2017 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2017 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2017 Campeonato Gaúcho, was the 97th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top-flight football league. The season began in January and ends in May.^[1]

Campeonato Gaúcho

Season	2017
Champions	Novo Hamburgo
Relegated	Ypiranga Futebol Clube Esporte Clube Passo Fundo
← 2016 2018 →

Participating teams

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Club	Home city
Brasil de Pelotas	Pelotas
Caxias	Caxias do Sul
Cruzeiro	Porto Alegre
Grêmio	Porto Alegre
Internacional	Porto Alegre
Juventude	Caxias do Sul
Novo Hamburgo	Novo Hamburgo
Passo Fundo	Passo Fundo
São José-PA	Porto Alegre
São Paulo	Rio Grande
Veranópolis	Veranópolis
Ypiranga	Erechim

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Novo Hamburgo	11	7	2	2	19	9	+10	23	Play-offs
2	Cruzeiro	11	5	5	1	13	9	+4	20
3	Caxias	11	5	4	2	16	10	+6	19
4	Grêmio	11	4	5	2	16	9	+7	17
5	Veranópolis	11	3	6	2	9	8	+1	15
6	Juventude	11	4	2	5	8	14	−6	14
7	Internacional	11	3	5	3	13	13	0	14
8	São José-PA	11	3	4	4	11	11	0	13
9	São Paulo	11	3	3	5	11	16	−5	12
10	Brasil de Pelotas	11	2	4	5	9	11	−2	10
11	Ypiranga	11	2	3	6	7	14	−7	9	Relegation to the 2018 Campeonato Gaúcho Série B
12	Passo Fundo	11	1	3	7	7	16	−9	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: Standings^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Novo Hamburgo	1	1	2
	8	São José-PA	0	0	0
								Novo Hamburgo		1	1	2 (7)
								Grêmio		1	1	2 (6)
	5	Grêmio	2	5	7
	4	Veranópolis	0	0	0
															Novo Hamburgo		2	1	3 (3)
															Internacional		2	1	3 (1)
	3	Caxias	1	1	2
	6	Juventude	0	0	0
								Caxias		0	1	1 (3)
								Internacional		1	0	1 (5)
	7	Cruzeiro	1	0	1
	2	Internacional	3	2	5

Final

2017 Campeonato Gaúcho

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)

16:00

Final

Internacional	2–2	Novo Hamburgo
Júlio Santos 53' (o.g.) Nico López 83'		17' João Paulo 67' Assis

Beira Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 38,226

Referee: Anderson Daronco

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)

16:00

Novo Hamburgo	1 – 1	Internacional
Ernando 21' (o.g.)		48' Dourado
Penalties
João Paulo Léo Júlio Santos Pablo	3 – 1	D'Alessandro Víctor Cuesta Nico López William

Centenário, Caxias do Sul

Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Awards

Team of the year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Matheus Cavichioli	Novo Hamburgo
DF	John Lennon	Cruzeiro
DF	Júlio Santos	Novo Hamburgo
DF	Pedro Geromel	Grêmio
DF	Sander	Cruzeiro
MF	Rodrigo Dourado	Internacional
MF	Jardel	Novo Hamburgo
MF	Preto	Novo Hamburgo
MF	Andrés D'Alessandro	Internacional
FW	Miller Bolaños	Grêmio
FW	Nico López	Internacional
MAN	Beto Campos	Novo Hamburgo

Source Informativo
Last updated: 14 May 2017

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Matheus.^[2]

Newcomer of the Season

The Newcomer of the Year was awarded to Sander.^[2]

Top scorer of the Season

The top scorer of the season was Brenner and Miller Bolaños, who scored seven goals each.