First Phase: Round 1: April 5th: Auto Esporte 4-0 Atalaia Santa Cruz 1-0 Botafogo Treze 1-0 Atletico Souza 1-1 Nacional Esporte 2-1 Campinense April 23rd: Confianca 0-2 Vila Branca Round 2: April 8th: Botafogo 5-2 Vila Branca Atalaia 0-2 Treze Campinense 1-1 Santa Cruz Esporte 2-0 Souza Atletico 3-0 Auto Esporte April 21st: Nacional P 1-0 Confianca Round 3: April 12th: Botafogo 2-1 Campinense Vila Branca 2-1 Auto Esporte Treze 2-0 Esporte Nacional 1-2 Atletico Souza 3-1 Santa Cruz April 30th: Confianca 3-1 Atalaia Round 4: April 19th: Botafogo 3-0 Auto Esporte Atletico 1-1 Souza Treze 0-0 Campinnese Vila Branca 1-0 Atalaia Nacional P 1-1 Esporte Confianca 2-2 Santa Cruz Round 5: April 26th: Botafogo 5-0 Esporte Santa Cruz 2-2 Vila Branca Atalaia 2-0 Nacional Campinense 1-1 Auto Esporte Souza 0-0 Treze Atletico 4-0 Confianca Round 6: April 28th: Esporte 4-2 Atalaia April 30th: Auto Esporte 0-0 Santa Cruz Vila Branca 1-0 Souza Atletico 0-0 Campinense Nacional 1-0 Treze May 12th: Confianca - Botafogo [away win; reported 2-1] Round 7: May 1st: Atalaia 1-0 Atletico May 3rd: Auto Esporte 2-1 Nacional Vila Branca 4-0 Campinense Treze 0-0 Botafogo Esporte 3-0 Santa Cruz Souza 3-0 Confianca Round 8: May 5th: Atalaia 1-2 Botafogo Santa Cruz 0-1 Treze Confianca 1-1 Esporte Atletico 1-0 Vila Branca May 6th: Auto Esporte 1-0 Souza Campinense 1-0 Nacional P Round 9: May 9th: Campinense 6-1 Atalaia Treze 1-1 Vila Branca Santa Cruz 1-1 Nacional P Auto Esporte 3-0 Confianca Souza 2-2 Botafogo Atletico 1-0 Esporte Round 10: May 13th: Atalaia 1-1 Santa Cruz May 14th: Campinense bt Souza Confianca 0-1 Treze [?] Esporte 1-3 Auto Esporte Botafogo 2-0 Atletico Nacional bt Vila Branca Round 11: May 17th: Santa Cruz 0-0 Atletico Auto Esporte 2-0 Treze Vila Branca 1-0 Esporte Nacional P 1-1 Botafogo Souza - Atalaia [home win; reported 1-1] Campinense 5-2 Confianca Table: 1.Botafogo 11 7 3 1 22- 8 24 [*6] 2.Auto Esporte 11 6 2 3 17-11 20 3.Vila Branca 11 6 2 3 16-10 20 [*10] 4.Treze 11 5 4 2 8- 4 19 5.Atlético 11 5 3 3 12- 6 18 6.Campinense 11 4 4 3 16-13 16 [*10] 7.Esporte (Patos) 11 4 2 5 14-17 14 8.Souza 11 3 4 4 10- 9 13 [*10,*11] 9.Nacional 11 3 4 4 8-11 13 [*10] 10.Santa Cruz 11 1 7 3 9-14 10 11.Atalaia 11 2 1 8 9-23 7 [*11] 12.Confiança 11 1 2 8 8-23 5 [*6] [*6] w/o goals round 6 [*10] w/o goals round 10 [*11] w/o goals round 11 Top-4 qualified for final stage. Semifinals: May 20th: Treze 0-2 Botafogo May 21st: Vila Branca 2-1 Auto Esporte May 23rd: Botafogo 1-0 Treze May 24th: Auto Esporte 0-1 Vila Branca Finals: May 27th: Vila Branca 2-1 Botafogo MAy 30th: Botafogo 2-1 Vila Branca Botafogo win (on overall record) and win the first phase. Second Phase: Round 1: June 6th: Atalaia 0-3 Auto Esporte June 7th: Botafogo 6-0 Santa Cruz Vila Branca 2-0 Confianca Campinense 2-0 Esporte Nacional-P 3-2 Souza Atletico 1-0 Treze Round 2: June 11th: Auto Esporte 1-2 Atletico Santa Cruz 1-1 Campinense Confianca 3-1 Nacional-P Vila Branca 1-2 Botafogo Treze 6-0 Atalaia Souza 1-0 Esporte Round 3: June 15th: Auto Esporte 1-1 Vila Branca Santa Cruz 0-3 Souza Atalaia 0-2 Confianca Campinense 2-1 Botafogo Esporte 1-0 Treze Atletico 1-0 Nacional-P Round 4: June 21st: Auto Esporte 0-4 Botafogo Santa Cruz 0-0 Confianca Atalaia 0-0 Vila Branca Campinense 0-0 Treze Esporte 1-1 Nacional-P Souza 2-0 Atletico Round 5: June 25th: Nacional-P 1-1 Atalaia Auto Esporte 1-1 Campinense Confianca 