The 2025 Northeast Cup has 12 confirmed clubs and four open places, which will be defined through a preliminary phase, the so-called pre-Northeast Cup.
This preliminary stage begins this Saturday (04/01), with the first of two phases. There will be eight knockout matches, in a single game, classifying eight teams for the second phase – when the last four classified for the group stage of the country’s main regional tournament will be defined.
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Clubs already classified for the Copa do Nordeste
- Altos – PI (Piauí champion)
- América-RN (Potiguar champion)
- Bahia (via ranking da CBF)
- Ceará (Cearense champion)
- Confidence (Sergipe champion)
- CRB (Alagoas champion)
- Fortaleza (via CBF ranking)
- Nautical (via CBF ranking)
- Sampaio Corrêa (champion from Maranhão)
- Sousa (Paraíba champion)
- Sport (Pernambuco champion)
- Vitória (Bahian champion)
How the Northeast Pre-Cup works
In the pre-Copa do Nordeste, 16 clubs face each other in two knockout stages. Eight clubs move from first to second, where the four classified for the group stage will be defined.
In the second phase, the clashes are defined according to the clubs’ position in the CBF National Ranking. The best placed player faces the worst in the ranking – and so on.
Games of the pre-Cup of the Northeast 2025
See the pre-Copa do Nordeste clashes below.
- CSA x Barcelona de Ilhéus – 01/04 – Saturday – 4pm – Rei Pelé Stadium (Maceió-AL)
- Santa Cruz x Treze – 04/01 – Saturday – 4pm – Arruda Stadium (Recife-PE)
- Juazeirense x Fluminense-PI – 04/01 – Saturday – 4pm – Adauto Moraes Stadium (Juazeiro-BA)
- Sergipe x ASA – 04/01 – Saturday – 4pm – Batistão Stadium (Aracaju-SE)
- ABC x Maracanã – 04/01 – Saturday – 7:30 pm – Frasqueirão Stadium (Natal-RN)
- Ferroviário x Santa Cruz-RN – 04/01 – Saturday – 7:30 pm – Presidente Vargas Stadium (Fortaleza-CE)
- Botafogo-PB x Maranhão – 01/04 – Saturday – 7:30 pm – Almeidão Stadium (João Pessoa-PB)
- Retrô x Moto Club – 04/01 – Saturday – 7:30 pm – Arena Pernambuco (São Lourenço da Mata-PE)
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