# 1973 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 53rd season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on August 13, 1972, and ended on August 5, 1973. Twenty-two teams participated. Internacional won their 21st title.

## Participating teams

| Club | Stadium | Home location | Previous season |
| Aimoré | Cristo-Rei | São Leopoldo | 9th |
| Atlético de Carazinho | Paulo Coutinho | Carazinho | 22nd |
| Avenida | Eucaliptos | Santa Cruz do Sul | – |
| Brasil | Bento Freitas | Pelotas | 8th |
| Associação Caxias | Baixada Rubra | Caxias do Sul | 4th |
| Cachoeira | Joaquim Vidal | Cachoeira do Sul | 12th |
| Cruzeiro | Beira-Rio | Porto Alegre | 7th |
| Esportivo | Montanha | Bento Gonçalves | 5th |
| Fluminense | Toca da Onça | Santana do Livramento | – |
| Gaúcho | Wolmar Salton | Passo Fundo | 6th |
| Grêmio | Pedra Moura | Bagé | 11th |
| Grêmio | Olímpico | Porto Alegre | 2nd |
| Guarany | Estrela D'Alva | Bagé | 21st |
| Internacional | Beira-Rio | Porto Alegre | 1st |
| Internacional | Presidente Vargas | Santa Maria | 15th |
| Novo Hamburgo | Santa Rosa | Novo Hamburgo | 3rd |
| Pelotas | Boca do Lobo | Pelotas | 14th |
| Rio-Grandense | Torquato Pontes | Rio Grande | – |
| São José | Passo d'Areia | Porto Alegre | 13th |
| Santa Cruz | Plátanos | Santa Cruz do Sul | 10th |
| Santo Ângelo | Zona Norte | Santo Ângelo | – |
| Ypiranga | Colosso da Lagoa | Erechim | 20th |

## System

The championship would have three stages.:
* Preliminary phase: The twelve best clubs in the first phase of Copa Governador do Estado of the previous year would join the eight teams that had qualified to the 1972 Campeonato Gaúcho's decagonal, with the resulting twenty teams playing in a single round-robin format against each other. The preliminary also counted as the Final phase of the 1972 Copa Governador do Estado, and the ten best teams would qualify to the Dodecagonal. the ten bottom teams would qualify to the second phase of the 1973 Copa Governador do Estado.
* Dodecagonal: The remaining ten 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
### Preliminary phase (Taça Governador do Estado)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Brasil de Pelotas | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 29 | Champions;Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 2 | Associação Caxias | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 26 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 3 | Aimoré | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 26 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 4 | Santo Ângelo | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 25 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 5 | Esportivo | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 25 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 6 | Gaúcho | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 24 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 7 | Pelotas | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 22 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 8 | Grêmio Bagé | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 21 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 9 | São José | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 21 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 10 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 20 | Qualified to Dodecagonal |
| 11 | Ypiranga de Erechim | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 20 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 12 | Novo Hamburgo | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 19 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 13 | Cruzeiro | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 17 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 14 | Fluminense | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 16 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 15 | Atlético de Carazinho | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 14 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 16 | Guarany de Bagé | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 14 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 17 | Santa Cruz | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 13 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 18 | Cachoeira | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 13 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 19 | Rio-Grandense | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 8 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 20 | Avenida | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 36 | −30 | 7 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |

### Dodecagonal
#### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 18 | Qualified to Finals |
| 2 | Grêmio | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 18 | |
| 3 | Gaúcho | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 12 | |
| 4 | Associação Caxias | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 12 | |
| 5 | Santo Ângelo | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 12 | |
| 6 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 11 | |
| 7 | Esportivo | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 11 | |
| 8 | Pelotas | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 10 | |
| 9 | Grêmio Bagé | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | |
| 10 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 8 | |
| 11 | São José | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 6 | |
| 12 | Aimoré | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 6 | |

#### Second round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 20 | Qualified to Finals |
| 2 | Grêmio | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 17 | |
| 3 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 | |
| 4 | Esportivo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 12 | |
| 5 | Grêmio Bagé | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Associação Caxias | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 11 | |
| 7 | São José | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 9 | |
| 8 | Gaúcho | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 9 | |
| 9 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 8 | |
| 10 | Aimoré | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 | |
| 11 | Santo Ângelo | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | |
| 12 | Pelotas | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 6 | |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 10 | +33 | 38 | Champions;Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 2 | Grêmio | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 35 | Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 3 | Esportivo | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 23 | |
| 4 | Associação Caxias | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 23 | |
| 5 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 21 | |
| 6 | Gaúcho | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 21 | |
| 7 | Grêmio Bagé | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 20 | |
| 8 | Brasil de Pelotas | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 19 | |
| 9 | Santo Ângelo | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 19 | |
| 10 | Pelotas | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 16 | |
| 11 | São José | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 15 | |
| 12 | Aimoré | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 14 | |

## Copa Governador do Estado
### System

The cup would have two stages:
* First phase: Twenty-five teams would be divided into five groups of five teams. Each team would play twice against the teams of its own group. The two best teams in each group qualified to the Second phase.
* Second phase: The ten remaining teams joined the ten teams that had been eliminated in the Dodecagonal phase of the Campeonato Gaúcho and played each other in a single round-robin format. The 12 best teams would qualify to the 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho.

### First phase
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético de Carazinho | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 11 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Juventude de Guaporé | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | São Paulo | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Associação Cruz Alta | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Inter de São Borja | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Armour | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 10 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Lajeado | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Brasil de Farroupilha | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Elite | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Cachoeira | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ypiranga de Erechim | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Santa Cruz | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 12 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Fluminense | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Guarany de Bagé | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Guarany de Garibaldi | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 2 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Novo Hamburgo | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Sá Viana | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Riograndense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Rio Grande | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Veranense | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 5 | |

#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Luiz | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Encantado | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Rio-Grandense | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Tupi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Pratense | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 4 | |
* 1 2 The last match between Rio-Grandense and Tupi wasn't held

### Second phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Esportivo | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 28 | Champions;Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 2 | Associação Caxias | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 26 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 3 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 26 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 4 | Encantado | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 23 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 5 | Atlético de Carazinho | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 23 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 6 | Santa Cruz | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 22 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 7 | Gaúcho | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 21 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 8 | Ypiranga de Erechim | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 21 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 9 | Brasil de Pelotas | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 20 | Withdrew from 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 10 | São Luiz | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 20 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 11 | Novo Hamburgo | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 19 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 12 | São José | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 19 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 13 | Armour | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 18 | Qualified to 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 14 | Santo Ângelo | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 17 | |
| 15 | Pelotas | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 16 | |
| 16 | Aimoré | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| 17 | Grêmio Bagé | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 14 | |
| 18 | Sá Viana | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 12 | |
| 19 | Juventude de Guaporé | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 11 | |
| 20 | Lajeado | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 9 | |