# 1974 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 54th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on March 9, 1974, and ended on December 15, 1974. Sixteen teams participated. Internacional won their 22nd title.

## Participating teams

| Club | Stadium | Home location | Previous season |
| Armour | Miguel Copatti | Santana do Livramento | 13th (Copa Governador) |
| Associação Caxias | Baixada Rubra | Caxias do Sul | 3rd |
| Associação Santa Cruz | Plátanos | Santa Cruz do Sul | 19th |
| Atlético de Carazinho | Paulo Coutinho | Carazinho | 18th |
| Esportivo | Montanha | Bento Gonçalves | 4th |
| Encantado | Cabriúvas | Encantado | 4th (Copa Governador) |
| Gaúcho | Wolmar Salton | Passo Fundo | 5th |
| Grêmio | Olímpico | Porto Alegre | 2nd |
| Internacional | Beira-Rio | Porto Alegre | 1st |
| Internacional | Presidente Vargas | Santa Maria | 6th |
| Novo Hamburgo | Santa Rosa | Novo Hamburgo | 14th |
| Pratense | Zona Sul | Nova Prata | 2nd (Taça Cícero Soares) |
| Rio-Grandense | Torquato Pontes | Rio Grande | 21st |
| São José | Passo d'Areia | Porto Alegre | 11th |
| São Luiz | 19 de Outubro | Ijuí | 10th (Copa Governador) |
| Ypiranga | Colosso da Lagoa | Erechim | 13th |

## System

The championship would have three stages.:
* Preliminary phase: The twelve best clubs in the Copa Governador do Estado of the previous year and another two teams qualified from the Copa Cícero Soares would play in a single round-robin format against each other. the eight best teams would qualify to the Decagonal. the six bottom teams would qualify to the second phase of the Copa Governador do Estado.
* Decagonal: The remaining eight teams, now joined by Grêmio and Internacional, would play each other in a double round-robin format.
* Finals: The winners of the two rounds of the Decagonal qualified to this stage. If the same team won both stages, it would win the title automatically.

## Championship
### Preliminary phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Associação Caxias | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 21 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 2 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 17 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 3 | Encantado | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 17 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 4 | Ypiranga de Erechim | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 16 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 5 | Esportivo | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 16 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 6 | Associação Santa Cruz | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 15 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 7 | Atlético de Carazinho | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 15 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 8 | Gaúcho | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 13 | Qualified to Decagonal |
| 9 | Novo Hamburgo | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 13 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 10 | São Luiz | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 13 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 11 | Rio-Grandense | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 10 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 12 | Armour | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 7 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 13 | Pratense | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 5 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |
| 14 | São José | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 4 | Qualified to Copa Governador do Estado Second phase |

### Decagonal
#### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 18 | Qualified to Finals |
| 2 | Grêmio | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 14 | |
| 3 | Associação Caxias | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Esportivo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | |
| 5 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | |
| 6 | Gaúcho | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 | |
| 7 | Atlético de Carazinho | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 8 | Associação Santa Cruz | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 7 | |
| 9 | Ypiranga de Erechim | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 6 | |
| 10 | Encantado | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 2 | |

#### Second round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 18 | Qualified to Finals |
| 2 | Grêmio | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 16 | |
| 3 | Atlético de Carazinho | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | Associação Caxias | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | |
| 6 | Associação Santa Cruz | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | |
| 7 | Encantado | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 6 | |
| 8 | Ypiranga de Erechim | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 | |
| 9 | Gaúcho | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 5 | |
| 10 | Esportivo | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internacional | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | +41 | 36 | Champions;Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 2 | Grêmio | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 30 | Campeonato Brasileiro |
| 3 | Associação Caxias | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Atlético de Carazinho | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Internacional de Santa Maria | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 17 | |
| 6 | Esportivo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 14 | |
| 7 | Associação Santa Cruz | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 14 | |
| 8 | Gaúcho | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 13 | |
| 9 | Ypiranga de Erechim | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 12 | |
| 10 | Encantado | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 8 | |

##### Third place playoffs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético de Carazinho | 2–0 | Associação Caxias | 1–0 | 1–0 |

## Copa Governador do Estado
### System

The cup would have two stages:
* First phase: Eighteen teams would be divided into three groups of six teams. Each team would play twice against the teams of its own group. The four best teams in each group qualified to the Second phase.
* Second phase: The twelve remaining teams joined the six teams that had been eliminated in the Preliminary phase of the Campeonato Gaúcho and played each other in a single round-robin format. The 15 best teams would qualify to the 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho.

### First phase
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Pelotas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 14 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Grêmio Bagé | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 13 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Guarany de Bagé | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 4 | Cachoeira | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 8 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 5 | Farroupilha | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 8 | |
| 6 | Riograndense | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 5 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlântico | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Santo Ângelo | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 14 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Elite | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 11 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 4 | Alegrete | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 5 | Santa Rosa | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 7 | |
| 6 | Uruguaiana | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Uruguaiana didn't play its last match against Atlântico

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventude de Guaporé | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 2 | Mundo Novo | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 11 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 3 | Lajeadense | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 4 | Aimoré | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Qualified to Second phase |
| 5 | Igrejinha | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | |
| 6 | Fortes e Livres | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 6 | |

### Second phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grêmio Bagé | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 22 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 2 | Cachoeira | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 21 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 3 | Santo Ângelo | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 20 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 4 | São Luiz | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 19 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 5 | Pelotas | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 19 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 6 | Atlântico | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 18 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 7 | São José | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 18 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 8 | Rio-Grandense | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 17 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 9 | Juventude de Guaporé | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 17 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 10 | Guarany de Bagé | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 17 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 11 | Elite | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 17 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 12 | Aimoré | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 15 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 13 | Novo Hamburgo | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 14 | Lajeadense | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 13 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 15 | Alegrete | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 12 | Qualified to 1975 Campeonato Gaúcho |
| 16 | Pratense | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 8 | |
| 17 | Mundo Novo | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 5 | |
| 18 | Armour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |