Rio Grande do Norte State League 1959

Campeonato Potiguar 1959

Clubs:

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal)
ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal)
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Natal)
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar (Natal)
RIACHUELO Atlético Clube (Natal)
SANTA CRUZ Futebol Clube (Natal)

Rules: triple round-robin. Each round-robin champion qualifies to league finals.
Regulamento: três turnos. Os campeões de cada turno se classificam para as finais.

First round-robin
Primeiro turno

[May 24]
Atlético      2-2  Alecrim
[May 28]
América       4-1  Riachuelo
[May 31]
Santa Cruz/N  1-2  ABC
[Jun 3]
Alecrim       4-3  América
[Jun 7]
Riachuelo     2-1  Santa Cruz/N
[Jun 10]
ABC           5-0  Atlético
[Jun 14]
Santa Cruz/N  5-1  Alecrim
[Jun 21]
Atlético      0-2  América
[Jun 28]
ABC           0-1  Riachuelo
[Jul 1]
América       4-0  Santa Cruz/N
[Jul 5]
Riachuelo     5-1  Atlético
[Jul 8]
Alecrim       0-2  ABC
[Jul 12]
Atlético      1-3  Santa Cruz/N
[Jul 15]
Riachuelo     0-0  Alecrim
[Jul 19]
ABC           1-2  América

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.América       5  4  0  1  15- 6   8  Champions; to league finals
2.Riachuelo     5  3  1  1   9- 6   7
3.ABC           5  3  0  2  10- 4   6
4.Santa Cruz/N  5  2  0  3  10-10   4
5.Alecrim       5  1  2  2   7-12   4
6.Atlético      5  0  1  4   4-17   1

Second round-robin
Segundo turno

[Jul 26]
América       2-1  Alecrim
[Jul 29]
Santa Cruz/N  4-2  Atlético
[Aug 2]
Riachuelo     3-2  ABC
[Aug 5]
Santa Cruz/N  3-1  América
[Aug 15]
Atlético      0-2  Riachuelo
[Aug 16]
ABC           0-1  Santa Cruz/N
[Aug 19]
América       6-1  Atlético
[Aug 26]
Alecrim       4-2  Riachuelo
[Sep 3]
Alecrim       3-0  Atlético
[Sep 6]
Santa Cruz/N  2-2  Riachuelo
[Sep 16]
Alecrim       0-1  Santa Cruz/N
[Sep 19]
América       2-3  ABC
[Sep 25]
ABC           2-2  Alecrim
[Sep 27]
Riachuelo     5-2  América
[Sep 30]
Atlético      0-6  ABC

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Santa Cruz/N  5  4  1  0  11- 5   9  Champions; to league finals
2.Riachuelo     5  3  1  1  14-10   7
3.ABC           5  2  1  2  13- 8   5
4.Alecrim       5  2  1  2  10- 7   5
5.América       5  2  0  3  13-13   4
6.Atlético      5  0  0  5   3-21   0

Third round-robin
Terceiro turno

[Oct 3]
América       3-2  Santa Cruz/N
[Oct 4]
ABC           5-0  Atlético
[Oct 7]
Riachuelo     5-0  Alecrim
[Oct 11]
Santa Cruz/N  0-1  ABC
[Oct 14]
Alecrim       0-7  América
[Oct 18]
Riachuelo     2-0  Atlético
[Oct 21]
Alecrim       2-2  ABC
[Oct 25]
América       2-2  Riachuelo
[Oct 28]
Atlético      0-2  Santa Cruz/N
[Nov 1]
ABC           2-1  Riachuelo
[Nov 4]
Atlético      0-1  América
[Nov 8]
Santa Cruz/N  2-1  Alecrim
[Nov 11]
ABC           4-1  América
[Nov 14]
Atlético      0-3  Alecrim
[Nov 15]
Riachuelo     1-1  Santa Cruz/N

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           5  4  1  0  14- 4   9  Champions; to league finals
2.América       5  3  1  1  14- 8   7
3.Riachuelo     5  2  2  1  11- 5   6
4.Santa Cruz/N  5  2  1  2   7- 6   5
5.Alecrim       5  1  1  3   6-16   3
6.Atlético      5  0  0  5   0-13   0

League finals "Superchampionship"
Supercampeonato

Round 1 [Feb 7, 1960]
Santa Cruz/N  0-1  América

Round 2 [Feb 10]
ABC           2-0  Santa Cruz/N

Round 3 [Feb 14]
América       1-3  ABC

Round 4 [Feb 17]
América       4-0  Santa Cruz/N

Round 5 [Feb 21]
Santa Cruz/N  2-1  ABC

Round 6 [Feb 24]
ABC           4-3  América

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           4  3  0  1  10- 6   6  Champions
2.América       4  2  0  2   9- 7   4
3.Santa Cruz/N  4  1  0  3   2- 8   2

*** ABC are 1959 Rio Grande do Norte State League champions ***

Final standings
Classificação final

Team             M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           19 12  2  5  47-22  26  Champions
2.América       19 11  1  7  51-34  23
3.Santa Cruz/N  19  9  2  8  30-29  20
4.Riachuelo     15  8  4  3  34-21  20
5.Alecrim       15  4  4  7  23-35  12
6.Atlético      15  0  1 14   7-51   1
1958
1959 (Torneio Início)
1960
List of champions
Topscorers
About this document

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: 5 Jul 2019