1974 Campeonato Gaúcho Explained
| Competition: | Campeonato Gaúcho |
| Season: | 1974 |
| Winners: | Internacional |
| Continentalcup1: | 1974 Copa Brasil |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Grêmio
Internacional |
| League Topscorer: | Escurinho (Internacional) – 11 goals |
| Biggest Home Win: | Encantado 5–1 Armour (March 30, 1974)
Novo Hamburgo 4-0 Pratense (May 26, 1974)
Associação Santa Cruz 4-0 Armour (June 9, 1974)
Gaúcho 4-0 Pratense (June 16, 1974)
Internacional 5-1 Associação Santa Cruz (August 11, 1974)
Internacional 4-0 Esportivo (August 25, 1974)
Internacional 4-0 Inter de Santa Maria (September 22, 1974)
Internacional 4-0 Gaúcho (October 6, 1974)
Internacional 4-0 Atlético de Carazinho (November 17, 1974) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Pratense 1-5 Associação Santa Cruz (May 4, 1974)
Associação Santa Cruz 0-4 Grêmio (September 22, 1974) |
| Highest Scoring: | Ypiranga 3-3 Esportivo (March 24, 1974)
Encantado 5–1 Armour (March 30, 1974)
Associação Caxias 4-2 Rio-Grandense (April 6, 1974)
Pratense 1-5 Associação Santa Cruz (May 4, 1974)
Grêmio 3-3 Encantado (August 4, 1974)
Internacional 5-1 Associação Santa Cruz (August 11, 1974) |
| Matches: | 183 |
| Total Goals: | 361 |
| Prevseason: | 1973 |
| Nextseason: | 1975 |
The 54th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on March 9, 1974, and ended on December 15, 1974. Sixteen teams participated. Internacional won their 22nd title.[1] [2]
System
The championship would have three stages.:
- Preliminary phase: The twelve best clubs in the Copa Governador do Estado of the previous year and another two teams qualified from the Copa Cícero Soares would play in a single round-robin format against each other.[3] the eight best teams would qualify to the Decagonal. the six bottom teams would qualify to the second phase of the Copa Governador do Estado.
- Decagonal: The remaining eight teams, now joined by Grêmio and Internacional, would play each other in a double round-robin format.
- Finals: The winners of the two rounds of the Decagonal qualified to this stage. If the same team won both stages, it would win the title automatically.
Championship
Decagonal
Final standings
Third place playoffs
Copa Governador do Estado
System
The cup would have two stages:[4]
- First phase: Eighteen teams would be divided into three groups of six teams. Each team would play twice against the teams of its own group. The four best teams in each group qualified to the Second phase.
- Second phase: The twelve remaining teams joined the six teams that had been eliminated in the Preliminary phase of the Campeonato Gaúcho and played each other in a single round-robin format. The 15 best teams would qualify to the 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho.
First phase
Group C
Second phase
Notes and References
- Web site: Championship of Rio Grande do Sul 1974. RSSSFBrasil.com. August 4, 2020.
- Web site: Championship of Rio Grande do Sul 1974. Futebolnacional.com.br. August 4, 2020.
- Web site: Copa Governador do Estado 1973. RSSSFBrasil.com. August 4, 2020.
- Web site: Copa Governador do Estado 1974. RSSSFBrasil.com. August 4, 2020.
