition amongNortheastern region teams. It is sometimes informally referred to asLampions League[1][2] – in reference to theUEFA Champions League andbandit folk heroLampião.
The competition was first played in 1994. From 1997 to 1999, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification toCopa Conmebol.[3]
From 2000 to 2002, the Campeonato do Nordeste champions granted qualification to theCopa dos Campeões.
The competition returned in 2010, after being defunct since 2003.[4] Copa do Nordeste returned again in 2013.
From 2014 to 2016, the winner got a spot in theCopa Sudamericana. The Copa do Nordeste champion now qualifies to theCopa do Brasil. After 2026 onwards, teams qualified for theCopa Libertadores andCopa Sudamericana will no longer participate in the competition due to the conflict of matches schedule.[5]
Since 2018 a qualifying tournament called Pré-Copa doNordeste has been played. In this tournament, eight teams compete in a single-elimination tournament where the four winners advance to the Copa do Nordeste.
The Copa do Nordeste has in its first stage two groups. 12 teams gain direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths are decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste.
In the group stage, each group is played on a single round-robin basis against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played a single-elimination tournament. Only the finals are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the best tournament team hosting the second leg, while quarter-finals and semi-finals are played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years winners | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 5 | 5 | 2001, 2002, 2017, 2021, 2025 | 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2020 |
| Vitória | 4 | 3 | 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010 | 1998, 2000, 2002 |
| Sport | 3 | 4 | 1994, 2000, 2014 | 2001, 2017, 2022, 2023 |
| Ceará | 3 | 2 | 2015, 2020, 2023 | 2014, 2021 |
| Fortaleza | 3 | 0 | 2019, 2022, 2024 | — |
| Campinense | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2016 |
| América | 1 | 0 | 1998 | — |
| Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| Santa Cruz | 1 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| CRB | 0 | 2 | — | 1994, 2024 |
| ABC | 0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| ASA | 0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
| Botafogo-PB | 0 | 1 | — | 2019 |
| Confiança | 0 | 1 | — | 2025 |
| Fluminense de Feira | 0 | 1 | — | 2003 |
| State | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 9 | 9 |
 Ceará | 6 | 2 |
 Pernambuco | 4 | 4 |
 Paraíba | 1 | 2 |
 Rio Grande do Norte | 1 | 1 |
 Maranhão | 1 | 0 |
 Alagoas | 0 | 3 |
 Sergipe | 0 | 1 |
 Piauí | 0 | 0 |
| Year | Player (team) | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Fábio(Sport) | 5 |
| 1997 | Nildo(Ceará) | 6 |
| 1998 | Paulinho Kobayashi(América de Natal) | 9 |
| 1999 | Ueslei(Bahia) | 10 |
| 2000 | Leonardo(ABC) Pedro Costa(Sergipe) | 6 |
| 2001 | Kuki(Náutico) | 12 |
| 2002 | Sérgio Alves(Bahia) | 13 |
| 2003 | Nádson(Vitória) | 5 |
| 2010 | Cristiano Alagoano(Confiança) | 10 |
| 2013 | Marcelo Nicácio(Vitória) Rodrigo Silva(ABC) | 5 |
| 2014 | Magno Alves(Ceará) | 8 |
| 2015 | Max(América de Natal) | 6 |
| 2016 | Rodrigão(Campinense) | 9 |
| 2017 | Régis(Bahia) | 6 |
| 2018 | Arthur Cabral(Ceará) Yago Felipe(Vitória) | 5 |
| 2019 | Gilberto(Bahia) Júnior Santos(Fortaleza) | 8 |
| 2020 | Vina(Ceará) | 5 |
| 2021 | Gilberto(Bahia) | 8 |
| 2022 |  Hugo Rodallega(Bahia) | 8 |
| 2023 |  Juan Martín Lucero(Fortaleza)Luciano Juba(Sport) | 6 |
| 2024 | Moisés(Fortaleza) | 7 |
| 2025 | Tiago(Bahia) | 6 |
| Year | Manager | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Givanildo Oliveira | Sport |
| 1997 | Arturzinho | Vitória |
| 1998 | Arturzinho | América de Natal |
| 1999 | Ricardo Gomes | Vitória |
| 2000 | Celso Roth | Sport |
| 2001 | Evaristo de Macedo | Bahia |
| 2002 | Bobô | Bahia |
| 2003 | Joel Santana | Vitória |
| 2011 | Ricardo Silva | Vitória |
| 2013 | Oliveira Canindé | Campinense |
| 2014 | Eduardo Baptista | Sport |
| 2015 | Silas | Ceará |
| 2016 | Milton Mendes | Santa Cruz |
| 2017 | Guto Ferreira | Bahia |
| 2018 | Roberto Fonseca | Sampaio Corrêa |
| 2019 | Rogério Ceni | Fortaleza |
| 2020 | Guto Ferreira | Ceará |
| 2021 | Dado Cavalcanti | Bahia |
| 2022 | Juan Pablo Vojvoda | Fortaleza |
| 2023 | Eduardo Barroca | Ceará |
| 2024 | Juan Pablo Vojvoda | Fortaleza |
| 2025 | Rogério Ceni | Bahia |
