Rio Grande do Norte State League 1975

Campeonato Potiguar 1975

Clubs:

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal)
ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal)
AMERICA Futebol Clube (Natal)
Associação Cultural Desportiva POTIGUAR (Mossoró)
Centro Esportivo FORÇA E LUZ (Natal)
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar (Natal)
FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube (Natal)
RIACHUELO Atlético Clube

Rules:
- First and second stages: two groups, matches within groups. Top two advance to stage finals.
- Third stage: double round-robin between top 4 teams from first and second stages.
- Stage champions qualify to finals.

Regulamento:
- Primeiro e segundo turno: dois grupos, jogos dentro dos grupos. Os dois primeiros passam às finais do turno.
- Terceiro turno: jogos de ida e volta entre os 4 primeiros colocados dos dois primeiros turnos.
- Os campeões dos turnos se classificam à final.

First stage - Group qualifiers
Primeiro turno - primeira fase

Group A

[Mar 23]
Alecrim      2-0  Atlético
América      4-0  Força e Luz

[Mar 26]
Atlético     0-5  América

[Mar 30]
Atlético     2-3  Força e Luz
[Apr 02]
Alecrim      0-3  América

[Apr 06]
Alecrim      1-0  Força e Luz

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.América      3  3  0  0  12- 0   6  To stage finals
2.Alecrim      3  2  0  1   3- 3   4  To stage finals
------------------------------------
3.Força e Luz  3  1  0  2   3- 7   2
4.Atlético     3  0  0  3   2-10   0

Group B

Round 1
[Mar 23]
Potiguar/M   0-0  ABC
[Mar 26]
Riachuelo    1-0  Ferroviário

Round 2 [Mar 30]
ABC          2-0  Riachuelo
Potiguar/M   6-0  Ferroviário

Round 3 [Apr 06]
ABC          8-0  Ferroviário
Potiguar/M   3-0  Riachuelo

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC          3  2  1  0  10- 0   5  To stage finals
2.Potiguar/M   3  2  1  0   9- 0   5  To stage finals
------------------------------------
3.Riachuelo    3  1  0  2   1- 5   2
4.Ferroviário  3  0  0  3   0-15   0

First stage finals
Primeiro turno - fase final

Round 1
[Apr 13]
América      1-0  Potiguar/M
[Apr 16]
ABC          1-1  Alecrim

Round 2
[Apr 20]
ABC          1-0  Potiguar/M
[Apr 23]
Alecrim      0-1  América

Round 3 [Apr 27]
América      3-2  ABC
Potiguar/M   2-1  Alecrim

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.América      3  3  0  0   5- 2   6  To league finals
------------------------------------
2.ABC          3  1  1  1   4- 4   3
3.Potiguar/M   3  1  0  2   2- 3   2
4.Alecrim      3  0  1  2   2- 4   1

Second stage - Group qualifiers
Segundo turno - primeira fase

Group A

[May 01]
Alecrim      4-0  Força e Luz

[May 04]
ABC          7-0  Força e Luz
Atlético     0-4  Alecrim

[May 07]
ABC          3-0  Atlético

[May 14]
Alecrim      0-1  ABC
[May 18]
Força e Luz  3-3  Atlético

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC          3  3  0  0  11- 0   6  To stage finals
2.Alecrim      3  2  0  1   8- 1   4  To stage finals
------------------------------------
3.Atlético     3  0  1  2   3-10   1
4.Força e Luz  3  0  1  2   3-14   1

Group B

[May 01]
Ferroviário  1-1  Riachuelo
[May 04]
Potiguar/M   2-1  América

[May 07]
Ferroviário  0-2  Potiguar/M

[May 11]
América      4-1  Ferroviário
Riachuelo    1-3  Potiguar/M

[May 18]
América      5-0  Riachuelo

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Potiguar/M   3  3  0  0   7- 2   6  To stage finals
2.América      3  2  0  1  10- 3   4  To stage finals
------------------------------------
3.Ferroviário  3  0  1  2   2- 7   1
4.Riachuelo    3  0  1  2   2- 9   1

Second stage finals
Segundo turno - fase final

Round 1
[May 25]
ABC          2-2  Potiguar/M
[May 28]
América      2-0  Alecrim

Round 2 [Jun 01]
ABC          1-0  Alecrim
Potiguar/M   2-1  América

Round 3
[May 21]
Potiguar/M   0-0  Alecrim
[Jun 08]
América      2-3  ABC
 
Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC          3  2  1  0   6- 4   5  To league finals
------------------------------------
2.Potiguar/M   3  1  2  0   4- 3   4 
3.América      3  1  0  2   5- 5   2 
4.Alecrim      3  0  1  2   0- 3   1 

Third stage
Terceiro turno

Round 1
[Jun 15]
Alecrim      1-3  América
[Jun 18]
ABC          2-2  Potiguar/M

Round 2
[Jun 22]
ABC          2-0  Alecrim
[Jun 25]
América      3-2  Potiguar/M

Round 3
[Jun 11]
Potiguar/M   1-0  Alecrim
[Jun 29]
ABC          1-1  América

Round 4
[Jul 06]
ABC          0-0  Potiguar/M
[Jul 09]
América      0-0  Alecrim

Round 5
[Jul 13]
América      3-0  Potiguar/M
[Jul 16]
Alecrim      0-2  ABC

Round 6 [Jul 20]
Potiguar/M   1-0  Alecrim
América      3-3  ABC

Team          M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.América     6  3  3  0  13- 7   9  To league finals
-----------------------------------
2.ABC         6  2  4  0  10- 6   8
3.Potiguar/M  6  2  2  2   6- 8   6
4.Alecrim     6  0  1  5   1- 9   1

Final

[Jul 27]
América  3-1  ABC

*** AMÉRICA are 1975 Rio Grande do Norte state champions ***

Final standings:

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.América      19 13  3  3  48-18  29  Champions
2.ABC          19 10  7  2  42-17  27
3.Potiguar/M   18  9  5  4  28-16  23
4.Alecrim      18  4  3 11  14-20  11
5.Riachuelo     6  1  1  4   3-14   3
6.Força e Luz   6  1  1  4   6-21   3
7.Atlético      6  0  1  5   5-20   1
8.Ferroviário   6  0  1  5   2-22   1

Topscorers

Hélcio (América)..................... 14 goals
Edvaldo (ABC).........................13
Pedrada (América).....................12
Noe Silva (ABC)....................... 9
Chico Alves (Potiguar/M).............. 6

1974

1975 (Taça Cidade do Natal)

1976

list of champions

list of second level champions


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Authors: Ricardo Amaral (ricardorgn@gmail.com) and Vítor Dias (vitor.dias@gmail.com)
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