Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil
Full name	Copa do Brasil de Futebol
Association	CBF
founding	1989
Teams	86
Game mode	Knockout system (6 rounds)
Title holder	Athletico Paranaense (1st title)
Record winner	Cruzeiro EC (6 wins)
Record player	?
Record scorer	Romário (36 goals)
Current season	2020
Qualification for	Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores

The 1994 and 2001 Copa do Brasil in the trophy cabinet of Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte

The Copa do Brasil has been the Brazilian cup competition in football since 1989 . Since 2013 86 determine football clubs from the 26 Brazilian states and the Federal District in the knock-out system the trophy winner. The cup winner is qualified for next year's Copa Libertadores . The name of the competition should not be confused with the Copa Brasil : from 1975 to 1980 and 1984 to 1986 this was the official name for the Brazilian championship .

history

The Taça Brasil , launched in 1959 to determine the Brazilian participants in the South American Cup , the then newly created Copa Libertadores , was the first national competition in Brazil and is considered the predecessor of today's cup competition, although this is not officially recognized by the CBF, the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol has found. With the introduction of a national championship in 1967, the Taça Brasil, in German roughly Brazil Cup , lost its importance and the competition was discontinued in 1968. In 2010, all winners of the Taça Brasil were subsequently recognized as national champions by the CBF.

After the change in the mode of the championship, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol , at the end of the 1980s, there were fewer opportunities to present themselves nationally, especially for clubs from the states that were less important in terms of football. To remedy this, a national cup competition was established again in 1989 with the Copa do Brasil.

The winners of the Copa do Brasil take part in the Copa Libertadores. From 1991 to 1995 the defeated finalists for the Copa Conmebol were eligible to start.

In the first five years, 32 clubs took part in the Copa. The champions of all countries were qualified. The countries with the highest number of viewers were allowed to send a second participant. Often this was the runner-up, but also in other ways, such as a cup tournament at the state level, the second participant was determined. As of 1995, four states were awarded a third competitor. In 1996, in addition to the original 32 teams, eight clubs with the highest number of spectators were eligible to participate in the championship. From 1997 to 2003 these eight clubs were replaced by ten clubs that were appointed by the CBF according to unpublished criteria.

In 2004 the competition was expanded to 64 clubs, 54 of which are determined by the state competitions, with one, two or three teams qualifying for each state, depending on their position in the national association ranking ( CBF ranking ). The remaining 10 places are awarded to the best-placed unqualified clubs on the national club ranking list (CBF ranking). Since 2001 - for scheduling reasons as officially decided - no clubs that take part in the Copa Libertadores take part. As a result, it is not possible to defend the cup victory in the following year.

mode

The tournament runs through eight rounds. Ten groups will be drawn for the first three rounds. The first two rounds of this group stage consist of only one game. The team that is worse off in the CBF ranking has home rights. In the event of a tie, the team that is better placed in the ranking will advance one round. The third round of the group stage is played in a two-legged manner. The away goal rule applies here . The ten winners of the group stage advance to the fourth round. The five winners of the fourth round then meet in the round of 16 against the eleven participants who have already qualified for this.

From the round of 16, all other games will be played in home and return matches. This also applies to the finals.

In the Copa do Brasil, the away goals rule applies , which is otherwise unusual in South American competitions and, for example, was only introduced in 2005 at the Copa Libertadores.

Attendees

The number of participants has changed repeatedly in the course of the history of the competition.

year	Attendees
1989-1994	32
1995	36
1996	40
1997	44
1998	42
1999	64
2000	89
2001-2002	64
2003	65
2004–2012	64
2013-2015	87
2016	86
2017–	91

As of 2017, a total of 91 clubs from all five regions and all 27 states have participated. The respective regional associations broadcast 70 of their successful clubs from the state championships and state cup matches of the previous year. The selection is made by the regional associations and the number of starting places per association is determined by the CBF.

A further ten places will be awarded to the teams placed highest on the historical CBF club ranking, the CBF ranking, which could not qualify via the national championships.

The field of participants is complemented by eleven clubs directly qualified for the round of 16. These are:

• Copa do Nordeste winner last year
• Copa Verde winner last year
• Defending champion
• seven participants in the Copa Libertadores
• Master of the series B of the previous year

