# 2016 Grêmio FBPA season

The 2016 season is Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense's 113th season in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top division of Brazilian football. At this season, Grêmio participate in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the Copa Libertadores de América, the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Gaúcho.

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): Banrisul / Unimed
| Home | Away | Third |

## Squad information
### First team squad

Players and informations last updated on 2 June 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Since | Until | Signed from | Apps | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Marcelo Grohe | GK | (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 38) | 2005 | 2020 | Academy | 264 | 0 | National team |
| 20 | Douglas Friedrich | GK | (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 36) | 2016 | 2016 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | On loan |
| 30 | Bruno Grassi | GK | (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37) | 2015 | 2017 | Cruzeiro-RS | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Léo Jardim | GK | (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 29) | 2014 | 2017 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| — | Tiago Machowski | GK | (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | 2017 | Academy | 4 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Pedro Geromel | CB | (1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 39) | 2014 | 2019 | FC Köln | 31 | 0 | 3rd captain |
| 4 | Bressan | CB | (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31) | 2013 | 2017 | Juventude | 60 | 1 | |
| 6 | Fred | CB | (1986-01-15) 15 January 1986 (age 38) | 2016 | 2017 | Goiás | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Wallace Reis | CB | (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 37) | 2016 | 2019 | Flamengo | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Rafael Thyere | CB | (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 31) | 2013 | 2017 | Academy | 4 | 0 | |
| 16 | Wesley | RB / DM | (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | 2016 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Marcelo Hermes | LB / LM | (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | 2016 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Marcelo Oliveira | LB / DM / CB | (1987-03-29) 29 March 1987 (age 37) | 2015 | 2016 | Cruzeiro | 8 | 1 | Vice-captain |
| 33 | Edílson | RB | (1986-07-27) 27 July 1986 (age 38) | 2016 | 2019 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | |
| — | Gabriel Blos | CB | (1989-02-28) 28 February 1989 (age 35) | 2013 | 2019 | Lajeadense | 11 | 0 | Source |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | Walace | DM | (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29) | 2014 | 2018 | Academy | 20 | 0 | National team |
| 8 | Giuliano | AM / RM | (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34) | 2014 | 2018 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 18 | 1 | |
| 10 | Douglas | AM | (1982-02-18) 18 February 1982 (age 42) | 2015 | 2016 | Monte Azul | 112 | 24 | On loan |
| 12 | Edinho | DM / CB | (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 41) | 2014 | 2017 | Fluminense | 18 | 0 | |
| 17 | Ramiro | DM / RB / CM | (1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 31) | 2013 | 2016 | Juventude | 82 | 4 | |
| 19 | Maicon | CM / AM | (1985-09-14) 14 September 1985 (age 39) | 2015 | 2019 | São Paulo | 0 | 0 | Captain |
| 21 | Felipe Tontini | AM | (1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | 2018 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Lincoln | AM / LM | (1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 26) | 2015 | 2019 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Kaio Mendes | DM / LB | (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | 2017 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Moisés Wolschick | DM / CM / RB | (1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 (age 30) | 2015 | 2016 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Luan | LW / ST / AM / LM | (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | 2018 | Academy | 55 | 9 | National team |
| 9 | Braian Rodríguez | ST | (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38) | 2015 | 2016 | Real Betis | 0 | 0 | On loan |
| 11 | Everton | LW | (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | 2018 | Academy | 21 | 3 | |
| 13 | Bobô | ST | (1985-01-09) 9 January 1985 (age 40) | 2015 | 2016 | Kayserispor | 3 | 1 | |
| 23 | Miller Bolaños | AM / ST / RM / LM | (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | 2019 | Emelec | 8 | 2 | National team |
| 24 | Matheus Batista | ST | (1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | 2019 | Academy | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Pedro Rocha | LW / RW / ST | (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30) | 2015 | 2017 | Academy | 3 | 1 | |
| 91 | Henrique Almeida | SS / ST | (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33) | 2016 | 2019 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | |

### Starting XI

4–2–3–1 Formation
According to the most recent line-ups, not most used players (in Notes).

