Brazilian Campeonato Potiguar

The Campeonato Potiguar de Futebol (Potiguar Football Championship) is a competition organized since 1918 by the Liga de Desportos Terrestres do Rio Grande do Norte (which successively transformed into the Associação Riograndense de Atletismo, Federação Norteriograndense de Desportos, and finally, the Federação Norte-rio-grandense de Futebol) to determine the state champion among the football clubs of this state.

The 1918 Potiguar Championship was not completed due to the Spanish flu. Only one game remained to finish the competition. At that time, Centro Esportivo Natalense was in the lead.

The 1942 championship was cancelled. Atlético, supported by Alecrim, América, Força e Luz and Santa Cruz, filed a request to disaffiliate Paysandu, an action that triggered an unprecedented crisis in the Rio Grande do Norte Sports Federation, culminating in the suspension of games and the eventual abandonment of the 1942 championship.

In retaliation for this move by the other clubs, some ABC athletes – including its director Vicente Farache and some players – sabotaged the preparation of the Rio Grande do Norte state team, which was easily defeated in the Brazilian Championship by the Paraíba state team in the first round.

On October 12th, in the final stages of resolving the crisis, the General Council of the FND met and suspended Paysandu for 3 years, and on October 19th, a military man from São Paulo, Captain José Porfírio da Paz, a historical figure of São Paulo Futebol Clube, who was serving in Natal at that time, was elected president of the Federation. Finally, on February 12th, 1943, an act of the FND presidency annulled all matches and canceled the 1942 tournament.

#	Club	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	América de Natal	7	5	2	0	13	17
2	ABC	7	4	3	0	11	15
3	QFC	7	4	2	1	9	14
4	Potiguar de Mossoró	7	4	2	1	4	14
5	Laguna	7	1	2	4	-5	5
6	Santa Cruz de Natal	7	1	2	4	-10	5
7	Potyguar	7	1	1	5	-11	4
8	Globo	7	0	2	5	-11	2

Tables are available for selected soccer competitions and seasons only. No positions are estimated.