Espirito Santo State League 1997

Participating Clubs:

Associação Desportiva Ferroviário (Vitória)
Comercial Atlético Clube (Alegre)
Esporte Clube Aracruz (Aracruz)
Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube (Cachoeiro do Itapemirim)
Linhares Esporte Clube (Linhares)
Muniz Freire Futebol Clube (Muniz Freire)
Rio Branco Atlético Clube (Vitória)
Rio Branco Futebol Clube (Venda Nova do Imigrante)
Rio Pardo Futebol Clube (Iúna)
São Mateus Futebol Clube (São Mateus do Sul)
Sport Club Capixaba (Guaçuí)
Vitória Futebol Clube (Vitória)

First Stage

First Phase

Round 1 [Feb 22,23]
Estrela        2-2 Rio Branco
Desportiva     3-1 Vitoria
Linhares       3-0 Sao Mateus
Capixaba       1-2 Rio Branco-VN
Rio Pardo      1-1 Comercial
Aracruz        3-0 Muniz Freire    [Mar 12]

Round 2 [Mar 2]
Rio Branco     2-2 Muniz Freire
Rio Branco-VN  2-0 Vitoria
Rio Pardo      1-3 Desportiva
Comercial      0-0 Linhares
Aracruz        3-1 Capixaba
Sao Mateus     6-0 Estrela

Round 3 [Mar 9]
Linhares       1-0 Rio Pardo
Capixaba       0-0 Rio Branco
Vitoria        0-0 Aracruz
Muniz Freire   4-2 Sao Mateus
Desportiva     2-0 Rio Branco-VN
Estrela        0-2 Comercial

Round 4 [Mar 15,16]
Rio Pardo      0-2 Estrela
Rio Branco     1-1 Desportiva
Sao Mateus     0-1 Vitoria
Comercial      1-2 Capixaba
Rio Branco-VN  1-3 Aracruz
Linhares       3-2 Muniz Freire

Round 5 [Mar 19?]
Sao Mateus     4-1 Rio Branco-VN
Desportiva     4-1 Comercial
Aracruz        1-1 Rio Branco
Vitoria        0-1 Linhares
Capixaba       0-2 Estrela 
Muniz Freire   0-2 Rio Pardo

Round 6 [Mar 22,23]
Rio Pardo      1-0 Vitoria
Estrela        1-0 Aracruz
Rio Branco     0-2 Linhares
Capixaba       0-1 Desportiva
Comercial      1-1 Sao Mateus
Rio Branco-VN  2-1 Muniz Freire

Round 7 [Mar 26?]
Vitoria        1-2 Muniz Freire
Desportiva     0-1 Estrela 
Sao Mateus     4-0 Rio Branco
Aracruz        1-1 Comercial
Rio Pardo      2-0 Capixaba
Linhares       3-0 Rio Branco-VN

Round 8 [Mar 30]
Rio Branco     3-1 Vitoria
Desportiva     3-0 Aracruz
Sao Mateus     4-0 Capixaba
Muniz Freire   4-2 Comercial
Rio Branco-VN  0-0 Rio Pardo
Estrela        0-0 Linhares

Round 9 [Apr 2,3]
Comercial      1-1 Rio Branco-VN
Rio Pardo      0-1 Rio Branco
Capixaba       2-2 Muniz Freire
Vitoria        1-2 Estrela
Linhares       0-1 Desportiva
Aracruz        2-2 Sao Mateus

Round 10 [Apr 5,6]
Vitoria        1-0 Capixaba
Estrela        0-0 Rio Branco-VN
Rio Branco     4-2 Comercial
Sao Mateus     1-0 Rio Pardo
Muniz Freire   2-0 Desportiva
Linhares       1-0 Aracruz

Round 11 [Apr 13]
Comercial      1-1 Vitoria
Rio Branco-VN  1-3 Rio Branco
Muniz Freire   1-0 Estrela
Desportiva     1-1 Sao Mateus
Aracruz        2-2 Rio Pardo
Capixaba       2-3 Linhares

Final Table:

 1.Linhares          11  8  2  1  17- 5  26
 2.Desportiva        11  7  2  2  19- 8  23
 3.São Mateus        11  5  3  3  25-13  18
 4.Estrela do Norte  11  5  3  3  10-12  18
 5.Muniz Freire      11  5  2  4  20-19  17
 6.Rio Branco        11  4  5  2  17-16  17  [Vitoria]
 7.Aracruz           11  3  5  3  15-13  14
 8.Rio Pardo         11  3  3  5   9-11  12
 9.Rio Branco-VN     11  3  3  5  10-18  12  [Venda Nova]
10.Comercial         11  1  6  4  13-19   9
11.Vitoria           11  2  2  7   7-15   8
12.Capixaba          11  1  2  8   8-21   5

NB: With these results Linhares won the first phase and are qualified for
    the Final Round.
 

