Campeonato Potiguar

The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil.

Format

First Division

First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.

Second stage: home-and-away playoffs between the top 8 teams in the first stage. The winner of this stage is crowned the champion.

The team last placed in the first stage is relegated to the second division.

As in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year.

Clubs

First Division

*ABC Futebol Clube
*Alecrim Futebol Clube
*América Futebol Clube
*Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida (ASSU)
*Associação Cultural Esporte Clube Baraúnas
*Atlético Clube Coríntians
*Macau Esporte Clube
*Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar
*Potiguar Esporte Clube
*Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potyguar Seridoense
*São Gonçalo Futebol Clube
*Sport Clube Santa Cruz

List of Champions

*1919 América
*1920 América
*1921 ABC
*1922 América
*1923 ABC
*1924 ABC
*1925 Alecrim
*1926 América
*1927 América
*1928 ABC
*1929 ABC
*1930 América
*1931 América
*1932 ABC
*1933 ABC
*1934 ABC
*1935 ABC
*1936 ABC
*1937 ABC
*1938 ABC
*1939 ABC
*1940 ABC
*1941 ABC
*1942 ABC
*1943 Santa Cruz
*1944 ABC
*1945 ABC
*1946 América
*1947 ABC
*1948 América
*1949 América
*1950 ABC
*1951 América
*1952 América
*1953 ABC
*1954 ABC
*1955 ABC
*1956 América
*1957 América
*1958 ABC
*1959 ABC
*1960 ABC
*1961 ABC
*1962 ABC
*1963 Alecrim
*1964 Alecrim
*1965 ABC
*1966 ABC
*1967 América
*1968 Alecrim
*1969 América
*1970 ABC
*1971 ABC
*1972 ABC
*1973 ABC
*1974 América
*1975 América
*1976 ABC
*1977 América
*1978 ABC
*1979 América
*1980 América
*1981 América
*1982 América
*1983 ABC
*1984 ABC
*1985 Alecrim
*1986 Alecrim
*1987 América
*1988 América
*1989 América
*1990 ABC
*1991 América
*1992 América
*1993 ABC
*1994 ABC
*1995 ABC
*1996 América
*1997 ABC
*1998 ABC
*1999 ABC
*2000 ABC
*2001 Coríntians
*2002 América
*2003 América
*2004 Potiguar de Mossoró
*2005 ABC
*2006 Baraúnas
*2007 ABC
*2008 ABC

Titles by Team

* ABC 50 times
* América 28 times
* Alecrim 5 times
*Potiguar de Mossoró, Coríntians, Santa Cruz, Baraúnas 1 time

External links

*pt icon [http://www.fnf.org.br FNF Official Website]
* [http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/rncamp.htm RSSSF]