2018 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2018 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2018 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho or Gaúcho, was the 97th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began in January and ended in April.

Campeonato Gaúcho

Season	2018
Champions	Grêmio (37th title)
Relegated	Cruzeiro São Paulo
Copa do Brasil	Brasil de Pelotas Grêmio São José
Top goalscorer	Michel [pt] (8 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Matheus Cavichioli
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Participating teams

Club	Home city
Avenida	Santa Cruz do Sul
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
São José-PA	Porto Alegre
São Luiz	Ijuí
São Paulo	Rio Grande
Veranópolis	Veranópolis

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brasil de Pelotas	11	6	3	2	13	7	+6	21	Advance to Play-offs
2	Caxias	11	5	5	1	16	9	+7	20
3	Internacional	11	5	3	3	16	6	+10	18
4	São José-PA	11	5	2	4	13	16	−3	17
5	Veranópolis	11	4	5	2	9	5	+4	17
6	Grêmio	11	5	1	5	17	16	+1	16
7	Avenida	11	3	6	2	11	12	−1	15
8	São Luiz	11	3	5	3	12	10	+2	14
9	Juventude	11	3	4	4	14	17	−3	13
10	Novo Hamburgo	11	2	4	5	8	17	−9	10
11	Cruzeiro	11	2	3	6	7	13	−6	9	Relegation to 2019 Campeonato Gaúcho Série B
12	São Paulo	11	1	3	7	4	12	−8	6

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head; 3) Goal difference; 40) Goals scored

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	São Luiz	1	1	2
	Brasil de Pelotas	1	2	3
							Brasil de Pelotas	1	2	3
							São José-PA	1	1	2
	Veranópolis	1	0	1
	São José-PA	0	2	2
													Brasil de Pelotas	0	0	0
													Grêmio	4	3	7
	Avenida (a)	1	2	3
	Caxias	1	2	3
							Avenida	0	1	1
							Grêmio	3	1	4
	Grêmio	3	0	3
	Internacional	0	2	2

Final

Grêmio	4–0	Brasil de Pelotas
Éverton 46', 70' Alisson 55' Ramiro 77'	Report

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01)

16:00 BRT

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 29,891^[1]

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Rio Grande do Sul)

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Brasil de Pelotas	0–3	Grêmio
	Report	Cícero 81' Alisson 85' Léo Moura 90'

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)

16:00 BRT

Estádio Bento Freitas, Pelotas

Attendance: 8,156^[2]

Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Rio Grande do Sul)

Goals

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michel	São Luiz	8
2	Guilherme Queiróz	Juventude	6
3	Éverton Alemão	São José-PA	5
4	William Pottker	Internacional	4
	Luan	Grêmio
6	Luiz Eduardo	Brasil de Pelotas	3
	Kayron	Cruzeiro
	João Paulo	Caxias
	Laércio	Caxias

Awards

Team of the year

Manager: Beto Campos

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

Source Informativo
Last updated: 14 May 2017

Player of the Season

The Player of the Year was awarded to Matheus.^[3]

Newcomer of the Season

The Newcomer of the Year was awarded to Sander.^[3]