Copa União Blue and White Modules

The dispute of Blue and White modules of Copa União correspond to the second level of Green and Yellow modules of the tournament. The blue module consisted of teams from the south of Brazil, while the white module brought together clubs from the north, northeast and center-west regions. Each of the modules had the participation of 24 clubs, totaling 48 in total.

Copa União

Season	1987
Champions	Americano (Blue Module) Operário-MS (White Module)
Matches played	184
Goals scored	352 (1.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manelão (Paysandu) – 6 goals
Biggest home win	Uberândia 5–0 Ponte Preta
← 1986 Série B 1988 Série B →

Blue Module

The tournament is also called Taça Heleno Nunes:^[1]

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chapecoense	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	8	Qualified to second stage
2	Santa Cruz	6	2	4	0	5	3	+2	8
3	Pinheiros	5	1	2	2	5	4	+1	4
4	Esportivo	5	0	2	3	3	8	−5	2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Note: The match Esportivo vs. Pinheiros it was not played due to the early definition of the group.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Caxias	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	7	Qualified to second stage
2	Juventude	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	7
3	Avaí	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1	7
4	Londrina	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	3

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	2	4	0	6	1	+5	8	Qualified to second stage
2	Americano	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	7
3	Desportiva	6	1	3	2	5	4	+1	5
4	Estrela do Norte	6	2	0	4	2	9	−7	4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tupi	6	4	0	2	9	3	+6	8	Qualified to second stage
2	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	7
3	América Mineiro	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	5
4	Goytacaz	6	2	0	4	5	8	−3	4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uberlândia	6	3	2	1	5	1	+4	8	Qualified to second stage
2	Uberaba	6	2	3	1	2	1	+1	7
3	Santo André	6	2	2	2	2	3	−1	6
4	Itumbiara	6	0	3	3	0	4	−4	3

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ponte Preta	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	10	Qualified to second stage
2	Corumbaense	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	5
3	Anapolina	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	5
4	Brasília	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Second stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chapecoense	2–3	Juventude	1–2	1–1
Caxias	2–1	Santa Cruz (RS)	1–1	1–0
Juventus	1–1 (4–5 p)	Botafogo (SP)	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Tupi	0–2	Americano	0–1	0–1
Uberlândia	5–2	Corumbaense	0–1	5–1 (a.e.t.)
Ponte Preta	3–2	Uberaba	0–2	3–0

Third stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventude	2–1	Caxias	1–0	1–1
Botafogo (SP)	2–3	Americano	1–3	1–0
Uberlândia	5–3	Ponte Preta	5–0	0–3

Final stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Americano (C)	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3
2	Uberlândia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
3	Juventude	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.
(C) Champions

White Module

The tournament is also called Taça Rubens Moreira^[2]

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mixto	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3	9	Qualified to second stage
2	Operário (MS)	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	8
3	Operário (MT)	5	1	2	2	4	4	0	4
4	Sobradinho	5	0	1	4	0	8	−8	1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Note: The match Sobradinho vs. Operário (MT) it was not played due to the early definition of the group.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Catuense	6	5	0	1	11	3	+8	10	Qualified to second stage
2	Auto Esporte	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	7
3	CRB	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	5
4	Central	6	1	0	5	6	11	−5	2

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	7	Qualified to second stage
2	América de Natal	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	7
3	Fortaleza	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6
4	ABC	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	4

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferroviário	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	7	Qualified to second stage
2	Sampaio Corrêa	6	2	2	2	3	4	−1	6
3	Serrano	6	2	2	2	3	3	0	6
4	Maranhão	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	5

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Moto Club	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	8	Qualified to second stage
2	Piauí	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1	7
3	Imperatriz	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	6
4	Ríver	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	3

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paysandu	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	9	Qualified to second stage
2	Tuna Luso	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	7
3	Nacional	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	5
4	Rio Negro	6	1	1	4	6	8	−2	3

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.

Second stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mixto	3–1	Auto Esporte	0–1	3–0
Catuense	2–4	Operário (MS)	0–2	2–2
Botafogo (PB)	1–1 (3–2 p)	Sampaio Corrêa	1–1	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ferroviário	0–3	América de Natal	0–1	0–2
Moto Club	2–5	Tuna Luso	0–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Paysandu	3–1	Piauí	1–1	2–0

Third stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mixto	2–4	Operário (MS)	0–2	2–2
Botafogo (PB)	2–1	América de Natal	0–1	2–0
Tuna Luso	2–3	Paysandu	2–2	0–1

Final stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Operário (MS) (C)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Paysandu	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	2
3	Botafogo (PB)	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for.
(C) Champions

References

1. "1987 Módulo Azul". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
2. "1987 Módulo Branco". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 May 2023.