# 2021 Sport Club Internacional season

The 2021 season is Sport Club Internacional's 111th season in existence. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Gaúcho and the Copa Libertadores.

## Season review
### Pre-season

On March 2, 2021, Internacional announced the hiring of new manager Miguel Ángel Ramírez. After a late finish to the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most first team players did not return to training until March 9 to prepare for the remainder of the Campeonato Gaúcho.

## First-team squad

    As of 20 April 2021
| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Danilo Fernandes | GK | (1988-04-03) 3 April 1988 (age 36) | Sport |
| 12 | Marcelo Lomba | GK | (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 (age 37) | Bahia |
| 32 | Vitor Hugo | GK | (2001-07-27) 27 July 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector |
| 42 | Daniel | GK | (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 30) | Youth Sector |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | Rodrigo Moledo | CB | (1987-10-27) 27 October 1987 (age 36) | Panathinaikos |
| 14 | Lucas Ribeiro | CB | (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25) | Hoffenheim |
| 15 | Víctor Cuesta | CB | (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988 (age 35) | Independiente |
| 35 | Zé Gabriel | CB | (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25) | Youth Sector |
| 41 | Pedro Henrique | CB | (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector |
| Fullbacks ||||||
| 2 | Heitor | RB | (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 23) | Youth Sector |
| 20 | Moisés | LB | (1995-03-11) 11 March 1995 (age 29) | Bahia |
| 22 | Rodinei | RB | (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 (age 32) | Flamengo |
| 26 | Saravia | RB | (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 31) | Porto |
| 36 | Léo Borges | LB | (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector |
| 38 | Mazetti | RB | (2001-02-02) 2 February 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Edenílson | CM/DM | (1989-12-18) 18 December 1989 (age 34) | Udinese |
| 13 | Rodrigo Dourado | DM/CM | (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 30) | Youth Sector |
| 18 | Praxedes | CM | (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 (age 22) | Youth Sector |
| 19 | Rodrigo Lindoso | CM/DM | (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 (age 35) | Botafogo |
| 21 | Boschilia | AM/LM | (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28) | Monaco |
| 27 | Maurício | AM/LM/RM | (2001-06-22) 22 June 2001 (age 23) | Cruzeiro |
| 30 | Johnny | CM | (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector |
| 33 | Nonato | CM/AM | (1998-03-03) 3 March 1998 (age 26) | São Caetano |
| 37 | Lucas Ramos | | (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector |
| 88 | Patrick | LM/AM/CM | (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 (age 32) | Sport Recife |
| Attacking Midfielders ||||||
| 10 | Taison | RW | (1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 36) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 16 | Carlos Palacios | RW/CF | (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 24) | Española |
| 17 | Thiago Galhardo | CF/AM | (1989-07-20) 20 July 1989 (age 35) | Ceará |
| 23 | Marcos Guilherme | RW/AM | (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 29) | Al Wehda |
| 31 | João Peglow | RW | (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 22) | Youth Sector |
| Attackers ||||||
| 9 | Guerrero | CF | (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40) | Flamengo |
| 11 | Yuri Alberto | CF | (2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 (age 23) | Santos |
| 47 | Caio Vidal | RW/RM | (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 23) | Youth Sector |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 April 2021 | Midfielder | 10 | Taison | Shakhtar Donetsk | None | |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 22 March 2021 | 31 December 2021 | FW | | Carlos Palacios | Unión Española | None | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 March 2021 | 31 December 2021 | FW | | Guilherme Pato | Cuiabá | None | |

## 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 | 30 May 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 031.58 |
| Campeonato Gaúcho | 1 March 2021 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 053.33 |
| Copa do Brasil | 3 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 20 April 2021 | 22 July 2021 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 88 | 64 | +24 | 038.10 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Gaúcho
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Grêmio | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 24 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 23 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Juventude | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 17 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Caxias | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 17 | Qualification to Knockout stage |
| 5 | Ypiranga-RS | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 16 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
##### Finals
### Copa Libertadores

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | OLI | TAC | CAR |
| 1 | Internacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 6–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 9 | Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 6–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Táchira | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 9 | Copa Sudamericana | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 7–2 |
| 4 | Always Ready | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021.

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Santos | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 50 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 11 | Ceará | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 50 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 12 | Internacional | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 13 | São Paulo | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 48 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 14 | Athletico Paranaense | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
* ↑ Athletico Paranaense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2021 Copa Sudamericana.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
* Postponed

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 March 2021.