2015 Campeonato Gaúcho Explained

Competition:Campeonato Gaúcho
Season:2015
Winners:Internacional
Relegated:Caxias
União Frederiquense
Avenida
Continentalcup1:Série D
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Ypiranga-RS
Continentalcup2:Copa do Brasil
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Internacional
Grêmio
Brasil (PE)
Matches:131
League Topscorer:Michel (Passo Fundo)
11 goals
Best Goalkeeper:Carlão (Ypiranga-RS)
9 clean sheets
Biggest Home Win:Juventude 6–1 Aimoré
(5 April)
Biggest Away Win:São Paulo 0–3 Juventude
(11 February)
Highest Scoring:Internacional 4–4 São José-RS
(4 February)
Longest Wins:7 games
Internacional
Longest Unbeaten:14 games
Grêmio
Longest Winless:9 games
União Frederiquense
Longest Losses:4 games
Caxias
Passo Fundo
Highest Attendance:46,909
Grêmio 0–0 Internacional
(26 April)
Lowest Attendance:109
São José-RS 2–2 Cruzeiro-RS
(26 March)
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

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.

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

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

The following 16 clubs contested in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho.

ClubCityStadiumCapacityPos. in 20141st seasonSeasons<--UNTIL 2015-->TitlesLast title
Cristo Rei 10,000 data-sort-value="011"11th 1961 6
Estádio dos Eucaliptos 3,600 data-sort-value="015"2nd (Série A2) 1971 10
18,000 data-sort-value="003"3rd 1919 16 1 1919
30,802 data-sort-value="004"4th 1961 54 1 2000
Antônio Vieira Ramos 8,000 data-sort-value="008"8th 1929 20 1 1929
55,662 data-sort-value="002"2nd 1919 73 36 2010
50,128 data-sort-value="001"1st 1927 71 43 2014
23,726 data-sort-value="007"7th 1925 57 1 1998
Arena Alviazul 7,000 data-sort-value="012"12th 1975 18
Estádio do Vale 6,500 data-sort-value="006"6th 1930 62
Vermelhão da Serra 20,000 data-sort-value="013"13th 1987 23
Passo D'Areia 8,000 data-sort-value="010"10th 1961 31
Aldo Dapuzzo 11,500 data-sort-value="009"9th 1933 28 1 1933
Vermelhão da Colina 4,000 data-sort-value="016"3rd (Série A2) 2015 1
Antônio David Farina 4,000 data-sort-value="005"5th 1994 22
30,000 data-sort-value="014"1st (Série A2) 1968 25

First stage

Standings

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Matches

Semi-finals

Standings

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Matches

Finals

Standings

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Matches

Overall table

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.

Records and statistics

Goalscorers

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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 MichelPasso Fundo11
align=center rowspan=32 NenaBrasil (PE)6
Ramon MachadoLajeadense6
Paulo BaierYpiranga-RS6
align=center rowspan=55 WesleyCruzeiro-RS5
AlexInternacional5
ValdíviaInternacional5
WallacerJuventude5
LeandrãoNovo Hamburgo5
align=center rowspan=510 Paulinho SimionatoAvenida4
Diogo OliveiraBrasil (PE)4
GiulianoGrêmio4
LuanGrêmio4
RafinhaSão José-RS4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulamento do Gauchão 2015. Federação Gaúcha de Futebol.