First Stage First Phase Each clubs plays those of other group once. Round 1 [Feb 16] Sport 6-1 Ypiranga Recife 2-2 Santa Cruz 1o Maio 2-0 Nautico Porto 2-1 Central Cabense 2-1 Centro Vitoria 1-0 Flamengo Round 2 [Feb 22] Santa Cruz 2-1 Cabense [Feb 23] Nautico 2-2 Sport Central 2-2 Vitoria Centro 1-1 Recife Ypiranga 3-0 1o Maio Flamengo 2-1 Porto Round 3 [Mar 1] Santa Cruz 1-0 Vitoria [Mar 2] Nautico 1-3 Recife Flamengo 0-0 Sport Central 0-0 1o Maio Centro 0-1 Porto Ypiranga 0-0 Cabense Round 4 [Mar 9] Cabense 1-0 Flamengo Sport 4-1 Santa Cruz Vitoria 1-1 Nautico Recife 3-0 Central 1o Maio 2-0 Centro Porto 3-1 Ypiranga Round 5 [Mar 11] Sport 5-0 Central [Mar 12] Porto 0-0 Santa Cruz Cabense 0-1 Nautico Vitoria 1-3 Centro Recife 1-0 Ypiranga 1o Maio 2-2 Flamengo Round 6 [Mar 16] Nautico 3-0 Porto Central 1-3 Cabense Centro 1-5 Sport Ypiranga 1-1 Vitoria Flamengo 2-1 Recife Santa Cruz 2-0 1o Maio Tables: Group A 1.Santa Cruz 6 3 1/1 1 8- 7 12 2.Náutico 6 2 2/0 2 8- 8 10 3.Flamengo 6 2 1/1 2 6- 6 9 4.Ypiranga 6 1 1/1 3 6-11 6 5.Centro Limoeirense 6 1 1/0 4 6-12 5 6.Central 6 0 1/1 4 4-15 3 Group B 1.Sport 6 4 1/1 0 22- 5 15 2.Recife 6 3 2/0 1 11- 6 13 3.Cabense 6 3 0/1 2 7- 5 10 4.Porto 6 3 0/1 2 7- 7 10 5.Primeiro de Maio 6 2 1/1 2 6- 7 9 6.Vitoria 6 1 3/0 2 6- 8 9 [Any score draw gives 2 points to both clubs!] Final [May 23] Sport 3-0 Santa Cruz Sport winners first phase of first stage. Top 3 of each group qualify for second phase (Groups C,D); other 6 go into relegation round (Group II). Second Phase Round 1 [Mar 30] Group I Nautico 1-1 Santa Cruz Recife 1-3 Sport Flamengo 1-1 Cabense Group II Porto 4-0 Centro 1o Maio 4-1 Ypiranga Vitoria 0-0 Central Round 2 [Apr 3] Group I Sport 2-2 Flamengo Recife 2-2 Nautico Cabense 1-2 Santa Cruz [Apr 15] Group II Vitoria 3-0 Ypiranga Porto 0-0 Central Centro 1-0 1o Maio Round 3 Group I [Apr 7] Sport 5-1 Nautico Cabense 1-2 Recife Santa Cruz 2-0 Flamengo [Apr 10] Group II [Apr 6] Ypiranga 1-1 Porto Central 1-0 Centro 1o Maio 1-0 Vitoria Round 4 Group I [Apr 13] Santa Cruz 0-4 Recife Flamengo 1-3 Nautico Sport 1-0 Cabense Group II [Apr 9] 1o Maio 0-0 Central Ypiranga 5-3 Centro Vitoria 1-2 Porto Round 5 Group I [Apr 17] Santa Cruz 0-1 Sport Nautico 2-1 Cabense Recife 0-0 Flamengo Group II [Apr 13] Porto 4-1 1o Maio Centro 0-1 Vitoria Central 1-1 Ypiranga Tables: Group I Group C 1.Recife 5 2 1/1 1 9- 6 9 2.Santa Cruz 5 2 1/0 2 5- 7 8 3.Cabense 5 0 1/0 4 4- 8 2 Group D 1.Sport 5 4 1/0 0 12- 4 14 2.Náutico 5 2 2/0 1 9-10 10 3.Flamengo 5 0 2/1 2 4- 8 5 [Any score draw gives 2 points to both clubs!] Final [Apr 