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Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol

Founded	1919
Country	Brazil Rio Grande do Sul
Confederation	CBF FGF
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Série A2
Domestic cup(s)	Copa FGF
Current champions	Grêmio (43rd title) (2024)
Most championships	Internacional (45 titles)
TV partners	Rede Globo SporTV Premiere FC GE.com
Website	www.fgf.com.br
Current: 2024 Campeonato Gaúcho

The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the state football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It has been contested since its founding in 1919, being an amateur competition until 1940 when the league became professional. Twelve teams contest in the Campeonato Gaúcho, typically from January to April, for the state championship title.

The rivalry of two of the better-known Brazilian teams (Grêmio and Internacional) have a significant impact in the history of the tournament. Since 1940, the Grenal duo did not win the title on just four occasions: the defunct Renner was champion in 1954, Juventude almost 44 years later in 1998, Caxias, in 2000, under Tite's command, and Novo Hamburgo in 2017.

Internacional is the biggest winner of the competition, with 45 titles, followed by Grêmio with 42 titles and Guarany of Bagé with two titles.

Format

The Campeonato Gaúcho is held by the Federação Gaúcha de Futebol (Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation) in the beginning of the year from January until April. Throughout its history, the Gauchão had various formats of competition, with almost regular changes to the format of the competition. Currently, the competition has a single group of 12 teams with a single round-robin system: where each team plays against the other only once. The eight best ranked clubs advance to the knockout phase, formed by a single-game quarter-finals, the semifinals, and the finals, which both are decided in a home-and-away series.

In addition to the main title, there is the Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Interior Championship), created as a prize for the best team outside the Grenal duo, the usual winners of the competition. According to the formula adopted from 2012, the award is given to the best ranked team in the championship, as long as it is not Grêmio or Internacional and has not played in the final of the competition. Despite the name, the prize doesn't need to be necessarily given to only teams from the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, but also from the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre or even Porto Alegre itself.

Qualification for competitions

The best placed of league qualify for the next year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, excluding the teams having already qualified for the Série A, Série B, Série C or Série D by other means. The worst placed are relegated to the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2.

The winner of the Campeonato Gaúcho faces the winner of the state cup Copa FGF at the super cup Recopa Gaúcha.

Clubs

2023 First Division

Champions

Notes

• 9º Regimento de Pelotas is the currently GA Farroupilha.
• Floriano is the currently EC Novo Hamburgo.
• Ulbra is the currently Canoas SC.

Titles by team

Teams in bold still active.

By city

City	Championships	Clubs
Porto Alegre	91	Internacional (45), Grêmio (43), Americano (1), Cruzeiro (1), Renner (1)
Bagé	3	Guarany (2), Bagé (1)
Pelotas	3	Brasil de Pelotas (1), Farroupilha (1), Pelotas (1)
Rio Grande	3	Rio Grande (1), Rio-Grandense (1), São Paulo (1)
Caxias do Sul	2	Caxias (1), Juventude (1)
Novo Hamburgo	1	Novo Hamburgo (1)
Santana do Livramento	1	Grêmio Santanense (1)

Participation

Most appearances

As of 2025 season

Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the Campeonato Gaúcho.

• SER Caxias includes the participations of "Associação Caxias de Futebol" (1972–1975), when GE Flamengo and EC Juventude were merged.

See also

• Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2
• Campeonato Gaúcho Série B
• Copa FGF
• Recopa Gaúcha
• Super Copa Gaúcha
• Copa Metropolitana
• Copa Sul-Fronteira
• Copa Serrana

References

1. "Ipiranga renova patrocínio ao Gauchão 2023". www.fgf.com.br. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
2. "Federação Gaúcha de Futebol". www.fgf.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved January 19, 2023.
3. "Renner, o Papão campeão gaúcho de 1954". Retrieved April 8, 2023.
4. "Saiba quem é o maior campeão gaúcho de todos os tempos". Torcedores - Notícias Esportivas (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 8, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
5. ^ Pitaco, Rei do. "Campeonato Gaúcho: como as equipes se classificam e formato de disputa". reidopitaco.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 7, 2023.
6. "Pela quinta vez em 7 anos, melhor campanha do Interior não leva título". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 29, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
7. Alegre, Por GLOBOESPORTE COM Porto (November 14, 2013). "FGF cria Recopa Gaúcha, e 1ª edição é em 12 de janeiro; Inter garante vaga". globoesporte.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.

External links

• FGF website. Federação Gaúcha de Futebol.
• Campeonato Gaúcho regulations. Federação Gaúcha de Futebol.

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