2015 Copa do Brasil
| File:Copa do Brasil 2015 logo.png Official logo. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Dates | 8 February – 2 December[1][2] |
| Teams | 87 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | São Paulo (state) Palmeiras (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | São Paulo (state) Santos |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 158 |
| Goals scored | 417 (2.64 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) |  Gabriel(8 goals) |
The 2015 Copa do Brasil (officially the 2015 Copa Sadia do Brasil for sponsorship reasons)[3] was the 27th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition was contested by 87 teams, which qualified either by participating in their respective state championships (71), by the CBF Rankings (10), by qualifying for the 2015 Copa Libertadores (5) or having the best 2014 Série A record (excluding those qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores). The latter 6 clubs entered the competition in the 4th stage. The best six teams of the 2014 Brazilian Championship eliminated until the third round qualified for the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.
The competition was won by Palmeiras, which earned their third title by defeating fellow São Paulo club Santos in a penalty shootout.
Format
[edit | edit source]The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties. In the first two rounds, if the away team won the first match by two or more goals, it progressed straight to the next round avoiding the second leg. The away goals rule was also used in the Copa do Brasil, but not for the finals.[4] The winner qualifies for the 2016 Copa Libertadores.
Qualified Teams
[edit | edit source]The teams (in bold) were qualified directly for the fourth stage (round of 16).
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Draw
[edit | edit source]A draw by CBF for the first round was held on December 16, 2014. The 81 qualified teams were divided in eight pots (A-H) with 10 teams each. They were divided based on the CBF rankings and the matches were drawn from the respective pots: A x E; B x F; C x G; D x H. The lower ranked teams of each match hosted the first leg. Before the round of 16 there was another draw including the six teams directly qualified to the 4th round.[5][6]
- CBF ranking shown in brackets.
Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Real Noroeste Espírito Santo | 4–2 | Acre (state) Atlético Acreano | 1–0 | 3–2 |
Preliminary match
[edit | edit source]| Atlético Acreano Acre (state) | 0–1 | Espírito Santo Real Noroeste |
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| Report | Sidevaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' |
| Real Noroeste Espírito Santo | 3–2 | Acre (state) Atlético Acreano |
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| Stênio File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 20', 40' | Ailton File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Jefferson Parrudo File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (o.g.) |
Real Noroeste won 4–2 on aggregate.
First round
[edit | edit source]Second round
[edit | edit source]Third round
[edit | edit source]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASA Alagoas | 0–1 | São Paulo (state) Palmeiras | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Botafogo Rio de Janeiro (state) | 2–3 | Santa Catarina (state) Figueirense | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Santos São Paulo (state) | 4–3 | Pernambuco Sport | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Náutico Pernambuco | 1–3 | Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Goiás Goiás | 3–3 (a) | São Paulo (state) Ituano | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Ponte Preta São Paulo (state) | 3–3 (1–3 p) | Paraná (state) Coritiba | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| América de Natal Rio Grande do Norte | 3–6 | Rio de Janeiro (state) Vasco da Gama | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Tupi Minas Gerais | 1–2 | Ceará Ceará | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Criciúma Santa Catarina (state) | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Bahia Bahia | 2–3 | Pará Paysandu | 0–3 | 2–0 |
Copa Sudamericana qualification
[edit | edit source]The best six teams eliminated before the round of 16 with the best 2014 Série A or 2014 Série B record (excluding those directly qualified for the Round of 16) qualified for 2015 Copa Sudamericana.
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- 2015 Copa do Nordeste:
- As champions of the 2015 Copa do Nordeste, Ceará were qualified for 2015 Copa Sudamericana. They qualified also for 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16 losing their Copa Sudamericana berth. For this reason, Bahia qualified for the 2015 Copa Sudamericana as 2015 Copa do Nordeste best team (runners-up) eliminated before round of 16.[7]
Knockout stages
[edit | edit source]The draw for the knockout stages was held by CBF on 4 August 2015. The 16 qualified teams were divided in two pots. Teams from pot 1 were the six teams directly qualified to the round of 16, the five teams that competed at the 2015 Copa Libertadores and the best placed team in the 2014 Brazilian Série A not taking part in the 2015 Copa Libertadores, plus the two highest CBF ranked teams qualified via the third round. Pot 2 was composed of the other teams that qualified through the third round. Each pot was divided into 4 pairs according to the CBF ranking. For the remaining stages of the tournament another draw was held on 31 August 2015.[4]
Seeding
[edit | edit source]| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Bracket
[edit | edit source]Round of 16
[edit | edit source]Quarterfinals
[edit | edit source]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro (state) | 1–4 | São Paulo (state) São Paulo | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Santos São Paulo (state) | 4–2 | Santa Catarina (state) Figueirense | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Palmeiras São Paulo (state) | 4–3 | Rio Grande do Sul Internacional | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Grêmio Rio Grande do Sul | 1–1 (a) | Rio de Janeiro (state) Fluminense | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Semifinals
[edit | edit source]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Santos São Paulo (state) | 6–2 | São Paulo (state) São Paulo | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Palmeiras São Paulo (state) | 3–3 (4–1 p) | Rio de Janeiro (state) Fluminense | 1–2 | 2–1 |
Finals
[edit | edit source]| Santos São Paulo (state) | 1–0 | São Paulo (state) Palmeiras |
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| Gabriel File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' | Report |
| 2015 Copa do Brasil Champions |
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| São Paulo (state) |
| Palmeiras 3rd title |
Top goalscorers
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Gabriel
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São Paulo (state) Santos | 8 |
| 2 | Ricardo Oliveira
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São Paulo (state) Santos | 6 |
| Ronaldo
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São Paulo (state) Ituano | 6 | |
| 4 | Alexandre Pato
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São Paulo (state) São Paulo | 5 |
| Marquinhos Gabriel
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São Paulo (state) Santos | 5 | |
| 6 | Cesinha
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São Paulo (state) Ponte Preta | 4 |
| Robert
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Maranhão Sampaio Corrêa | 4 | |
| Yago Pikachu
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Pará Paysandu | 4 | |
| Zé Roberto
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São Paulo (state) Palmeiras | 4 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ CRONOGRAMA DAS COMPETIÇÕES DO FUTEBOL BRASILEIRO/2015 (in Portuguese).
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