2015 Copa Verde

2015 Copa Verde

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	8 February – 7 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Cuiabá (1st title)
Runner-up	Remo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	74 (2.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Raphael Luz (8 goals)

The 2015 Copa Verde was the second edition of a football competition held in Brazil, featuring 16 clubs. Pará has three clubs; Amazonas, Distrito Federal, and Mato Grosso have two each; and Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins each have one.^[1]

In the finals, Cuiabá defeated Remo 6–5 on aggregate to win their first title and earn the right to play in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.^[2]

Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 1 berth	Rio Branco	2014 Campeonato Acreano champions
Amapá 1 berth	Santos	2014 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 2 berths	Nacional	2014 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Princesa do Solimões	2014 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Luziânia	2014 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Brasília	2014 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 1 berth	Estrela do Norte	2014 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Mato Grosso 2 berths	Cuiabá	2014 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	Luverdense	2014 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
Mato Grosso do Sul 1 berth	CENE	2014 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará 3 berths	Remo	2014 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Paysandu	2014 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
	Independente	2014 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
Rondônia 1 berth	Vilhena	2014 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2014 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins 1 berth	Tocantinópolis	2014 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[3]

Stage	First leg	Second leg
Round of 16	8 February 2015	21 and 22 February 2015
Quarter-finals	7, 8 and 9 March 2015	21 and 22 March 2015
Semi-finals	4 and 5 April 2015	16 and 18 April 2015
Finals	30 April 2015	7 May 2015

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Santos	1	0	1
	Paysandu	1	2	3
							Paysandu	4	1	5
							Nacional	1	1	2
	Vilhena	0	1	1
	Nacional	1	1	2
													Paysandu	2	0	2 (4)
													Remo (p)	0	2	2 (5)
	São Raimundo	0	0	0
	Princesa do Solimões	2	2	4
							Princesa do Solimões	1	1	2
							Remo	2	2	4
	Remo	2	2	4
	Rio Branco	0	0	0
																			Remo	4	1	5
																			Cuiabá	1	5	6
	Tocantinópolis	1	2	3
	Luverdense	2	3	5
							Luverdense (a)	1	1	2
							Brasília	0	2	2
	Independente	2	0	2
	Brasília	0	4	4
													Luverdense	0	0	0
													Cuiabá	1	0	1
	Estrela do Norte (p)	1	1	2 (4)
	Luziânia	1	1	2 (3)
							Estrela do Norte	0	1	1
							Cuiabá	1	1	2
	CENE	0	1	1
	Cuiabá	1	3	4

Finals

Main article: 2015 Copa Verde finals

30 April 2015

19:40 BRT (UTC−3)

Remo	4–1	Cuiabá
Rafael Paty 21' (pen.), 43' Ratinho 32' Warian Santos 87'	Report	Kaique 23'

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 34,973

Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

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7 May 2015

21:00 AMT (UTC−4)

Cuiabá	5–1	Remo
Raphael Luz 24' (pen.), 33', 49' (pen.) Nino Guerreiro 41', 80'	Report	Val Barreto 73'

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 3,315

Referee: Paulo Henrique Schleich Vollkopf

Cuiabá won 6–5 on aggregate.

References

1. "Lançamento Copa Verde 2015 é realizado no auditório da sede da CBF". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 27 January 2015.
2. "Cuiabá reverte vantagem, faz 5 a 1 sobre o Remo e é campeão da Copa Verde". UOL. 8 May 2015.
3. "Regulamento Específico da Competição / Copa Verde 2015" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.