Rio Grande do Norte State League 1966

Campeonato Potiguar 1966

Clubs (all from Natal):

ABC Futebol Clube
ALECRIM Futebol Clube
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube
Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar
FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube
RIACHUELO Atlético Clube
SANTA CRUZ Esporte e Cultura  

Rules:
- Two stages, each with a double round-robin.
- Top 4 teams in 1st Stage qualify to 2nd Stage.
- Stage champions qualify to finals.

Regulamento:
- Dois turnos, cada um com turno e returno.
- Os 4 melhores do primeiro turno se classificam para o segundo turno.
- Os campeőes dos turnos săo finalistas.

First stage
Primeiro turno

[May 29]  ABC           3-3  Riachuelo
[Jun 04]  Alecrim       1-0  Atlético
[Jun 05]  América       3-0  Santa Cruz/N
[Jun 11]  Ferroviário   1-1  Riachuelo
[Jun 12]  América       1-1  Alecrim
[Jun 18]  Ferroviário   3-1  Santa Cruz/N
[Jun 19]  ABC           1-1  Atlético
[Jun 25]  Alecrim       1-1  Riachuelo
[Jun 26]  América       0-1  Atlético
[Jul 02]  ABC           9-1  Santa Cruz/N
[Jul 03]  América       3-0  Ferroviário
[Jul 09]  Atlético      1-1  Riachuelo
[Jul 13]  Alecrim       6-0  Santa Cruz/N
[Jul 16]  América       4-0  Riachuelo
[Jul 17]  ABC           4-1  Ferroviário
[Jul 30]  Atlético      3-0  Santa Cruz/N
[Jul 31]  Alecrim       4-0  Ferroviário
[Aug 06]  Riachuelo     1-0  Santa Cruz/N
[Aug 07]  ABC           0-2  América
[Aug 14]  ABC           4-2  Alecrim
[Aug 15]  Atlético      1-0  Ferroviário
[Aug 20]  Riachuelo     2-0  ABC
[Aug 21]  Atlético      1-2  Alecrim
[Aug 27]  Santa Cruz/N  0-1  América
[Sep 03]  Santa Cruz/N  1-3  Ferroviário
[Sep 04]  Alecrim       0-0  América
[Sep 07]  Atlético      2-3  ABC
[Sep 09]  Riachuelo     1-7  Alecrim
[Sep 17]  Atlético      1-2  América
[Sep 18]  Santa Cruz/N  2-3  ABC
[Sep 24]  Ferroviário   2-3  América
[Sep 25]  Riachuelo     3-1  Atlético
[Oct 01]  Santa Cruz/N  2-4  Alecrim
[Oct 02]  Riachuelo     1-3  América
[Oct 08]  Ferroviário   3-2  ABC
[Oct 15]  Ferroviário   0-0  Alecrim
[Oct 16]  América       1-3  ABC
[Oct 22]  Santa Cruz/N  1-3  Riachuelo
[Oct 29]  Alecrim       3-2  ABC
[Nov 01]  Riachuelo     3-4  Ferroviário
[Nov 05]  Santa Cruz/N  1-2  Atlético
[Nov 13]  Ferroviário   1-3  Atlético

Team             M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.América       12  8  2  2  23- 9  18  Qualified to second stage; to first stage tiebreak
2.Alecrim       12  7  4  1  31-12  18  Qualified to second stage; to first stage tiebreak
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3.ABC           12  6  2  4  34-23  14  Qualified to second stage
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4.Atlético      12  5  2  5  17-15  12  To fourth place tiebreak
5.Riachuelo     12  4  4  4  20-26  12  To fourth place tiebreak
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6.Ferroviário   12  4  2  6  18-26  10
7.Santa Cruz/N  12  0  0 12   9-41   0

First place tiebreak (Desempate do primeiro lugar)

[Nov 6]
América  1-3  Alecrim

Alecrim qualify to league finals

Fourth place tiebreak (Desempate do quarto lugar)

[Nov 21]
Atlético  0-0  Riachuelo  [0-0 a.e.t., 2-3 p.k.]

Riachuelo qualify to second stage

Second stage
Segundo turno

Round 1
[Nov 27]
América       1-1  Alecrim
[Dec 04]
ABC           4-2  Riachuelo

Round 2
[Dec 17]
Alecrim       3-0  Riachuelo
[Dec 18]
ABC           2-0  América

Round 3
[Jan 08, 1967]
Riachuelo     3-0  América
[Jan 15]
Alecrim       2-0  ABC

Round 4
[Jan 22]
Alecrim       1-1  América
[Jan 29]
Riachuelo     1-1  ABC

Round 5
[Feb 12]
Riachuelo     1-1  Alecrim
[Feb 19]
América       1-0  ABC

Round 6
[Feb 26]
América       1-0  Riachuelo
[Mar 05]
ABC           2-1  Alecrim

Team            M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           6  3  1  2   9- 7   7  To first place tiebreak
2.Alecrim       6  2  3  1   9- 5   7  To first place tiebreak
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3.América       6  2  2  2   4- 7   6
4.Riachuelo     6  1  2  3   7-10   4

First tiebreak (Primeiro desempate)

[Mar 12]
Alecrim  0-0  ABC

Second tiebreak (Segundo desempate)

[Mar 19]
ABC      0-0  Alecrim  [0-0 a.e.t., 2-1 p.k.]

ABC qualify to league finals

League finals
Finais do campeonato

[Apr 2, 9 and 16, 1967]
ABC  1-1  1-1  2-0  Alecrim

*** ABC are 1966 Rio Grande do Norte state champions ***
 
Final standings:

Team             M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.ABC           21 10  5  6  47-32  25  Champions; to Taça Brasil 1967
2.Alecrim       21  9  9  3  42-21  27
3.América       18 10  4  4  27-16  24
4.Riachuelo     18  5  6  7  27-36  16
5.Atlético      12  5  2  5  17-15  12
6.Ferroviário   12  4  2  6  18-26  10
7.Santa Cruz/N  12  0  0 12   9-41   0

1965

1967

list of champions


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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: 14 Aug 2019

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