Participating Clubs:
ABC FC (Natal)
América FC (Natal)
AC Coríntians (Caicó)
Alecrim FC (Natal)
São Gonçalo FC (São Gonçalo do Amarante)
ACD Potiguar (Mossoró)
SE Pauferrense (Pau dos Ferros)
Potiguar EC (Parnamirim)
EC Potyguar (Currais Novos)
Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida - ASSU (Assú)
First Phase
byes: ABC and América
First Stage
Round 1
[Feb 17]
Potiguar/M 1-3 Pauferrense
Coríntians 3-1 ASSU
Potiguar/P 1-0 Alecrim
São Gonçalo 3-0 Potyguar
Round 2
[Feb 24]
Alecrim 1-3 São Gonçalo
Potyguar 0-0 Potiguar/P
Pauferrense 0-3 Coríntians
ASSU 1-2 Potiguar/M
Round 3
[Feb 27]
Potiguar/M 2-1 Potyguar
Coríntians 5-1 Alecrim
Potiguar/P 1-0 ASSU
São Gonçalo 5-0 Pauferrense
Round 4
[Mar 3]
Alecrim 3-0 Potiguar/M
Potyguar 0-2 Coríntians
ASSU 0-1 São Gonçalo
Pauferrense 0-0 Potiguar/P
Round 5
[Mar 6]
São Gonçalo 1-1 Potiguar/M
Coríntians 3-0 Potiguar/P
Pauferrense 1-0 Potyguar
ASSU 0-2 Alecrim
Round 6
[Mar 10]
Potiguar/M 0-1 Coríntians
Alecrim 2-2 Pauferrense
Potiguar/P 1-5 São Gonçalo
Potyguar 3-2 ASSU
Round 7
[Mar 17]
Coríntians 3-0 São Gonçalo
Potiguar/P 0-1 Potiguar/M
Alecrim 3-0 Potyguar
Pauferrense 1-0 ASSU
Round 8
[Mar 20]
Alecrim 1-0 Potiguar/P
Pauferrense 2-1 Potiguar/M
Potyguar 2-1 São Gonçalo
ASSU 2-3 Coríntians
Round 9
[Mar 24]
Potiguar/M 5-1 ASSU
São Gonçalo 3-0 Alecrim
Potiguar/P 1-1 Potyguar
Coríntians 2-1 Pauferrense
Round 10
[Mar 27]
Pauferrense 0-2 São Gonçalo
Potyguar 0-1 Potiguar/M
ASSU 3-1 Potiguar/P
[Mar 28]
Alecrim 0-3 Coríntians
Round 11
[Mar 31]
Potiguar/M 2-2 Alecrim
Coríntians 2-0 Potyguar
São Gonçalo 2-0 ASSU
Potiguar/P 0-1 Pauferrense
Round 12
[Apr 3]
Alecrim 1-4 ASSU
Potiguar/M 0-0 São Gonçalo
Potiguar/P 1-2 Coríntians
Potyguar 3-1 Pauferrense
Round 13
[Apr 7]
Coríntians 3-2 Potiguar/M
São Gonçalo 5-0 Potiguar/P
Pauferrense 1-1 Alecrim
ASSU 4-0 Potyguar
Round 14
[Apr 14]
São Gonçalo 2-2 Coríntians
Potyguar 2-2 Alecrim
ASSU 3-1 Pauferrense
[Apr 15]
Potiguar/M 0-4 Potiguar/P
Table
1.Coríntians 14 13 1 0 37-10 40 Qualified
2.São Gonçalo 14 9 3 2 33-10 30 Qualified
3.Potiguar (Mossoró) 14 5 3 6 18-22 18 Qualified
4.Pauferrense 14 5 3 6 14-23 18 Qualified
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5.Alecrim 14 4 4 6 19-26 16
6.ASSU 14 4 0 10 21-26 12
7.Potiguar (Parnamirim) 14 3 3 8 10-22 12
8.Potyguar 14 3 3 8 12-25 12
Second Phase
Round 1
[Apr 28]
América 4-0 Pauferrense
São Gonçalo 0-0 ABC
Coríntians 2-0 Potiguar/M
Round 2
[May 1]
ABC 4-0 Pauferrense
Coríntians 2-1 São Gonçalo
Potiguar/M 0-0 América
Round 3
[May 5]
ABC 1-1 América
Potiguar/M 0-2 São Gonçalo
Pauferrense 0-2 Coríntians
Round 4
[May 8]
Pauferrense 2-4 São Gonçalo
América 4-3 Coríntians
Potiguar/M 0-0 ABC
Round 5
[May 12]
Pauferrense 1-1 Potiguar/M
ABC 2-0 Coríntians
São Gonçalo 2-1 América
Round 6
[May 15]
Pauferrense 1-2 América
ABC 2-3 São Gonçalo
Potiguar/M 0-3 Coríntians
