Rio Grande do Norte State League 1979

Campeonato Potiguar 1979

Clubs:

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal)
ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal)
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Natal)
Associação Cultural Desportiva POTIGUAR (Mossoró)
Associação Cultural Esporte Clube BARAÚNAS (Mossoró)
CAICÓ Esporte Clube (Caicó)
Centro Esportivo FORÇA E LUZ (Natal)
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar (Natal)
FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube (Natal)
MACAU Esporte Clube (Macau)
POTYGUAR Futebol Clube (Currais Novos) 
RIACHUELO Atlético Clube (Natal)

[*] debut in the league

Rules:
- Two stages with three groups, matches within groups. Top four in group A plus group B
  and C winners qualify to stage finals.
- Stage champions qualify to finals.

Regulamento:
- Dois turnos com dois grupos, jogos dentro dos grupos. Os quatro primeiros do grupo A
  e os vencedores dos grupos B e C passam às finais do turno.
- Os campeões dos turnos se classificam à final.

First stage - Group qualifiers
Primeiro turno - primeira fase

Group A

Round 1 [Apr 15]
Alecrim      1-2  Baraúnas
[Apr 18]
ABC          1-0  Potiguar/M

Round 2 [Apr 22]
América      4-2  Alecrim
Baraúnas     0-1  ABC

Round 3 [Apr 25]
América      2-0  Baraúnas
Potiguar/M   0-0  Alecrim

Round 4 [Apr 29]
ABC          1-0  Alecrim
Potiguar/M   0-0  América

Round 5 [May 06]
ABC          0-1  América
Baraúnas     0-0  Potiguar/M

Round 6 [May 09]
América      0-1  Potiguar/M
Baraúnas     0-0  Alecrim

Round 7 [May 13]
Potiguar/M   1-1  ABC
Alecrim      0-4  América

Round 8
[May 16]
ABC          3-0  Baraúnas
[May 23]
Alecrim      1-2  Potiguar/M

Round 9 [May 20]
Baraúnas     1-0  América
Alecrim      0-1  ABC

Round 10 [May 27]
América      0-0  ABC
Potiguar/M   0-0  Baraúnas

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC          8  5  2  1   8- 2  12  Qualified to stage finals
2.América      8  4  2  2  11- 4  10  Qualified to stage finals
3.Potiguar/M   8  2  5  1   4- 3   9  Qualified to stage finals
4.Baraúnas     8  2  3  3   3- 7   7  Qualified to stage finals
------------------------------------
5.Alecrim      8  0  2  6   4-14   2

Group B

Round 1
[Apr 15]
Força e Luz  1-0  Atlético
[Apr 18]
Ferroviário  4-2  Riachuelo

Round 2
[Apr 22]
Riachuelo    1-4  Força e Luz
[Apr 25]
Atlético     0-0  Ferroviário

Round 3
[Apr 29]
Ferroviário  1-1  Força e Luz
[May 06]
Riachuelo    3-4  Atlético

Round 4
[May 09]
Atlético     2-1  Força e Luz
[May 13]
Riachuelo    2-1  Ferroviário

Round 5
[May 16]
Força e Luz  2-1  Riachuelo
[May 24]
Ferroviário  1-0  Atlético

Round 6
[May 20]
Atlético     2-0  Riachuelo
[May 27]
Força e Luz  3-2  Ferroviário

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Atlético     6  4  1  1   8- 6   9  Qualified to stage finals
------------------------------------
2.Força e Luz  6  3  1  2  12- 7   7
3.Ferroviário  6  2  2  2   9- 8   6
4.Riachuelo    6  1  0  5   9-17   2

Group C

Round 1 [Apr 22]
Caicó        1-0  Potyguar/CN

Round 2 [Apr 29]
Potyguar/CN  2-1  Macau

Round 3 [May 06]
Macau        2-2  Caicó

Round 4 [May 13]
Potyguar/CN  1-1  Caicó

Round 5 [May 20]
Caicó        2-0  Macau

Round 6 [May 27]
Macau        2-3  Potyguar/CN

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Caicó        4  2  2  0   6- 3   6  Qualified to stage finals
------------------------------------
2.Potyguar/CN  4  2  1  1   6- 5   5
3.Macau        4  0  1  3   5- 9   1

First stage finals
Primeiro turno - fase final

[Jun 02]
Baraúnas     2-0  Caicó
[Jun 03]
ABC          1-1  Potiguar/M

[Jun 06]
América      0-2  Potiguar/M

[Jun 08]
ABC          2-0  Caicó
[Jun 10]
América      3-0  Baraúnas
Potiguar/M   1-0  Atlético

[Jun 13]
América      6-1  Atlético
[Jun 14]
Potiguar/M   1-1  Caicó        [Match ended before time because Caicó had less than seven players]
ABC          3-0  Baraúnas

[Jun 17]
América      6-1  Caicó
Baraúnas     0-0  Atlético

[Jun 24]
ABC          2-2  América
Potiguar/M   1-3  Baraúnas
Caicó        3-1  Atlético

[Jun 27]
ABC          3-0  Atlético

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC          5  3  2  0  11- 3   8  Qualified to league finals
2.América      5  3  1  1  17- 6   7
3.Potiguar/M   5  2  2  1   6- 5   6
4.Baraúnas     5  2  1  2   5- 7   5
5.Caicó        5  1  1  3   5-12   3
6.Atlético     5  0  1  4   2-13   1

