Rio Grande do Norte State League 2000

Participating clubs:

ABC Futebol Clube (Natal)
ALECRIM Futebol Clube (Natal)
AMÉRICA Futebol Clube (Natal)
Associação Cultural e Esportiva Clube BARAÚNAS (Mossoró)
Clube Atlético Piranhas-CAP (Jardim de Piranhas)
CORINTIANS Futebol Clube (Caicó)
Sociedade Esportiva PAUFERRENSE (Pau dos Ferros)
Associação Cultural e Desportiva POTIGUAR (Mossoró)
SÃO GONÇALO Futebol Clube (São Gonçalo do Amarante)
SÃO PAULO Futebol Clube (Parnamirim)

First stage - First Phase

Round 1 [Feb 20 and 23] 
São Paulo    1-4  ABC
Alecrim      0-3  São Gonçalo
América      2-0  CAP
Potiguar     1-3  Corintians

Round 2 [Feb 27]
Baraúnas     3-1  São Paulo     
Alecrim      1-1  ABC          
Pauferrense  0-0  América       
Corintians   4-1  CAP           

Round 3 [Mar 1]
Baraúnas     3-2  São Gonçalo   
São Paulo    0-0  Alecrim      
Pauferrense  2-4  Potiguar      
América      4-0  Corintians    

Round 4 [Mar 12]
São Paulo    0-1  São Gonçalo   
ABC          4-2   Baraúnas      
Potiguar     2-4  América       
CAP          1-2  Pauferrense   

Round 5 [Mar 19]
Baraúnas     0-0  Alecrim       
ABC          2-2  São Gonçalo   
Pauferrense  1-2  Corintians    
CAP          3-1  Potiguar      

Round 6 [Mar 4, 15 and 22] 
ABC          8-4  São Paulo    
São Gonçalo  2-0  Alecrim      
CAP          1-1  América      
Corintians   1-1  Potiguar     

Round 7 [Mar 25]
América      7-0  Pauferrense   
São Paulo    3-2  Baraúnas      
ABC          2-0  Alecrim       
CAP          2-1  Corintians

Round 8 [Mar 29 and Apr 5] 
São Gonçalo  3-0  Baraúnas      
Alecrim      4-2  São Paulo     
Potiguar     2-1  Pauferrense   
Corintians   0-1  América       

Round 9 [Apr 3] 
São Gonçalo  1-1  São Paulo     
Baraúnas     0-1  ABC           
América      0-0  Potiguar      
Pauferrense  0-1  CAP           

Round 10 [Apr 9] 
Alecrim      0-0  Baraúnas      
São Gonçalo  2-1  ABC           
Corintians   1-0  Pauferrense   
Potiguar     2-1  CAP          

Table

Group A 
 1.São Gonçalo   8  6  1  1  13- 7  19  Qualified
 2.ABC           8  4  2  2  21-12  14  Qualified
 3.Alecrim       8  2  2  4  10-13   8  Qualified
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 4.Baraúnas      8  2  2  4  10-14   8
 5.São Paulo     8  1  2  5  12-21   5

Group B
 1.América       8  5  3  0  19- 3  18  Qualified
 2.Corintians    8  4  1  3  12-10  13  Qualified
 3.Potiguar      8  3  2  3  13-15  11  Qualified
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 4.CAP           8  3  1  4  10-13  10
 5.Pauferrense   8  1  1  6   5-18   4

First stage - Semifinals

1st leg [Apr 16]
Potiguar     1-1  São Gonçalo
América      2-1  Alecrim
Corintians   1-1  ABC          [interrupted during play, resumed in Apr 17]

2nd leg [Apr 19, 20 and 26]
São Gonçalo  4-0  Potiguar
Alecrim      2-1  América
ABC          1-1  Corintians

Corintians qualified as best semifinal losers

First stage - Finals

Round 1 [May 14]
ABC          1-2  São Gonçalo
Corintians   1-3  América

Round 2 [May 17]
Corintians   1-2  ABC
São Gonçalo  3-1  América

Round 3 [May 21]
ABC          1-0  América
Corintians   1-1  São Gonçalo

Round 4 [May 28]
São Gonçalo  0-0  ABC
América      2-1  Corintians

Round 5 [Jun 3 and 4]
ABC          1-0  Corintians
América      1-0  São Gonçalo

Round 6 [Jun 6]
América      0-2  ABC
São Gonçalo  3-0  Corintians

Table
 1.ABC           6  4  1  1   7- 3  13  1st stage winners
 2.São Gonçalo   6  3  2  1   9- 4  11
 3.América       6  3  0  3   7- 8   9
 4.Corintians    6  0  1  5   4-12   1

Second Stage - First Phase
(top 3 of each group qualify for semifinals)

