Rio Grande do Norte State League 1968

Campeonato Potiguar 1968

Clubs (all from Natal):

ABC Futebol Clube
ALECRIM Futebol Clube
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar
FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube
RIACHUELO Atlético Clube

Rules: double round-robin. Each round-robin champion qualify to finals.
Regulamento: dois turnos. Os campeões dos turnos são finalistas.

First stage
Primeiro turno

[Apr 07]  Alecrim      3-2  Riachuelo
[Apr 10]  ABC          3-2  Ferroviário
[Apr 14]  Atlético     0-0  América
[Apr 17]  ABC          2-0  Riachuelo
[Apr 21]  Atlético     1-0  Ferroviário
[Apr 24]  Alecrim      2-1  América
[Apr 28]  Riachuelo    0-1  Ferroviário
[May 01]  América      3-0  ABC
[May 05]  Alecrim      5-0  Atlético
[May 09]  América      3-0  Ferroviário
[May 12]  Alecrim      1-1  ABC
[May 15]  Atlético     2-2  Riachuelo
[May 19]  Ferroviário  1-3  Alecrim
[May 22]  ABC          7-0  Atlético
[May 26]  América      2-2  Riachuelo

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Alecrim      5  4  1  0  14- 5   9  Qualified to league finals
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2.ABC          5  3  1  1  13- 6   7
3.América      5  2  2  1   9- 4   6
4.Atlético     5  1  2  2   3-14   4
5.Ferroviário  5  1  0  4   4-10   2
6.Riachuelo    5  0  2  3   6-10   2

Second stage
Segundo turno

[May 29]  Riachuelo    0-1  Alecrim
[Jun 02]  Ferroviário  0-0  ABC
[Jun 05]  América      3-0  Atlético
[Jun 09]  Riachuelo    0-4  ABC
[Jun 12]  Ferroviário  2-0  Atlético
[Jun 16]  América      2-2  Alecrim
[Jun 19]  Ferroviário  0-1  Riachuelo
[Jun 23]  ABC          3-2  América
[Jun 26]  Atlético     0-4  Alecrim
[Jun 30]  Ferroviário  0-1  América
[Jul 03]  ABC          1-1  Alecrim
[Jul 06]  Riachuelo    3-0  Atlético
[Jul 10]  Alecrim      2-0  Ferroviário
[Jul 14]  Atlético     0-0  ABC
[Jul 17]  Riachuelo    2-0  América

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Alecrim      5  3  2  0  10- 3   8  League champions (won both round-robins)
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2.ABC          5  2  3  0   8- 3   7
3.Riachuelo    5  3  0  2   6- 5   6
4.América      5  2  1  2   8- 7   5
5.Ferroviário  5  1  1  3   2- 4   3
6.Atlético     5  0  1  4   0-12   1

*** ALECRIM are 1968 Rio Grande do Norte state champions ***

Final standings:

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Alecrim      10  7  3  0  24- 8  17  Champions
2.ABC          10  5  4  1  21- 9  14
3.América      10  4  3  3  17-11  11
4.Riachuelo    10  3  2  5  12-15   8
5.Ferroviário  10  2  1  7   6-14   5  [1]
6.Atlético     10  1  3  6   3-26   5  [1]

[1] Ferroviário and Atlético should have played a tiebreak and the loser would have
to play a relegation playoff against Racing, the winner of Second Division, which for
the first time would award a spot in First Division. However, the clubs agreed to
increase the number of clubs in the league to seven, and thus no playoff was needed.

[1] o Ferroviário e o Atlético deveriam ter disputado um desempate e o perdedor jogaria
um "rebolo" contra o Racing, vencedor da Segunda Divisão, que pela primeira vez deu
uma vaga para a Primeira Divisão. Contudo, os clubes concordaram em aumentar para sete
o número de clubes no campeonato e dessa forma não houve desempate nem rebolo.

1967

1968 (juvenil)

1969

list of champions

list of second level champions


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