Participating Clubs:
ABC FC (Natal)
Alecrim FC (Natal)
América FC (Natal)
Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida - ASSU (Assú)
ACEC Baraúnas (Mossoró)
AC Coríntians (Caicó)
Macau EC
ACD Potiguar (Mossoró)
Potiguar EC (Parnamirim)
ACD Potyguar Seridoense (Currais Novos)
São Gonçalo FC (São Gonçalo do Amarante)
SC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)
First Phase
Round 1
[Jan 28]
ABC 1-1 Macau att: 1.688
[Barata 90+3'p; Marcelinho 60']
[Jan 29]
São Gonçalo 2-2 Potiguar/M att: preliminary of América - Potyguar
[Joilson, Diego; Adeílson, Fábio Giutinni]
América 3-0 Potyguar att: 4.388
[Leandro Sena 14', Claudinho Baiano 75', Paulinho Marília 84']
ASSU 1-0 Alecrim
[Marcelo]
Baraúnas 6-2 Coríntians
[Luciano Paraíba 18', Maurício Pantera 23', Chiquinho 53', Ely Tadeu 39', 76', William 86'; Valério 4', Merica 45']
Santa Cruz 1-1 Potiguar/P
Round 2
[Feb 1]
ABC 1-1 Alecrim
[Barata; Chapinha]
Potiguar/M 1-0 América att: 4.293
[Canidezinho]
Potiguar/P 1-2 Baraúnas
[Damião; Maurício Pantera, Luciano Paraíba]
Coríntians 2-3 São Gonçalo
[Valério, Tamboriul; Diego, Coleho, Alessandro Bocão]
Macau 1-1 Santa Cruz
[Baega; Júlio César]
Potyguar 0-0 ASSU
Round 3
[Feb 5]
Alecrim 0-1 Santa Cruz att: preliminary of ABC - S.Gonçalo
[Eraldo]
ABC 0-1 São Gonçalo
[Piuba]
Potiguar/P 0-1 América
[Paulinho Marília]
Potyguar 1-3 Coríntians
[Nino Potiguar; Valério (3)]
ASSU 1-3 Baraúnas
[Marcelo; Luciano Paraíba (2), Cícero Ramalho]
Potiguar/M 1-0 Macau
[Fábio Giuntini]
Round 4
[Feb 8]
Macau 0-2 América
[Adílson, Xuxa]
Baraúnas 1-1 ABC
[Maurício Pantera; Carioca]
Santa Cruz 0-0 São Gonçalo
Coríntians 1-1 Alecrim
ASSU 3-2 Potigiuar-M
[Carlos Mota, Paulinho, Marcelo; Erivelton (2)]
Potiguar/P 2-0 Potyguar
[Clayton Maranhense, Didi]
Round 5
[Feb 12]
São Gonçalo 3-0 Macau att: preliminary of Alecrim - América
[Da Silva (2), Eudes]
Alecrim 1-2 América
[Rodolfo; Paulinho Kobayashi, Adílson]
Potiguar/M 1-2 Baraúnas
[Fábio Giuntini; Eliomar, Luciano Paraíba]
Potyguar 1-2 ABC
[Nino Potiguar; Barata, Ivan]
ASSU 2-0 Potiguar/P
[Marcelo, Flavinho]
Santa Cruz 3-2 Coríntians
Round 6
[Feb 15]
América 2-0 Santa Cruz
[Robson, Xuxa]
São Gonçalo 1-1 Potyguar
[Diego; Kal]
Alecrim 1-0 Potiguar/M
[Pequeno]
Coríntians 2-1 Potiguar/P
[Valério (2); César]
Baraúnas 3-0 Macau
[Maurício Pantera (2), Luciano Paraíba]
[Feb 25]
ABC 1-0 ASSU
[Daniel Bemberg]
Round 7
[Feb 18]
Macau 3-0 Potyguar
[Wendel, William, Marcelo da Guia]
[Feb 20]
Santa Cruz 1-2 ASSU
[Didi; Marcelo (2)]
Coríntians 2-1 Potiguar/M
[Leandro, Tiago; Canidezinho]
