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Campeonato Potiguar

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Country
  
Brazil

Number of teams
  
8

Founded
  
1919

Domestic cup(s)
  
Copa do Brasil

Confederation
  
CBF Federação Norte-rio-grandense de Futebol

Current champions
  
ABC (53th title) (2016)

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

Contents

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

First Division 2016

  • ABC Futebol Clube
  • Alecrim Futebol Clube
  • América Futebol Clube
  • Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida (ASSU)
  • Associação Cultural Esporte Clube Baraúnas
  • Globo Futebol Clube
  • Palmeira Futebol Clube da Una
  • Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar

    • Titles by team

  • ABC 53 times
  • América 35 times
  • Alecrim 7 times
  • Potiguar 2 times
  • Centro Esportivo, Coríntians, Santa Cruz, Baraúnas, ASSU 1 time

    • References

    Campeonato Potiguar Wikipedia
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