2011 Copa do Brasil Finals

2011 Copa do Brasil Finals
Event	2011 Copa Kia do Brasil
	(away goals rule)
First leg
Date	June 1, 2011
Venue	Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro
Referee	Paulo César de Oliveira (SP)
Attendance	21,365
Second leg
Date	June 8, 2011
Venue	Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba
Referee	Sálvio Fagundes (SP)
Attendance	31,516

The 2011 Copa do Brasil Finals was a two-legged Brazilian football that determinate the 2011 Copa do Brasil champion. It was played on June 1 and 8. It was contested by Vasco da Gama, the 3rd place in the CBF Club Ranking, and Coritiba, the 2010 Campeonato Paranaense winners.

Vasco won the finals on away goals rule.

Background

Vasco da Gama and Coritiba, two former Brazilian champions, were the last two champions of the Série B (Vasco da Gama in 2009, Coritiba in 2010) and were the "teams-sensation" of Brazilian football.

Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama, after a poor start in the Campeonato Carioca, has rebounded with the arrival of players like Diego Souza, Alecsandro, Bernardo, and especially the coming of the coach Ricardo Gomes, which along with players like Fernando Prass, Dedé, Anderson Martins, Felipe, Éder Luís, Eduardo Costa and Rômulo, not only reaching the Copa do Brasil finals, as well as the Taça Rio Final (on penalties being defeated by archrival, Flamengo).

Vasco da Gama had already played a final before: in 2006, the team lost the competition for his archrival, Flamengo. On this occasion the team cross-Maltin was defeated in both games: 2–0 in the first game and 1–0 in the second.

Coritiba

Coritiba already had an excellent stage for an undefeated title (Campeonato Paranaense) and a record winning streak unprecedented in football worldwide, getting into the Guinness Book: 24 wins, being broken in the second game of the quarter-final against Palmeiras. The young team led by players like Rafinha, Davi, Marcos Aurélio, Anderson Aquino and the coach Marcelo Oliveira, who continued the work of Ney Franco (who went to the Brazil U-20), charmed and surprised Brazil in the first half of 2011.

Before to that final, the Coritiba had never played a Copa do Brasil finals. His best result in the competition came in 1991, 2001 and 2009, when the team played in the semi-finals in this years.

Road to the Finals

Vasco da Gama
Opponent	Venue	Score
Comercial (MS)	Away	1 - 6
Comercial (MS)	Home	was not necessary
ABC	Away	0 – 0
ABC	Home	2 – 1
Náutico Capibaribe	Away	0 – 3
Náutico Capibaribe	Home	0 – 0
Atlético Paranaense	Away	2 – 2
Atlético Paranaense	Home	1 – 1
Avaí	Home	1 – 1
Avaí	Away	0 – 2

Coritiba
Opponent	Venue	Score
Ypiranga de Erechim	Away	0 – 1
Ypiranga de Erechim	Home	2 – 0
Atlético Goianiense	Away	1 – 2
Atlético Goianiense	Home	3 – 1
Caxias do Sul	Home	4 – 0
Caxias do Sul	Away	0 – 1
Palmeiras	Home	6 – 0
Palmeiras	Away	2 – 0
Ceará	Away	0 – 0
Ceará	Home	1 – 0

First leg

June 1

21:50

Vasco da Gama	1–0	Coritiba
Alecsandro 51'	Report

Estádio São Januário

Attendance: 21,365

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira (SP / FIFA)

Vasco da Gama

Coritiba



GK	1	Fernando Prass (c)
DF	35	Allan
DF	25	Anderson Martins
DF	26	Dedé
DF	32	Márcio Careca
MF	37	Rômulo
MF	8	Eduardo Costa
MF	6	Felipe	66'
MF	10	Diego Souza
FW	31	Bernardo
FW	9	Alecsandro	84'
Substitutes:
G	12	Alessandro
LD	23	Fagner
V	18	Jumar
V	21	Fellipe Bastos	66'
M	11	Jéferson
A	19	Leandro
A	39	Élton	84'
Coach:
Ricardo Gomes



G	1	Edson Bastos
LD	2	Jonas
Z	3	Demerson
Z	4	Émerson (c)
LE	6	Lucas Mendes
V	5	Willian
V	8	Léo Gago
M	7	Rafinha
M	10	Davi	73'
A	11	Anderson Aquino	73'
A	9	Bill	70'
Substitutes:
G	12	Vanderlei
LD	13	Maranhão
Z	14	Jeci
V	15	Marcos Paulo	73'
M	16	Tcheco
M	17	Geraldo	73'
A	18	Leonardo	70'
Coach:
Marcelo Oliveira

Second leg

June 8

21:50

Coritiba	3–2	Vasco da Gama
Bill 29' Davi 44' Willian 66'	Report	12' Alecsandro 57' Éder Luís

Estádio Couto Pereira

Attendance: 31,516

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (SP / FIFA)