Paraíba State League 1956

Campeonato Paraibano 1956

Clubs (all from João Pessoa):

ARSENAL Futebol Clube
AUTO ESPORTE Clube
BOTAFOGO Futebol Clube
OITIZEIRO Esporte Clube
SANTOS Futebol Clube
VASCO DA GAMA Esporte Clube

Rules: two stages in single round-robin. Stage winners qualify to finals.
Regulamento: Campeonato em dois turnos, com jogos de ida dentro dos turnos. Os vencedores dos turnos fazem a final.

FIRST STAGE
Primeiro turno

[Jun 03]
Oitizeiro      4-2  Arsenal

[Jun 09]
Auto Esporte   8-1  Vasco da Gama
[Jun 10]
Botafogo       1-1  Santos

[Jun 16]
Arsenal        1-6  Auto Esporte
[Jun 17]
Vasco da Gama  1-3  Santos

[Jun 23]
Botafogo       1-0  Oitizeiro
[Jun 24]
Santos         6-0  Arsenal

[Jul 07]
Auto Esporte   6-1  Santos
[Jul 08]
Oitizeiro      3-3  Vasco da Gama

[Jul 14]
Arsenal        1-5  Botafogo
[Jul 15]
Santos         5-2  Oitizeiro

[Jul 21]
Vasco da Gama   -   Arsenal
[Jul 22]
Botafogo       1-4  Auto Esporte

[Jul 26]
Vasco da Gama  2-5  Botafogo
[Jul 28]
Oitizeiro      0-5  Auto Esporte

Table            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Auto Esporte   5  5  0  0  29- 4  10  Stage champions; to league finals
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2.Santos         5  3  1  1  16-10   7
3.Botafogo       5  3  1  1  13- 8   7
4.Oitizeiro      5  1  1  3   9-16   3
5.Vasco da Gama  4  0  1  3   7-19   1
6.Arsenal        4  0  0  4   4-21   0

SECOND STAGE
Segundo turno

Note: Arsenal did not play the second stage. It is believed that they withdrew the league.
Nota: o Arsenal não jogou o segundo turno. Acredita-se que eles desistiram do campeonato.

[Aug 11]
Vasco da Gama  0-WO Auto Esporte   [Vasco did not show. Match rescheduled.]

[Aug 19]
Vasco da Gama WO-0  Oitizeiro      [Oitizeiro gave away the match points]

[Aug 25]
Oitizeiro      1-3  Botafogo
[Aug 26]
Santos         2-3  Auto Esporte

[Sep 01]
Auto Esporte   5-0  Oitizeiro
[Sep 02]
Santos         awd  Botafogo       [Original score 0-4. Botafogo lost the points of this match in the sports court]

[Sep 08]
Oitizeiro      0-1  Santos
[Sep 09]
Botafogo       4-2  Vasco da Gama

[Sep 15]
Santos         bt   Vasco da Gama  [score unknown]
[Sep 16]
Auto Esporte   1-3  Botafogo

[Jan 06, 1957]
Vasco da Gama  0-WO Auto Esporte   [Vasco once again did not show]

Table            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Botafogo       4  3  0  1  14- 4   6  To tiebreak
1.Auto Esporte   4  3  0  1   9- 5   6  To tiebreak
1.Santos         4  3  0  1   3- 7   6  To tiebreak
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4.Vasco da Gama  4  1  0  3   2- 4   2
5.Oitizeiro      4  0  0  4   1- 9   0

SECOND STAGE TIEBREAK
Desempate do segundo turno

Botafogo was drawn a bye and faced the winner of Match 1 between Santos and Auto Esporte.

Match 1 [Mar 10, 1957]
Auto Esporte   0-0  Santos

Match 1 replay [Mar 17]
Santos         0-WO Auto Esporte  [1]

[1] Santos gave away the points of the replay match to Auto Esporte, who qualified for the tiebreak final.
[1] O Santos entregou os pontos ao Auto Esporte, que classificou-se para decidir o returno contra o Botafogo.

Match 2 [Mar 24]
Auto Esporte  WO-0  Botafogo

Botafogo still wanted to reverse the points lost to Santos and did not show.
Months later, Brazil's Sports Court reversed the points from Santos back to Botafogo.

O Botafogo ainda buscava reverter a perda de pontos para o Santos e não compareceu.
Meses depois, a Justiça Desportiva deu ganho de causa ao Botafogo no caso da partida contra o Santos.

Updated second stage standings:

Table            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Botafogo       4  4  0  0  14- 4   8  Stage champions; to league finals
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2.Auto Esporte   4  3  0  1   9- 5   6 
3.Santos         4  2  0  2   3- 7   4 
4.Vasco da Gama  4  1  0  3   2- 4   2 
5.Oitizeiro      4  0  0  4   1- 9   0 

FINALS

Leg 1 [Mar 2, 1958]
Botafogo       1-2  Auto Esporte

Leg 2 [Mar 9, 1958]
Auto Esporte   2-1  Botafogo

*** AUTO ESPORTE are 1956 Paraíba State League champions ***

Final standings:

Table             M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Auto Esporte   11 10  0  1  42-11  20  Champions
2.Botafogo       11  7  1  3  29-16  15
3.Santos          9  5  1  3  19-17  11
4.Oitizeiro       9  1  1  7  10-25   3
5.Vasco da Gama   8  1  1  6   9-23   3
6.Arsenal         4  0  0  4   4-21   0
1955
1957
list of champions
composition of the championships
About this document

Thanks to George Henrique de Vasconcelos and Julio Bovi Diogo.
Prepared and maintained by Vítor Dias for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
Author: Vítor Dias (vitor.dias@gmail.com)
Last updated: 16 Mar 2021