Second stage - Group qualifiers
Segundo turno - primeira fase

Group A

Round 1 [Jul 08]
América      3-4  Baraúnas
Potiguar/M   1-0  Alecrim

Round 2 [Jul 15]
América      2-2  Alecrim
Baraúnas     2-1  ABC

Round 3
[Jul 18]
ABC          2-1  Potiguar/M
[Jul 25]
Alecrim      2-1  Baraúnas

Round 4 [Jul 22]
ABC          2-1  Alecrim
Potiguar/M   0-1  América

Round 5 [Jul 29]
ABC          0-1  América
Potiguar/M   1-0  Baraúnas

Round 6 [Aug 01]
América      1-0  Potiguar/M
Baraúnas     2-4  Alecrim

Round 7 [Aug 05]
Alecrim      2-1  América
Potiguar/M   1-1  ABC          [Interrupted at 60' after a brawl following ABC's goal.
                                Annulled and rescheduled to Aug 22.]
[Aug 22]
Potiguar/M   2-1  ABC

Round 8
[Aug 08]
ABC          3-0  Baraúnas
[Aug 15]
Alecrim      1-0  Potiguar/M

Round 9 [Aug 12]
Alecrim      0-0  ABC
Baraúnas     2-1  América

Round 10 [Aug 19]
América      1-2  ABC
Baraúnas     1-0  Potiguar/M

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Alecrim      8  4  2  2  12- 9  10  Qualified to stage finals
2.ABC          8  4  1  3  11- 8   9  Qualified to stage finals
3.Baraúnas     8  4  0  4  12-15   8  Qualified to stage finals
4.América      8  3  1  4  11-12   7  Qualified to stage finals
------------------------------------
5.Potiguar/M   8  3  0  5   5- 7   6

Group B

[Jul 08]
Força e Luz  0-1  Atlético

[Jul 15]
Força e Luz  5-2  Riachuelo

[Jul 22]
Atlético     2-2  Ferroviário

[Jul 25]
Força e Luz  1-0  Ferroviário

[Jul 29]
Atlético     2-1  Riachuelo

[Aug 01]
Ferroviário  2-2  Atlético

[Aug 05]
Riachuelo    3-0  Ferroviário

[Aug 08]
Riachuelo    0-2  Força e Luz

[Aug 12]
Riachuelo    1-4  Atlético

[Aug 15]
Atlético     2-3  Força e Luz

[Aug 19]
Ferroviário  1-0  Força e Luz

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Força e Luz  6  4  0  2  11- 6   8  Qualified to stage finals [+5]
------------------------------------
2.Atlético     6  3  2  1  13- 9   8  [+4]
3.Riachuelo    6  2  0  4   9-14   4
4.Ferroviário  6  1  2  3   6-10   4

Group C

Round 1 [Jul 08]
Potyguar/CN  0-0  Macau

Round 2 [Jul 15]
Caicó        2-2  Potyguar/CN

Round 3 [Jul 22]
Macau        4-0  Caicó

Round 4 [Aug 05]
Potyguar/CN  2-0  Caicó

Round 5 [Aug 12]
Caicó        0-5  Macau

Round 6 [Aug 19]
Macau        0-0  Potyguar/CN

Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Macau        4  2  2  0   9- 0   6  Qualified to stage finals
------------------------------------
2.Potyguar/CN  4  1  3  0   4- 2   5
3.Caicó        4  0  1  3   2-13   1

Second stage finals
Segundo turno - fase final

[Aug 22]
Alecrim      3-0  Macau
América      8-0  Força e Luz

[Aug 24]
ABC          4-0  Macau

[Aug 26]
Alecrim      0-0  América
Baraúnas     4-0  Força e Luz

[Aug 28]
Alecrim      8-1  Força e Luz
[Aug 29]
ABC          1-0  Baraúnas
[Aug 30]
América      7-0  Macau

[Aug 31]
ABC          5-0  Força e Luz

[Sep 02]
Alecrim      0-2  ABC
Baraúnas     0-1  América
Macau        2-0  Força e Luz

[Sep 05]
Alecrim      can  Baraúnas     [Match cancelled because it wouldn't interfere in the league outcome]

[Sep 07]
ABC          1-2  América
Baraúnas     can  Macau        [Match cancelled because it wouldn't interfere in the league outcome]
 
Team           M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.América      5  4  1  0  18- 1   9  Qualified to league finals
2.ABC          5  4  0  1  13- 2   8
3.Alecrim      4  2  1  1  11- 3   5
4.Baraúnas     3  1  0  2   4- 2   2
5.Macau        4  1  0  3   2-14   2
6.Força e Luz  5  0  0  5   1-27   0

Finals

[Sep 12 and 16]
América  0-0  0-0  ABC  [4-3 p.k.]

*** AMÉRICA are 1979 Rio Grande do Norte state champions ***

Final standings:

Team             M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
 1.América      28 14  7  7  57-23  35  Champions
 2.ABC          28 16  7  5  43-15  39
 3.Baraúnas     24  9  4 11  24-31  22
 4.Potiguar/M   21  7  7  7  15-15  21
 5.Alecrim      20  6  5  9  27-26  17
 6.Força e Luz  17  8  1  8  24-40  17
 7.Atlético     17  6  4  7  23-28  16
 8.Potyguar/CN   8  3  4  1  10- 7  10
 9.Ferroviário  12  3  4  5  15-18  10
10.Caicó        13  3  4  6  13-28  10
11.Macau        12  3  3  6  16-23   9
12.Riachuelo    12  3  0  9  18-31   6

1978

1980

list of champions


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