Copa Norte

Copa Norte
Organising bodyBrazilian Football Confederation
Founded1997
Abolished2002
RegionBrazil'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

Year Finals Losing semi-finalists1
Winners Score Runners-up
1997
Rio Branco
0–0
2–1
Aggregate

2–1

Remo

Imperatriz

Ji-Paraná
1998
Sampaio Corrêa
0–1
2–1
Aggregate

2–2 (3–0 p)

São Raimundo

Rio Branco

Ypiranga
1999
São Raimundo
0–1
2–1
Aggregate

2–2 (3–1 p)

Sampaio Corrêa

Cruzeiro

Flamengo
2000
São Raimundo
2–3
2–0
Aggregate

4–3

Maranhão

Remo

River
2001
São Raimundo
0–1
1–0
Aggregate

1–12

Paysandu

Genus

River
2002
Paysandu
1–0
3–0
Aggregate

4–0

São Raimundo

Ji-Paraná

Remo

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

Note 2: São Raimundo won for having made the best campaign.

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