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Campeonato Potiguar

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Campeonato Potiguar
Founded1918
CountryBrazil
ConfederationCBF
Federação Norte-rio-grandense de Futebol
Number of clubs8
Relegation toCampeonato Potiguar Second Division
Domestic cup(s)Copa do Brasil
Current championsAmérica (38th title)
(2024)
Most championshipsABC (57 titles)
Websitefnf.org.br
Current: 2024 Campeonato Potiguar

The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Format

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First Division

First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.

Second stage: home-and-away playoffs between the top 8 teams in the first stage. The winner of this stage is crowned the champion.

The team last placed in the first stage is relegated to the second division.

As in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year.

Clubs

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2023 Campeonato Potiguar
Club Home city 2022 result
ABC Natal 1st
Alecrim Natal 1st (2nd level)
América Natal 2nd
Força e Luz Natal 7th
Globo Ceará Mirim 4th
Potiguar de Mossoró Mossoró 3rd
Potyguar Seridoense Currais Novos 5th
Santa Cruz Natal 6th

List of champions

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Following is the list with the Campeonato Potiguar champions:[1]

Season Champions Runners-up
1918 Not finished
1919 América (1) Centro Esportivo
1920 América (2) Centro Esportivo
ABC (1)
1921 ABC (2) América
Centro Esportivo (1)
1922 América (3) ABC
1923 ABC (3) América
1924 Alecrim (1) Tie for champion
América (4)
1925 ABC (4) Tie for champion
Alecrim (2)
1926 América (5) Tie for champion
ABC (5)
1927 América (6) ABC
1928 ABC (6) América
1929 ABC (7) América
1930 América (7) ABC
1931 América (8) ABC
1932 ABC (8) Sport
1933 ABC (9) América
1934 ABC (10) América
1935 ABC (11) América
1936 ABC (12) Sport
1937 ABC (13) América
1938 ABC (14) América
1939 ABC (15) América
1940 ABC (16) América
1941 ABC (17) Santa Cruz
1942 Not finished[2]
1943 Santa Cruz (1) América
1944 ABC (18) América
1945 ABC (19) América
1946 América (9) ABC
1947 ABC (20) Santa Cruz
1948 América (10) ABC
1949 América (11) ABC
1950 ABC (21) Santa Cruz
1951 América (12) ABC
1952 América (13) Santa Cruz
1953 ABC (22) América
1954 ABC (23) América
1955 ABC (24) América
1956 América (14) ABC
1957 América (15) ABC
1958 ABC (25) América
1959 ABC (26) América
1960 ABC (27) Alecrim
1961 ABC (28) Atlético
1962 ABC (29) Globo EC
1963 Alecrim (3) ABC
1964 Alecrim (4) ABC
1965 ABC (30) Alecrim
1966 ABC (31) Alecrim
1967 América (16) Riachuelo
1968 Alecrim (5) ABC
1969 América (17) ABC
1970 ABC (32) América
1971 ABC (33) América
1972 ABC (34) Alecrim
1973 ABC (35) América
1974 América (18) ABC
1975 América (19) ABC
1976 ABC (36) América
1977 América (20) ABC
1978 ABC (37) América
1979 América (21) ABC
1980 América (22) ABC
1981 América (23) Baraúnas
1982 América (24) Alecrim
1983 ABC (38) América
1984 ABC (39) América
1985 Alecrim (6) América
1986 Alecrim (7) ABC
1987 América (25) Baraúnas
1988 América (26) ABC
1989 América (27) ABC
1990 ABC (40) América
1991 América (28) ABC
1992 América (29) ABC
1993 ABC (41) América
1994 ABC (42) América
1995 ABC (43) Desportiva
1996 América (30) ABC
1997 ABC (44) Potiguar de Mossoró
1998 ABC (45) América
1999 ABC (46) América
2000 ABC (47) São Gonçalo
2001 Corintians (1) América
2002 América (31) Corintians
2003 América (32) São Gonçalo
2004 Potiguar de Mossoró (1) América
2005 ABC (48) América
2006 Baraúnas (1) Potiguar de Mossoró
2007 ABC (49) América
2008 ABC (50) Potiguar de Mossoró
2009 ASSU (1) Potyguar Seridoense
2010 ABC (51) Corintians
2011 ABC (52) Santa Cruz (SC)
2012 América (33) ABC
2013 Potiguar de Mossoró (2) América
2014 América (34) Globo
2015 América (35) ABC
2016 ABC (53) América
2017 ABC (54) Globo
2018 ABC (55) América
2019 América (36) ABC
2020 ABC (56) América
2021 Globo (1) ABC
2022 ABC (57) América
2023 América (37) ABC
2024 América (38) Santa Cruz

Titles by team

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Teams in bold stills active.

Rank Club Winners Winning years
1 ABC 57 1920, 1921 (shared), 1923, 1925 (shared), 1926 (shared), 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
2 América 38 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924 (shared), 1926 (shared), 1927, 1930, 1931, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2024
3 Alecrim 7 1924 (shared), 1925 (shared), 1963, 1964, 1968, 1985, 1986
4 Potiguar de Mossoró 2 2004, 2013
4 ASSU 1 2009
Baraúnas 2006
Centro Esportivo 1921 (shared)
Coríntians 2001
Globo 2021
Santa Cruz 1943

By city

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City Championships Clubs
Natal 104 ABC (57), América (38), Alecrim (7), Centro Esportivo (1), Santa Cruz (1)
Mossoró 3 Potiguar de Mossoró (2), Baraúnas (1)
Assu 1 ASSU (1)
Caicó 1 Coríntians (1)
Ceará-Mirim 1 Globo (1)

Participation

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Most appearances

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As of 2023 season

Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the Campeonato Potiguar.

Club App First Last
ABC 104 1919 2023
América 99 1919 2023
Alecrim 85 1924 2023
Atlético Potiguar 48 1941 1993
Potiguar de Mossoró 45 1974 2023
Riachuelo 41 1949 1993
Baraúnas 38 1976 2018
Santa Cruz 38 1928 2023
Força e Luz 24 1932 2023
Potyguar Seridoense 22 1976 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Campeonato Potiguar". Bola na Área (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Rafael Luis Azevedo (April 10, 2015). "1942: Ano em que a guerra parou o Potiguar". Verminosos por Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
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