Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar

Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar, commonly known as Potiguar or as Potiguar de Mossoró, are a Brazilian football team from Mossoró.[1] They won the Campeonato Potiguar once and competed in the Série A twice.

Potiguar
Full nameAssociação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar
FoundedAugust 15, 1948 (1948-08-15)
GroundNogueirão
Capacity25,000
ChairmanBenjamim Machado
ManagerEmanoel Sacramento
WebsiteClub website

History

They were founded on February 11, 1945, as Esporte Clube Potuguar by a group of sportsmen.[2] They fused with Associação Desportiva Potiguar on June 19, 1953.[1] The club won the Campeonato Potiguar in 2004.[2] Potiguar competed in the Série A in 1979, when they were eliminated in the first stage.[3] The club was eliminated in Copa João Havelange's first stage of the Green module in 2000.[4]

Stadium
Main article: Nogueirão

They play their home games at the Nogueirão stadium.[2] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 25,000 people.[5]

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.[6]

References
  1. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 227. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  2. "Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  3. "V Copa Brasil - 1979". RSSSF. November 16, 2007. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  4. "Brazil 2000 Championship - Copa João Havelange". RSSSF. June 6, 2008. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  5. "Nogueirão" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  6. "Associação Cultural Esporte Clube Baraúnas" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
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