2015 Copa Verde

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]

2015 Copa Verde
Country Brazil
Dates8 February – 7 May
Teams16
Champions Cuiabá (1st title)
Runners-up Remo
Matches played30
Goals scored74 (2.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Raphael Luz
(8 goals)
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In the finals, Mato Grosso's team Cuiabá defeated Pará's team 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 Branco2014 Campeonato Acriano champions
Amapá
1 berths		Santos2014 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas
2 berths		Nacional2014 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Princesa do Solimões2014 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Distrito Federal
2 berths		Luziânia2014 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Brasília2014 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo
1 berths		Estrela do Norte2014 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Mato Grosso
2 berths		Cuiabá2014 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
Luverdense2014 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
Mato Grosso do Sul
1 berth		CENE2014 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará
3 berths		Remo2014 Campeonato Paraense champions
Paysandu2014 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
Independente2014 Campeonato Paraense 3rd place
Rondônia
1 berth		Vilhena2014 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima
1 berth		São Raimundo2014 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins
1 berth		Tocantinópolis2014 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
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
Cuiabá 5–1 Remo
Raphael Luz  24' (pen.), 33', 49' (pen.)
Nino Guerreiro  41', 80'		 Report Val Barreto  73'
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.
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