2012 Campeonato Potiguar

Campeonato Rondoniense
Season 2012
Champions América
Copa do Brasil América;
ABC
Série D Baraúnas
← 2011
2013

The 2012 Campeonato Potiguar is the 92nd season of Rio Grande do Norte's top professional football league. The competition began on 15 January and ended on 6 May. ABC was the defending champion.

Participating teams

Club Home city
ABC Natal
Alecrim Natal
América Natal
ASSU
Baraúnas
Caicó
Corintians
Palmeira
Potiguar
Santa Cruz

First stage (Taça Cidade de Natal)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 ABC (A) 9 5 3 1 19 9 +10 18 Advances to the Semifinals
2 América-RN (A) 9 5 1 3 22 10 +12 16
3 Santa Cruz-RN (A) 9 5 0 4 17 9 +8 15
4 Coríntians (A) 9 4 3 2 11 6 +5 15
5 Potiguar 9 4 1 4 12 14 2 13
6 Palmeira 9 4 1 4 8 11 3 13
7 Baraúnas 9 3 4 2 8 6 +2 13
8 ASSU 9 3 1 5 9 15 6 10
9 Caicó 9 2 2 5 6 21 15 8
10 Alecrim 9 1 2 6 8 18 10 5

Updated to games played on 8 December 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) head-to-head (if two teams involved); 5) goals scored; 6) draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
ABC 2–1 Coríntians
América-RN 3–1 Santa Cruz-RN

Finals

First leg

22 February 2012
América-RN 0-1 ABC
Alison  36'

Attendance: 2,589

Second leg

26 February 2012
ABC 1-0 América-RN
Washington  25'

Attendance: 11,046

ABC won 2-0 on aggregate. ABC first stage champions

Second stage (Copa Rio Grande do Norte)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 ABC (A) 9 6 2 1 13 3 +10 20 Advances to the Semifinals
2 Baraúnas (A) 9 5 3 1 9 4 +5 18
3 Santa Cruz-RN (A) 9 4 3 2 12 5 +7 15
4 América-RN (A) 9 4 2 3 14 10 +4 14
5 ASSU 9 4 2 3 10 9 +1 14
6 Alecrim 9 4 1 4 12 17 5 13
7 Palmeira 9 1 5 3 8 11 3 8
8 Coríntians 9 1 6 2 9 12 3 9
9 Potiguar 9 1 3 5 4 8 4 6
10 Caicó 9 1 2 6 6 20 14 5

Updated to games played on 8 December 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) head-to-head (if two teams involved); 5) goals scored; 6) draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Semifinals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
América-RN 1–2 ABC
Caicó 1–0 Santa Cruz-RN

Finals

First leg

Second leg

América won 6-1 on aggregate. América second stage champions

Championship finals

First leg

29 April 2012
16:00
América-RN 2-1 ABC
report

Second leg

6 May 2012
ABC 0-2 América-RN
report

America won 4-1 on aggregate. state champions 2012

References

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