2015 Copa do Nordeste

2015 Copa do Nordeste

Nordestão
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	3 February – 29 April
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Ceará
Runner-up	Bahia
2015 Copa Sudamericana	Ceará
Tournament statistics
Matches played	73
Goals scored	173 (2.37 per match)
Attendance	506,803 (6,943 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Max (6 goals)

The 2015 Copa do Nordeste was the 12th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition featured 20 clubs, with Bahia and Pernambuco having three seeds each, and Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with two seeds each. For the first time, the competition included teams from Maranhão and Piauí.

Qualified teams

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage
Alagoas 2 berths	Coruripe	2014 Campeonato Alagoano champions
	CRB	2014 Campeonato Alagoano runners-up
Bahia 3 berths	Vitória	2014 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Bahia	2014 Campeonato Baiano champions
	Serrano	2014 Campeonato Baiano champions of the first phase
Ceará 2 berths	Ceará	2014 Campeonato Cearense champions
	Fortaleza	2014 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
Maranhão 2 berths	Sampaio Corrêa	2014 Campeonato Maranhense champions
	Moto Club	2014 Campeonato Maranhense runners-up
Paraíba 2 berths	Botafogo	2014 Campeonato Paraibano champions
	Campinense	2014 Campeonato Paraibano runners-up
Pernambuco 3 berths	Sport	2014 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
	Náutico	2014 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Salgueiro	2014 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd place
Piauí 2 berths	Ríver	2014 Campeonato Piauiense champions
	Piauí	2014 Campeonato Piauiense runners-up
Rio Grande do Norte 2 berths	América	2014 Campeonato Potiguar champions
	Globo	2014 Campeonato Potiguar runners-up
Sergipe 2 berths	Confiança	2014 Campeonato Sergipano champions
	Socorrense	2014 Campeonato Sergipano runners-up

Knockout phase

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Fortaleza	1	0	1 (2)
	Sport	0	1	1 (4)
							Sport	0	2	2
							Bahia	0	3	3
	Campinense	0	0	0
	Bahia	0	1	1
													Bahia	0	1	1
													Ceará	1	2	3
	Salgueiro	0	1	1
	Ceará	2	2	4
							Ceará (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
							Vitória	0	2	2
	América	0	2	2
	Vitória	1	4	5

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sport	1–1 (4–2 p)	Fortaleza	0–1	1–0
Bahia	1–0	Campinense	0–0	1–0
Ceará	4-1	Salgueiro	2–0	2–1
Vitória	5–2	América	1–0	4–2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vitória	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Ceará	0–0	2–2
Bahia	3–2	Sport	0–0	3–2

Finals

22 April 2015

22:00 UTC−3

Bahia	0–1	Ceará
	Report	Ricardinho 71'

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 40,805

Referee: Pablo dos Santos Alves

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29 April 2015

22:00 UTC−3

Ceará	2–1	Bahia
Charles 15' Gilvan 51'	Report	Maxi Biancucchi 88'

Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 63,399

Referee: Ítalo Medeiros de Azevedo

2015 Copa do Nordeste Champions
Ceará 1st title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Max	América de Natal	6
2	Kieza	Bahia	5
	Magno Alves	Ceará
4	Robert	Sampaio Corrêa	4