Clubs: ABC Futebol Clube (Natal) ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal) AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Natal) Associação Cultural Desportiva POTIGUAR (Mossoró) Associação Cultural Esporte Clube BARAÚNAS (Mossoró) Atlético Clube CORÍNTIANS (Caicó) Centro Esportivo FORÇA E LUZ (Natal) Clube ATLÉTICO Potiguar (Natal) FERROVIÁRIO Esporte Clube (Natal) MACAU Esporte Clube (Macau) [*] POTYGUAR Futebol Clube (Currais Novos) RIACHUELO Atlético Clube (Natal) [*] debut in the league Rules: - Three stages with two groups each, matches within groups. - Top two in each group qualify to stage finals. - In second stage, best four teams of each group qualify to third stage. - Stage champions qualify to league finals. Regulamento: - Três turnos com dois grupos, jogos dentro dos grupos. - Os dois primeiros de cada grupo passam às finais do turno. - No segundo turno, os quatro melhores de cada grupo avançam ao terceiro turno. - Os campeões dos turnos se classificam à final. First stage - Group qualifiers Primeiro turno - primeira fase [Jul 27] Alecrim 5-1 Macau [Jul 30] América 7-0 Ferroviário Baraúnas 1-3 Alecrim Macau 1-1 Força e Luz Potyguar/CN 0-2 Potiguar/M [Aug 05] ABC 1-0 Força e Luz Potyguar/CN 2-0 Atlético Coríntians n/p Ferroviário [postponed, then cancelled] [Aug 08] Potiguar/M 3-1 Riachuelo [Aug 09] Alecrim 2-0 Potyguar/CN [Aug 12] América 2-2 Baraúnas Força e Luz 4-1 Riachuelo Potiguar/M 1-1 ABC [Aug 13] Coríntians 1-1 Potyguar/CN [Aug 16] América 4-0 Riachuelo Baraúnas 1-0 Coríntians [Aug 20] ABC 1-1 Alecrim Baraúnas 2-0 Atlético Coríntians 3-0 Macau Ferroviário 0-1 Força e Luz Potyguar/CN 0-4 América [Aug 23] Alecrim 2-0 Riachuelo [Aug 25] ABC 2-0 Atlético [Aug 27] América 7-0 Macau Potiguar/M 7-0 Ferroviário Potyguar/CN 3-0 Força e Luz Riachuelo 2-0 Atlético [Aug 30] Ferroviário 0-5 Alecrim [Sep 03] ABC 1-0 Coríntians Atlético 3-1 Ferroviário Baraúnas 2-0 Força e Luz Macau 0-1 Potiguar/M [Sep 07] América 1-1 ABC Baraúnas 1-2 Potiguar/M Coríntians 2-0 Riachuelo Macau 1-2 Atlético Group A M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Alecrim 6 5 1 0 18- 3 11 To stage finals 2.Potiguar/M 6 5 1 0 16- 3 11 To stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.América 6 4 2 0 25- 3 10 4.Coríntians 5 2 1 2 6- 3 5 5.Força e Luz 6 2 1 3 6- 8 5 6.Atlético 6 2 0 4 5-10 4 Group B M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 6 3 3 0 7- 3 9 To stage finals 2.Baraúnas 6 3 1 2 9- 7 7 To stage finals ------------------------------------ 3.Potyguar/CN 6 2 1 3 6- 9 5 4.Riachuelo 6 1 0 5 4-15 2 5.Macau 6 0 1 5 3-19 1 6.Ferroviário 5 0 0 5 1-23 0 First stage finals Primeiro turno - fase final Round 1 [Sep 10] ABC 1-0 Potiguar/M Alecrim 1-1 Baraúnas Round 2 [Sep 13] ABC 3-0 Baraúnas Alecrim 0-1 Potiguar/M Round 3 [Sep 17] Alecrim 1-2 ABC Potiguar/M 1-2 Baraúnas Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 3 3 0 0 6- 1 6 Stage champions; to league finals ------------------------------------ 2.Baraúnas 3 1 1 1 3- 5 3 3.Potiguar/M 3 1 0 2 2- 3 2 4.Alecrim 3 0 1 2 2- 4 1 Second stage - Group qualifiers Segundo turno - primeira fase [Sep 27] ABC 1-0 Ferroviário Potiguar/M 2-1 Potyguar/CN Alecrim 4-1 Força e Luz [Oct 01] ABC 2-0 Alecrim Coríntians 6-0 Atlético Macau 0-5 América Potyguar/CN 3-1 Ferroviário Riachuelo 2-0 Força e Luz [Oct 04] Alecrim 0-2 Baraúnas [Oct 06] Potiguar/M 1-0 Força e Luz América 5-0 Potyguar/CN [Oct 08] Atlético 2-0 Riachuelo Coríntians 1-0 ABC Macau 3-1 Ferroviário [Oct 11] América 5-0 Força e Luz Baraúnas 3-0 