# 2023 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2023 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2023 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2023 for sponsorship reasons), was the 103rd season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 21 January to 8 April 2023. 12 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho. Grêmio were the fifth-time defending champion.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the 2023 Série A1 season.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Pos. in 2022 | 1st season | Titles | Last title | First title |
| Aimoré | São Leopoldo | Cristo Rei | 12,000 | 8th | 1961 | — | — | — |
| Avenida | Santa Cruz do Sul | Estádio dos Eucaliptos | 20,000 | 2nd (2nd division) | 1979 | — | — | — |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Pelotas | Bento Freitas | 18,000 | 4th | 1919 | 1 | 1919 | 1919 |
| Caxias | Caxias do Sul | Centenário | 22,132 | 5th | 1961 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Esportivo | Bento Gonçalves | Montanha dos Vinhedos | 15,269 | 1st (2nd division) | 1970 | — | — | — |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre | Arena do Grêmio | 55,225 | 1st | 1919 | 41 | 2022 | 1922 |
| Internacional | Porto Alegre | Beira-Rio | 50,128 | 3rd | 1927 | 45 | 2016 | 1927 |
| Juventude | Caxias do Sul | Alfredo Jaconi | 23,726 | 10th | 1925 | 1 | 1998 | 1998 |
| Novo Hamburgo | Novo Hamburgo | Estádio do Vale | 6,500 | 7th | 1930 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
| São José | Porto Alegre | Passo D'Areia | 8,000 | 6th | 1961 | — | — | — |
| São Luiz | Ijuí | 19 de Outubro | 14,000 | 9th | 1974 | — | — | — |
| Ypiranga | Erechim | Colosso da Lagoa | 30,000 | 2nd | 1968 | — | — | — |

### Personnel

| Club | Manager |
| Aimoré | Pingo |
| Avenida | Márcio Nunes |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Rogério Zimmermann |
| Caxias | Thiago Carvalho |
| Esportivo | Carlos Moraes |
| Grêmio | Renato Portaluppi |
| Internacional | Mano Menezes |
| Juventude | Celso Roth |
| Novo Hamburgo | Edinho Rosa |
| São José | Thiago Gomes |
| São Luiz | William Campos |
| Ypiranga | Luizinho Vieira |

## First stage
### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grêmio | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 29 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 22 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Caxias | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 20 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Ypiranga | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 18 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 5 | Juventude | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 17 | |
| 6 | São José | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 13 | |
| 8 | Novo Hamburgo | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 11 | |
| 9 | Avenida | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 10 | |
| 10 | São Luiz | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 10 | |
| 11 | Esportivo (R) | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 6 | Relegation to Série A2 |
| 12 | Aimoré (R) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 4 | Relegation to Série A2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AIM | AVE | BRA | CAX | ESP | GRE | INT | JUV | NHA | SJO | SLU | YPI |
| Aimoré | | | | | 0–0 | | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 |
| Avenida | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | | | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | | | 0–1 | | | | 1–0 | |
| Caxias | 2–1 | | | | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Esportivo | | | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–3 |
| Grêmio | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | | 2–1 | | 6–1 | | | |
| Internacional | | | | 2–2 | 4–1 | | | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Juventude | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 2–3 | | | | | 1–1 | |
| Novo Hamburgo | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | | |
| São José | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | |
| São Luiz | 2–1 | | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 |
| Ypiranga | | | 2–2 | | | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | |

### Positions by matchday

The table lists the positions of teams after each matchday.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Grêmio | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Internacional | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Caxias | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Ypiranga | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Juventude | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| São José | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Novo Hamburgo | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Avenida | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| São Luiz | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Esportivo | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Aimoré | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Qualification to Knockout stage
* Relegation to Série A2

## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals

The first legs was played on 18–19 March, and the second legs was played on 25–26 March 2023.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Grêmio | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Ypiranga | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Internacional | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Caxias | 1–1 | 1–1 |

#### Match C1

Grêmio advances to the finals.

#### Match C2

Caxias advances to the finals.

### Finals

The first legs was played on 1 April, and the second legs was played on 8 April 2023.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Grêmio | 2–1 | Caxias | 1–1 | 1–0 |

#### Match G1
##### Second leg
## Overall table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grêmio (C) | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 36 | Champions |
| 2 | Caxias | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 23 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Internacional | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 24 | |
| 4 | Ypiranga | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 21 | |
| 5 | Juventude | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 17 | |
| 6 | São José | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 13 | |
| 8 | Novo Hamburgo | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 11 | |
| 9 | Avenida | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 10 | |
| 10 | São Luiz | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 10 | |
| 11 | Esportivo (R) | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 6 | Relegation to Série A2 |
| 12 | Aimoré (R) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 4 | Relegation to Série A2 |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goal |
| 1 | Pedro Henrique | Internacional | 8 |
| 2 | Luis Suárez | Grêmio | 7 |
| 3 | Rodrigo Rodrigues | Juventude | 6 |
| 4 | Bruno Baio | Ypiranga | 5 |
| 4 | Carlos Henrique | Avenida | 5 |
| 6 | Alan Patrick | Internacional | 3 |
| 6 | Mateus Pivô | São José | 3 |