Copa Verde
The Copa Verde is an annual regional knockout football competition in Brazil that started in 2014, and played by 24 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo.
Initially, the champion of the tournament gained a place in the next year's Copa Sudamericana. With the changes implemented by CONMEBOL in 2016, the winners no longer qualify for the Copa Sudamericana. The champion will now have a spot in the third round of the Copa do Brasil of the following year. The cup is organized by the Brazilian [Football Confederation], with two-legged playoff games played from between the 24 participating teams.
History
The tournament was created with the purpose of making a version of the Copa do Nordeste for the Northern Region of Brazil, hence the name Verde, meaning green, is an allusion to the Amazon Rainforest. The competition was expanded to include clubs from the Central-West Region and from Espírito Santo state. The competition was officially announced in September by the competitions director of the Brazilian Football Confederation.From 2026 onwards, the Copa Verde will be played in a supercup format between the winners of the Copa Centro-Oeste and the Copa Norte.
List of champions
Tournament era
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. Brasília appealed against this decision and obtained a suspension which reversed this decision temporarily. A final decision by the Superior Court of Sports Justice declared Brasília as the champion.
Records and statistics
Finalists
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 Top scorers
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