Clubs (all from Natal): ABC Futebol Clube ALECRIM Futebol Clube AMÉRICA Futebol Clube Centro Esportivo FORÇA E LUZ Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube RIACHUELO Atlético Clube Rules: Double round-robin. Each round-robin winner qualifies to league finals. Regulamento: Dois turnos. Os campeões dos turnos são finalistas. First round-robin Primeiro turno Round 1 [Mar 15] ABC 1-1 Riachuelo Força e Luz 2-1 Ferroviário Round 2 [Mar 19] ABC 1-0 Força e Luz Riachuelo 2-1 Atlético Round 3 [Mar 22] Alecrim 1-0 Ferroviário América 3-0 Atlético Round 4 [Mar 26] ABC 0-1 Alecrim América 0-1 Riachuelo Round 5 [Mar 29] ABC 2-1 Atlético Força e Luz 1-0 Riachuelo Round 6 [Apr 02] Alecrim 0-2 Atlético América 0-0 Força e Luz Round 7 [Apr 05] Alecrim 4-0 Riachuelo Ferroviário 1-1 Atlético Round 8 [Apr 09] ABC 7-0 Ferroviário América 0-1 Alecrim Round 9 [Apr 12] Alecrim 0-0 Força e Luz América 1-0 Ferroviário Round 10 [Apr 16] Ferroviário 1-1 Riachuelo Força e Luz 4-0 Atlético Round 11 [Apr 23] ABC 1-0 América Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 6 4 1 1 12- 3 9 To first place tiebreak 2.Alecrim 6 4 1 1 7- 2 9 To first place tiebreak ------------------------------------- 3.Força e Luz 6 3 2 1 7- 2 8 4.Riachuelo 6 2 2 2 5- 8 6 5.América 6 2 1 3 4- 3 5 6.Atlético 6 1 1 4 5-12 3 7.Ferroviário 6 0 2 4 3-13 2 Tie-Break Match: [Apr 27] ABC 2-0 Alecrim ABC qualifies to league finals Second round-robin Segundo turno Round 1 [May 14] Ferroviário 0-3 Força e Luz Riachuelo 0-3 ABC Round 2 [May 17] Atlético 0-4 Alecrim Ferroviário 0-3 América Round 3 [May 21] Atlético 2-2 Riachuelo Força e Luz 0-0 ABC [interrupted at halftime due to power outage. Match replayed the next day.] [May 22] Força e Luz 0-2 ABC Round 4 [May 25] Atlético 1-1 Ferroviário Riachuelo 1-2 Força e Luz Round 5 [May 28] Alecrim 1-1 América Ferroviário 0-2 ABC Round 6 [May 31] Ferroviário 1-4 Alecrim Força e Luz 0-1 América Round 7 [Jun 25] Riachuelo 3-2 Ferroviário [First league matches ever to be played at the new Castelão stadium. Before this date, all Força e Luz 2-3 Alecrim but one match ever since the league creation were played at Juvenal Lamartine stadium] Round 8 [Jul 01] Alecrim 0-0 ABC Atlético 0-4 América Round 9 [Jul 09] Atlético 0-6 ABC Riachuelo 1-3 América Round 10 [Jul 16] Atlético 2-5 Força e Luz Riachuelo 0-1 Alecrim Round 11 [Jul 23] América 0-2 ABC Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 6 5 1 0 15- 0 11 League champions (won both round-robins) -------------------------------------- 2.Alecrim 6 4 2 0 13- 4 10 3.América 6 4 1 1 12- 4 9 4.Força e Luz 6 3 0 3 12- 9 6 5.Riachuelo 6 1 1 4 7-13 3 6.Atlético 6 0 2 4 5-22 2 7.Ferroviário 6 0 1 5 4-16 1 *** ABC are 1972 Rio Grande do Norte state champions *** Final standings: Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 12 9 2 1 27- 3 20 Champions 2.Alecrim 12 8 3 1 20- 6 19 3.América 12 6 2 4 16- 7 14 4.Força e Luz 12 6 2 4 19-11 14 5.Riachuelo 12 3 3 6 12-21 9 6.Atlético 12 1 3 8 10-34 5 7.Ferroviário 12 0 3 9 7-29 3
Sources: Placar and Diário de Natal
Thanks to Marcos Lacerda Queiroz
Prepared and maintained by Marcelo Leme de Arruda and Vítor Dias for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
Authors: Marcelo Leme de Arruda (marcelo.leme.arruda@gmail.com) and Vítor Dias (vitor.dias@gmail.com)
Last updated: 15 Aug 2019
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