Rio Grande do Norte State League 1944

Campeonato Potiguar 1944

Clubs (all from Natal):

ABC Futebol Clube
ALECRIM Futebol Clube
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar
SANTA CRUZ Futebol Clube

Rules: two separate round-robins. Each round-robin winner qualifies to league finals.
If the same club wins both round-robins, they automatically win the league.
Regulamento: turno e returno separados. O vencedor de cada turno se classifica para as finais.
Se um mesmo clube vence os dois turnos, será campeão automaticamente.

First round-robin
Primeiro turno
 
Round 1
[Aug 06]
América       2-0  Alecrim       [Alecrim won the points because América fielded an irregular player]
[Aug 13]           
ABC           6-2  Santa Cruz/N

Round 2            
[Aug 20]           
Atlético      4-1  Alecrim
[Nov 05]           
Santa Cruz/N  3-1  América

Round 3            
[Nov 12]           
ABC           4-0  Atlético
[Nov 19]           
Alecrim       2-3  Santa Cruz/N

[Nov 26]           
América       0-1  ABC
[Dec 03]           
Santa Cruz/N 13-0  Atlético      [Atlético abandoned the match in halftime and was fined by the sports federation]

[Dec 10]           
Alecrim       2-2  ABC
[Dec 17]
Atlético      n/p  América       [Match postponed and later cancelled]

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           4  3  1  0  13- 4   7  Champions; to league finals
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2.Santa Cruz/N  4  3  0  1  21- 9   6
3.Alecrim       4  1  1  2   5-11   3
4.Atlético      3  1  0  2   4-18   2
5.América       3  0  0  3   3- 4   0

Second round-robin
Segundo turno

Round 1
[Jan 21, 1945]
Alecrim       3-5  América
[Jan 28]           
Santa Cruz/N  1-4  ABC

Round 2 [Feb 04]   
América       3-2  Atlético
Santa Cruz/N 12-3  Alecrim

Round 3 [Feb 18]   
Atlético      2-3  ABC
América       0-7  Santa Cruz/N

Round 4 [Feb 25]   
ABC           2-2  Alecrim
Atlético      4-1  Santa Cruz/N

Round 5 [Mar 03]   
ABC           6-3  América
Alecrim       1-2  Atlético

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           4  3  1  0  15- 8   7  League champions
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2.Santa Cruz/N  4  2  0  2  21-11   4
3.Atlético      4  2  0  2  10- 8   4
4.América       4  2  0  2  11-18   4
5.Alecrim       4  0  1  3   9-21   1

*** ABC are Rio Grande do Norte 1944 State League champions ***

Final standings:

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           8  6  2  0  28-12  14  Champions
2.Santa Cruz/N  8  5  0  3  42-20  10
3.Atlético      7  3  0  4  14-26   6
4.América       7  3  0  4  12-24   4
5.Alecrim       8  0  2  6  14-32   4

1943

1945

List of champions

Topscorers

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Ricardo Amaral for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil

Author: Ricardo Amaral (ricardorgn@gmail.com)
Last updated: 12 Aug 2019