Round 7
[May 19]
Pauferrense 2-1 ABC
São Gonçalo 2-1 Coríntians
América 6-3 Potiguar/M
Round 8
[May 22]
América 1-0 ABC
Coríntians 4-2 Pauferrense
São Gonçalo 1-0 Potiguar/M
Round 9
[May 26]
América 1-1 São Gonçalo
Coríntians 3-0 ABC
Potiguar/M 1-0 Pauferrense
Round 10
[May 30]
ABC 1-0 Potiguar/M
Coríntians 0-1 América
São Gonçalo 2-2 Pauferrense
Table (in brackets the number of bonus points earned for this phase)
1.São Gonçalo 10 6 3 1 18-11 23 [2] Qualified
2.América 10 6 3 1 21-11 21 Qualified
3.Coríntians 10 6 0 4 20-12 21 [3] Qualified
4.ABC 10 3 3 4 11-10 12 Qualified
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5.Potiguar (Mossoró) 10 1 3 6 5-16 6
6.Pauferrense 10 1 2 7 10-25 5
Semi-Finals
[Jun 2 and 5]
ABC 0-0 0-3 América
Coríntians 2-1* 1-0 São Gonçalo
* abandoned at 87', when São Gonçalo only had 6 players in the field
Finals
[Jun 9 and 12]
Coríntians 4-4 1-1 América
América FC are the 2002 Rio Grande do Norte champions due to better record in the 2nd phase
Coríntians are contesting the decision alleging that the title should be disputed in
penalties shootouts
First Leg
Venue: Marizão Stadium (Caicó-RN)
Coríntians: Pacato; Da Silva, Aguiar, Rudinei, Rogério; Fischer, Airton (Ailton), Cleiton
(Samanduva), Betinho; Júnior Bahia, Pedro Costa (Marcos Alemão).
Coach: Pedrinho Albuquerque.
América: Marcão, Ricardo Miranda, Leandro, Robson Mattis, Rogerinho (Beto); Silva Baiano,
Márcio Silva, Carlos Zara (Juliano), Luizinho (Joassis); Helinho, Washington.
Coach: Adilson Batista.
Goals: Coríntians- Júnior Bahia 32', Da Silva 76', 85', Betinho 87'
América - Helinho 9', 23', 80'
Yellow Cards: Coríntians- Rudinei, Airton
América - Carlos Zara, Luzinho
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
Second Leg
Venue: Natal
América: Marcão, Jefferson, Leandro, Robson Mattis, Rogerinho, Silva Baiano, Márcio Silva
(Luisinho), Carlos Zara (Juliano), Ricardo Miranda, Helinho, Washington.
Coach: Adilson Batista.
Coríntians: Isaías, Da Silva, Cleber (Raminho), Rudinei, Rogério, Fisher, Airton, Betinho,
Cleiton (Eron), Júnior Bahia, Marcos (Pedro Costa).
Coach: Pedrinho Albuquerque.
Yellow Cards: América - Silva Baiano, Ricardo Miranda, Washington
Coríntians - Da Silva, Fisher, Airton, Betinho, Eron.
Red Card: Coríntians- Raminho.
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas
Linesmen: Milton Otaviano, Francisco Armando Falcão.
Topscorers: Junior Baia (Coríntians), 13 goals
Flaviano (São Gonçalo), 12 goals
Prepared and maintained by Volmir Decio Dall Bello, Herton Fabricio and Daniel Dalence Garcia for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
Authors: Volmir Decio Dall Bello (volmirdb@terra.com.br), Herton Fabricio (herton_hacker@yahoo.com.br) and Daniel Dalence Garcia (ddgarcia@terra.com.br)
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