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série A | 15 May 2016 | 11 December 2016 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 036.84 |
| Copa do Brasil | 24 August 2016 | 7 December 2016 | Round of 16 | Winners | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Campeonato Gaúcho | 31 January 2016 | 24 April 2016 | Matchday 1 | Semi-finals | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 068.75 |
| Primeira Liga | 28 January 2016 | 6 March 2016 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Copa Libertadores | 17 February 2016 | 5 May 2016 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 73 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 100 | 79 | +21 | 045.21 |
Source: Competitions

### Primeira Liga
#### Group stage
##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Internacional | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | Qualifies to the Final stage |
| 2 | Grêmio | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Coritiba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Avaí | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

##### Matches
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage
##### Group 6

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | Final stages |
| 2 | Grêmio | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Final stages |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | LDU Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | |

##### Matches
#### Final stage
##### Matches
###### Round of 16
### Campeonato Brasileiro
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Corinthians | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 55 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 8 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 53 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 9 | Grêmio | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 53 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 10 | São Paulo | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 11 | Chapecoense | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 52 | Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
* ↑ The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash. Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).

#### Matches
### Final
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Campeonato Brasileiro | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa do Brasil | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores de América | Copa Libertadores de América | Primeira Liga / Campeonato Gaúcho | Primeira Liga / Campeonato Gaúcho |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Grohe | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | BRA | Léo Jardim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BRA | Bruno Grassi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | BRA | Douglas Friedrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | GK | BRA | Tiago Machowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Wallace Oliveira | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Pedro Geromel | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Bressan | 13 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Fred | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Wallace Reis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Rafael Thyere | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Wesley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Hermes | 14 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Oliveira | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Edílson | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | BRA | Gabriel Blos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | BRA | Walace | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Giuliano | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8+1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Douglas | 24 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Edinho | 20 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9+4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Ramiro | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Maicon | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Felipe Tontini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Lincoln | 21 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 1 | 8+6 | 3 |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Kaio Mendes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Moisés Wolschick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Luan | 26 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12+1 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Braian Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Everton | 21 | 4 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 9+2 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Bobô | 26 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 | 10+7 | 6 |
| 23 | FW | ECU | Miller Bolaños | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | BRA | Matheus Batista | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | BRA | Pedro Rocha | 16 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 9+2 | 6 |
| 91 | FW | BRA | Henrique Almeida | 17 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 |
| Players who currently don't integrate the squad ||||||||||||||
| 29 | FW | BRA | Léo Tilica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Jailson Siqueira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Iago Silva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | BRA | Fernandinho | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 |
| — | DF | BRA | Kadu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Last updated: 5 June 2016. Source: Match reports in Competitions.

### Goalscorers

The list include all goals in competitive matches.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores de América | Primeira Liga | Campeonato Gaúcho | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Luan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | Bobô | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | Pedro Rocha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | Giuliano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | Everton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | Walace | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | | Fred | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Douglas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | | Henrique Almeida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | Miller Bolaños | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | Pedro Geromel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | | Edílson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | Marcelo Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Maicon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Ramiro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Edinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | Bressan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | | Matheus Batista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who do not integrate over the First team squad ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | | Fernandinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 58 |
As of 5 June 2016. Source: Match reports in Competitions.

### Clean sheets

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Campeonato Brasileiro | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores de América | Primeira Liga | Campeonato Gaúcho | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Marcelo Grohe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | GK | | Bruno Grassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
As of 5 June 2016. Source: Match reports in Competitions.

### Overview

| Games played | 32 (5 Campeonato Brasileiro, 8 Copa Libertadores de América, 3 Primeira Liga, 16 Campeonato Gaúcho) |
| Games won | 18 (3 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Copa Libertadores de América, 1 Primeira Liga, 11 Campeonato Gaúcho) |
| Games drawn | 7 (1 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Libertadores de América, 2 Primeira Liga, 2 Campeonato Gaúcho) |
| Games lost | 7 (1 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Copa Libertadores de América, 3 Campeonato Gaúcho) |
| Goals scored | 58 |
| Goals conceded | 34 |
| Goal difference | +24 |
| Clean sheets | 12 |
| Best result | 5–1 (A) v Passo Fundo – Campeonato Gaúcho – 30 March |
| Worst result | 3–0 (A) v Rosario Central – Copa Libertadores de América – 5 May |
| Top scorer | Luan (8) |
Updated to match played 5 June 2015. Source: Competitions