[Apr 30]
Baraúnas     1-0  CAP
Pauferrense  1-1  Corintians

[May 1]
São Paulo    1-0  Alecrim

[May 4]
Baraúnas     2-1  Pauferrense

[May 7]
Potiguar     5-1  Alecrim
CAP          4-3  Corintians

[May 14]
Pauferrense  1-1  CAP

[May 21]
Pauferrense  1-2  Baraúnas
Potiguar     3-0  São Paulo

[May 28]
CAP          1-1  Pauferrense
Alecrim      0-0  São Paulo

[Jun 4]
CAP          2-0  Baraúnas
Alecrim      1-2  Potiguar

[Jun 11]
Corintians   2-2  CAP
Pauferrense  1-4  ABC
Potiguar     0-3  São Gonçalo
Alecrim      1-1  América

[Jun 13]
América      1-1  Potiguar
São Paulo    1-1  São Gonçalo
Baraúnas     2-2  ABC
Corintians   0-1  Pauferrense

[Jun 15]
ABC          4-0  CAP
São Gonçalo  0-0  Alecrim
São Paulo    1-1  Potiguar

[Jun 18]
Alecrim      0-3  São Gonçalo
ABC          4-0  Pauferrense
São Paulo    1-2  América
Baraúnas     2-6  Corintians

[Jun 20]
São Gonçalo  1-1  São Paulo
América      0-0  Alecrim
ABC          1-0  Baraúnas

[Jun 22]
São Gonçalo  1-3  América
Corintians   1-1  ABC

[Jun 25]
CAP          2-1  ABC
Potiguar     1-3  América

[Jun 27]
Corintians   4-2  Baraúnas
São Gonçalo  2-0  Potiguar
América      3-0  São Paulo

[Jun 29]
ABC          4-3  Corintians
América      1-1  São Gonçalo

Table

Group A
 1.América       8  4  4  0  14- 6  16  Qualified
 2.São Gonçalo   8  3  4  1  12- 6  13  Qualified
 3.Potiguar      8  3  2  2  13-10  11  Qualified
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 4.São Paulo     8  1  4  3   5-11   7
 5.Alecrim       8  0  4  4   3-12   4

Group B
 1.ABC           8  5  2  1  21- 9  17  Qualified
 2.CAP           8  3  3  2  12-13  12  Qualified
 3.Baraúnas      8  3  1  4  11-17  10  Qualified
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 4.Corintians    8  2  3  3  20-17   9
 5.Pauferrense   8  1  3  4   7-15   6

Second Stage - Semifinals (top 4 qualify for finals)

Round 1 [Jul 2]
Baraúnas     0-3  América
Potiguar     0-1  ABC
CAP          1-0  São Gonçalo

Round 2 [Jul 4]
América      1-0  Baraúnas
ABC          5-0  Potiguar
São Gonçalo  1-2  CAP

Table
 1.ABC           2  2  0  0   6- 0   6  Qualified
 2.América       2  2  0  0   4- 0   6  Qualified
 3.CAP           2  2  0  0   3- 1   6  Qualified
 4.São Gonçalo   2  0  0  2   1- 3   0  Qualified
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 5.Baraúnas      2  0  0  2   0- 4   0
 6.Potiguar      2  0  0  2   0- 6   0

Second Stage - Finals

Round 1 [Jul 6]
São Gonçalo  0-0  América
CAP          1-0  ABC

Round 2 [Jul 9]
América      0-1  ABC
São Gonçalo  2-1  CAP

Round 3 [Jul 11]
CAP          1-0  América
São Gonçalo  0-1  ABC

Round 4 [Jul 13]
ABC          0-0  CAP
América      1-1  São Gonçalo

Round 5 [Jul 16]
CAP          1-2  São Gonçalo
ABC          1-1  América

Round 6 [Jul 18]
ABC          2-0  São Gonçalo
América      4-1  CAP

Table
 1.ABC           6  3  2  1   5- 2  11  2nd stage winners
 2.São Gonçalo   6  2  2  2   5- 6   8
 3.CAP           6  2  1  3   5- 8   7
 4.América       6  1  3  2   6- 5   6

For winning both stages, ABC are the 2000 Rio Grande do Norte champions

Topscorers

25 Leonardo (ABC)
12 Nailson (América), Gustavo (São Gonçalo)
10 Cícero Ramalho (Baraúnas), Polaco (São Gonçalo), Maurício (Corintians)


1999

2000 (U-20)

2001

list of champions.


About this document

Partial Source: Futebol Potiguar

Prepared and maintained by Carlos Henrique Oliveira and Natanael Duarte Neto for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil

Author: Carlos Henrique Oliveira (carlosoliveira@yahoo.com) and Natanael Duarte Neto (futma@zaz.com.br)
Last updated: 7 Oct 2000

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