2019 Copa Verde

The 2019 Copa Verde was the sixth edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pará have two vacancies; Amapá, Rondônia and Roraima with one each. The others five berths was set according to CBF ranking.^[1]

2019 Copa Verde

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	24 July – 20 November
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Cuiabá (2nd title)
Runner-up	Paysandu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	117 (2.54 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Douglas Oliveira (5 goals)
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In the finals, Cuiabá defeated Paysandu 5–4 on penalties after tied 1–1 on aggregate to win their second title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2020 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 2+1 berths	Galvez	2018 Campeonato Acriano runners-up
	Humaitá[3]	2018 Campeonato Acriano 5th place
	Atlético Acreano	3rd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá 1+1 berths	Ypiranga	2018 Campeonato Amapaense champions
	Santos	4th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amazonas 2+1 berths	Manaus	2018 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Fast Clube	2018 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
	Nacional[4]	5th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Sobradinho	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Brasiliense	2018 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Vitória	2018 Copa Espírito Santo champions
	Real Noroeste[5]	2018 Copa Espírito Santo 4th place
Goiás 2 berths	Goiás	2018 Campeonato Goiano champions
	Iporá[6]	2018 Campeonato Goiano 5th place
Mato Grosso 2+1 berths	Cuiabá	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Sinop	2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
	Luverdense	2nd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 2 berths	União ABC[7]	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 7th place
	Costa Rica[8]	2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 10th place
Pará 2+1 berths	Remo	2018 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Bragantino	2018 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
	Paysandu	1st best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 1 berth	Genus[9]	2018 Campeonato Rondoniense 6th place
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2018 Campeonato Roraimense champions

Note: The state of Tocantins, which at the beginning would be represented by Palmas, was without representatives after the same give up, not being replaced by another club.^[10]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[11]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First stage	24, 25 and 27 July 2019	31 July and 1 and 2 August 2019
Round of 16	7, 8, 13 and 14 August 2019	14, 20 and 21 August 2019
Quarter-finals	3, 4 and 11 September 2019	11, 15 and 18 September 2019
Semi-finals	18 and 29 September 2019	6 and 23 October 2019
Finals	14 November 2019	20 November 2019

Bracket

	First round							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
								União ABC		2	2	4
	União ABC		1	3	4			Luverdense		3	6	9
															Luverdense		2	2	4
	Galvez		0	1	1
															Goiás		1	4	5
								Brasiliense		0	1	1
	Vitória		0	0	0 (3)			Goiás		0	4	4
																						Goiás		1	1	2 (3)
	Brasiliense (p)		0	0	0 (5)
																						Cuiabá (p)		0	2	2 (4)
								Costa Rica		2	3	5
	Costa Rica		2	2	4			Sinop		1	0	1
															Costa Rica		1	1	2
	Genus		0	2	2
															Cuiabá		1	2	3
								Iporá		1	1	2 (5)
	Real Noroeste		1	0	1			Cuiabá (p)		2	0	2 (6)
																													Cuiabá (p)		0	1	1 (5)
	Iporá		0	2	2
																													Paysandu		1	0	1 (4)
								Ypiranga		0	1	1
	Ypiranga		3	1	4			Atlético Acreano		2	2	4
															Atlético Acreano		2	1	3
	Fast Clube		0	2	2
															Remo		1	6	7
								Sobradinho		1	0	1
	Sobradinho		4	1	5			Remo		0	3	3
																						Remo		0	1	1
	Manaus		1	2	3
																						Paysandu		0	3	3
								Nacional		0	0	0
	Humaitá		1	0	1			Paysandu		1	0	1
															Paysandu (p)		1	1	2 (6)
	Nacional		1	2	3
															Bragantino		1	1	2 (5)
								Bragantino		1	1	2
	Bragantino		2	2	4			Santos		0	1	1
	São Raimundo		1	1	2

Finals

Main article: 2019 Copa Verde finals

Cuiabá	0–1	Paysandu
	Report	Nicolas 68'

14 November 2019

20:00 AMT (UTC−4)

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 11,973

Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro

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Paysandu	0–1	Cuiabá
	Report	Paulinho 90+4'
Penalties
Leandro Lima Thiago Primão Tony Micael Caíque Oliveira Nicolas	4–5	Ednei Gutiérrez Escudero Alex Ruan Paulinho Felipe Marques

20 November 2019

21:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 28,145

Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Cuiabá won on penalties.

References

1. "Secretário-geral da CBF confirma edição 2019 da Copa Verde para depois da Copa América". Globo Esporte. 3 May 2019.
2. "Nos pênaltis, Cuiabá vence o Paysandu e garante título da Copa Verde 2019". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 20 November 2019.
3. Rio Branco and Plácido de Castro declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Humaitá.
4. Amazonas state won a third spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.
5. Espírito Santo state won a second spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.
6. Atlético Goianiense, Vila Nova, Aparecidense and Anapolina declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Iporá.
7. Operário declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to União ABC.
8. Corumbaense declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to Costa Rica.
9. Rondoniense, Vilhenense and Guajará declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Genus.
10. "Palmas desiste de disputar a Copa Verde; competição começa em 24 de julho". Globo Esporte. 4 June 2019.
11. "COPA VERDE - TABELA DETALHADA / EDIÇÃO 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.