2018 Copa do Nordeste

2018 Copa do Nordeste
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates15 August 2017–7 July 2018
Teams20
Final positions
ChampionsSampaio Corrêa
Runner-upBahia
2019 Copa do BrasilSampaio Corrêa
Tournament statistics
Matches played70
Goals scored163 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Arthur Cabral
Yago
(5 goals each)
Best playerAndrey
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The 2018 Copa do Nordeste was the 15th 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.[1]

Sampaio Corrêa defeated the defending champions Bahia 1–0 on aggregate to win their first Copa do Nordeste title. As champions, Sampaio Corrêa qualified for the Round of 16 of the 2019 Copa do Brasil.[2]

  1. ^ "Copa do Nordeste de 2018 começa em maio de 2017, com "fase preliminar"" (in Portuguese). Diário de Pernambuco. 10 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Sampaio Corrêa é campeão da Copa do Nordeste 2018" (in Portuguese). CBF. 7 July 2018.