Baraúnas 2-0 São Gonçalo
[Luciano Paraíba (2)]
Potiguar/P 3-0 Alecrim
[César, Ivson, Dudu Cearense]
América 0-3 ABC att: 19.257
[Ivan (2), Beto]
Round 8
[Feb 22]
São Gonçalo 1-2 Potiguar/P
[Mariozam; Clayton Maranhense, Breno]
América 1-1 Baraúnas
[Leandro Sena; Robinho]
ASSU 2-1 Macau
[Welington, Sílvio Madona; Paulo Maranhão]
Alecrim 2-1 Potyguar
[Rodolfo, Vasconcelos; Gunga]
[Mar 1]
Potiguar/M 4-2 Santa Cruz
[Canidezinho (2), Fábio Giuntini, Herivelton; Didi, Júlio Cesar]
[Mar 2]
ABC 5-1 Coríntians
[Barata (3), Ivan (2); Tiago Potiguar]
Round 9
Alecrim 3-2 São Gonçalo
[Alessandro, Vasconcelos, Denilson; Sérgio Alves, Júnior]
Santa Cruz 0-3 ABC
[Beto, Aciole, Geraldo Madureira]
Potyguar 0-4 Baraúnas
[Mauricio Pantera, Luciano Paraíba, Hermano, César Romero]
ASSU 0-0 América
Potiguar/M 2-0 Potiguar/P
[Canidezinho, Herivelton]
Macau 0-0 Coríntians
Round 10
[Mar 8]
América 0-0 São Gonçalo
Potiguar/P 1-2 Macau
[Polaco; William, Bruno Torres]
Baraúnas 4-1 Alecrim
[Índio, Luciano Paraíba, César Romero, Robinho; Denilson]
ASSU 2-2 Coríntians
[Flavinho, Wellington Jacaré, Valério, Tiago]
Potyguar 1-4 Santa Cruz
[Lelo; Barto, Gito, Geilsone, Júlio]
[Mar 10]
ABC 1-2 Potiguar/M
[Mazinho (own goal); Mazinho, Canidezinho]
Round 11
[Mar 12]
ABC 1-2 Potigar/P
[Barata Potiguar; Didi, Marcus Vinicius]
São Gonçalo 0-0 ASSU
Alecrim 2-1 Macau
[Vasconcelos, Torona; Marcelinho]
Coríntians 1-2 América
[Tiago; Roni, Renatinho]
Santa Cruz 3-2 Baraúnas
[Julio César (2), Negreti; Cláudio, Mauricio Pantera]
Potiguar/M 4-0 Potyguar
[Paloma (2), Gustavo Dourado, Niel]
Table
1.Baraúnas 11 8 2 1 30-11 26 Qualified
2.América 11 6 3 2 13- 7 21 Qualified
3.Potiguar (Mossoró) 11 6 1 4 20-13 19 Qualified
4.ASSU 11 5 4 2 13-10 19 Qualified
5.ABC 11 5 3 3 19-10 18 Qualified
6.Santa Cruz 11 4 3 4 16-18 15 Qualified
7.Alecrim 11 4 2 5 12-17 14 Qualified
8.São Gonçalo 11 3 5 3 13-12 14 Qualified
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9.Potiguar (Parnamirim) 11 4 1 6 13-14 13
10.Coríntians 11 3 3 5 18-25 12
11.Macau 11 2 3 6 9-16 9
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12.Potyguar (C.Novos) 11 0 2 9 5-28 2 Relegated
Second Phase
First Legs
[Mar 15]
São Gonçalo 1-1 Baraúnas att: preliminary of Alecrim-América
[Sérgio Alves 84'; Maurício Pantera 65']
Alecrim 0-1 América
[Adilson 72']
Santa Cruz 3-3 Potiguar/M
[Negreti (3); Fabio Giuntini (2), Ricardo Lima]
ABC 2-2 ASSU
[Ivan 18', 40'; Marcelo 54', Izaquiel 70']
Second Legs
[Mar 18]
América 0-1 Alecrim
[Torona]
Potiguar/M 1-1 Santa Cruz
[Fabio Giuntini; Didi]
