# 2025 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2025 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2025 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Superbet 2025 for sponsorship reasons), was the 105th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 22 January to 16 March 2025, with 12 clubs contesting the tournament.
Grêmio are the seven-time defending champions.

## Format

The 2025 edition underwent a major revision to the rules, changing the format of the competition. The 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each, defined by drawing lots, with the three teams from the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as the seeded teams in each group (Grêmio, Internacional and Juventude). During the first phase, each team will face teams from the other groups in a single round, totaling eight matches. The best-placed team in each group, along with the best second-placed team, will advance to the semi-finals.
The semifinals and final will be played in two-legged matches, without the qualifying goal difference criterion. In the event of a tie in goal difference at the end of the match, the decision will be made through penalty kicks. The video assistant referee will to be used from the semi-finals onwards.
The spots for the 2026 Copa do Brasil and the 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D will be decided through a quadrangular tournament – Taça Farroupilha –, to be played between the teams that place between fifth and eighth in the overall standings. The teams that place between ninth and twelfth will play in the relegation quadrangular, where the last two placed teams will be relegated to the 2026 Série A2. In both quadrangulars, all teams will face each other in one round, totaling three matches each.
This was the solution agreed between the Federação Gaúcha de Futebol and the clubs to adjust the state calendar to the Brazilian Football Confederation schedule in 2025, which foresees the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A from March to December and a break for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, scheduled to take place between 14 June and 13 July.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the 2025 Série A1 season.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Pos. in 2024 | 1st season | Titles | Last title | First title |
| Avenida | Santa Cruz do Sul | Estádio dos Eucaliptos | 3,600 | 10th | 1979 | — | — | — |
| Brasil de Pelotas | Pelotas | Bento Freitas | 10,500 | 7th | 1919 | 1 | 1919 | 1919 |
| Caxias | Caxias do Sul | Centenário | 22,132 | 4th | 1961 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre | Arena do Grêmio | 55,662 | 1st | 1919 | 43 | 2024 | 1922 |
| Guarany de Bagé | Bagé | Estrela D'Alva | 10,000 | 5th | 1919 | 2 | 1938 | 1920 |
| Internacional | Porto Alegre | Beira-Rio | 50,128 | 3rd | 1927 | 45 | 2016 | 1927 |
| Juventude | Caxias do Sul | Alfredo Jaconi | 19,924 | 2nd | 1925 | 1 | 1998 | 1998 |
| Monsoon | Porto Alegre | Estádio do Vale | 5,196 | 1st (2nd division) | 2025 | — | — | — |
| Pelotas | Pelotas | Boca do Lobo | 15,478 | 2nd (2nd division) | 1925 | 1 | 1930 | 1930 |
| São José | Porto Alegre | Passo D'Areia | 10,646 | 6th | 1961 | — | — | — |
| São Luiz | Ijuí | 19 de Outubro | 5,217 | 8th | 1974 | — | — | — |
| Ypiranga | Erechim | Colosso da Lagoa | 22,000 | 9th | 1968 | — | — | — |

### Personnel

| Club | Head coach |
| Avenida | William Campos |
| Brasil de Pelotas | William De Mattia |
| Caxias | Luizinho Vieira |
| Grêmio | Gustavo Quinteros |
| Guarany de Bagé | Márcio Nunes |
| Internacional | Roger Machado |
| Juventude | Fábio Matias |
| Monsoon | Christian Souza |
| Pelotas | Ariel Lanzini |
| São José | Rogério Zimmermann |
| São Luiz | Alessandro Telles |
| Ypiranga | Matheus Costa |

## First stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grêmio | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 17 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Guarany de Bagé | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | São José | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | Relegation stage |
| 4 | Avenida | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | Relegation stage |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 20 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Caxias | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 14 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ypiranga | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |
| 4 | Pelotas | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 | Relegation stage |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventude | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 19 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | São Luiz | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Monsoon | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 7 | |
| 4 | Brasil de Pelotas | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | Relegation stage |

## Relegation stage
### Standings and Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | AVE | SJO | PEL | BRA |
| 1 | Avenida | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | São José | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Pelotas (R) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | Relegation to Série A2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| 4 | Brasil de Pelotas (R) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | Relegation to Série A2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |

## Troféu Farroupilha
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| C3 | Monsoon | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | |
| B3 | Ypiranga (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | | | | | |
| B3 | Ypiranga (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | B3 | Ypiranga | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | C2 | São Luiz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C2 | São Luiz | 0 | 2 | 2 | C2 | São Luiz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A2 | Guarany de Bagé | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |

## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals

The first legs was played on 22 February 2025, and the second legs was played on 1 March 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Internacional | 5–1 | Caxias | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Juventude | 3–3 (2–3 p) | Grêmio | 1–2 | 2–1 |

#### Match C1

Internacional advances to the finals.

#### Match C2

Grêmio advances to the finals.

### Finals

The first legs was played on 8 March 2025, and the second legs was played on 16 March 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Internacional | 3–1 | Grêmio | 2–0 | 1–1 |

#### Match G1
##### Second leg
## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goal |
| 1 | Emerson Galego | Ypiranga | 8 |
| 2 | Martin Braithwaite | Grêmio | 6 |
| 3 | Caíque | Avenida | 5 |
| 3 | Giovane Gomes | São José | 5 |
| 3 | Vitinho | Internacional | 5 |
| 3 | Enner Valencia | Internacional | 5 |