2015 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2015 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2015 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho or Gaúcho, was the 95th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began on 31 January and ended on 3 May, with the second leg of final. The 16 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho (Championship A1 Series). Internacional successfully defended its 2014 title.

Campeonato Gaúcho
Season2015
ChampionsInternacional
RelegatedCaxias
União Frederiquense
Avenida
Série DYpiranga-RS
Copa do BrasilInternacional
Grêmio
Brasil (PE)
Matches played131
Top goalscorerMichel (Passo Fundo)
11 goals
Best goalkeeperCarlão (Ypiranga-RS)
9 clean sheets
Biggest home winJuventude 6–1 Aimoré
(5 April)
Biggest away winSão Paulo 0–3 Juventude
(11 February)
Highest scoringInternacional 4–4 São José-RS
(4 February)
Longest winning run7 games
Internacional
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Grêmio
Longest winless run9 games
União Frederiquense
Longest losing run4 games
Caxias
Passo Fundo
Highest attendance46,909
Grêmio 0–0 Internacional
(26 April)
Lowest attendance109
São José-RS 2–2 Cruzeiro-RS
(26 March)
2014
2016

In the 2015 season finals, the two top ranked clubs in the state league (Grêmio and Internacional) qualified, reissuing the Grenal in the championship decision after both clubs narrowly escaped elimination in the quarterfinals. In the opening match of the finals, the game ended in a 0–0 draw at Arena do Grêmio. Along with the two finalists, Brasil also qualified for the next season Copa do Brasil. Ypiranga-RS qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D at this season, for being the best placed team without national division. Meanwhile, Caxias, União Frederiquense and Avenida were the three bottom ranked teams and were relegated for the 2016 season to the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2.

Michel easily won the scoring title with 11 goals Passo Fundo failed to qualify for the knockout phase. The goalkeeper Carlão, of Ypiranga-RS, led the championship with 9 clean sheets, while Marcelo Grohe, of Grêmio, finished with 8.

Format

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The sixteen participating clubs plays each other in a single round. The top eight teams qualified to the play-offs. The bottom three teams in the overall standings were relegated.[1]

Clubs

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The following 16 clubs contested in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho.

Club City Stadium Capacity Pos. in 2014 1st season Seasons Titles Last title
Aimoré São Leopoldo Cristo Rei 10,000 11th 1961 6
Avenida Santa Cruz do Sul Estádio dos Eucaliptos 3,600 2nd (Série A2) 1971 10
Brasil (PE) Pelotas Bento Freitas 18,000 3rd 1919 16 1 1919
Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 30,802 4th 1961 54 1 2000
Cruzeiro-RS Cachoeirinha Antônio Vieira Ramos 8,000 8th 1929 20 1 1929
Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio 55,662 2nd 1919 73 36 2010
Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 50,128 1st 1927 71 43 2014
Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 23,726 7th 1925 57 1 1998
Lajeadense Lajeado Arena Alviazul 7,000 12th 1975 18
Novo Hamburgo Novo Hamburgo Estádio do Vale 6,500 6th 1930 62
Passo Fundo Passo Fundo Vermelhão da Serra 20,000 13th 1987 23
São José-RS Porto Alegre Passo D'Areia 8,000 10th 1961 31
São Paulo-RS Rio Grande Aldo Dapuzzo 11,500 9th 1933 28 1 1933
União Frederiquense Frederico Westphalen Vermelhão da Colina 4,000 3rd (Série A2) 2015 1
Veranópolis Veranópolis Antônio David Farina 4,000 5th 1994 22
Ypiranga-RS Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 30,000 1st (Série A2) 1968 25

First stage

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internacional 15 10 4 1 21 8 +13 34 Advance to knockout phase
2 Grêmio 15 9 3 3 20 7 +13 30
3 Ypiranga-RS 15 8 2 5 21 10 +11 26
4 Brasil (PE) 15 7 5 3 18 9 +9 26
5 Lajeadense 15 6 6 3 18 12 +6 24
6 Juventude 15 6 5 4 18 10 +8 23
7 Novo Hamburgo 15 6 3 6 13 14 −1 21
8 Cruzeiro-RS 15 5 6 4 13 13 0 21
9 Passo Fundo 15 5 5 5 18 21 −3 20
10 Veranópolis 15 5 3 7 10 12 −2 18
11 São José-RS 15 4 6 5 17 18 −1 18
12 Aimoré 15 4 6 5 16 24 −8 18
13 São Paulo-RS 15 3 5 7 12 19 −7 14
14 Caxias 15 3 3 9 10 18 −8 12 2016 Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2
15 União Frederiquense 15 1 7 7 10 24 −14 10
16 Avenida 15 2 3 10 9 25 −16 9
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2015. Source: Globo Esporte
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.

