The 2025 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Betano do Brasil 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of Brazil's domestic cup, the Copa do Brasil. It was held from 18 February to 21 December 2025. Flamengo were the defending champions but they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Atlético Mineiro.
Corinthians defeated Vasco da Gama 2–1 in the final to win their fourth title. As champions, Corinthians qualified for the 2026 Copa Libertadores group stage and the 2026 Supercopa do Brasil.
Qualified teams Each state league received a number of berths based on their state ranking. The states chose how to distribute those berths between league placements and state cup champions. Teams in bold enter the competition in the third round. AssociationTeamQualification methodIndependência2024 Campeonato Acreano championsHumaitá2024 Campeonato Acreano runners-upCRB2024 Copa do Nordeste runners-upASA2024 Campeonato Alagoano runners-upCSE2024 Campeonato Alagoano 3rd placeCSA2024 Campeonato Alagoano play-off winnersTrem2024 Campeonato Amapaense championsOratório2024 Campeonato Amapaense runners-upManaus2024 Campeonato Amazonense championsAmazonas2024 Campeonato Amazonense runners-upBahia2024 Série A 8th placeVitória2024 Campeonato Baiano championsBarcelona de Ilhéus2024 Campeonato Baiano 3rd placeJequié2024 Campeonato Baiano 4rd placeFortaleza2024 Série A 4th placeCeará2024 Campeonato Cearense championsMaracanã2024 Campeonato Cearense 3rd placeFerroviário2024 Copa Fares Lopes championsCeilândia2024 Campeonato Brasiliense championsCapital2024 Campeonato Brasiliense runners-upRio Branco-ES2024 Campeonato Capixaba championsRio Branco VN2024 Campeonato Capixaba runners-upAtlético Goianiense2024 Campeonato Goiano championsVila Nova2024 Campeonato Goiano runners-upAparecidense2024 Campeonato Goiano 3rd placeSampaio Corrêa2024 Campeonato Maranhense championsMaranhão2024 Campeonato Maranhense runners-upCuiabá2024 Campeonato Mato-Grossense championsUnião Rondonópolis2024 Campeonato Mato-Grossense runners-upCEOV2024 Copa FMF championsOperário-MS2024 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense championsDourados2024 Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense runners-upCruzeiro2024 Série A 9th placeAtlético Mineiro2024 Campeonato Mineiro championsAmérica Mineiro2024 Campeonato Mineiro 3rd placeTombense2024 Campeonato Mineiro 4th placePouso Alegre2024 Campeonato Mineiro 6th placeAthletic2024 Troféu Inconfidência championsPaysandu2024 Copa Verde championsRemo2024 Campeonato Paraense runners-upÁguia de Marabá2024 Campeonato Paraense 4th placeTuna Luso2024 Copa Grão-Pará championsSousa2024 Campeonato Paraibano championsBotafogo-PB2024 Campeonato Paraibano runners-upAthletico Paranaense2024 Campeonato Paranaense championsMaringá2024 Campeonato Paranaense runners-upCoritiba2024 Campeonato Paranaense 3rd placeOperário Ferroviário2024 Campeonato Paranaense 4th placeFC Cascavel2024 Campeonato Paranaense 5th placeSport2024 Campeonato Pernambucano championsNáutico2024 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-upRetrô2024 Campeonato Pernambucano 3rd placeAltos2023 Campeonato Piauiense championsParnahyba2024 Campeonato Piauiense runners-upFlamengo2024 Copa do Brasil championsBotafogo2024 Copa Libertadores championsNova Iguaçu2024 Campeonato Carioca runners-upVasco da Gama2024 Campeonato Carioca 3rd placeFluminense2024 Campeonato Carioca 4th placeBoavista2024 Campeonato Carioca 6th placePortuguesa-RJ2024 Campeonato Carioca 7th placeOlaria2024 Copa Rio runners-upAmérica de Natal2024 Campeonato Potiguar championsSanta Cruz de Natal2024 Campeonato Potiguar runners-upABC2024 Campeonato Potiguar 3rd PalaceInternacional2024 Série A 5th placeGrêmio2024 Campeonato Gaúcho championsJuventude2024 Campeonato Gaúcho runners-upCaxias2024 Campeonato Gaúcho 4th placeGuarany de Bagé2024 Campeonato Gaúcho 5th placeSão José-RS2024 Copa FGF championsPorto Velho2024 Campeonato Rondoniense championsBarcelona-RO2024 Campeonato Rondoniense runners-upGAS2024 Campeonato Roraimense championsSão Raimundo-RR2024 Campeonato Roraimense runners-upCriciúma2024 Campeonato Catarinense championsBrusque2024 Campeonato Catarinense runners-upConcórdia2024 Copa Santa Catarina championsPalmeiras2024 Série A runners-upSão Paulo2024 Série A 6th placeCorinthians2024 Série A 7th placeSantos2024 Série B championsRed Bull Bragantino2024 Campeonato Paulista 3rd placeNovorizontino2024 Campeonato Paulista 4th placeInter de Limeira2024 Campeonato Paulista 6th placePonte Preta2024 Campeonato Paulista 7th placePortuguesa2024 Campeonato Paulista 8th placeVotuporanguense2024 Copa Paulista runners-upConfiança2024 Campeonato Sergipano championsSergipe2024 Campeonato Sergipano runners-upUnião-TO2024 Campeonato Tocantinense championsTocantinópolis2024 Campeonato Tocantinense runners-up
Schedule On 12 November 2024, CBF published the 2025 Copa do Brasil schedule: +Single-legged roundsStageWeek 1Week 2First round18 February27 FebruarySecond round5 March12 March +Two-legged roundsStageFirst legSecond legThird round30 April21 MayRound of 1630 July6 AugustQuarter-finals27 August11 SeptemberSemi-finals10 December14 DecemberFinals17 December21 December
Single-legged rounds The draw for the first and second rounds was held on 7 February 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Teams were seeded into eight groups as per their national ranking. Matches were drawn using pot A vs E, B vs F, C vs G, and D vs H; lower-ranked teams host the match in the first round.
