2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino
# 2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The 2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino was the first staging of the competition and was played from October 30 to December 9, 2007. 32 clubs of all regions of Brazil participated of the cup, which was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). The champion was Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad.

## Competition format

32 clubs, selected by their respective state federations, participated of the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino 2007.

The 32 clubs were divided in 6 pools (A/B/C/D/E/F), according to their regions.

* A and B: North and Northeast regions
* C: Central-West region
* D: Southern region
* E and F: Southeast region

The first three stages were two-legged knockout matches, but the clubs of the groups C, D, E and F did not play the third stage. The winners of each pool plus the two clubs with the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24, and 25 and 26 qualified to the fourth stage.

In the fourth stage, the four teams were divided in two groups of four teams each, playing against the other teams of their groups once. The matches were played at Mané Garrincha, Brasília and Boca do Jacaré, Taguatinga, Distrito Federal.

| Group 27 | Group 28 |
| - | - |
| Group 21 winner | Group 22 winner |
| Group 23 winner | Group 24 winner |
| Group 25 winner | Group 26 winner |
| second club with the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24. | second club with the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 25 and 26. |

The two best clubs of each group qualified to the semifinals, and the semifinals winners played the final on December 9, at Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília.

### Ranking criteria

If the teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:

* Greatest total goal difference;
* Greatest number of goals scored as a visitor;.
* Penalty shootout.

## Participating teams

The 2007 participating teams were the following clubs:

* AJA ( São Paulo)
* Santos ( São Paulo)
* Botucatu ( São Paulo)
* America ( Rio de Janeiro)
* Vasco ( Rio de Janeiro)
* Juventude ( Rio Grande do Sul)
* Internacional ( Rio Grande do Sul)
* Nacional ( Minas Gerais)
* Benfica ( Minas Gerais)
* São José ( Paraná)
* Sport Recife ( Pernambuco)
* São Francisco do Conde ( Bahia)
* Aliança ( Goiás)
* Scorpions ( Santa Catarina)
* Horizonte ( Ceará)
* Independente ( Pará)
* CESMAC ( Alagoas)
* ABC ( Rio Grande do Norte)
* Internacional ( Maranhão)
* Desportiva Capixaba ( Espírito Santo)
* CRESSPOM ( Distrito Federal)
* Rio Negro ( Amazonas)
* Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad ( Mato Grosso do Sul)
* River Plate ( Paraíba)
* CEPE ( Sergipe)
* Tiradentes ( Piauí)
* Mixto ( Mato Grosso)
* Andirá ( Acre)
* Genus ( Rondônia)
* Gurupi ( Tocantins)
* Rio Norte ( Amapá)
* Baré ( Roraima)

## Table

### First stage

references:

| Pool | Group | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | Stadium/City | Stadium/City |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pool | Group | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | 1st Match | 2nd Match |
| A | 1 | Baré | October 30: 0-0 November 2: 2-3 aggregate: 2-3 | Rio Negro | Ribeirão Boa Vista | Vivaldo Lima Manaus |
| A | 2 | Genus | October 30: 3-0 November 2: 3-0 aggregate: 6-0 | Andirá | Aluízio Ferreira Porto Velho | Arena da Floresta Rio Branco |
| A | 3 | Rio Norte | October 30: 1-2 November 2: 3-1 aggregate: 4-3 | Independente | Glicério Marques Macapá | Mangueirão Belém |
| A | 4 | Gurupi | October 30: 0-2 November 2: 0-0 aggregate: 0-2 | Internacional | Resende Rocha Gurupi | Nhozinho Santos São Luís |
| B | 5 | CEPE | October 30: 0-1 November 2: 2-8 aggregate: 2-9 | São Francisco | Presidente Médici Itabaiana | Junqueira Ayres S.F. do Conde |
| B | 6 | CESMAC | October 30: 0-5 November 2: 1-3 aggregate: 1-8 | Sport | Nelson Feijó Maceió | Ilha do Retiro Recife |
| B | 7 | River Plate | October 30: 0-1 November 2: 0-6 aggregate: 0-7 | ABC | Sílvio Porto Guarabira | Frasqueirão Natal |
| B | 8 | Tiradentes | October 30: 2-0 November 2: 3-0 aggregate: 5-0 | Horizonte | Alberto Silva Teresina | Clenilsão Horizonte |
| C | 9 | Mixto | November 2: 2-0 November 8: 2-3 aggregate: 4-3 | Aliança | Presidente Dutra Cuiabá | Antônio Accioly Goiânia |
| C | 10 | MS/SAAD | November 2: 2-0 November 8: 7-1 aggregate: 9-1 | CRESSPOM | Morenão Campo Grande | CAVE Guará |
| D | 11 | Juventude | November 2: 1-1 November 8: 0-0 aggregate: 1-1¹ | Internacional | Alfredo Jaconi Caxias do Sul | Beira Rio Porto Alegre |
| D | 12 | Scorpions | November 2: 0-7 November 8: 1-5 aggregate:1-12 | São José | Orlando Scarpelli Florianópolis | Pinhão São José dos Pinhais |
| E | 13 | Desportiva | November 2: 2-1 November 8: 0-4 aggregate: 2-5 | Nacional | Engenheiro Araripe Cariacica | Frimisa Santa Luzia |
| E | 14 | Benfica | November 2: 3-2 November 8: 5-1 aggregate: 8-3 | Vasco da Gama | Mario Helênio Juiz de Fora | São Januário Rio de Janeiro |
| F | 15 | Botucatu | November 2: 0-0 November 8: 2-1 aggregate: 2-1 | Santos | Arísio Paes Cruz Botucatu | Vila Belmiro Santos |
| F | 16 | America | November 2: 1-1 November 8: 2-0 aggregate: 3-1 | AJA | Giulitte Coutinho Mesquita | Azulão Jaguariúna |

¹ Internacional qualified due to the away goals rule.

