2023 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2023 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2023 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2023 for sponsorship reasons), was the 103rd season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 21 January to 8 April 2023. 12 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho. Grêmio were the fifth-time defending champion.

Campeonato Gaúcho
Season2023
Dates21 January – 8 April 2023
ChampionsGrêmio
RelegatedEsportivo
Aimoré
Matches played72
Goals scored158 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Pedro Henrique
(8 goals)
2022
2024

Teams

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A total of 12 teams competed in the 2023 Série A1 season.

Club City Stadium Capacity Pos. in 2022 1st season Titles Last title First title
Aimoré São Leopoldo Cristo Rei 12,000 8th 1961
Avenida Santa Cruz do Sul Estádio dos Eucaliptos 20,000 2nd (2nd division) 1979
Brasil de Pelotas Pelotas Bento Freitas 18,000 4th 1919 1 1919 1919
Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 22,132 5th 1961 1 2000 2000
Esportivo Bento Gonçalves Montanha dos Vinhedos 15,269 1st (2nd division) 1970
Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio 55,225 1st 1919 41 2022 1922
Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 50,128 3rd 1927 45 2016 1927
Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 23,726 10th 1925 1 1998 1998
Novo Hamburgo Novo Hamburgo Estádio do Vale 6,500 7th 1930 1 2017 2017
São José Porto Alegre Passo D'Areia 8,000 6th 1961
São Luiz Ijuí 19 de Outubro 14,000 9th 1974
Ypiranga Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 30,000 2nd 1968

Personnel

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Club Manager
Aimoré Pingo
Avenida Márcio Nunes
Brasil de Pelotas Rogério Zimmermann
Caxias Thiago Carvalho
Esportivo Carlos Moraes
Grêmio Renato Portaluppi
Internacional Mano Menezes
Juventude Celso Roth
Novo Hamburgo Edinho Rosa
São José Thiago Gomes
São Luiz William Campos
Ypiranga Luizinho Vieira

First stage

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grêmio 11 9 2 0 22 5 +17 29 Qualification to Knockout stage
2 Internacional 11 6 4 1 22 8 +14 22
3 Caxias 11 5 5 1 19 11 +8 20
4 Ypiranga 11 5 3 3 17 15 +2 18
5 Juventude 11 4 5 2 17 14 +3 17
6 São José 11 4 4 3 11 12 −1 16
7 Brasil de Pelotas 11 3 4 4 6 8 −2 13
8 Novo Hamburgo 11 2 5 4 7 13 −6 11
9 Avenida 11 2 4 5 7 11 −4 10
10 São Luiz 11 2 4 5 6 13 −7 10
11 Esportivo (R) 11 1 3 7 6 19 −13 6 Relegation to Série A2
12 Aimoré (R) 11 1 1 9 5 16 −11 4
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) fewest red cards; 6) fewest yellow cards; 7) Draw in the headquarters of the FGF.
(R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AIM AVE BRA CAX ESP GRE INT JUV NHA SJO SLU YPI
Aimoré 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2
Avenida 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
Brasil de Pelotas 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Caxias 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–0
Esportivo 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–3
Grêmio 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–1
Internacional 2–2 4–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–0
Juventude 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1
Novo Hamburgo 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
São José 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
São Luiz 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Ypiranga 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by matchday

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The table lists the positions of teams after each matchday.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011
Grêmio11111111111
Internacional46322332222
Caxias109663444443
Ypiranga72597223334
Juventude55858885655
São José23734657576
Brasil de Pelotas34246776767
Novo Hamburgo91291010999988
Avenida88475568899
São Luiz671089101010101010
Esportivo1110121211121211111111
Aimoré1211111112111112121212
Qualification to Knockout stage
Relegation to Série A2
Source: Soccerway

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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The first legs was played on 18–19 March, and the second legs was played on 25–26 March 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Grêmio 3–3 (5–4 p) Ypiranga 1–2 2–1
Internacional 2–2 (4–5 p) Caxias 1–1 1–1

Match C1

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Ypiranga2–1Grêmio
  • Erick   69' (pen.), 90+6' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

Grêmio2–1Ypiranga
Report
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 39,869
Referee: Douglas Scwengber da Silva

Grêmio advances to the finals.

Match C2

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Caxias1–1Internacional
Report
Attendance: 8,429
Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima

Internacional1–1Caxias
Report
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 37,182
Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

Caxias advances to the finals.

Finals

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The first legs was played on 1 April, and the second legs was played on 8 April 2023.

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

Match G1

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First leg
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Caxias1–1Grêmio
Report
Attendance: 15,879
Referee: Anderson Daronco
Second leg
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Grêmio1–0Caxias
Report
Attendance: 51,556
Referee: Leandro Vuaden

Overall table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grêmio (C) 15 11 3 1 27 9 +18 36 Champions
2 Caxias 15 5 8 2 22 15 +7 23 Runners-up
3 Internacional 13 6 6 1 24 10 +14 24
4 Ypiranga 13 6 3 4 20 18 +2 21
5 Juventude 11 4 5 2 17 14 +3 17
6 São José 11 4 4 3 11 12 −1 16
7 Brasil de Pelotas 11 3 4 4 6 8 −2 13
8 Novo Hamburgo 11 2 5 4 7 13 −6 11
9 Avenida 11 2 4 5 7 11 −4 10
10 São Luiz 11 2 4 5 6 13 −7 10
11 Esportivo (R) 11 1 3 7 6 19 −13 6 Relegation to Série A2
12 Aimoré (R) 11 1 1 9 5 16 −11 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) fewest red cards; 6) fewest yellow cards; 7) Draw in the headquarters of the FGF.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goal
1   Pedro Henrique Internacional 8
2   Luis Suárez Grêmio 7
3   Rodrigo Rodrigues Juventude 6
4   Bruno Baio Ypiranga 5
  Carlos Henrique Avenida
6   Alan Patrick Internacional 3
  Mateus Pivô São José

References

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