[Mar 19]
ASSU 1-1 ABC [played in Guamaré]
[Lanzinho; Marcelo Rocha]
Baraúnas 1-1 São Gonçalo
[Luciano Paraíba; Mariozam]
América, Potiguar, ASSU and Baraúnas qualified due to better 1st phase record
ABC later successfully protested in court against the fielding of player Silvio Madona by ASSU in the 2nd leg,
hence obtaining the berth to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals
First Legs
[Mar 26]
América 1-1 Baraúnas att: 7.850
[Robson; César Romero]
[Mar 31]
ABC 1-2 Potiguar/M [annulled]
[Aciolly; Niel, Berg]
Second Legs
[Mar 30]
Baraúnas 1-1 América att: 6.973
[Robinho 82'; Souza 49']
[Apr 2]
Potiguar/M 1-2 ABC [annulled]
[Paloma; Barata, Claudio]
Baraúnas and Potiguar qualified due to better record on previous phases
Finals
First Leg
[Apr 5]
Potiguar/M 0-2 Baraúnas [annulled]
Second Leg
[Apr 9]
Baraúnas 1-3 Potiguar/M [annulled]
[Índio; Leandro, Erivan, Ricardo Lima]
1st leg details
Benue: Nogueirão (Mossoró)
Referee: Suelson Diogenes de França Medeiros
Attendance: 7.130
Goals: Robinho 7', 83'
Potiguar/M: Claudevan, Niel, Ricardo, Michel, Berg; Erivan, Jânio, Ricardo Lima (Verona), Herivelton (Paloma); Fábio
Giuntini, Canindezinho. Trainer: Flávio Araújo.
Baraúnas: Isaías; Cláudio, Nildo, Índio, César Romero; Fausto, Luciano Piauí (Pedroza), Fabinho, Cipó (Ely Tadeu);
Marcelo Pantera (Marquinhos), Luciano Paraíba. Trainer: Paulo Moroni.
On May 26th, STJD (Supreme Sports Justice Tribunal) ruled in favour of ASSU when those appealed against their
elimination in court in the quarterfinals. The Rio Grande do Norte FA was then oblied to reschedule the matches of the
semi-finals involving Potiguar/M and Baraúnas.
Rescheduled Semi-Finals
First Leg
[Jun 7]
ASSU 1-1 Potiguar/M
[Flavinho; Berg]
Second Leg
[Jun 11]
Potiguar/M 8-0 ASSU
[Canindezinho (2), Marcelo (2), Paulinho (2), Luís Carlos, Berg ]
Finals
First Leg
[Jun 14]
Potiguar/M 0-0 Baraúnas
[Jun 17]
Baraúnas 0-0 Potiguar/M
Baraúnas are the 2006 Rio Grande do Norte champions due to better season record
Topscorers
11 Luciano Paraíba (Baraúnas)
9 Valério (Corintians)
8 Maurício Pantera (Baraúnas), Canindezinho (Potiguar/M)
7 Barata Potiguar, Ivan (ABC), Fábio Giuntini (Potiguar/M)
5 Marcelo (ASSU), Thiago Potiguar (Coríntians), Júlio César (Santa Cruz)
4 Herivelton (Potiguar/M), Negretti (Santa Cruz)
3 Adilson (América), Vasconcelos (Alecrim), César Romero (Baraúnas), Didi (Santa Cruz), Diego (São Gonçalo)
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Last updated: 22 Oct 2006
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