2023 Copa Verde

Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	17 February – 31 May
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Goiás (1st title)
Runners-up	Paysandu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	73 (2.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Wanderson (4 goals)
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The 2023 Copa Verde was the tenth 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, Goiás defeated Paysandu 4–1 on aggregate to win their first title and a place in the third round of the 2024 Copa do Brasil.^[2]

Qualified teams

Association	Team	Qualification method
Acre 2+2 berths	Humaitá	2022 Campeonato Acreano champions
	São Francisco	2022 Campeonato Acreano runners-up
	Atlético Acreano	3rd best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
	Rio Branco[3]	4th best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Amapá 1 berth	Trem	2022 Campeonato Amapaense champions
Amazonas 2 berths	Manaus	2022 Campeonato Amazonense champions
	Princesa do Solimões	2022 Campeonato Amazonense runners-up
Distrito Federal 2 berths	Brasiliense	2022 Campeonato Brasiliense champions
	Ceilândia	2022 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-up
Espírito Santo 2 berths	Real Noroeste	2022 Campeonato Capixaba champions
	Rio Branco	2022 Copa Espírito Santo runners-up
Goiás 1+1 berths	Goiás	2022 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
	Vila Nova	1st best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso 2+1 berths	Cuiabá	2022 Campeonato Mato-Grossense champions
	União Rondonópolis	2022 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-up
	Luverdense	2nd best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Mato Grosso do Sul 1 berth	Operário	2022 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense champions
Pará 2+1 berths	Remo	2022 Campeonato Paraense champions
	Paysandu	2022 Campeonato Paraense runners-up
	Castanhal[4]	5th best placed team in the 2023 CBF ranking not already qualified
Rondônia 1 berth	Real Ariquemes	2022 Campeonato Rondoniense champions
Roraima 1 berth	São Raimundo	2022 Campeonato Roraimense champions
Tocantins 2 berths	Tocantinópolis	2022 Campeonato Tocantinense champions
	Interporto	2022 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up

Schedule

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

Bracket

	First round					Round of 16					Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
						Manaus		0
	Rio Branco		0			Princesa do Solimões		2
											Princesa do Solimões		0	0	0 (3)
	Princesa do Solimões		1
											Paysandu (p)		0	0	0 (5)
						Paysandu		3
	Castanhal		2			Real Ariquemes		0
																		Paysandu (p)		0	2	2 (4)
	Real Ariquemes		3
																		Remo		1	1	2 (2)
						São Raimundo		6
	Atlético Acreano		3			São Francisco		0
											São Raimundo		1	0	1
	São Francisco		6
											Remo		0	3	3
						Remo		4
	Humaitá		2			Humaitá		1
																									Paysandu		0	1	1
	Trem		0
																									Goiás		2	2	4
						Vila Nova (p)		0 (4)
	Luverdense		2			Luverdense		0 (3)
											Vila Nova		0	1	1
	Interporto		1
											Cuiabá		2	1	3
						Cuiabá		3
	Ceilândia		1			Ceilândia		0
																		Cuiabá		1	0	1
	Rio Branco		0
																		Goiás		0	2	2
						Brasiliense		4
	Tocantinópolis (p)		1 (5)			Tocantinópolis		2
											Brasiliense		0	0	0
	Operário		1 (4)
											Goiás		0	1	1
						Goiás		3
	União Rondonópolis		1			União Rondonópolis		0
	Real Noroeste		0

Finals

17 May 2023

20:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Paysandu	0–2	Goiás
	Report	Maguinho 55' Philippe 87'

Mangueirão, Belém

Attendance: 13,607

Referee: Alisson Sidnei Furtado

31 May 2023

20:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Goiás	2–1	Paysandu
Vinícius 6' (pen.) Matheus Peixoto 38' (pen.)	Report	Bruno Melo 54' (o.g.)

Estádio da Serrinha, Goiânia

Attendance: 11,499

Referee: Dyorgines José Padovani de Andrade

Goiás won 4–1 on aggregate.

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