2014 Copa do Nordeste

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.

2014 Copa do Nordeste

Nordestão
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	17 January – 9 April
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sport
Runner-up	Ceará
2014 Copa Sudamericana	Sport
Tournament statistics
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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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		AME	VIT	SER	CON
América	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12			0–0	3–0	2–0
Vitória	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11		0–3		5–1	2–1
Sergipe	6	1	3	2	8	14	−6	6		1–1	2–2		2–1
Confiança	6	0	2	4	6	12	−6	2		1–1	1–3	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GUA	SPO	NAU	BOT
Guarany	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9			1–0	1–1	2–1
Sport	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	8		0–0		0–1	1–0
Náutico	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6		1–1	0–3		0–1
Botafogo	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	4[a]		1–0	1–1[b]	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Botafogo deducted four points for fielding an ineligible player.
2. Botafogo fielded 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	2–0	Ceará
Neto Baiano 11' Danilo 85'	Report

2 April 2014

22:00 UTC−3

Ilha do Retiro, Recife

Attendance: 25,545

Referee: Cláudio Francisco Lima e Silva

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

9 April 2014

22:00 UTC−3

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. Archived from the original on 20 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