| Competition: | Campeonato Gaúcho |
| Season: | 2021 |
| Winners: | Grêmio (40th title) |
| Dates: | 27 February – 23 May 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Continentalcup1: | Brasileiro Série D |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Caxias Aimoré |
| Matches: | 72 |
| Relegated: | Esportivo Pelotas |
| League Topscorer: | Diego Souza (7 goals) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Brenno (6 clean sheets) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Internacional 5–0 Esportivo |
| Biggest Away Win: | Aimoré 1–6 Internacional |
| Attendance: | 0 |
| Prevseason: | 2020 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2021 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2021 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2021 for sponsorship reasons), was the 101st season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 27 February to 23 May 2021.[1] 12 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho. Grêmio were the three-time defending champion and successfully defended their title.
A total of 12 teams competed in the 2021 Série A1 season.[2]
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Pos. in 2020 | 1st season | Titles | Last title | First title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rei | 12,000 | data-sort-value="007" | 7th | 1919 | 1 | 1919 | 1919 | |||
| 18,000 | data-sort-value="009" | 9th | 1919 | 1 | 1919 | 1919 | ||||
| 22,132 | data-sort-value="002" | 2nd | 1961 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 | ||||
| 15,269 | data-sort-value="004" | 4th | 1970 | — | — | — | ||||
| 55,225 | data-sort-value="001" | 1st | 1919 | 39 | 2020 | 1921 | ||||
| 50,128 | data-sort-value="003" | 3rd | 1927 | 45 | 2016 | 1927 | ||||
| 23,726 | data-sort-value="008" | 8th | 1925 | 1 | 1998 | 1998 | ||||
| Estádio do Vale | 6,500 | data-sort-value="010" | 10th | 1930 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 | |||
| 18,000 | data-sort-value="012" | 12th | 1930 | 1 | 1930 | 1930 | ||||
| 8,000 | data-sort-value="006" | 6th | 1961 | — | — | — | ||||
| 19 de Outubro | 14,000 | data-sort-value="011" | 11th | 1974 | — | — | — | |||
| 30,000 | data-sort-value="005" | 5th | 1968 | — | — | — |
The table lists the positions of teams after each matchday.
The first legs will be played on 2 May, and the second legs will be played on 8 and 9 May 2021.
----Grêmio advances to the finals.
----Internacional advances to the finals.
The first legs will be played on 16 May, and the second legs will be played on 23 May 2021.
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Grêmio win the finals.
Jean Silva for Ypiranga-RS against São Luiz at Matchday 1 of First stage (27 February 2021)[3]| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego Souza | Grêmio | 7 | |
| 2 | Thiago Galhardo | Internacional | 5 | |
| 3 | Gustavo Ramos | Caxias | 4 | |
| Ferreira | Grêmio | |||
| Ricardinho Viana | Grêmio | |||
| Matheus Peixoto | Juventude | |||
| Yuri Alberto | Internacional | |||
| Hélio Paraíba | Novo Hamburgo | |||
| Maurício Caprini | Ypiranga-RS | |||
| 9 | 12 players | 3 | ||
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–2 (H)[4] | 8 March 2021 | ||||
| 6–1 (A)[5] | 14 April 2021 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brenno | Grêmio | 6 |
| 2 | Marcelo Pitol | Caxias | 5 |
| 3 | Raul Steffens | Aimoré | 4 |
| Matheus Nogueira | Brasil (PE) | ||
| Marcelo Carné | Juventude | ||
| Fábio Rampi | São José-RS | ||
| Deivity Martins | Ypiranga-RS | ||
| 8 | Daniel Britto | Internacional | 3 |
| 8 | Anderson Gavineski | Esportivo | 2 |
| Renan Rocha | São Luiz | ||
| 10 | Pablo Rodrigues | Aimoré | 1 |
| Danilo Fernandes | Internacional | ||
| Marcelo Lomba | Internacional | ||
| Nícolas Mödinger | Novo Hamburgo | ||
| Gabriel Leite | Pelotas |
Last updated: 24 May 2021.
Source: Soccerway.
Yellow cards
| Rank | Player | Club | Yellow cards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Márcio Marabá | Aimoré | 5 | |
| Gustavo Ramos | Caxias | |||
| Lucas Hulk | Esportivo | |||
| Eltinho Celio | Juventude | |||
| Paulo Henrique Alves | Juventude | |||
| Marcelo Ferreira | Pelotas | |||
| Mikael Guterres | Ypiranga-RS | |||
| 3 | Itaqui Silva | Esportivo | 4 | |
| Samuel Balbino | Esportivo | |||
| Ruan Tressoldi | Grêmio | |||
| João Capixaba | Juventude | |||
| Juliano Almeida | Pelotas | |||
| Moisés Dallazen | Pelotas | |||
| Silvio Freitas | Pelotas | |||
| Fabiano Santiago | São José-RS | |||
| Zé Mário | Ypiranga-RS | |||
| 11 | 18 players | 3 | ||
Red cards
| Rank | Player | Club | Red cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Roberto | Aimoré | 1 |
| Márcio Marabá | Aimoré | ||
| Guilherme Mattis | Caxias | ||
| Júnior Alves | Esportivo | ||
| Ferreira | Grêmio | ||
| Léo Chú | Grêmio | ||
| Victor Cuesta | Internacional | ||
| Paulo Henrique Alves | Juventude | ||
| Amaral Rosa | Novo Hamburgo | ||
| João Pedro Vieira | Pelotas | ||
| Vinicius Parise | Pelotas | ||
| Juliano Borges | São José-RS | ||
| Jadson Santos | São Luiz | ||
| Revson Santos | Ypiranga-RS | ||
| Mikael Guterres | Ypiranga-RS |
Yellow cards
| Rank | Club | Yellow cards | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São José-RS | 38 | |
| 2 | Caxias | 34 | |
| Juventude | |||
| 4 | Brasil (PE) | 33 | |
| 5 | Pelotas | 31 | |
| 6 | Aimoré | 28 | |
| 7 | Grêmio | 27 | |
| Esportivo | |||
| Ypiranga-RS | |||
| 10 | Novo Hamburgo | 24 | |
| 11 | Internacional | 20 | |
| 12 | São Luiz | 14 |
Red cards
| Rank | Club | Red cards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aimoré | 2 |
| Grêmio | ||
| Pelotas | ||
| São Luiz | ||
| Ypiranga-RS | ||
| 6 | Brasil (PE) | 1 |
| Caxias | ||
| Esportivo | ||
| Internacional | ||
| Juventude | ||
| Novo Hamburgo | ||
| São José-RS |