1997 Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil 1997 was the 9th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

1997 Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil 1997
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	February 18 - May 22
Teams	45
Final positions
Champions	Grêmio (RS)
Runner-up	Flamengo (RJ)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	267 (3.42 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Paulo Nunes (8)
← 1996 1998 →

The competition started on February 18, 1997, and concluded on May 22, 1997, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Grêmio lifted the trophy for the third time after a 2-2 draw with Flamengo.

Paulo Nunes, of Grêmio, with 9 goals, was the competition's topscorer.

Format

The preliminary round was disputed by 26 clubs, while the first stage was disputed by 32 clubs, including the ones qualified from the preliminary stage. The competition was disputed in a knock-out format. In the preliminary stage and in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round. The following rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used.

Competition stages

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bacabal (MA)	WO	Fortaleza (CE)	WO	-
Guará (DF)	0-7	Internacional (RS)	0-7	-
Mixto (MT)	0-3	Corinthians (SP)	0-3	-
Ypiranga (AP)	1-5	Remo (PA)	1-0	0-5
CSA (AL)	2-6	Atlético (PR)	2-6	-
Operário (MS)	3-8	Santa Cruz (PE)	2-2	1-6
Desportiva (ES)	2-6	Santos (SP)	1-1	1-5
Paysandu (PA)	2-4	Vila Nova (GO)	2-1	0-3
Santa Cruz (PB)	0-4	Fluminense (RJ)	0-4	-
Rio Branco (AC)	4-3	Baré (RR)	3-2	1-1
Kaburé (TO)	1-9	Portuguesa (SP)	1-1	0-8
Ji-Paraná (RO)	1-3	Botafogo (RJ)	1-3	-
América (MG)	1-3	Bahia (BA)	1-1	0-2

Knockout stages

	1st Round					2nd Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Sergipe (SE)	3
	32	Vasco (RJ)	5
						Vasco (RJ)		1 3
						Atlético (PR)		3 4
	17	Atlético (PR)	3 1
	16	Sport (PE)	0 1
											Atlético (PR)		2 2
											Corinthians (SP)		1 6
	9	Corinthians (SP)	2 0 (pen: 5)
	24	Juventude (RS)	0 2 (pen: 3)
						Corinthians (SP)		1 1
						Atlético (MG)		0 1
	25	Remo (PA)	3 2
	8	Atlético (MG)	3 3
																Corinthians (SP)		1 1
																Grêmio (RS)		2 1
	5	América (RN)	1 0
	28	Portuguesa (SP)	0 3
						Portuguesa (SP)		1 1
						Grêmio (RS)		2 1
	21	Fortaleza (CE)	2 1
	12	Grêmio (RS)	3 3
											Grêmio (RS)		2 3
											Vitória (BA)		0 3
	13	Botafogo (RJ)	0
	20	Vitória (BA)	3
						Vitória (BA)		2 2
						São Paulo (SP)		1 2
	29	Vila Nova (GO)	2 0
	4	São Paulo (SP)	3 2
																					Grêmio (RS)		0 2
																					Flamengo (RJ)		0 2
	3	Figueirense (SC)	0 2
	30	Santos (SP)	1 3
						Santos (SP)		2 0 (pen: 2)
						Internacional (RS)		0 2 (pen: 3)
	19	Paraná (PR)	1 0
	14	Internacional (RS)	1 3
											Internacional (RS)		1 0
											Flamengo (RJ)		1 1
	11	Nacional (AM)	2
	22	Flamengo (RJ)	6
						Flamengo (RJ)		1 5
						Rio Branco (AC)		2 1
	27	Rio Branco (AC)	1 1
	6	Goiás (GO)	0 2
																Flamengo (RJ)		2 1
																Palmeiras (SP)		0 0
	7	Bahia (BA))	2 0
	26	Coritiba (PR)	2 1
						Coritiba (PR)		0 2
						Palmeiras (SP)		1 4
	23	River (PI)	0 1
	10	Palmeiras (SP)	0 7
											Palmeiras (SP)		5 5
											Ceará (CE)		2 0
	15	Ceará (CE)	1 0
	18	Fluminense (RJ)	0 0
						Ceará (CE)		3 1
						Santa Cruz (PE)		2 0
	31	Santa Cruz (PE)	1 1
	2	Cruzeiro (MG)	1 0

Copa do Brasil 1997 Winners
Grêmio Third Title

References

• Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.