# 2025 Copa do Nordeste qualification

The 2025 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2025) was the qualifying tournament of the 2025 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 4 to 8 January 2025. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.

## Format

The teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:
* The tournament was played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
** If tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
* Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used during the tournament.

## Qualified teams

Every federation had a team qualified by the 2024 CBF ranking, while the seven best placed federations in the 2024 CBF state ranking (Ceará, Bahia, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba) earned an extra berth in the tournament by participating in their respective state championships.
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
| Alagoas 2 berths | CSA | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Alagoas 2 berths | ASA | 2024 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up |
| Bahia 2 berths | Juazeirense | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Bahia 2 berths | Barcelona de Ilhéus | 2024 Campeonato Baiano 3rd place |
| Ceará 2 berths | Ferroviário | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Ceará 2 berths | Maracanã | 2024 Campeonato Cearense 3rd place |
| Maranhão 2 berths | Moto Club | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Maranhão 2 berths | Maranhão | 2024 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up |
| Paraíba 2 berths | Botafogo-PB | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Paraíba 2 berths | Treze | 2024 Campeonato Paraibano 3rd place |
| Pernambuco 2 berths | Santa Cruz | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Pernambuco 2 berths | Retrô | 2024 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place |
| Piauí 1 berth | Fluminense-PI | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths | ABC | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths | Santa Cruz de Natal | 2024 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up |
| Sergipe 1 berth | Sergipe | best placed team in the 2024 CBF ranking not already qualified |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| First round | 4 January 2025 | 4 January 2025 |
| Second round | 8 January 2025 | 8 January 2025 |

## First round
### Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2024 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).
Pot :
| CSA (31) ABC (40) Ferroviário (53) Botafogo-PB (54) Santa Cruz (58) Juazeirense (63) Retrô (73) Sergipe (82) | ASA (83) Moto Club (86) Fluminense-PI (91) Treze (107) Maranhão (135) Santa Cruz de Natal (217) Maracanã (no rank) Barcelona de Ilhéus (no rank) |
For the first round, the sixteen teams were drawn into eight ties, with the best seeded team playing against the sixteenth seeded team, while the second-best seeded team facing the fifteenth-best, third against fourteenth, fourth against thirteenth, etc. The higher-seeded team hosted the leg.

### Matches

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CSA | 1–0 | Barcelona de Ilhéus |
| ABC | 0–0 (4–5 p) | Maracanã |
| Ferroviário | 0–0 (7–6 p) | Santa Cruz de Natal |
| Botafogo-PB | 1–0 | Maranhão |
| Santa Cruz | 1–2 | Treze |
| Juazeirense | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Fluminense-PI |
| Retrô | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Moto Club |
| Sergipe | 0–2 | ASA |

## Second round
### Draw

The teams were seeded by their 2024 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses).
Pot :
| CSA (31) Ferroviário (53) Botafogo-PB (54) Juazeirense (63) | ASA (83) Moto Club (86) Treze (107) Maracanã (no rank) |
For the second round, the eight teams were drawn into four ties, with the best seeded team playing against the eighth seeded team, the second-best seeded team facing the seventh-best, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. The higher-seeded team hosted the leg.

### Matches

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CSA | 1–0 | Maracanã |
| Ferroviário | 2–0 | Treze |
| Botafogo-PB | 0–1 | Moto Club |
| Juazeirense | 0–0 (4–3 p) | ASA |

## 2025 Copa do Nordeste qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the 2025 Copa do Nordeste.
| State | Team |
| Alagoas | CSA |
| Ceará | Ferroviário |
| Maranhão | Moto Club |
| Bahia | Juazeirense |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Thiago Alagoano | ASA | 2 |
| 2 | Seventeen players | Seventeen players | 1 |
Source:CBF