The Campeonato Potiguar is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. It is run by the Rio Grande do Norte Football Federation (FNF).
List of champions
Following is the list with the Campeonato Potiguar champions:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:1em;"
|-
!style="width:70px"|Season
!style="width:170px"|Champions
!style="width:170px"|Runners-up
|-
|1918
| colspan=2 |Not finished
|-
|1919
|América (1)
|Centro Esportivo
|-
|rowspan="2"|1920
|América (2)
|rowspan="2"|Centro Esportivo
|-
|ABC (1)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1921
|ABC (2)
|rowspan="2"|América
|-
|Centro Esportivo (1)
|-
|1922
|América (3)
|ABC
|-
|1923
|ABC (3)
|América
|-
|rowspan="2"|1924
|Alecrim (1)
|rowspan="2"|Tie for champion
|-
|América (4)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1925
|ABC (4)
|rowspan="2"|Tie for champion
|-
|Alecrim (2)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1926
|América (5)
|rowspan="2"|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
|colspan=2| Not finished
|-
|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
|-
|2025
|América (39)
|ABC
|-
|2026
|América (40)
|ABC
|}
Titles by team
Teams in bold stills active.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! style="width:150px"| Club
! Winners
! Winning years
|-
|align=center|1
|ABC
|align=center|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
|-
|align=center|2
|América
|align=center|40
|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, 2025, 2026
|-
|align=center|3
|Alecrim
|align=center|7
|1924 (shared), 1925 (shared), 1963, 1964, 1968, 1985, 1986
|-
|align=center|4
|Potiguar de Mossoró
|align=center|2
|2004, 2013
|-
|rowspan=6 align=center|4
|ASSU
|rowspan=6 align=center|1
|2009
|-
|Baraúnas
|2006
|-
|Centro Esportivo
|1921 (shared)
|-
|Coríntians
|2001
|-
|Globo
|2021
|-
|Santa Cruz
|1943
|}
By city
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px" | City
! Championships
! Clubs
|-
| Natal
|align="center"|106
|ABC (57), América (40), Alecrim (7), Centro Esportivo (1), Santa Cruz (1)
|-
| Mossoró
|align="center"|3
|Potiguar de Mossoró (2), Baraúnas (1)
|-
| Assu
|align="center"|1
|ASSU (1)
|-
| Caicó
|align="center"|1
|Coríntians (1)
|-
| Ceará-Mirim
|align="center"|1
|Globo (1)
|}
Participation
Most appearances
Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the Campeonato Potiguar.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=150px | Club
! width=50px | App
! width=70px | First
! width=70px | Last
|-
| ABC
| align=center | 104
| align=center | 1919
| align=center | 2023
|-
| América
| align=center | 99
| align=center | 1919
| align=center | 2023
|-
| Alecrim
| align=center | 85
| align=center | 1924
| align=center | 2023
|-
| Atlético Potiguar
| align=center | 48
| align=center | 1941
| align=center | 1993
|-
| Potiguar de Mossoró
| align=center | 45
| align=center | 1974
| align=center | 2023
|-
| Riachuelo
| align=center | 41
| align=center | 1949
| align=center | 1993
|-
| Baraúnas
| align=center | 38
| align=center | 1976
| align=center | 2018
|-
| Santa Cruz
| align=center | 38
| align=center | 1928
| align=center | 2023
|-
| Força e Luz
| align=center | 24
| align=center | 1932
| align=center | 2023
|-
| Potyguar Seridoense
| align=center | 22
| align=center | 1976
| align=center | 2023
|}
See also
- Copa Cidade do Natal
- Copa RN
- Copa Rio Grande do Norte
References
External links
- FNF Official Website
- RSSSF