### Second stage

| Pool | Group | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | Stadium/City | Stadium/City |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pool | Group | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | 1st Match | 2nd Match |
| A | 17 | Genus | November 9: 4-1 November 13: 3-3 aggregate: 7-4 | Rio Negro | Aluízio Ferreira Porto Velho | Vivaldo Lima Manaus |
| A | 18 | Rio Norte | November 8: 1-2 November 13: 2-2 aggregate: 3-4 | Internacional | Glicério Marques Macapá | Nhozinho Santos São Luís |
| B | 19 | São Francisco | November 8: 0-0 November 13: 2-1 aggregate: 2-1 | Sport | Junqueira Ayres S.F. do Conde | Ilha do Retiro Recife |
| B | 20 | Tiradentes | November 8: 4-1 November 13: 4-3 aggregate: 8-4 | ABC | Alberto Silva Teresina | Frasqueirão Natal |
| C | 21 | Mixto | November 15: 0-4 November 22: 1-4 aggregate: 1-8 | MS/SAAD | Verdão Cuiabá | Morenão Campo Grande |
| D | 22 | São José | November 15: 2-1 November 22: 1-0 aggregate: 3-1 | Internacional | Pinhão São José dos Pinhais | Beira Rio Porto Alegre |
| E | 23 | Nacional | November 15: 0-5 November 22: 1-7 aggregate: 1-12 | Benfica | Frimisa Santa Luzia | Mario Helênio Juiz de Fora |
| F | 24 | America | November 15: 1-1 November 22: 0-1 aggregate: 1-2 | Botucatu | Giulite Coutinho Mesquita | Acrísio Paes Cruz Botucatu |

### Third stage

| Pool | Group | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | Stadium/City | Stadium/City |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pool | Group | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | 1st Match | 2nd Match |
| A | 25 | Genus | November 22: 3-0 November 26: 1-0 aggregate: 4-0 | Internacional | Aluízio Ferreira Porto Velho | Nhozinho Santos São Luís |
| B | 26 | Tiradentes | November 22: 1-3 November 26: 1-1 aggregate: 2-4 | São Francisco | Alberto Silva Teresina | Junqueira Ayres S.F. do Conde |

References:

### Fourth stage

**Group 27**

| Position | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MS/Saad | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 |
| 2 | Benfica | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 |
| 3 | America | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
| 4 | Genus | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | -25 |
| Pos. | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| Pos. | Eliminated from the competition |
| Group | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Stadium/City |
| 27 | 1st | Benfica | November 29: 1-0 | America | Mané Garrincha Brasília |
| 27 | 1st | MS/Saad | November 29: 11-0 | Genus | Mané Garrincha Brasília |
| 27 | 2nd | America | December 1: 0-3 | MS/Saad | Mané Garrincha Brasília |
| 27 | 2nd | Genus | December 1: 0-12 | Benfica | Mané Garrincha Brasília |
| 27 | 3rd | MS/Saad | December 4: 2-2 | Benfica | Mané Garrincha Brasília |
| 27 | 3rd | Genus | December 4: 1-3 | America | Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga |

(*) America qualified to the fourth stage because it had the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24.

**Group 28**

| Position | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Botucatu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
| 2 | São Francisco | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
| 3 | Tiradentes | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
| 4 | São José | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 |
| Pos. | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| Pos. | Eliminated from the competition |
| Group | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Stadium/City |
| 28 | 1st | São José | November 29: 1-3 | São Francisco | Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga |
| 28 | 1st | Botucatu | November 29: 3-1 | Tiradentes | Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga |
| 28 | 2nd | São Francisco | December 1: 0-2 | Botucatu | Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga |
| 28 | 2nd | Tiradentes | December 1: 0-1 | São José | Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga |
| 28 | 3rd | São José | December 4: 0-3 | Botucatu | Boca do Jacaré Taguatinga |
| 28 | 3rd | São Francisco | December 4: 1-2 | Tiradentes | Mané Garrincha Brasília |

(*) Tiradentes qualified to the fourth stage because it had the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 25 and 26.

### Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 29 - December 6, Mané Garrincha, Brasília | 29 - December 6, Mané Garrincha, Brasília |
| MS/Saad | 6 |
| MS/Saad | 6 | 32 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília | 32 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília |
| São Francisco | 0 | 32 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília | 32 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília |
| São Francisco | 0 | MS/Saad | 1 (5) |
| 30 - December 6, Boca do Jacaré, Taguatinga | 30 - December 6, Boca do Jacaré, Taguatinga | | MS/Saad | 1 (5) |
| 30 - December 6, Boca do Jacaré, Taguatinga | 30 - December 6, Boca do Jacaré, Taguatinga | Botucatu | 1 (4) |
| Botucatu | 0 (7) | Botucatu | 1 (4) |
| Benfica | 0 (6) | | |
| Benfica | 0 (6) | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| | | 31 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília | 31 - December 8, Mané Garrincha, Brasília |
| | | São Francisco | 2 (5) |
| | | Benfica | 2 (3) |

### Final

* Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino 2007
* MATO GROSSO DO SUL / SAAD Champion First title
