Copa Verde

Copa Verde
Founded	2014
Region	Brazil
Number of teams	18
Current champions	Cuiabá (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Brasília Cuiabá (1 title each)
Television broadcasters	TV Esporte Interativo
Website	Official website
2016 Copa Verde

The Copa Verde (English: Green Cup) is an annual knockout football annual regional competition that started in 2014 and played by 16 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because they competed in the old Copa Centro Oeste). The winner will compete in the next year's Copa Sudamericana.^[1]^[2] The cup will be organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), adopting the same format as the Copa do Brasil, with two-legged playoff games played from February to May between the 18 participating teams.^[2]

History

The tournament was created with the purpose of making a North Region version of the Copa do Nordeste, hence the name Verde, meaning green, is an allusion to the Amazon Forest.^[1] The competition was expanded to include clubs from the Central-West Region and from Espírito Santo state (as the state competed in the defunct Copa Centro-Oeste).^[3] The competition was officially announced in September by the competitions director of the Brazilian Football Confederation.^[4]

Initially the Goiás state does not participate in the competition. Only in 2016 that the state entered the competition, increasing from 16 to 18 the number of participating teams.^[5]

Costs

The Brazilian Sports Ministry and the television channel TV Esporte Interativo, who will broadcast the cup, will pay the traveling costs for the participating clubs.^[1]^[2]

Results

List of Copa Verde finals
Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance	Losing semi-finalists¹
2014	Brasília	1–2	Paysandu	Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém	18,256	Brasiliense and Remo
	Brasília	2–1	Paysandu	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília	51,701	Brasiliense and Remo
	3–3 on aggregate; Brasília won 7–6 in a penalty shootout.²
2015	Cuiabá	1–4	Remo	Estádio Olímpico do Pará, Belém	34,973	Luverdense and Paysandu
	Cuiabá	5–1	Remo	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá	3,315	Luverdense and Paysandu
	Cuiabá won 6–5 on aggregate.

Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Note 2: On July 28, 2014, the 2014 Copa Verde title was awarded to Paysandu, due to irregularities on the squad of Brasília.^[6] Brasília appealed against this decision and obtained a suspension which reversed this decision temporarily.^[7] A final decision by the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) declared Brasília as the champion.^[8]

References

1 2 3 "CBF cria "Copa Verde" com times de 11 estados e que dá vaga na Sul-Americana". iG (in Portuguese). October 8, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
1 2 3 "Copa Verde une 11 estados, do Amazonas ao Espírito Santo". Trivela (in Portuguese). October 8, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
↑ "Copa Verde com custeio da CBF poderá se tornar realidade com 2 clubes de MT". Futebol Matogrossense (in Portuguese). July 27, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
↑ "Dirigente da CBF confirma Copa Verde em janeiro e fevereiro de 2014". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). September 26, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
↑ "Com GO e outras mudanças, CBF divulga tabela da Copa Verde 2016". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
↑ "Caso Copa Verde: STJD pune Brasília, e Paysandu fica com título e vaga na Sul-Americana" (in Portuguese). Yahoo! Brasil. July 28, 2014.
↑ "Brasília consegue reverter decisão e é, novamente, campeã da Copa Verde" (in Portuguese). superesportes. August 2, 2014.
↑ "Pleno do STJD confirma Brasília campeão da Copa Verde 2014" (in Portuguese). globo.com. 27 November 2014.

Football in Brazil

Brazilian Football Confederation

Men's

National teams	National team (History Players Managers) U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15

League system	Série A Série B Série C Série D

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil Copa do Nordeste Copa Verde Primeira Liga

State championships	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia (2) Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais (2) Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco (2) Piauí Rio de Janeiro (2) Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul (2), (3) Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo (2, 3, 4) Sergipe (2) Tocantins

State cups	Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Sul Santa Catarina São Paulo

Youth competitions	Série A U-20 Copa do Brasil U-20 (U-17) Copa Santiago Copa São Paulo Taça Belo Horizonte

State federations	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo Sergipe Tocantins

Defunct competitions	Wanderpreis Cup Copa dos Campeões Estaduais Taça Brasil Torneio dos Campeões 1967 Torneio dos Campeões da CBD Copa Norte-Nordeste Copa Sul-Minas Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Torneio do Povo Campeonato da Cidade de Campos Campeonato Fluminense Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil Torneio dos Campeões Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais Supercopa do Brasil Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal Torneio Rio-São Paulo Copa Centro-Oeste Copa Norte Copa dos Campeões Torneio de Integração da Amazônia Paulista B3 Paulista B2 Copa Integração Copa Macaé Recopa Sul-Brasileira

Awards Broadcasters (Série A) CBF Ranking Champions Derbies Mascots Clubs Footballers (Expatriate) Managers Records Referees Seasons Transfers Triple Crown Venues

Women's

National teams	National team (Managers) U-23 U-20 U-17

League system	Série A

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil

State championships	Rio de Janeiro São Paulo

Champions Clubs Footballers

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