Copa Norte

Copa Norte

Organising body	Brazilian Football Confederation
Founded	1997
Abolished	2002
Region	Brazil's North plus Maranhão and Piauí
Most successful club(s)	São Raimundo (3 titles)

Copa Norte (English: North Cup) was a Brazilian football competition contested between North region teams. Also with teams from the states of Maranhão and Piauí in the Northeastern.

From 1997 to 1999, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to Copa CONMEBOL.

From 2000 to 2002, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to the Copa dos Campeões.

List of champions[]

List of Copa Norte finals

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists1
1997	Rio Branco	0–0	Remo	Imperatriz and Ji-Paraná
	Rio Branco	2–1	Remo
	Rio Branco won 2–1 on aggregate.
1998	Sampaio Corrêa	0–1	São Raimundo	Rio Branco and Ypiranga
	Sampaio Corrêa	2–1	São Raimundo
	2–2 on aggregate; Sampaio Corrêa won 3–0 in a penalty shootout.
1999	São Raimundo	0–1	Sampaio Corrêa	Cruzeiro and Flamengo
	São Raimundo	2–1	Sampaio Corrêa
	2–2 on aggregate; São Raimundo won 3–1 in a penalty shootout.
2000	São Raimundo	2–3	Maranhão	Remo and River
	São Raimundo	2–0	Maranhão
	São Raimundo won 4–3 on aggregate.
2001	São Raimundo	0–1	Paysandu	Genus and River
	São Raimundo	1–0	Paysandu
	1–1 on aggregate; São Raimundo won for having made the best campaign.
2002	Paysandu	1–0	São Raimundo	Ji-Paraná and Remo
	Paysandu	3–0	São Raimundo
	Paysandu won 4–0 on aggregate.

Note 1: Losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Records and statistics[]

Finalists[]

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
São Raimundo	3	2	1999, 2000, 2001	1998, 2002
Sampaio Corrêa	1	1	1998	1999
Paysandu	1	1	2002	2001
Rio Branco	1	0	1997	—
Remo	0	1	—	1997
Maranhão	0	1	—	2000

Performance by State[]

State	Won	Runner-up
Amazonas	3	2
Maranhão	1	2
Pará	1	2
Acre	1	0

External links[]

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