Campeonato Potiguar
| Founded | 1918 |
|---|---|
| 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 | ABC (57th title) (2022) |
| Most championships | ABC (57 titles) |
| Website | fnf.org.br |
The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Format
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
The following teams will compete in the Campeonato Piauiense in the 2022 season.
| Club | Home city | 2021 result |
|---|---|---|
| ABC | Natal | 2nd |
| América | Natal | 3rd |
| ASSU | Assu | 6th |
| Força e Luz | Natal | 5th |
| Globo | Ceará Mirim | 1st |
| Potiguar de Mossoró | Mossoró | 4th |
| Potyguar Seridoense | Currais Novos | 1st (2nd Division) |
| Santa Cruz | Natal | 7th |
List of champions
| 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 held | |
| 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) | Globo EC |
| 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 |
Titles by team
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 | 36 | 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 |
| 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
| City | Championships | Clubs |
|---|---|---|
 Natal
|
102 | ABC (57), América (36), 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) |
See also
External links
- (in Portuguese) FNF Official Website
- RSSSF
