2019 Copa Verde

The 2019 Copa Verde was the sixth edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Pará have two vacancies; Amapá, Rondônia and Roraima with one each. The others five berths was set according to CBF ranking.[1]

2019 Copa Verde
Country Brazil
Dates24 July – 20 November
Teams24
Champions Cuiabá (2nd title)
Runners-up Paysandu
Matches played46
Goals scored117 (2.54 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Douglas Oliveira
(5 goals)
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In the finals, Cuiabá defeated Paysandu 5–4 on penalties after tied 1–1 on aggregate to win their second title and a place in the Round of 16 of the 2020 Copa do Brasil.[2]

Qualified teams
Association Team Qualification method
Acre
2+1 berths		Galvez2018 Campeonato Acriano runners-up
Humaitá[3]2018 Campeonato Acriano 5th place
Atlético Acreano3rd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá
1+1 berths		Ypiranga2018 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Santos4th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amazonas
2+1 berths		Manaus2018 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Fast Clube2018 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Nacional[4]5th best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Distrito Federal
2 berths		Sobradinho2018 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Brasiliense2018 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo
2 berths		Vitória2018 Copa Espírito Santo champions
Real Noroeste[5]2018 Copa Espírito Santo 4th place
Goiás
2 berths		Goiás2018 Campeonato Goiano champions
Iporá[6]2018 Campeonato Goiano 5th place
Mato Grosso
2+1 berths		Cuiabá2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Sinop2018 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
Luverdense2nd best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul
2 berths		União ABC[7]2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 7th place
Costa Rica[8]2018 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 10th place
Pará
2+1 berths		Remo2018 Campeonato Paraense champions
Bragantino2018 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
Paysandu1st best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia
1 berth		Genus[9]2018 Campeonato Rondoniense 6th place
Roraima
1 berth		São Raimundo2018 Campeonato Roraimense champions

Note: The state of Tocantins, which at the beginning would be represented by Palmas, was without representatives after the same give up, not being replaced by another club.[10]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[11]

Stage First leg Second leg
First stage 24, 25 and 27 July 2019 31 July and 1 and 2 August 2019
Round of 16 7, 8, 13 and 14 August 2019 14, 20 and 21 August 2019
Quarter-finals 3, 4 and 11 September 2019 11, 15 and 18 September 2019
Semi-finals 18 and 29 September 2019 6 and 23 October 2019
Finals 14 November 2019 20 November 2019

First round

Draw
Group 1 Group 2

In the first round, each tie was played on a two-legged basis. The higher-ranked team hosted the second leg. If the score was level, the match would go straight to the penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Humaitá 1–3 Nacional 1–1 0–2
Bragantino 4–2 São Raimundo 2–1 2–1
Sobradinho 5–3 Manaus 4–1 1–2
Ypiranga 4–2 Fast Clube 3–0 1–2
União ABC 4–1 Galvez 1–0 3–1
Vitória 0–0 (3–5 p) Brasiliense 0–0 0–0
Costa Rica 4–2 Genus 2–0 2–2
Real Noroeste 1–2 Iporá 1–0 0–2

Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                
União ABC 2 2 4
Luverdense 3 6 9
Luverdense 2 2 4
Goiás 1 4 5
Brasiliense 0 1 1
Goiás 0 4 4
Goiás 1 1 2 (3)
Cuiabá (p) 0 2 2 (4)
Costa Rica 2 3 5
Sinop 1 0 1
Costa Rica 1 1 2
Cuiabá 1 2 3
Iporá 1 1 2 (5)
Cuiabá (p) 2 0 2 (6)
Cuiabá (p) 0 1 1 (5)
Paysandu 1 0 1 (4)
Ypiranga 0 1 1
Atlético Acreano 2 2 4
Atlético Acreano 2 1 3
Remo 1 6 7
Sobradinho 1 0 1
Remo 0 3 3
Remo 0 1 1
Paysandu 0 3 3
Nacional 0 0 0
Paysandu 1 0 1
Paysandu (p) 1 1 2 (6)
Bragantino 1 1 2 (5)
Bragantino 1 1 2
Santos 0 1 1

Finals
Main article: 2019 Copa Verde Finals

All times are Brasília time, BRT.

Cuiabá 0–1 Paysandu
Report Nicolas 68'
Attendance: 11,973
Referee: André Luiz de Freitas Castro
Paysandu 0–1 Cuiabá
Report Paulinho 90+4'
Penalties
Leandro Lima
Thiago Primão
Tony
Micael
Caíque Oliveira
Nicolas 		4–5 Ednei
Gutiérrez
Escudero
Alex Ruan
Paulinho
Felipe Marques
Attendance: 28,145
Referee: Sávio Pereira Sampaio

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Cuiabá won on penalties.

References
  1. "Secretário-geral da CBF confirma edição 2019 da Copa Verde para depois da Copa América". Globo Esporte. 3 May 2019.
  2. "Nos pênaltis, Cuiabá vence o Paysandu e garante título da Copa Verde 2019". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 20 November 2019.
  3. Rio Branco and Plácido de Castro declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Humaitá.
  4. Amazonas state won a third spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.
  5. Espírito Santo state won a second spot following the withdrawal of clubs from other federations.
  6. Atlético Goianiense, Vila Nova, Aparecidense and Anapolina declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Iporá.
  7. Operário declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to União ABC.
  8. Corumbaense declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy were passed to Costa Rica.
  9. Rondoniense, Vilhenense and Guajará declined the invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the place was passed on to Genus.
  10. "Palmas desiste de disputar a Copa Verde; competição começa em 24 de julho". Globo Esporte. 4 June 2019.
  11. "COPA VERDE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2019" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
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