Rio Grande do Norte State League 1977

Participants

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal)
ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal)
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Natal)
Associação Cultural Desportiva POTIGUAR (Mossoró)
Associação Cultural Esporte Clube BARAÚNAS (Mossoró)
Atlético Clube CORÍNTIANS (Caicó) [*]
Centro Esportivo FORÇA E LUZ (Natal)
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar/M (Natal)
FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube (Natal)
POTYGUAR Futebol Clube (Currais Novos)
RIACHUELO Atlético Clube (Natal)

[*] Debut in the league

First Stage

[May 6]
Atlético     0-0  Força e Luz 
Alecrim      3-1  Ferroviário

[May 8]
Alecrim      2-1  Atlético
Ferroviário  0-7  América
Potiguar/M   2-0  Riachuelo
Potyguar/CN  0-0  Baraúnas
Coríntians   3-1  Força e Luz

[May 11]
Riachuelo    1-0  Ferroviário
Força e Luz  0-4  ABC

[May 15]
ABC          2-0  Potyguar/CN
Potiguar/M   1-0  Baraúnas
Coríntians   2-0  Riachuelo

[May 18]
América      8-1  Atlético
Força e Luz  1-1  Riachuelo
Potiguar/M   0-1  Potyguar/CN

[May 22]
América      1-0  Potiguar/M
Baraúnas     3-0  Alecrim
Potyguar/CN  1-0  Força e Luz
Coríntians   3-0  Ferroviário

[May 25]
ABC          1-0  Alecrim
Baraúnas     3-0  Força e Luz

[May 29]
Riachuelo    3-4  Atlético
Ferroviário  0-7  ABC
Baraúnas     0-0  América
Potyguar/CN  0-0  Alecrim
Coríntians   0-1  Potiguar/M

[Jun 1]
América      4-0  Riachuelo
Potiguar/M   3-1  Atlético

[Jun 4]
Riachuelo    0-2  Alecrim
Força e Luz  0-4  América
Potiguar/M   1-0  ABC

[Jun 5]
Potyguar/CN  2-0  Ferroviário

[Jun 8]
Ferroviário  2-1  Força e Luz
ABC          7-0  Atlético 
Baraúnas     0-1  Coríntians

[Jun 12]
Alecrim      2-1  Potiguar/M
ABC          3-0  Riachuelo  
Potyguar/CN  1-4  América
Coríntians   3-0  Atlético
Baraúnas     1-0  Ferroviário

[Jun 15]     
Força e Luz  0-2  Alecrim  
América      6-0  Coríntians

[Jun 18]
Riachuelo    0-4  Baraúnas 
Alecrim      0-1  América 
Potyguar/CN  1-1  Atlético

[Jun 19]     
Coríntians   0-1  ABC

[Jun 22]
Riachuelo    0-1  Potyguar/CN
Alecrim      1-0  Coríntians

[Jun 25]
Atlético     0-0  Ferroviário
ABC          1-1  Baraúnas
Potiguar/M   8-0  Força e Luz

[Jun 26]     
Potyguar/CN  1-0  Coríntians

[Jun 29]
Atlético     0-2  Baraúnas
Ferroviário  1-6  Potiguar/M 

[Jul 3]
ABC          2-1  América

First Stage Decision - Tiebreaking match

[Jul 6]
América      0-2  ABC

Table
 1-América      10  8  1  1  36- 4  17  Qualified
 2-ABC          10  8  1  1  28- 3  17  Qualified
 3-Potiguar/M   10  7  0  3  24- 7  14  Qualified
 4-Alecrim      10  6  1  3  12- 8  13  Qualified
 5-Baraúnas     10  5  3  2  14- 3  13  Qualified
 6-Potyguar/CN  10  5  3  2   8- 7  13  Qualified
 7-Coríntians   10  5  0  5  12-11  10  Qualified
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 8-Atlético     10  1  3  6   8-29   5
 9-Riachuelo    10  1  1  8   5-23   3
10-Ferroviário  10  1  1  8   4-31   3
11-Força e Luz  10  0  2  8   3-28   2

Second Stage 

[Jul 13]
América      2-1  Baraúnas
Potiguar/M   1-0  Potyguar/CN 
ABC          6-1  Coríntians

[Jul 16]
América      0-1  Potyguar/CN

[Jul 17]
Baraúnas     3-0  Alecrim

[Jul 20]
ABC          0-0  Baraúnas
Potiguar/M   2-0  Coríntians

[Jul 24]
ABC          1-0  Alecrim 
Potiguar/M   1-0  Baraúnas

[Jul 27]     
América      3-0  Coríntians

[Jul 31]
América      3-1  Potiguar/M 
Potyguar/CN  1-1  Coríntians

[Aug 3]
Alecrim      1-1  Potyguar/CN

[Aug 7]
ABC          2-1  Potiguar/M
Baraúnas     1-1  Coríntians

[Aug 10]
ABC          2-0  Potyguar/CN
Potiguar/M   2-2  Alecrim 
 
[Aug 14]
Alecrim      0-1  América 
Baraúnas     2-0  Potyguar/CN
 
[Aug 17]
Alecrim      3-1  Coríntians 
 
[Aug 21]
América      1-0  ABC  

Table
 1-América       6  5  0  1  10- 3 10  Qualified
 2-ABC           6  4  1  1  11- 3  9  Qualified
 3-Potiguar/M    6  3  1  2   8- 7  7  Qualified
 4-Baraúnas      6  2  2  2   7- 4  6  Qualified
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 5-Alecrim       6  1  2  3   6- 9  4
 6-Potyguar/CN   6  1  2  3   3- 7  4
 7-Coríntians    6  0  2  4   4-16  2

Third Stage

[Aug 28]
América      3-0  Potiguar/M

[Aug 31]
ABC          3-0  Potiguar/M

[Sep 4]      
ABC          3-0  Baraúnas

[Sep 7]      
América      0-0  Baraúnas

[Sep 11]
Potiguar/M   2-1  Baraúnas 
América      1-0  ABC

Table  
 1-América       3  2  1  0   4- 0   5  Qualified
 2-ABC           3  2  0  1   6- 1   4  Qualified
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 3-Potiguar/M    3  1  0  2   2- 7   2
 4-Baraúnas      3  0  1  2   1- 5   1

Final

[Sep 18]     
América  0-0  ABC

América (Natal) are the 1977 Rio Grande do Norte state champions for having
won two stages against one from ABC.
1976
1977 (Taça Cidade do Natal)
1978
list of champions.
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Ricardo Pontes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
Author: Julio Bovi Diogo (juliodiogo@atribuna.com.br)
Last updated: 21 Feb 2000