0-1 Atletico Vila Branca 0-1 Santa Cruz Treze 0-0 Souza Esporte 0-1 Botafogo Round 6: July 1st: Botafogo 3-2 Confianca Santa Cruz 0-0 Auto Esporte Atalaia 3-0 Esporte Treze 3-0 Nacional-P Souza 3-1 Vila Branca July 2nd: Campinense 2-1 Atletico Round 7: July 5th: Botafogo 3-1 Treze Santa Cruz 1-2 Esporte Confianca 3-1 Souza Campinense 5-1 Vila Branca Nacional-P 2-0 Auto Esporte Atletico 0-0 Atalaia Round 8 (moved?): Atalaia bt Botafogo Treze bt Santa Cruz Esporte bt Confianca Vila Branca draw Atletico Souza bt Auto Esporte Nacional P lt Campinense Round 9: July 9th: Vila Branca 1-2 Treze Esporte 0-0 Atletico July 11th: Botafogo 2-1 Souza Confianca 4-1 Auto Esporte Atalaia 1-0 Campinense Nacional-P 1-1 Santa Cruz Round 10: July 15th: Auto Esporte 3-0 Esporte Santa Cruz 3-0 Atalaia [possibly draw] Vila Branca 2-1 Nacional-P Treze 3-2 Confianca Souza 1-3 Campinense Atletico 0-1 Botafogo Round 11: July 19th: Botafogo 3-1 Nacional-P Confianca 1-0 Campinense Atalaia 0-1 Souza Treze 2-1 Auto Esporte Esporte 1-0 Vila Branca Atletico 0-3 Santa Cruz Table [without goals round 8]: 1.Botafogo 11 9 0 2 26- 8 27 2.Campinense 11 6 3 2 16- 8 21 3.Treze 11 6 2 3 17- 9 20 4.Souza 11 6 1 4 15-12 19 5.Confiança 11 5 1 5 17-12 16 6.Atlético 11 4 3 4 6- 9 15 7.Esporte (Patos) 11 4 2 5 5-12 14 8.Santa Cruz 11 3 4 4 10-13 13 [+] 9.Atalaia 11 3 3 5 5-16 12 [+] 10.Auto Esporte 11 2 3 6 11-16 9 11.Nacional 11 2 3 6 11-17 9 12.Vila Branca 11 2 3 6 9-16 9 [+] round 10 result unclear, Atalaia reported with 13, Santa Cruz with 11 points. Top-4 qualified for final stage. Semifinals First Leg unknown Second Leg: July 26th: Campinense 2-3 Treze Botafogo 2-1 Sousa Final: First Leg: July 29th: Botafogo 3-0 Treze Second Leg: August 2nd: Treze 2-1 Botafogo Botafogo win the second phase. Third Phase: August 5th: Santa Cruz 0-1 Botafogo Esporte 1-0 Campinense August 6th: Treze 1-0 Atletico August 9th: Auto Esporte 1-0 Atalaia Confianca 1-1 Vila Branca Souza 0-0 Nacional-P August 11th: Esporte 1-2 Souza August 13th: Atletico 3-1 Auto Esporte Nacional-P 2-1 Confianca August 16th: Confianca 1-0 Atalaia Vila Branca 3-4 Auto Esporte Nacional-P 1-2 Atletico Souza 2-1 Santa Cruz results between August 16th and September 6th missing 06/09/98 Santa Cruz 1-1 Vila Branca Atalaia 1-2 Nacional-P Atletico 3-1 Confianca 08/09/98 Treze 2-0 Esporte 10/09/98 Auto Esporte 1-2 Santa Cruz Esporte 0-0 Atalaia 12/09/98 Auto Esporte 1-0 Nacional-P 13/09/98 Atalaia 0-1 Atletico Souza 4-2 Confianca 14/09/98 Treze 0-1 Vila Branca 15/09/98 Campinense 5-1 Auto Esporte Vila Branca 0-0 Souza Nacional-P 0-1 Treze 16/09/98 Esporte 3-2 Santa Cruz 17/09/98 Atletico 0-1 Campinense 20/09/98 Santa Cruz 2-0 Nacional-P Auto Esporte 8-2 Confianca Table: 1.Atlético 6 4 0 2 9- 5 12 [19] 2.Souza 5 3 2 0 8- 4 11 [15] 3.Auto Esporte 7 4 0 3 17-15 12 [13] 4.Botafogo 1 1 0 0 1- 0 3 [12] 5.Esporte (Patos) 5 2 1 2 5- 6 7 [11] 6.Treze 4 3 0 1 4- 1 9 [10] 7.Nacional 7 2 1 4 5- 8 7 [10] 8.Confiança 6 1 1 4 8-18 4 [10] 9.Vila Branca 5 1 3 1 6- 6 6 [ 9] 10.Santa Cruz 6 2 1 3 8- 8 7 [ 8] 11.Campinense 3 2 0 1 6- 2 6 [ 7] 12.Atalaia 5 0 1 4 1- 5 1 [ 2] results between August 16th and September 6th missing; between square brackets current number of points. Topscorer: Marcelo Santos (Botafogo) with 24 goals. Championship Final 15/11/1998 Botafogo 2-0 Campinense Botafogo champions.
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