Rio Grande do Norte State League 1951

Campeonato Potiguar 1951

Clubs:

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal)
ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal)
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Natal)
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar (Natal)
POTIGUAR Esporte Clube (Parnamirim)
RIACHUELO Atlético Clube (Natal)
SANTA CRUZ Futebol Clube (Natal)
UNIÃO Sport Club (Parnamirim)

Rules: double round-robin. After the first round-robin, top five teams continue in the league and
the rest are eliminated.
Regulamento: turno e returno. Após o primeiro turno, os primeiros cinco times continuam no
campeonato e os demais são eliminados.

First round-robin
Primeiro turno

[Jul 15]
Potiguar/P    1-3  Santa Cruz/N
[Jul 17]
ABC           7-0  Riachuelo
[Jul 19]
Alecrim       can  União         [In that same day, FND (Rio Grande do Norte Sports Federation)
                                  decided to deny União's affiliation, claiming the club had not
                                  properly disbanded after they affirmed to have done so following
                                  the rescheduling of their 1950 State League's match against ABC,
                                  thus expulsing the team from the current year's league.]

[Jul 26]
América       3-0  Atlético
[Aug 2]
Alecrim       1-5  Riachuelo
[Aug 5]
ABC           5-1  Santa Cruz/N
[Aug 12]
América       5-0  Potiguar/P
[Aug 16]
Alecrim       1-5  Atlético
[Aug 19]
Riachuelo     1-3  Santa Cruz/N
[Aug 23]
ABC           3-3  Potiguar/P    [ABC won the points]
[Aug 28]
América       6-1  Alecrim
[Sep 2]
Atlético      0-0  Riachuelo
[Sep 5]
América       3-2  Santa Cruz/N
[Sep 9]
Atlético      5-0  Potiguar/P
[Sep 12]
ABC           4-0  Alecrim
[Sep 16]
América       3-1  Riachuelo
[Sep 20]
Alecrim       1-2  Santa Cruz/N
[Sep 23]
ABC           3-0  Atlético
[Sep 30]
Alecrim       2-1  Potiguar/P
[Oct 7]
Atlético      1-1  Santa Cruz/N
[Oct 11]
Potiguar/P   WO-1  Riachuelo     [Potiguar did not attend the match because they no longer had
                                  qualification chances]

[Oct 14]
ABC           1-1  América

First round-robin standings

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           6  5  1  0  23- 5  11  To second round-robin
2.América       6  5  1  0  21- 5  11  To second round-robin
3.Santa Cruz/N  6  3  1  2  12-12   7  To second round-robin
4.Atlético      6  2  2  2  11- 8   6  To second round-robin
5.Riachuelo     6  2  1  3   8-14   5  To second round-robin
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6.Alecrim       6  1  0  5   6-23   2  Eliminated
7.Potiguar/P    6  0  0  6   5-19   0  Eliminated

Second round-robin
Segundo turno

[Oct 28]
Atlético      0-8  América
[Nov 1]
Santa Cruz/N  2-2  Riachuelo
[Nov 4]
Atlético      0-8  ABC
[Nov 11]
Santa Cruz/N  0-3  América
[Nov 15]
Riachuelo     1-5  ABC
[Nov 18]
Santa Cruz/N  2-1  Atlético
[Nov 24]
Riachuelo     0-1  América
[Dec 2]
Santa Cruz/N  1-4  ABC
[Dec 9]
Riachuelo     4-1  Atlético
[Dec 16]
América       2-2  ABC

Final league standings

Team             M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           10  8  2  0  42- 9  18  To tiebreaking series
2.América       10  8  2  0  35- 7  18  To tiebreaking series
3.Santa Cruz/N  10  4  2  4  17-22  10
4.Riachuelo     10  3  2  5  15-23   8
5.Atlético      10  2  2  6  13-30   6
6.Alecrim        6  1  0  5   6-23   2
7.Potiguar/P     6  0  0  6   5-19   0

Tiebreaking series

[Dec 23 and 30]

ABC  1-2  0-2  América

*** AMÉRICA are 1951 Rio Grande do Norte State League champions ***
1950
1951 (Torneio Início)
1952
List of champions
Topscorers
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Vítor Dias for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
Author: Vítor Dias (vitor.dias@gmail.com)
Last updated: 4 Jul 2019