Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar, commonly known as Potiguar or as Potiguar de Mossoró, are a
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian
football team from
Mossoró
Mossoró () is the second most populous city in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and also the largest municipality of that state. It is equidistant (four hours' drive) from Natal (approximately 277 km or 172 miles), the state capi ...
.
They won the
Campeonato Potiguar
The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Format
First Division
First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.
Second stage: home-and-away playoffs between the t ...
once and competed in the
Série A twice.
Potiguar is currently ranked fourth among Rio Grande do Norte teams in
CBF's national club ranking at 157th place overall. They are the best placed team in the state from outside of
Greater Natal
The Greater Natal (lit. ''Grande Natal'', officially ''Natal Metropolitan Region'', lit. ''Região Metropolitana de Natal'') is a metropolitan area located in Rio Grande do Norte state in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federat ...
.
History
They were founded on February 11, 1945, as Esporte Clube Potuguar by a group of sportsmen.
They fused with Associação Desportiva Potiguar on June 19, 1953.
The club won the
Campeonato Potiguar
The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Format
First Division
First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.
Second stage: home-and-away playoffs between the t ...
in 2004.
Potiguar competed in the
Série A in
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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, when they were eliminated in the first stage.
The club was eliminated in
Copa João Havelange
The 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Copa João Havelange) was the 44th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Due to legal complications, the championship was organized ...
's first stage of the
Green module in 2000.
Stadium
They play their home games at the
Nogueirão
Estádio Leonardo Nogueira, usually known as Nogueirão, is a multi-use stadium located in Mossoró, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of the two most important teams of the city Associação Cultural Esport ...
stadium.
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 25,000 people.
Honours
Rio Grande do Norte State Championship
* Winners (2): 2004, 2013
* Runners-up (3): 1997, 2006, 2008
Rio Grande do Norte Second Division
* Winners (1): 1981
Derby
The derby between Potiguar and
Baraúnas is known as ''Potiba''.
References
External links
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Association football clubs established in 1945
Football clubs in Rio Grande do Norte