Second Phase

Round 1 [Apr 20]
Rio Branco     2-0 Estrela
Vitoria        0-0 Desportiva
Sao Mateus     1-0 Linhares
Rio Branco-VN  3-1 Capixaba
Comercial      2-0 Rio Pardo
Aracruz        1-1 Muniz Freire

Round 2 [Apr 26,27]
Estrela        1-0 Sao Mateus
Muniz Freire   0-1 Rio Branco
Linhares       4-0 Comercial
Capixaba       2-1 Aracruz
Vitoria        0-0 Rio Branco-VN
Desportiva     3-0 Rio Pardo

Round 3 [May 1]
Rio Pardo      1-1 Linhares
Rio Branco     1-0 Capixaba
Aracruz        2-0 Vitoria
Sao Mateus     4-2 Muniz Freire
Rio Branco-VN  0-2 Desportiva
Comercial      0-2 Estrela

Round 4 [May 3,4]
Estrela        5-0 Rio Pardo
Muniz Freire   2-1 Linhares
Aracruz        4-0 Rio Branco-VN
Capixaba       0-0 Comercial
Vitoria        0-0 Sao Mateus
Desportiva     1-0 Rio Branco

Round 5 [May 8]
Rio Branco-VN  1-0 Sao Mateus
Rio Pardo      1-0 Muniz Freire
Linhares       3-0 Vitoria
Estrela        1-0 Capixaba  
Comercial      0-0 Desportiva
Rio Branco     0-0 Aracruz

Round 6 [May 11]
Sao Mateus     5-0 Comercial
Vitoria        3-2 Rio Pardo
Desportiva     1-0 Capixaba
Muniz Freire   2-1 Rio Branco-VN
Linhares       1-0 Rio Branco
Aracruz        2-2 Estrela

Round 7 [May 17,18]
Estrela        1-3 Desportiva
Comercial      0-0 Aracruz
Muniz Freire   3-0 Vitoria
Capixaba       2-0 Rio Pardo  
Rio Branco-VN  2-2 Linhares
Rio Branco     2-2 Sao Mateus

Round 8 [May 21]
Capixaba       0-1 Sao Mateus
Vitoria        1-1 Rio Branco
Comercial      3-4 Muniz Freire
Rio Pardo      3-1 Rio Branco-VN
Aracruz        0-2 Desportiva
Linhares       1-2 Estrela

Round 9 [May 24,25]
Rio Branco     0-1 Rio Pardo
Desportiva     0-0 Linhares
Rio Branco-VN  4-0 Comercial
Muniz Freire   4-0 Capixaba
Sao Mateus     1-1 Aracruz
Estrela        1-1 Vitoria     

Round 10 [May 28]
Desportiva     4-1 Muniz Freire
Capixaba       1-0 Vitoria
Comercial      1-2 Rio Branco
Rio Pardo      0-1 Sao Mateus
Aracruz        1-0 Linhares
Rio Branco-VN  0-1 Estrela

Round 11 [May 31]
Vitoria        0-1 Comercial
Rio Branco     1-2 Rio Branco-VN
Linhares       3-0 Capixaba
Estrela        2-1 Muniz Freire
Sao Mateus     0-0 Desportiva
Rio Pardo      2-5 Aracruz

Table:

 1.Desportiva        11  7  4  0  16- 2  25
 2.Estrela do Norte  11  7  2  2  18-10  23
 3.São Mateus        11  5  4  2  15- 7  19
 4.Aracruz           11  4  5  2  17-10  17
 5.Muniz Freire      11  5  1  5  20-18  16
 6.Linhares          11  4  3  4  16- 9  15
 7.Rio Branco        11  4  3  4  10- 9  15  [Vitoria]
 8.Rio Branco-VN     11  4  2  5  14-16  14  [Venda Nova]
 9.Capixaba          11  3  1  7   6-15  10
10.Rio Pardo         11  3  1  7  10-23  10
11.Comercial         11  2  3  6   7-21   9
12.Vitoria           11  1  5  5   5-14   8

Desportiva qualified for semifinals.

Combined Table both stages:

 1.Desportiva        22 14  6  2  35-10  48
 2.Linhares          22 12  5  5  33-14  41
 3.Estrela do Norte  22 12  5  5  28-22  41
 4.São Mateus        22 10  7  5  40-20  37
 5.Muniz Freire      22 10  3  9  40-37  33
 6.Rio Branco        22  8  8  6  27-25  32  [Vitoria]
 7.Aracruz           22  7 10  5  32-23  31
 8.Rio Branco-VN     22  7  5 10  24-34  26  [Venda Nova]
 9.Rio Pardo         22  6  4 12  19-34  22
10.Comercial         22  3  9 10  20-40  18
11.Vitoria           22  3  7 12  12-31  16
12.Capixaba          22  4  3 15  14-36  15

Estrela do Norte and São Mateus qualified for semifinals.
(In addition to the two stage winners, Linhares and Desportiva)


Semifinals

First Legs [Jun 7,8]
Estrela        0-4 Linhares
Sao Mateus     1-1 Desportiva

Second Legs [Jun 15]
Linhares       2-0 Estrela
Desportiva     0-1 Sao Mateus


Final

First Leg [Jun 22]
Sao Mateus     1-2 Linhares

Second Leg [Jun 29]
Linhares       1-1 Sao Mateus

Linhares EC are Capixaba champions 1997.

Topscorer: Marcos Roberto (Aracruz) 17 goals.

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About this document

Prepared and maintained by Julio Bovi Diogo and Miguel Alvim Gonzalez for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Julio Bovi Diogo (juliodiogo@atribuna.com.br) and Miguel Alvim Gonzalez (miguelgonzalez@openlink.com.br)
Last updated: 4 Mar 2000

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