Sergipe State League 1947

Campeonato Sergipano 1947

Rules:
- Two divisions: Main Division (Aracaju city league) and Countryside Division.
- Division champions qualify to state finals.

Regulamento:
- Duas divisões: Divisão Principal (campeonato citadino de Aracaju) e Divisão do Interior.
- Os campeões de cada divisão se classificam às finais.

MAIN DIVISION
Divisão Principal

Clubs (all from Aracaju):

Club Sportivo SERGIPE
Clube Náutico SANTA CRUZ [1]
COTINGUIBA Sport Club
OLÍMPICO Futebol Clube
PALESTRA Futebol Clube
PAULISTANO Futebol Clube
VASCO Esporte Clube

[1] Formerly Associação Desportiva BRASIL. In the last week of May, they changed their name to
ATLÂNTICO Esporte Clube because a club with similar name (Sport Club Santa Cruz, from Estância), 
affiliated to Sergipe Sports Federation.

[1] Antiga Associação Desportiva BRASIL. Na última semana de maio, trocou de nome para ATLÂNTICO
Esporte Clube porque um clube homônimo (Sport Club Santa Cruz, de Estância) se afiliou à Federação
Sergipana de Desportos.

Rules:
- Double round-robin.
- City champions qualify to state finals.

Regulamento:
- Pontos corridos em turno e returno.
- O campeão citadino se classifica para a final estadual.

Round 1
[Apr 03]
Paulistano  1-1  Palestra
[Apr 12]
Vasco       3-1  Olímpico
[Apr 19]
Sergipe     0-2  Cotinguiba

Round 2
[Apr 20]
Santa Cruz  1-5  Vasco
[Apr 26]
Palestra    2-1  Sergipe
[Apr 27]
Cotinguiba  2-3  Olímpico

Round 3
[May 01]
Paulistano   -   Sergipe     [postponed. Played in unknown date]
[May 03]
Cotinguiba  5-0  Santa Cruz
[May 04]
Olímpico    4-3  Palestra

Round 4
[May 11]
Vasco        -   Cotinguiba
[unknown dates]
Olímpico     -   Paulistano  [Olímpico won]
Palestra     -   Santa Cruz

Round 5
[May 17]
Sergipe     6-3  Olímpico    [Sergipe purposedly fielded irregular players and lost the points]
[May 24]
Palestra    2-1  Vasco
[May 25]
Santa Cruz  2-2  Paulistano

Round 6
[May 31]
Cotinguiba  5-1  Palestra
[Jun 01]
Sergipe     6-2  Atlântico   [In the week before this match, Santa Cruz changed their name to Atlântico]
[Jun 05]
Paulistano  5-4  Vasco

Round 7
[Jun 07]
Olímpico    3-3  Atlântico
[Jun 15]
Cotinguiba  2-0  Paulistano
[Jun 22]
Vasco       3-1  Sergipe

Round 8
[Jun 29]
Olímpico    4-2  Vasco
[Jul 06]
Cotinguiba  2-4  Sergipe
[Aug 02]
Palestra    4-1  Paulistano  [postponed from Jun 28]

Round 9
[Jul 12]
Vasco       4-0  Atlântico
[Jul 13]
Sergipe     0-3  Palestra
[Jul 20]
Olímpico    2-2  Cotinguiba

Round 10
[Jul 19]
Sergipe     5-3  Paulistano
[Aug 03]
Atlântico   1-6  Cotinguiba
[Aug 10]
Palestra    1-4  Olímpico

Round 11
[Aug 15]
Cotinguiba  0-2  Vasco
[Aug 16]
Paulistano   -   Olímpico
[Aug 23]
Atlântico   3-2  Palestra

Round 12
[Aug 30]
Olímpico    1-1  Sergipe
[Sep 14]
Vasco       3-1  Palestra
[Nov 09]
Paulistano  3-1  Atlântico   [postponed from Sep 20]

Round 13
[Sep 21]
Palestra    2-1  Cotinguiba
[Sep 28]
Atlântico   3-4  Sergipe
[Oct 05]
Vasco       3-4  Paulistano

Round 14
[Oct 12]
Atlântico   1-1  Olímpico
[Nov 01]
Sergipe     3-1  Vasco
[Dec 07]
Paulistano  1-1  Cotinguiba

Table:         M  W  D  L  GF-GA Pts
1.Olímpico    12  7  4  1  26-24  18  Division champions; qualified to state finals
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2.Vasco       11  6  0  5  31-22  12
3.Cotinguiba  11  5  2  4  28-16  12
4.Sergipe     11  5  1  5  31-25  11
5.Palestra    11  5  1  5  22-24  11
6.Paulistano  11  3  3  5  20-23   9
7.Atlântico   11  1  3  7  17-41   5

Final standings according to Sergipe press:

Table:       Pts
1.Olímpico    18
2.Cotinguiba  15
3.Sergipe     14
4.Paulistano  12
5.Palestra    12
6.Vasco       10
7.Atlântico    5

COUNTRYSIDE DIVISION
Divisão do Interior

No data is known. RIACHUELO Futebol Clube (Riachuelo) won the division and qualified to state finals.

STATE FINALS
Finais estaduais

Notes:
- All matches played in Adolpho Rollemberg Stadium, Aracaju.

[Feb 15, 29 and Mar 07, 1948]
Olímpico    1-4  1-1  3-0  Riachuelo

Tied in points and goals after three matches, a final fourth match, with as many overtimes as needed,
was scheduled.

[Mar 21]
Olímpico    1-0  Riachuelo

*** OLÍMPICO are the 1947 Sergipe State League champions ***
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About this document

Source: Jornais de Sergipe.
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: 13 Apr 2021