2025 Copa Verde

2025 Copa Verde
Tournament details
CountryBrazil
Dates22 January – 23 April
Teams24
Final positions
Champions Paysandu (5th title)
Runners-up Goiás
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored85 (2.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Rossi
(4 goals)

The 2025 Copa Verde was the 12th edition of the football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 24 clubs, Acre, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Pará and Tocantins have two vacancies; Amapá, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia and Roraima with one each. The others five berths was set according to CBF ranking.[1]

In the finals, Paysandu defeated Goiás 5–4 on penalties after tied 1–1 on aggregate to win their 5th title and a place in the third round of the 2026 Copa do Brasil.[2]

Qualified teams

Association Team Qualification method
Acre
2 berths
Independência 2024 Campeonato Acreano champions
Humaitá 2024 Campeonato Acreano runners-up
Amapá
1 berth
Trem 2024 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas
2 berths
Manaus 2024 Campeonato Amazonense champions
Amazonas 2024 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Distrito Federal
2+1 berths
Ceilândia 2024 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
Capital 2024 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Brasiliense 2nd best placed team in the 2025 CBF ranking not already qualified
Espírito Santo
2 berths
Rio Branco 2024 Campeonato Capixaba champions
Vitória 2024 Copa Espírito Santo runners-up
Goiás
1+2 berths
Vila Nova 2024 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Goiás 1st best placed team in the 2025 CBF ranking not already qualified
Aparecidense 3rd best placed team in the 2025 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso
2 berths
União Rondonópolis 2024 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
Luverdense[3] 2024 Campeonato Mato-Grossense 3rd place
Mato Grosso do Sul
1 berth
Operário 2024 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará
2+1 berths
Paysandu 2024 Campeonato Paraense champions
Remo 2024 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
Águia de Marabá 4th best placed team in the 2025 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia
1 berth
Porto Velho 2024 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima
1+1 berths
GAS 2024 Campeonato Roraimense champions
São Raimundo[4] 5th best placed team in the 2025 CBF ranking not already qualified
Tocantins
2 berths
União 2024 Campeonato Tocantinense champions
Tocantinópolis 2024 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[5]

Stage First leg Second leg
First round
  • 22 January 2025
Round of 16
  • 4, 5 and 6 February 2025
Quarter-finals 12 and 13 February 2025 19, 26 and 27 February 2025
Semi-finals 12 March 2025 19 March 2025
Finals 9 April 2025 23 April 2025

Bracket

Finals

Paysandu 0–0 Goiás
Report
Attendance: 32,997
Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

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

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Paysandu won on penalties.

References

  1. ^ "CBF divulga documentos técnicos da Copa Verde 2025". CBF. 10 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Paysandu é pentacampeão da Copa Verde". CBF. 23 April 2025.
  3. ^ Cuiabá declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to Luverdense.
  4. ^ Atlético Goianiense declined their invitation to participate in the Copa Verde and the vacancy was passed on to São Raimundo.
  5. ^ "COPA VERDE - TABELA BÁSICA / EDIÇÃO 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.