The 2023 Copa do Nordeste was the 20th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region.
Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste 2023).
In this season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2022 CBF ranking from Ceará, Bahia and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths were decided by the Eliminatórias Copa do Nordeste.
Sixteen teams competed to decide four places in the Copa do Nordeste.
The teams entered in two rounds where the four winners advanced to the Copa do Nordeste.
[3] The winners were CSA (Alagoas), Ferroviário (Ceará), Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) and Vitória (Bahia).
[6] The draw for the group stage was held on 21 November 2022, 15:30, at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
Each team will play on a single round-robin tournament against the eight clubs from the other group.