# 2024 Copa do Nordeste

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste (officially the Copa do Nordeste Betnacional 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024). The Copa do Nordeste began on 3 February and ended on 9 June 2024. Ceará were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

## Format

In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2023 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste.
For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups. Each team played once against the eight clubs from the other group. Top four teams qualified for the final stages. Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

## Qualification

The 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification (officially the Eliminatória da Copa do Nordeste 2024) was the qualifying tournament of the 2024 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 6 to 14 January 2024. Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste. The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.
The winners were ABC (Rio Grande do Norte), Altos (Piauí), Botafogo-PB (Paraíba) and Juazeirense (Bahia).

## Teams

The qualified teams are
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
| Alagoas 1 berth | CRB | 2023 Campeonato Alagoano champions |
| Bahia 2 + 1 berths | Bahia | 2023 Campeonato Baiano champions |
| Bahia 2 + 1 berths | Vitória | best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Bahia 2 + 1 berths | Juazeirense | 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification |
| Ceará 2 berths | Fortaleza | 2023 Campeonato Cearense champions |
| Ceará 2 berths | Ceará | best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Maranhão 1 berth | Maranhão | 2023 Campeonato Maranhense champions |
| Paraíba 1 + 1 berths | Treze | 2023 Campeonato Paraibano champions |
| Paraíba 1 + 1 berths | Botafogo-PB | 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification |
| Pernambuco 2 berths | Sport | 2023 Campeonato Pernambucano champions |
| Pernambuco 2 berths | Náutico | best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified |
| Piauí 1 + 1 berths | River | 2023 Campeonato Piauiense champions |
| Piauí 1 + 1 berths | Altos | 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification |
| Rio Grande do Norte 1 + 1 berths | América de Natal | 2023 Campeonato Potiguar champions |
| Rio Grande do Norte 1 + 1 berths | ABC | 2024 Copa do Nordeste qualification |
| Sergipe 1 berth | Itabaiana | 2023 Campeonato Sergipano champions |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Stage | First leg | Second leg |
| Group Stage | Round 1: 4 February | Round 1: 4 February |
| Round 2: 10 February ||
| Round 3: 14 February ||
| Round 4: 21 and 28 February ||
| Round 5: 6 and 13 March ||
| Round 6: 20 March ||
| Round 7: 24 March ||
| Round 8: 27 March ||
| Quarter-finals | 10 April | 10 April |
| Semi-finals | 24 April | 24 April |
| Finals | 5 June | 9 June |

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 January 2024, 19:30, at the Teatro Silvio Mendes in Teresina. The teams were seeded into four pots based on the 2023 CBF ranking (shown in parentheses). They were drawn into two groups of eight containing two teams from each of the four pots with the restriction that teams from the same federation (except Juazeirense) could not be drawn into the same group.

## Group stage

For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight teams each. Each team played on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 13).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sport | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 17 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | CRB | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Botafogo-PB | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Ceará | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 15 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Vitória | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 14 | |
| 6 | Maranhão | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 14 | |
| 7 | América de Natal | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 11 | |
| 8 | River | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 10 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahia | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 18 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Altos | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Náutico | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | ABC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | |
| 6 | Juazeirense | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
| 7 | Treze | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | |
| 8 | Itabaiana | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ABC | ALT | BAH | FOR | ITA | JUA | NAU | TRE |
| América de Natal | 1–0 | | | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Botafogo-PB | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | |
| Ceará | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | | |
| CRB | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | |
| Maranhão | | | | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| River | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | |
| Sport | | | | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Vitória | 3–1 | | | | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Home \ Away | AME | BOT | CEA | CRB | MAR | RIV | SPO | VIT |
| ABC | | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | |
| Altos | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Bahia | 3–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Fortaleza | 2–1 | | 0–1 | | | 3–1 | | 0–1 |
| Itabaiana | | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–4 | | 1–2 | |
| Juazeirense | 1–2 | | 0–1 | | | 4–1 | | 2–0 |
| Náutico | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | |
| Treze | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | |
Source:CBF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:
* Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on a single-leg basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the leg.
** If tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 19).
* Finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
** If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 19).
* Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used in final stages.
Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards in the tournament; 5. Fewest yellow cards in the tournament; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| Sport | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Ceará | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ceará | 1 | Sport | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Fortaleza | 4 | | | | | |
| Fortaleza | 5 | Fortaleza | 4 | | | | | |
| Altos | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Altos | 0 | | | Fortaleza (p) | 2 | 0 | 2 (5) | |
| | | | | CRB | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | |
| Bahia | 3 | | | | | | | CRB | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) |
| Náutico | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Náutico | 0 | Bahia | 0 (7) | | | | | |
| | | CRB (p) | 0 (8) | | | | | |
| CRB (p) | 0 (4) | CRB (p) | 0 (8) | | | | | |
| Botafogo-PB | 0 (3) | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sport | 2–1 | Ceará |
| Fortaleza | 5–0 | Altos |
| Bahia | 3–0 | Náutico |
| CRB | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Botafogo-PB |

#### Group F
### Semi-finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| 2 | Sport | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Host |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 | |
| 1 | Bahia | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 21 | Host |
| 3 | CRB | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 16 | |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sport | 1–4 | Fortaleza |
| Bahia | 0–0 (7–8 p) | CRB |

#### Group H
### Finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| 1 | CRB | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 17 | 2nd leg |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 14 | 1st leg |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fortaleza | 2–2 (5–4 p) | CRB | 2–0 | 0–2 |

#### Group I

* 2024 Copa do Nordeste Champions
* Fortaleza 3rd title

## Top goalscorers

    As of 5 June 2024
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Moisés | Fortaleza | 7 |
| 2 | Anselmo Ramon | CRB | 5 |
| 2 | Gustavo Coutinho | Sport | 5 |
| 4 | Erick Pulga | Ceará | 4 |
| 4 | Thaciano | Bahia | 4 |
| 4 | Vinícius Barata | Maranhão | 4 |
Source:CBF