2025 Copa Verde finals

2025 Copa Verde finals
Event2025 Copa Verde
on aggregate
Paysandu won 5–4 on penalties
First leg
Date9 April 2025
VenueMangueirão, Belém
RefereeAlisson Sidnei Furtado
Attendance32,997
Second leg
Date23 April 2025
VenueEstádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia
RefereeDavi de Oliveira Lacerda
Attendance38,412

The 2025 Copa Verde finals was the final two-legged tie that decided the 2025 Copa Verde, the 12th season of the Copa Verde, Brazil's regional cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.

The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Paysandu, from Pará, and Goiás, from Goiás.[1][2]

The first leg ended in a scoreless draw, while the second leg ended in a 1–1 draw, which meant the title was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Paysandu won 5–4 to claim their 5th Copa Verde title.[3]

Teams

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Paysandu 8 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Goiás 1 (2023)

Road to the final

Note: In all scores below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Paysandu Round Goiás
Opponent Venue Score Opponent Venue Score
Bye First round Bye
Porto Velho Home 1–1 (5–4 p) Round of 16 Rio Branco Home 6–0
Manaus
(won 4–1 on aggregate)
Home 0–0 Quarter-finals União Rondonópolis
(won 5–0 on aggregate)
Away 2–0
Away 4–1 Home 3–0
São Raimundo
(won 5–2 on aggregate)
Away 2–2 Semi-finals Brasiliense
(tied 3–3 on aggregate, won 5–4 on penalties)
Away 3–3
Home 3–0 Home 0–0

Format

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Matches

First leg

Paysandu 0–0 Goiás
Report
Attendance: 32,997
Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado (Tocantins)
Paysandu
Goiás
GK 13 Matheus Nogueira
DF 2 Edílson  74'
DF 4 Luan Freitas
DF 3 Yeferson Quintana
DF 27 Ramón Martínez
DF 94 PK
MF 28 Leandro Vilela  3'
MF 20 Marlon  74'
FW 77 Rossi  11'
FW 17 Pedro Delvalle  56'
FW 11 Nicolas (c)  56'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Iago Hass
DF 5 Joaquín Novillo
DF 21 Bryan  74'
DF 34 Lucca
MF 6 Joseph Espinoza
MF 10 Giovanni  56'
MF 96 Matheus Vargas  3'
FW 9 Jorge Benítez  56'
FW 24 Benjamín Borasi
FW 30 Marcelinho
FW 32 Matías Cavalleri  74'
 
Coach:
Luizinho Lopes
GK 23 Tadeu (c)
DF 97 Willean Lepo  46'  62'
DF 75 Messias
DF 14 Lucas Ribeiro
DF 36 Lucas Lovat  20'  46'
MF 28 Juninho
MF 32 Rodrigo Andrade  46'
MF 77 Marcão
FW 7 Jajá  62'
FW 45 Arthur Caíke  66'
FW 71 Zé Hugo
Substitutes:
GK 1 Thiago Rodrigues
GK 12 Ezequiel
DF 3 Luiz Felipe
DF 4 Anthony
DF 6 DG  46'
DF 20 Diego Caito  62'
MF 5 Gonzalo Freitas
MF 8 Rafael Gava  46'
MF 16 Aloísio
MF 22 Vitinho
FW 30 Welliton Matheus  62'
FW 31 Facundo Barceló  66'
Coach:
Vagner Mancini

Assistant referees:
Anne Kesy Gomes de Sá (Amazonas)
Cipriano da Silva Sousa (Tocantins)
Fourth official:
Marcos Mateus Pereira (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Fifth official:
Márcio Gleidson Correia Dias (Pará)
Video assistant referee:
Rodrigo Batista Raposo (Distrito Federal)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ciro Chaban Junqueira (Distrito Federal)

Second leg

Goiás 1–1 Paysandu
Welliton Matheus 25' Report Cavalleri 90+4'
Penalties
Tadeu
Arthur Caíke
DG
Freitas
Messias
Marcão
4–5 Rossi
Giovanni
Marlon
Cavalleri
Nicolas
Leandro Vilela
Attendance: 38,412
Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda (Espírito Santo)
Goiás
Paysandu
GK 23 Tadeu (c)  81'
DF 20 Diego Caito  73'
DF 75 Messias
DF 14 Lucas Ribeiro
DF 36 Lucas Lovat  73'
MF 77 Marcão  41'
MF 28 Juninho
MF 8 Rafael Gava  87'
FW 30 Welliton Matheus  78'
FW 45 Arthur Caíke
FW 17 Pedrinho  73'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Thiago Rodrigues
GK 12 Ezequiel
DF 3 Luiz Felipe
DF 4 Anthony
DF 6 DG  73'
DF 97 Willean Lepo  73'
MF 5 Gonzalo Freitas  87'
MF 22 Vitinho
MF 25 Lucas Rodrigues
MF 32 Rodrigo Andrade
FW 7 Jajá  78'
FW 71 Zé Hugo  73'
 
Coach:
Vagner Mancini
GK 13 Matheus Nogueira
DF 21 Bryan  56'
DF 4 Luan Freitas
DF 5 Joaquín Novillo
DF 94 PK  85'
MF 27 Ramón Martínez  66'
MF 28 Leandro Vilela
MF 96 Matheus Vargas  18'  56'
FW 77 Rossi (c)
FW 24 Benjamín Borasi  58'  76'
FW 9 Jorge Benítez  52'  76'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Iago Hass
DF 2 Edílson  56'
DF 34 Lucca
MF 6 Joseph Espinoza
MF 10 Giovanni  76'
FW 11 Nicolas  56'
FW 17 Pedro Delvalle
FW 20 Marlon  76'
FW 30 Marcelinho
FW 32 Matías Cavalleri  85'
 
 
 
Coach:
Luizinho Lopes

Assistant referees:
Eduardo Gonçalves da Cruz (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Douglas Pagung (Espírito Santo)
Fourth official:
Rodrigo da Fonseca Silva (Mato Grosso)
Fifth official:
André Luiz Severo (Goiás)
Video assistant referee:
Rodrigo Batista Raposo (Distrito Federal)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ciro Chaban Junqueira (Distrito Federal)

See also

  • 2026 Copa do Brasil

References

  1. ^ "Paysandu detona o São Raimundo-RR e pega o Goiás na final" (in Portuguese). DOL. 19 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Goiás vence Brasiliense nos pênaltis e encara o Paysandu na final da Copa Verde" (in Portuguese). UOL. 19 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Paysandu é pentacampeão da Copa Verde" (in Portuguese). CBF. 23 April 2025.