# 2024 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2024 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2024 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2024 for sponsorship reasons), was the 104th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 20 January to 6 April 2024, with 12 clubs contesting the tournament.
Grêmio are the six-time defending champions.

## Format

In the first phase, the 12 clubs will play against each other once, with the top eight teams qualifying to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the top four teams will play at home against the other four clubs in a single match, with the winners advancing to a two-legged semifinals. The winners advance to the finals, also played in two legs.
VAR will be used from the quarterfinals onwards.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the 2024 Série A1 season.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Pos. in 2023 | 1st season | Titles | Last title | First title |
| Avenida | Santa Cruz do Sul | Estádio dos Eucaliptos | 20,000 | 8th | 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 |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre | Arena do Grêmio | 55,225 | 1st | 1919 | 42 | 2023 | 1922 |
| Guarany de Bagé | Bagé | Estrela D'Alva | 10,000 | 2nd (2nd division) | 1919 | 2 | 1938 | 1920 |
| 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 |
| Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz do Sul | Plátanos | 3,500 | 1st (2nd division) | 1932 | — | — | — |
| 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 | Head coach |
| Avenida | Márcio Nunes |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Fabiano Daitx |
| Caxias | Argel Fuchs |
| Grêmio | Renato Portaluppi |
| Guarany de Bagé | Wiliam Campos |
| Internacional | Eduardo Coudet |
| Juventude | Roger Machado |
| Novo Hamburgo | Edinho Rosa |
| Santa Cruz | Iarley |
| São José | China Balbino |
| São Luiz | Alessandro Telles |
| Ypiranga | Thiago Carvalho |

## First stage
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 28 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Grêmio | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 23 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Caxias | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 16 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Guarany de Bagé | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 16 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 5 | Juventude | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 6 | São José | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 15 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 7 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 15 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 8 | São Luiz | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 9 | Ypiranga | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 10 | |
| 10 | Avenida | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 9 | |
| 11 | Novo Hamburgo (R) | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 9 | Relegation to Série A2 |
| 12 | Santa Cruz (R) | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | Relegation to Série A2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AVE | BRA | CAX | GRE | GUA | INT | JUV | NHA | STA | SJO | SLU | YPI |
| Avenida | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | | | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | |
| Caxias | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | | | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Grêmio | | | | | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Guarany de Bagé | | | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Internacional | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | | | | | | | 3–0 |
| Juventude | 3–1 | | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | | | | | | 3–0 |
| Novo Hamburgo | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | |
| Santa Cruz | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| São José | | | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | |
| São Luiz | 1–0 | 2–2 | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | | 0–0 |
| Ypiranga | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | |

### 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 |
| Internacional | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grêmio | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Caxias | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Guarany de Bagé | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Juventude | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| São José | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Brasil de Pelotas | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| São Luiz | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ypiranga | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Avenida | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Novo Hamburgo | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Santa Cruz | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Qualification to Knockout stage
* Relegation to Série A2

## Knockout stage
### Quarter-finals

The matches was played on 8–10 March 2024.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Internacional | 3−0 | São Luiz |
| Grêmio | 2−0 | Brasil de Pelotas |
| Caxias | 1−0 | São José |
| Guarany de Bagé | 0−4 | Juventude |
Internacional advances to the Semi-finals.
Grêmio advances to the Semi-finals.
Caxias advances to the Semi-finals.
Juventude advances to the Semi-finals.

### Semi-finals

The first legs was played on 16–17 March 2024, and the second legs was played on 25–26 March 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Internacional | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Juventude | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Grêmio | 5–3 | Caxias | 2–1 | 3–2 |

#### Match C1

Juventude advances to the finals.

#### Match C2

Grêmio advances to the finals.

### Finals

The first legs was played on 30 March 2024, and the second legs was played on 6 April 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Grêmio | 3–1 | Juventude | 0–0 | 3–1 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grêmio (C) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 36 | Champions |
| 2 | Juventude | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 21 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Internacional | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 33 | |
| 4 | Caxias | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | |
| 5 | Guarany de Bagé | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 16 | |
| 6 | São José | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | Brasil de Pelotas | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 15 | |
| 8 | São Luiz | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 13 | |
| 9 | Ypiranga | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 10 | |
| 10 | Avenida | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 9 | |
| 11 | Novo Hamburgo (R) | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 9 | Relegation to Série A2 |
| 12 | Santa Cruz (R) | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | Relegation to Série A2 |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goal |
| 1 | Cristaldo | Grêmio | 6 |
| 1 | Diego Costa | Grêmio | 6 |
| 2 | Michel | Guarany de Bagé | 5 |