2013 Campeonato Potiguar

The 2013 Campeonato Potiguar de Futebol was the 93rd edition of the Rio Grande do Norte's top professional football league. The competition began on January 13, and ended on May 19. Potiguar de Mossoró won the championship by the 2nd time,^[1] while Potyguar de Currais Novos^[2] was relegated.

Campeonato Potiguar de Futebol

Season	2013
Champions	Potiguar de Mossoró
Relegated	Potyguar de Currais Novos
Copa do Brasil	Potiguar de Mossoró América ABC
Série D	Potiguar de Mossoró
Copa do Nordeste	Potiguar de Mossoró América
Matches	118
Goals	278 (2.36 per match)
← 2012 2014 →

Format

On the first stage, all teams excluding those who aren't playing on Copa do Nordeste play against each other team twice. The best six teams qualify to the next stage, and the worst team is relegated.

On the second teams, the six teams from the first stage are joined by América and ABC. The eight teams play against all other in each round. The four best teams in each round advance to the round's final. Each round winner advance to the championship's final. If the same team win both rounds, that team is the championship winner.^[3]

Qualifications

The best team who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The best three teams qualify to the 2014 Copa do Brasil. The best team in the first stage qualifies to the 2013 Copa do Brasil.

Participating teams

Club	Home city	2012 result
ABC	Natal	2nd
Alecrim	Natal	9th
América-RN	Natal	1st
ASSU	Assu	5th
Baraúnas	Mossoró	3rd
Coríntians	Caicó	6th
Palmeira	Goianinha	7th
Potiguar	Mossoró	8th
Potyguar	Currais Novos	10th
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	4th

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santa Cruz-RN	14	9	3	2	18	8	+10	30	Advanced to the Second stage
2	Potiguar	14	7	3	4	21	10	+11	24
3	Baraúnas	14	6	5	3	17	10	+7	23
4	Alecrim	14	6	4	4	11	9	+2	22
5	ASSU	14	6	0	8	14	13	+1	18
6	Coríntians	14	4	4	6	13	16	−3	16
7	Palmeira	14	4	2	8	8	21	−13	14
8	Potyguar (R)	14	2	3	9	12	27	−15	9	Relegated

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALE	ASU	BAR	COR	PAL	POT	PTY	SCR
Alecrim		1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0
ASSU	2–0		1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1
Baraúnas	0–0	1–0		0–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	0–1
Coríntians	0–0	1–0	0–1		1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2
Palmeira	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1		0–4	0–0	0–1
Potiguar	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0		5–0	1–2
Potyguar	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–1		1–1
Santa Cruz-RN	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	4–1

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

The six teams from the first stage are joined by ABC and América-RN.

First round (Copa Rio Grande do Norte)

Main article: 2013 Copa Rio Grande do Norte

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América-RN	7	5	1	1	10	6	+4	16	Advanced to round's finals
2	Coríntians	7	5	1	1	15	12	+3	16
3	ABC	7	4	1	2	16	5	+11	13
4	ASSU	7	4	1	2	9	12	−3	13
5	Potiguar	7	2	2	3	11	10	+1	8
6	Santa Cruz-RN	7	1	2	4	6	9	−3	5
7	Alecrim	7	1	2	4	9	16	−7	5
8	Baraúnas	7	0	2	5	4	10	−6	2

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ABC	ALE	ARN	ASU	BAR	COR	POT	SCR
ABC				5–0		6–1		2–1
Alecrim	1–3		0–2		3–2		2–5
América-RN	1–0			1–1		1–3		2–1
ASSU		2–1			4–2		1–0
Baraúnas	0–0		0–1				0–0	0–1
Coríntians		1–1		3–0	1–0		4–3
Potiguar	1–0		1–2					1–1
Santa Cruz-RN		1–1		0–1		1–2

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

March 23, 2013

20:30 UTC−03:00

Coríntians	0–2	América
	Report	Cascata 28', 62'

Estádio Senador Dinarte Mariz, Caicó

Attendance: 2,397

Referee: Ítalo Medeiros de Azevedo

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March 31, 2013

17:00 UTC−03:00

América	1–0	Coríntians
Tiago Adan 37'	Report

Estádio José Nazareno do Nascimento, Goianinha

Attendance: 4,131

Referee: Flávio Roberto de Lima

América Futebol Clube is the champion of the first round and qualifies to the final.

Second round (Copa Cidade de Natal)

Main article: 2013 Copa Cidade de Natal

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Potiguar	7	5	0	2	13	7	+6	15	Advanced to round's finals
2	América-RN	7	4	3	0	12	6	+6	15
3	Baraúnas	7	4	2	1	11	4	+7	14
4	ABC	7	4	2	1	7	4	+3	14
5	ASSU	7	2	2	3	5	8	−3	8
6	Alecrim	7	2	0	5	10	10	0	6
7	Coríntians	7	1	1	5	8	20	−12	4
8	Santa Cruz-RN	7	1	0	6	6	13	−7	3

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ABC	ALE	ARN	ASU	BAR	COR	POT	SCR
ABC		1–0	1–1		0–0		0–3
Alecrim				3–1		5–0		0–2
América-RN		2–1			1–1		4–1
ASSU	0–2		1–1			1–1		1–0
Baraúnas		2–1		0–1		3–1
Coríntians	0–2		1–2					4–3
Potiguar		2–0		1–0	0–1	4–1
Santa Cruz-RN	0–1		0–1		0–4		1–2

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

May 05, 2013

20:30 UTC−03:00

América	0–0	Potiguar
	Report

Estádio José Nazareno do Nascimento, Goianinha

Attendance: 2,419

Referee: Ítalo Medeiros de Azevedo

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May 12, 2013

16:00 UTC−03:00

Potiguar	2–1	América
Chiquinho 46' Radamés 90'	Report	Tiago Adan 72'

Nogueirão, Mossoró

Attendance: 3,769

Referee: Leandro Vuaden

Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar is the champion of the second round and qualifies to the final.

Final stage

May 15, 2013

20:30 UTC−03:00

Potiguar	2–2	América
Daniel 14' Paulinho 24'	Report	Índio Oliveira 3' Renatinho 30'

Nogueirão, Mossoró

Attendance: 2,363

Referee: Wilson Luiz Seneme

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May 19, 2013

16:00 UTC−03:00

América	1–1	Potiguar
Índio Oliveira 36'	Report	Chiquinho 76'
Penalties
Cascata Renatinho Índio Índio Oliveira Allyson Itamar	4-5	Chiquinho Paulinho Giovanni Lima Santos Radamés

Estádio Manoel Dantas Barretto, Ceará-Mirim

Attendance: 5,959

Referee: Alicio Pena Júnior

Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar won the 2013 Campeonato Potiguar.