Draw
Pot APot BPot CPot D Atlético Mineiro (5) Athletico Paranaense (6) Fluminense (7) Grêmio (10) América Mineiro (13) Red Bull Bragantino (14) Vasco da Gama (15) Atlético Goianiense (17) Juventude (18) Cuiabá (20) Ceará (22) Vitória (23) Coritiba (24) Sport (25) Criciúma (26) Vila Nova (29) Operário Ferroviário (31) Ponte Preta (33) Brusque (35) Sampaio Corrêa (36) Novorizontino (39) Tombense (40) CSA (42) ABC (43) Remo (44) Náutico (46) Amazonas (49) Confiança (50) Ferroviário (51) Botafogo-PB (53) América de Natal (55) Manaus (56) São José-RS (57) Aparecidense (59) Altos (62) Retrô (63) Caxias (64) Athletic (66) Nova Iguaçu (67) Portuguesa-RJ (68)Pot EPot FPot GPot H Sousa (69) Águia de Marabá (70) Tocantinópolis (71) São Raimundo-RR (72) Maringá (73) FC Cascavel (76) Pouso Alegre (77) ASA (79) União Rondonópolis (82) Porto Velho (87) Sergipe (88) Humaitá (=89) Trem (=89) Ceilândia (94) Inter de Limeira (86) Maranhão (103) CEOV (105) Tuna Luso (106) Operário-MS (114) Concórdia (125) CSE (132) Boavista (142) Parnahyba (144) Maracanã (=153) Santa Cruz de Natal (=153) GAS (176) Rio Branco-ES (186) Rio Branco de Venda Nova (202) Olaria (208) Portuguesa (213) Votuporanguense (—) Guarany de Bagé (—) Barcelona de Ilhéus (—) Jequié (—) Capital (—) Independência (—) União-TO (—) Barcelona-RO (—) Dourados (—) Oratório (—)
First round The first round was contest by 80 teams and they played between 18 and 27 February 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 40 winning teams advanced to the second round.
Times are BRT (UTC–3), as listed by CBF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Second round The second round was contest by the 40 teams qualified from the first round and they played between 4 and 13 March 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 20 winning teams advanced to the third round.
Times are BRT (UTC–3), as listed by CBF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Two-legged rounds Third round The draw for the third round was held on 9 April 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 20 teams qualified from the previous round additionally to the 12 teams that will be enter from this round were placed into two pots, seeded by their national ranking, and then drawn into 16 ties. The competition from this round onwards will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The winning teams advanced to the round of 16.
Draw
Pot A Pot B Flamengo (1) São Paulo (2) Palmeiras (3) Corinthians (4) Atlético Mineiro (5) Athletico Paranaense (6) Fluminense (7) Botafogo (8) Fortaleza (9) Grêmio (10) Bahia (11) Internacional (12) Red Bull Bragantino (14) Vasco da Gama (15) Santos (16) Cruzeiro (19) Ceará (22) Criciúma (26) CRB (27) Vila Nova (29) Operário Ferroviário (31) Brusque (35) Novorizontino (39) Paysandu (41) CSA (42) Náutico (46) Botafogo-PB (53) Aparecidense (59) Retrô (63) Maringá (73) Maracanã (153) Capital (—)
Matches The third round pairings are:
First leg
Second leg
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 were held on 2 June 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The 16 teams qualified from the previous round was placed into a single pot and then drawn into eight ties. The winning teams will advance to the quarter-finals.
Draw
Single pot Flamengo (1) São Paulo (2) Palmeiras (3) Corinthians (4) Atlético Mineiro (5) Athletico Paranaense (6) Fluminense (7) Botafogo (8) Bahia (11) Internacional (12) Red Bull Bragantino (14) Vasco da Gama (15) Cruzeiro (19) CRB (27) CSA (42) Retrô (63)
Matches The round of 16 pairings are:
First leg
Second leg
Final rounds The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 August 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The last 8 teams qualified from the round of 16 was placed into a single pot and then drawn until the finals, also played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
Draw
Single pot Corinthians (4) Atlético Mineiro (5) Athletico Paranaense (6) Fluminense (7) Botafogo (8) Bahia (11) Vasco da Gama (15) Cruzeiro (19)
Bracket
Quarter-finals First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals The order of legs for the semi-finals was decided in a draw held on 22 October 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
First leg
Second leg
Finals
The order of legs for the finals was decided in a draw held on 22 October 2025 at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
First leg
Second leg
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Kaio JorgeCruzeiro5 RayanVasco da Gama3 Germán CanoFluminense4 EveraldoFluminense Luiz FernandoAthletico Paranaense
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