# 2020 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2020 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2020 Campeonato Gaúcho, was the 100th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The season began on 22 January and was scheduled to end on 26 April. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the season was paused until 22 July 2020 and ended on 30 August.

## Format

The Gauchão was contested between 12 teams, who were split into two six team groups.

## Taça Cel. Ewaldo Poeta
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | YPI | JUV | SLU | PEL | NVH |
| 1 | Internacional | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advance to Semi-finals | — | — | — | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Ypiranga | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 11 | Advance to Semi-finals | 0–0 | — | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Juventude | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | São Luiz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | | 3–4 | — | 1–3 | — | 4–2 | — |
| 5 | Pelotas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | | — | — | 3–1 | — | — | 0–0 |
| 6 | Novo Hamburgo | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 3 | | — | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | — | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAX | GRE | ESP | AIM | SJO | BDP |
| 1 | Caxias | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Grêmio | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Esportivo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 8 | | 1–0 | — | — | 4–3 | — | — |
| 4 | Aimoré | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | São José | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | — | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | — |
| 6 | Brasil de Pelotas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | — |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Caxias | 1 | | | |
| A2 | Ypiranga | 0 | | | |
| A2 | Ypiranga | 0 | B1 | Caxias | 1 |
| | | | B2 | Grêmio | 0 |
| A1 | Internacional | 0 | B2 | Grêmio | 0 |
| B2 | Grêmio | 1 | | | |

#### Final
## Taça Francisco Novelletto Neto
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Internacional | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 | Advance to Final phase |
| 2 | Novo Hamburgo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | Advance to Final phase |
| 3 | Juventude | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | São Luiz | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Pelotas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Ypiranga | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grêmio | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 14 | Advance to Final phase |
| 2 | Esportivo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to Final phase |
| 3 | Caxias | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | |
| 4 | São José | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 9 | |
| 5 | Aimoré | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Brasil de Pelotas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | INT | JUV | NVH | PEL | SLU | YPI | AIM | BDP | CAX | ESP | GRE | SJO |
| Internacional | | — | — | — | — | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | — | 0–1 | — |
| Juventude | — | | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 |
| Novo Hamburgo | — | — | | — | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | — |
| Pelotas | — | — | — | | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | — | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| São Luiz | — | — | — | — | | — | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 |
| Ypiranga | — | — | — | — | — | | 1–5 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | — |
| Aimoré | — | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brasil de Pelotas | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | — | 2–2 | — | | — | — | — | — |
| Caxias | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — |
| Esportivo | 1–1 | — | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | | — | — |
| Grêmio | — | 3–0 | — | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | | — |
| São José | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Playoff

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Grêmio | 4 | | | |
| A2 | Novo Hamburgo | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Novo Hamburgo | 3 | B1 | Grêmio | 2 |
| | | | A1 | Internacional | 0 |
| A1 | Internacional | 4 | A1 | Internacional | 0 |
| B2 | Esportivo | 0 | | | |

#### Final
## General table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Internacional | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 24 |
| 2 | Grêmio | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 23 |
| 3 | Caxias | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 21 |
| 4 | Esportivo | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 19 |
| 5 | Ypiranga | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 15 |
| 6 | São José | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 14 |
| 7 | Aimoré | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Juventude | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 12 |
| 9 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 11 |
| 10 | Novo Hamburgo | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 |
| 11 | São Luiz | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 8 |
| 12 | Pelotas | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 8 |
Originally, the two teams at the bottom of the general table would be relegated. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided that no team would be relegated this season.