Campeonato Gaúcho


The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho, is the top flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The league is contested between 14 clubs and typically lasts from January to April. Rivalries amongst two of the best-known Brazilian teams has marked the history of the competition. The "Gauchão", as the tournament is popularly known, had its first edition held in 1919.
The current champions are Grêmio, who won their 38th title ever in the 2019 season.

Format

Competition

There are 16 clubs in the Campeonato Gaúcho, divided into two groups. During the course of a season, each club plays against teams from the other group and then against each other inside their own group. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then wins, goal difference and goals scored. The top four teams from each group qualify for the play-offs. For the quarter-finals, the first of a group faces the last of the other group, and so on in a single game at the home of the better-ranked team; the semi-finals are also played in a single game, and finals with two games. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2.

Qualification for competitions

The best placed of league also qualify for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, excluding the teams that are already qualified for the Série A, Série B or Série C. The best three teams in the Campeonato Gaúcho not qualified to Copa Libertadores de América will qualify for Copa do Brasil of the following year.

Clubs

Throughout its nearly 100-year history, dozens of clubs have played Campeonato Gaúcho, including teams that became extinct. The following 12 clubs will compete in the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 during the 2017 season.
ClubCityStadiumCapacityPos. in 20161st seasonSeasonsTitlesLast titleFirst title
Brasil PelotasBento Freitas18,0008th191916119191919
CaxiasCaxias do SulFrancisco Stedile23,0001st 196150120002000
Cruzeiro-RSCachoeirinhaAntônio Vieira Ramos8,00011th192920119291929
GrêmioPorto AlegreArena do Grêmio55,6623rd1919733720191921
InternacionalPorto AlegreBeira-Rio50,1281st1927714320151927
JuventudeCaxias do SulAlfredo Jaconi23,7262nd192557119981998
Novo HamburgoNovo HamburgoEstádio do Vale6,5007th193062120172017
Passo FundoPasso FundoVermelhão da Serra20,00010th198723———
São José-RSPorto AlegrePasso D'Areia8,0004th196131———
São Paulo-RSRio GrandeAldo Dapuzzo11,5006th193328119331933
VeranópolisVeranópolisAntônio David Farina4,0009th199422———
Ypiranga-RSErechimColosso da Lagoa30,0005th196825———

Champions

Recopa Gaúcha

The Recopa Gaúcha is a football tournament, which opens the football calendar year in Rio Grande do Sul and is dispute between the Campeonato Gaúcho champion and champion of Supercopa Gaúcha of previous year in a unique game. In its second edition was disputed in parallel to the first round of the Championship Gaucho, and the third edition in parallel the second round.

List of champions