In 1970, Campinense and Treze decided not to play the Paraíba State League. Instead, their hometown League
decided to organize a semiprofessional ("mixed") league to maintain both clubs active, and invited four amateur
teams from the region.
Em 1970, Campinense e Treze decidiram não jogar o Campeonato Paraibano. Em seu lugar, a Liga Campinense de
Futebol decidiu organizar um campeonato semiprofissional ("misto") para manter ambos os clubes ativos, e convidou
quatro clubes amadores da região.
Clubs:
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Esperança)
ATLÉTICO Futebol Clube (Campina Grande)
TABAJARAS Atlético Clube (Alagoa Grande)
CAMPINENSE Clube (Campina Grande)
Esporte Clube CULTURAL de Cuité (Cuité)
TREZE Futebol Clube (Campina Grande)
Rules:
- Three stages, each in single round robin
- Each stage champion qualify to finals
FIRST STAGE
Primeiro turno
Round 1 [May 17]
Cultural 1-3 Treze
Atlético 3-2 Tabajaras
Campinense 4-0 América
Round 2 [May 24]
Tabajaras 1-1 Cultural
América 0-0 Treze
Campinense 2-1 Atlético
Round 3
[May 31]
Cultural 0-1 Campinense
[Jun 2]
Treze 5-1 Tabajaras
[Jul 12]
América 0-0 Atlético
Round 4
[Jun 7]
Cultural 1-0 América
Tabajaras 0-0 Campinense
[Jun 9]
Treze 1-1 Atlético
Round 5
[Jun 13]
Campinense 2-1 Treze
[Jun 14]
América 1-1 Tabajaras
Atlético 6-1 Cultural
Team M W D L GF-GA Pts
1.Campinense 5 4 1 0 9- 2 9 Stage champions; to league finals
2.Treze 5 2 2 1 10- 5 6
3.Atlético 5 2 2 1 11- 6 6
4.Cultural 5 1 1 3 4-11 3
5.América 5 0 3 2 1- 6 3
6.Tabajaras 5 0 3 2 5-10 3
SECOND STAGE
Segundo turno
[Jul 5]
Treze 1-1 Cultural
Tabajaras 3-0 Atlético
América 1–5 Campinense
[Jul 8]
Treze 1-1 América
Campinense 2-0 Atlético
[Jul 12]
Cultural 2-0 Tabajaras
[Jul 13]
Atlético 1-0 América
Tabajaras 0-1 Treze
[Jul 18]
Atlético 1-1 Cultural
América WO-0 Tabajaras
[Jul 22]
Treze 4-1 Atlético
Campinense WO-0 Tabajaras
[Jul 25]
Campinense 5-2 Cultural
[Jul 28]
Treze 4-3 Campinense
Cultural 0-0 América
Team M W D L GF-GA Pts
1.Campinense 5 4 0 1 17- 7 8 Stage champions; to league finals
2.Treze 5 3 2 0 11- 6 8
3.Cultural 5 1 3 1 6- 7 5
4.América 5 1 2 2 4- 7 4
5.Atlético 5 1 1 3 3-10 3
6.Tabajaras 5 1 0 4 3- 7 2
THIRD STAGE
Terceiro turno
[Aug 9]
Treze 2-0 Cultural
América 0-1 Campinense
Tabajaras 1-0 Atlético
[Aug 19]
Campinense 4-0 Atlético
América 0-0 Treze
Tabajaras 1-0 Cultural
[Aug 23]
Cultural 0-3 Campinense
Tabajaras 1-1 Treze
Atlético 1-2 América
[Aug 26]
Campinense 5-0 Tabajaras
Atlético 1-6 Treze
América 2-1 Cultural
[Aug 30]
Campinense awd Treze [1]
América 1-1 Tabajaras
Cultural 2-2 Atlético
[1] Treze won 2-0 but, by league rules, each team could field only 5 professional athletes.
Treze fielded a higher number and had the points of the match reversed to Campinense.
[1] O Treze venceu por 2-0 mas, pela regra do torneio, cada clube somente podia escalar 5
atletas profissionais. O Treze escalou um número não permitido e por causa disto perdeu os
pontos da partida.
Team M W D L GF-GA Pts
1.Campinense 5 5 0 0 13- 2 10 Stage champions; to league finals
2.Treze 5 2 2 1 11- 2 4
3.América 5 2 2 1 5- 4 4
4.Tabajaras 5 2 2 1 4- 7 4
5.Cultural 5 0 1 4 3-10 1
6.Atlético 5 0 1 4 4-15 1
Despite Campinense having won the three stages, a final series was played.
FINALS
Leg 1 [Sep 16]
Treze 2-1 Campinense
Leg 2 [Sep 20]
Campinense 2-0 Treze
Leg 3 [Sep 27]
Campinense 1-0 Treze
*** CAMPINENSE are 1970 Campina Grande Mixed League champions ***
Final standings:
Team M W D L GF-GA Pts
1.Campinense 18 15 1 2 43-13 31 Champions
2.Treze 18 8 6 4 34-17 20
3.América 15 3 7 5 10-17 13
4.Tabajaras 15 3 5 7 12-24 11
5.Atlético 15 3 4 8 18-31 10
6.Cultural 15 2 5 8 13-28 9
1970 (State League)
Source: research by Júlio Cesar Gomes de Oliveira, available in História do Futebol.
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