Knockout phase

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Quarter-finals

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Standings

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Internacional 2–2 (3–1 p) Cruzeiro-RS
Brasil (PE) 2–1 Lajeadense
Grêmio 1–1 (6–5 p) Novo Hamburgo
Ypiranga-RS 0–2 Juventude

Matches

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8 April Single leg Brasil (PE) 2–1 Lajeadense Rio Grande
21:00 UTC-03:00 Oliveira   31'
Wender   70'
Report Gilmar   45+1' (pen.) Stadium: Aldo Dapuzzo
Attendance: 4,960
Referee: Leandro Vuaden
8 April Single leg Internacional 2–2
(3–1 p)
Cruzeiro-RS Porto Alegre
22:00 UTC-03:00 López   77', 81' (pen.) Report Matheus   40'
Wesley   50'
Stadium: Beira-Rio
Attendance: 9,396
Referee: Diego Real
Penalties
D'Alessandro  
López  
Juan  
Moura  
Laerte  
Heffner  
Jefferson  
Benhur  
9 April Single leg Grêmio 1–1
(6–5 p)
Novo Hamburgo Porto Alegre
19:30 UTC-03:00 Geromel   70' Report Fred   29' Stadium: Arena do Grêmio
Attendance: 16,991
Referee: Anderson Daronco
Penalties
Maicon  
Bastos  
Luan  
Everton  
Douglas  
Oliveira  
Ramiro  
Magrão  
Fred  
Humberto  
Luís Mario  
Paulinho  
 
Schuster  
9 April Single leg Ypiranga-RS 0–2 Juventude Erechim
19:30 UTC-03:00 Report Wallacer   11', 56' Stadium: Colosso da Lagoa
Attendance: 3,127
Referee: Jean Pierre Lima

Semi-finals

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Standings

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional 4–2 Brasil (PE) 1–1 3–1
Grêmio 3–1 Juventude 1–0 2–1

Matches

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11 April 1st leg Brasil (PE) 1–1 Internacional Rio Grande
16:00 UTC-03:00 Forster   81' (pen.) Report Moura   45+3' Stadium: Aldo Dapuzzo
Attendance: 6,503
Referee: Anderson Daronco
12 April 1st leg Juventude 0–1 Grêmio Caxias do Sul
16:00 UTC-03:00 Report Giuliano   20' Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi
Attendance: 8,192
Referee: Daniel Bins
18 April 2nd leg Grêmio 2–1
(3–1 agg.)
Juventude Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC-03:00 Luan   29'
Geromel   76'
Report Douglas   45+1' Stadium: Arena do Grêmio
Attendance: 32,855
Referee: Jean Pierre Lima
18 April 2nd leg Internacional 3–1
(4–2 agg.)
Brasil (PE) Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC-03:00 Alex   56'
Valdívia   61'
Moura   80'
Report Márcio Jonatan   86' Stadium: Beira-Rio
Attendance: 27,395
Referee: Luís Teixeira Rocha

Finals

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Standings

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional 2–1 Grêmio 0–0 2–1

Matches

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26 April 1st leg Grêmio 0–0 Internacional Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC-03:00 Report Stadium: Arena do Grêmio
Attendance: 46,909
Referee: Anderson Daronco

Overall table

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Unlike 2014, the overall table considers the matches played during all stages and the first criterion for the position is stage. In order to reduce the number of participants from 16 to 12 (14 in 2016) three teams that would be relegated to play Série A2 in 2016 and only one team would be promoted to the first division. The best placed team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Grêmio and Internacional), Série B or Série C (Brasil (PE), Caxias and Juventude) and the 2014 Super Copa Gaúcha champions Lajeadense will be "promoted" to Série D. The best three teams will qualify for 2016 Copa do Brasil.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internacional 20 12 7 1 29 13 +16 43 2016 Copa do Brasil
2 Grêmio 20 11 5 4 25 11 +14 38
3 Brasil (PE) 18 7 7 4 22 14 +8 28
4 Juventude 18 7 5 6 21 13 +8 26
5 Ypiranga-RS 16 8 2 6 21 12 +9 26 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
6 Lajeadense 16 6 6 4 19 14 +5 24
7 Novo Hamburgo 16 6 4 6 14 15 −1 22
8 Cruzeiro-RS 16 5 7 4 15 15 0 22
9 Passo Fundo 15 5 5 5 18 21 −3 20
10 Veranópolis 15 5 3 7 10 12 −2 18
11 São José-RS 15 4 6 5 17 18 −1 18
12 Aimoré 15 4 6 5 16 24 −8 18
13 São Paulo-RS 15 3 5 7 12 19 −7 14
14 Caxias 15 3 3 9 10 18 −8 12 2016 Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2
15 União Frederiquense 15 1 7 7 10 24 −14 10
16 Avenida 15 2 3 10 9 25 −16 9
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: Globo Esporte
Rules for classification: 1) Stage; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored.

Records and statistics

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Goalscorers

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This is the list of goalscorers in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho. Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Michel Passo Fundo 11
2   Nena Brasil (PE) 6
  Ramon Machado Lajeadense 6
  Paulo Baier Ypiranga-RS 6
5   Wesley Cruzeiro-RS 5
  Alex Internacional 5
  Valdívia Internacional 5
  Wallacer Juventude 5
  Leandrão Novo Hamburgo 5
10   Paulinho Simionato Avenida 4
  Diogo Oliveira Brasil (PE) 4
  Giuliano Grêmio 4
  Luan Grêmio 4
  Rafinha São José-RS 4

References

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  1. ^ Federação Gaúcha de Futebol. "Regulamento do Gauchão 2015" (PDF).