20] Sport 0-2 Recife Recife winners second phase of first stage. Group II 1.Porto 5 3 1/1 0 11- 3 12 2.Vitoria 5 2 0/1 2 5- 3 7 3.Primeiro de Maio 5 2 0/1 2 6- 6 7 4.Central 5 1 0/4 0 2- 1 7 5.Ypiranga 5 1 1/1 2 8-12 6 6.Centro Limoeirense 5 1 0/0 4 4-11 3 [Any score draw gives 2 points to both clubs!] First four qualify for second stage; Ypiranga and Centro are relegated. Playoff for First Stage First Leg [Apr 27] Recife 0-1 Sport Second Leg [May 1] Sport 2-1 Recife Sport winners of First Stage. Second Stage First Phase Round 1 [May 4] Sport 2-0 Vitoria Santa Cruz 0-0 Central Cabense 2-1 Nautico Recife 3-0 Flamengo 1o Maio 0-0 Porto Round 2 [May 7] Nautico 2-1 1o Maio Porto 1-1 Sport Vitoria 1-5 Santa Cruz Flamengo 1-1 Central Recife 0-4 Cabense Round 3 [May 10] Porto 1-0 Flamengo Sport 3-1 Recife [May 11] Santa Cruz 1-0 Nautico Central 2-1 Cabense Vitoria 4-0 1o Maio Round 4 [May 14] Sport 3-0 Central Nautico 0-1 Flamengo 1o Maio 1-2 Recife Cabense 0-0 Vitoria [May 15] Santa Cruz 1-1 Porto Round 5 [May 18] Nautico 2-1 Sport Recife 2-2 Santa Cruz Porto 1-1 Cabense Central 1-0 1o Maio Flamengo 1-0 Vitoria Tables: Group E 1.Sport 5 3 1/0 1 10- 4 11 2.Santa Cruz 5 2 2/1 0 9- 4 11 3.Cabense 5 2 1/1 1 8- 4 9 4.Flamengo 5 2 1/0 2 3- 5 8 5.Primeiro de Maio 5 0 0/1 4 2- 9 1 Group F 1.Porto 5 1 3/1 0 4- 3 10 2.Central 5 2 1/1 1 4- 5 9 3.Recife 5 2 1/0 2 8-10 8 4.Náutico 5 2 0/0 3 5- 6 6 5.Vitoria 5 1 0/1 3 5- 8 4 [Any score draw gives 2 points to both clubs!] First 3 clubs of each group qualified for second phase. Final [May 21] Sport 1-0 Porto Sport winners of first phase of second stage. Second Phase Round 1 [May 25] Santa Cruz 3-0 Central Cabense 2-2 Sport Porto 3-2 Recife Round 2 [May 28] Sport 3-1 Porto Santa Cruz 1-1 Cabense Recife 2-1 Central Round 3 [Jun 1] Sport 2-2 Santa Cruz Porto 3-2 Central Recife 2-2 Cabense Round 4 [Jun 7] Sport 1-1 Recife Porto 3-1 Santa Cruz Central 0-0 Cabense Round 5 [Jun 11] Santa Cruz 1-1 Recife Central 1-2 Sport Cabense 2-2 Porto Group C 1.Sport 5 2 3/0 0 10- 7 12 2.Recife 5 1 3/0 1 8- 8 9 3.Central 5 0 0/1 4 4-10 1 Group D 1.Porto 5 3 1/0 1 12-10 11 2.Santa Cruz 5 1 3/0 1 8- 7 9 3.Cabense 5 0 4/1 0 7- 7 9 [Any score draw gives 2 points to both clubs!] Final [May 21] Porto 0-2 Sport Sport winners of second phase of second stage. Sport won second stage by winning both phases. Sport won 1997 Pernambuco Championship by winning both stages. Relegated: Ypiranga and Centro Limoeirense. Topscorer: Leonardo (Sport) 14 goals.
Thanks to Adethson Leite (adethson@uol.com.br).
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