Copa do Brasil winner

year	winner		Result	finalist
1989		Gremio FBPA	0-0	Sport Recife
			2: 1
1990		CR Flamengo	1-0	Goiás EC
			0-0
1991		Criciúma EC	1: 1	Gremio FBPA
			0-0
1992		Internacional Porto Alegre	1: 2	Fluminense FC
			1-0
1993		Cruzeiro EC	0-0	Gremio FBPA
			2: 1
1994		Gremio FBPA	0-0	Ceará SC
			1-0
1995		Corinthians São Paulo	2: 1	Gremio FBPA
			1-0
1996		Cruzeiro EC	1: 1	SE Palmeiras
			2: 1
1997		Gremio FBPA	0-0	CR Flamengo
			2: 2
1998		SE Palmeiras	0: 1	Cruzeiro EC
			2-0
1999		EC Juventude	2: 1	Botafogo FR
			0-0
2000		Cruzeiro EC	0-0	São Paulo FC
			2: 1
2001		Gremio FBPA	2: 2	Corinthians São Paulo
			3: 1
2002		Corinthians São Paulo	2: 1	Brasiliense FC
			1: 1
2003		Cruzeiro EC	1: 1	CR Flamengo
			3: 1
2004		EC Santo André	2: 2	CR Flamengo
			2-0
2005		Paulista FC	2-0	Fluminense FC
			0-0
2006		CR Flamengo	2-0	CR Vasco da Gama
			1-0
2007		Fluminense FC	1: 1	Figueirense FC
			1-0
2008		Sport Recife	1: 3	Corinthians São Paulo
			2-0
2009		Corinthians São Paulo	2-0	Internacional Porto Alegre
			2: 2
2010		Santos FC	2-0	EC Vitória
			1: 2
2011		CR Vasco da Gama	1-0	Coritiba FC
			2: 3
2012		SE Palmeiras	2-0	Coritiba FC
			1: 1
2013		CR Flamengo	1: 1	Athletico Paranaense
			2-0
2014		Atlético Mineiro	2-0	Cruzeiro EC
			1-0
2015		SE Palmeiras	0: 1	Santos FC
			2: 1 (5: 4 on account)
2016		Gremio FBPA	3: 1	Atlético Mineiro
			1: 1
2017		Cruzeiro EC	1: 1	CR Flamengo
			0: 0 (5: 3 on behalf)
2018		Cruzeiro EC	1-0	Corinthians São Paulo
			2: 1
2019		Athletico Paranaense	1-0	Internacional Porto Alegre
			2: 1

Statistical overview

after clubs

rank	society	title	Final.	Year (s) (finals in italics)
1	Cruzeiro EC	6th	8th	1993, 1996, 1998 , 2000, 2003, 2014 , 2017 , 2018
2	Gremio FBPA	5	8th	1989, 1991 , 1993 , 1994, 1995 , 1997, 2001, 2016
3	CR Flamengo	3	7th	1990, 1997 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006, 2013, 2017
	Corinthians São Paulo	3	6th	1995, 2001 , 2002, 2008 , 2009, 2018
	SE Palmeiras	3	4th	1996 , 1998, 2012, 2015
6th	Fluminense FC	1	3	1992 , 2005 , 2007
7th	Internacional Porto Alegre	1	2	1992, 2009
	Sport Recife	1	2	1989 , 2008
	CR Vasco da Gama	1	2	2006 , 2011
	Santos FC	1	2	2010, 2015
	Atlético Mineiro	1	2	2014, 2016
12	Criciúma EC	1	1	1991
	EC Juventude	1	1	1999
	EC Santo André	1	1	2004
	Paulista FC	1	1	2005
	Athletico Paranaense	1	1	2019, 2013
17th	Coritiba FC		2	2011 , 2012
16	Goiás EC		1	1990
	Ceará SC		1	1994
	Botafogo FR		1	1999
	São Paulo FC		1	2000
	Brasiliense FC		1	2002
	Figueirense FC		1	2007
	EC Vitória		1	2010

after association

rank	Association	title	Final.
1	São Paulo	9	15th
2	Rio Grande do Sul	7th	11
3	Minas Gerais	7th	10
4th	Rio de Janeiro	5	13
5	Pernambuco	1	2
	Santa Catarina	1	2
7th	Paraná		3
8th	Goiás		1
	Ceará		1
	Bahia		1
	Federal District		1

According to a survey published on February 8, 2017, the CR Flamengo was the most successful club to date in terms of points scored. The survey also showed the clubs with the most games and participation.

From 1989 to 2016, 319 clubs took part in 29 events. The most frequent participants with 27 each were Atlético Mineiro and the EC Vitória . 114 participants took part only once. Most games were played by Grêmio FBPA and CR Vasco da Gama with 167, followed by CR Flamengo (165) and Atlético Mineiro (148).

Flamengo has 97 wins in the Copa the most games. Gremio followed with 91 and Vasco 87. Flamengo (307) also scored the most goals, followed by Vasco (305) and Atlético Mineiro (300).

Ranking by points

space	society	Points	Teilna.
1	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	316	21st
2	Vasco da Gama	299	25th
3	Gremio FBPA	293	23
4th	Palmeiras São Paulo	265	21st
5	Atlético Mineiro	265	27
6th	Cruzeiro EC	235	20th
7th	Corinthians São Paulo	232	21st
8th	Fluminense FC	225	22nd
9	Botafogo FR	211	23
10	Vitória	209	27

See also

• Taça Brasil - Cup competition from 1959-1968
• List of Brazilian soccer champions
• Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol
• State Championships

Web links

• CBF Confederação Brasileira de Futebol - Brazilian Football Association
• Rules of the Brazilian Cup Competition - in Portuguese (PDF file; 122 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best Club in Cup , report on futebolemnumeros.blogosfera.uol.com.br from February 8, 2017, page in portug., Accessed on February 21, 2017