2014 Copa do Nordeste

2014 Copa do Nordeste
Nordestão
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates17 January – 9 April
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsSport
Runner-upCeará
2014 Copa SudamericanaSport
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
Goals scored152 (2.45 per match)
Attendance374,107 (6,034 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Magno Alves
(8 goals)
Best playerBrazil Neto Baiano (Sport)[1]
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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.

  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