Riachuelo [Oct 15] ABC 4-0 Riachuelo Ferroviário 0-3 Atlético Macau 1-1 Coríntians Potyguar/CN 1-2 Alecrim [Oct 18] Potiguar/M 3-0 Atlético [Oct 22] ABC 2-0 Potiguar/M Baraúnas 0-0 América Força e Luz 1-7 Ferroviário Macau 0-0 Riachuelo Potyguar/CN 1-1 Coríntians [Oct 25] Alecrim 2-1 Atlético Potiguar/M 2-1 Macau [Oct 29] América 2-0 Atlético Coríntians 2-1 Baraúnas Macau 1-0 Alecrim Potyguar/CN 3-2 Riachuelo [Nov 01] Baraúnas 2-0 Ferroviário [Nov 05] ABC 1-1 América Coríntians 2-0 Força e Luz Potiguar/M 2-1 Baraúnas Group A M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Potiguar/M 6 5 0 1 10- 5 10 To stage finals and to third stage 2.América 6 4 2 0 18- 1 10 To stage finals and to third stage ------------------------------------ 3.Coríntians 6 4 2 0 13- 3 10 To third stage 4.Alecrim 6 3 0 3 8- 8 6 To third stage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Riachuelo 6 1 1 4 4-12 3 6.Ferroviário 6 1 0 5 9-13 2 Group B M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 6 4 1 1 10- 2 9 To stage finals and to third stage 2.Baraúnas 6 3 1 2 9- 4 7 To stage finals and to third stage ------------------------------------ 3.Macau 6 2 2 2 6- 9 6 To third stage 4.Potyguar/CN 6 2 1 3 9-13 5 To third stage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Atlético 6 2 0 4 6-13 4 6.Força e Luz 6 0 0 6 2-21 0 Second stage finals Segundo turno - fase final Round 1 [Nov 08] ABC 1-0 Potiguar/M América 1-0 Baraúnas Round 2 [Nov 12] ABC 2-0 Baraúnas América 2-1 Potiguar/M Round 3 [Nov 19] ABC 1-1 América Potiguar/M 0-0 Baraúnas Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 3 2 1 0 4- 1 5 Stage champions; to league finals ------------------------------------ 2.América 3 2 1 0 4- 2 5 3.Potiguar/M 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1 4.Baraúnas 3 0 1 2 0- 3 1 Third stage - Group qualifiers Terceiro turno - Primeira fase [Nov 22] Alecrim 2-0 Potyguar/CN Potiguar/M 2-1 Macau [Nov 24] América 6-1 Coríntians [Nov 26] ABC 4-0 Alecrim Baraúnas 2-1 Potyguar/CN Coríntians 3-1 Macau [Nov 29] ABC 1-0 Baraúnas Alecrim 1-0 Coríntians [Dec 01] ABC 4-0 Macau América 5-0 Potyguar/CN Potiguar/M 2-1 Alecrim [Dec 03] América 2-1 Potiguar/M Baraúnas 0-0 Coríntians Macau 3-1 Potyguar/CN [Dec 06] ABC 2-2 América Baraúnas 1-0 Potiguar/M Group A M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 4 3 1 0 11- 2 7 To third stage finals ------------------------------------ 2.Potiguar/M 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4 3.Coríntians 4 1 1 2 4- 8 3 4.Potyguar/CN 4 0 0 4 2-12 0 Group B M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.América 4 3 1 0 15- 4 7 To third stage finals ------------------------------------ 2.Baraúnas 4 2 1 1 3- 2 5 3.Alecrim 4 2 0 2 4- 6 4 4.Macau 4 1 0 3 5-10 2 Third stage - Final
Terceiro turno - Final [Dec 10] América 2-1 ABC Final Rules: as winner of two stages, ABC wins the title with a tie. Regulamento: como vencedor de dois turnos, o ABC joga pelo empate. [Dec 13] ABC 1-1 América *** ABC are 1978 Rio Grande do Norte state champions *** Final standings: Team M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.ABC 24 15 7 2 40-12 37 Champions 2.América 21 14 7 0 65-12 35 3.Potiguar/M 22 13 2 7 34-19 28 4.Baraúnas 22 9 5 8 24-21 23 5.Alecrim 19 10 2 7 32-21 22 6.Coríntians 15 7 4 4 23-14 18 7.Potyguar/CN 16 4 2 10 17-34 10 8.Macau 16 3 3 10 14-38 9 9.Atlético 12 4 0 8 11-23 8 10.Riachuelo 12 2 1 9 8-27 5 11.Força e Luz 12 2 1 9 8-29 5 12.Ferroviário 11 1 0 10 10-36 2
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