Founded | 1918 |
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Country | Brazil |
Confederation | CBF Federação Norte-rio-grandense de Futebol |
Number of teams | 8 |
Relegation to | Campeonato Potiguar Second Division |
Domestic cup(s) | Copa do Brasil |
Current champions | América (38th title) (2024) |
Most championships | ABC (57 titles) |
Website | fnf.org.br |
Current: 2024 Campeonato Potiguar |
The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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.
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 |
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 |
Teams in bold stills active.
Rank | Club | Winners | Winning years |
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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 |
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) |
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 |
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