2010 Campeonato Gaúcho

Campeonato Gaúcho

Season	2010
Champions	Grêmio
Relegated	Esportivo Avenida
Série D	São José Pelotas
Top goalscorer	Jefferson (São José) — 11 goals
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The 2010 Campeonato de Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2010 Campeonato Gaúcho, was the 90th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top-flight football league. The season began on January 16 and ended on May 2, when Grêmio, despite losing the final match to their city rivals Internacional 0-1, clinched their 36th title is history thanks to their 2-0 win in the first match. The win broke a 2-year streak by Internacional. Other clubs like São José, Novo Hamburgo and Pelotas also caught the attention due to their overall record in the competition. All three clubs qualified to the 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Format

The format for the 2010 season was the same of the previous edition. The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups. In the first part, called Taça Fernando Carvalho, teams from one group played against teams from the other group. In the second part, called Taça Fábio Koff, clubs are inside their group. On both parts, top four teams from each group qualified to play-offs, when every round was decided in a single match. Winners of each part will played the finals.

Teams

Porto Alegre and Pelotas — winner and runner-up of the 2009 Campeonato Gaúcho Segunda Divisão, respectively — took the places from Brasil and Sapucaiense, relegated in the last tournament.

Club	Home city	Position in 2009
Avenida	Santa Cruz do Sul	10th
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	8th
Esportivo	Bento Gonçalves	14th
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Runners-up
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Winners
Internacional (SM)	Santa Maria	11th
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	7th
Novo Hamburgo	Novo Hamburgo	12th
Pelotas	Pelotas	Runners-up (Lower Level)
Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre	Winners (Lower Level)
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz do Sul	5th
São José	Porto Alegre	9th
São Luiz	Ijuí	13th
Universidade^1	Canoas	6th
Veranópolis	Veranópolis	4th
Ypiranga	Erechim	3rd

¹The club played the 2009 season under the name S.C. Ulbra.

Groups

Group 1: Grêmio, Juventude, Avenida, Esportivo, Internacional (SM), Porto Alegre and Ypiranga.
Group 2: Internacional, Caxias, Pelotas, Santa Cruz, São José and São Luiz, Universidade and Veranópolis.

Taça Fernando Carvalho

First stage

Group A standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio	8	5	2	1	17	10	+7	17	To Second Stage
2	Novo Hamburgo	8	2	2	4	10	14	−4	8
3	Internacional (SM)	8	2	2	4	10	18	−8	8
4	Juventude	8	1	3	4	10	18	−8	6
5	Ypiranga	8	1	2	5	9	17	−8	5
6	Porto Alegre	8	1	1	6	10	21	−11	4
7	Esportivo	8	1	0	7	7	22	−15	3
8	Avenida	8	0	1	7	8	16	−8	1

Updated to games played on February 14th, 2010.
Source: FGF (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group A results

Home \ Away^[1]	CAX	INT	PEL	SCR	SJO	SLU	UNI	VER
Avenida	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–3	2–3
ESP	0–1	1–2	0–5	1–3	1–2	1–4	3–0	0–3
Grêmio	3–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	1–1
Internacional (SM)	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–4	1–3	0–3	0–3	3–2
Juventude	1–1	0–5	1–3	0–1	2–2	3–3	3–2	0–1
Novo Hamburgo	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	2–2
Porto Alegre	4–5	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–5	2–0	1–5
{{fb team Ypiranga}}	0–2	2–4	1–4	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional (Q)	8	7	1	0	19	6	+13	22	To the Second Stage
2	São José-RS (Q)	8	6	1	1	18	10	+8	19
3	São Luiz (Q)	8	5	3	0	20	7	+13	18
4	Veranópolis (Q)	8	5	2	1	20	11	+9	17
5	Pelotas	8	5	0	3	18	10	+8	15
6	Caxias	8	4	3	1	16	11	+5	15
7	Santa Cruz-RS	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4	14
8	Universidade	8	2	1	5	13	18	−5	7

Updated to games played on February 14th, 2010.
Source: FGF (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

AVE

ESP

GRE

ISM

JUV

NHA

POA

YPI

CAX

INT

PEL

SCR

SJO

SLU

UNI

VER

Avenida

Esportivo

Grêmio

Internacional (SM)

Juventude

Novo Hamburgo

Porto Alegre

Ypiranga

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Feb 17, Olímpico
	Grêmio*	4
					Feb 20, Olímpico
	Veranópolis	2
					Grêmio*	4
	Feb 17, Passo D'Areia
					Internacional (SM)	1
	São José*	0
									Feb 28, Olímpico
	Internacional (SM)	2
									Grêmio*	1
	Feb 18, Beira-Rio
									Novo Hamburgo	0
	Internacional*	2
					Feb 21, Beira-Rio
	Juventude	0
					Internacional*	1
	Feb 18, Vale
					Novo Hamburgo	2
	Novo Hamburgo*	2
	São Luiz	0

Final

Grêmio v Novo Hamburgo

February 28 16:00 (GMT -03:00)

Grêmio	1–0	Novo Hamburgo
Ferdinando  20'	Report

Estádio Olímpico Monumental Attendance: 30,252 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Taça Fábio Koff

First stage

Group A standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio (Q)	7	7	0	0	16	4	+12	21	To Second Stage
2	Novo Hamburgo (Q)	7	4	1	2	13	8	+5	13
3	Internacional (SM) (Q)	7	3	1	3	11	14	−3	10
4	Ypiranga (Q)	7	2	3	2	10	13	−3	9
5	Porto Alegre	7	2	1	4	13	14	−1	7
6	Esportivo	7	2	1	4	10	15	−5	7
7	Avenida	7	2	0	5	12	15	−3	6
8	Juventude	7	1	3	3	9	11	−2	6

Updated to games played on April 4th, 2010.
Source: FGF (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group A results

Home \ Away^[1]	AVE	ESP	GRE	ISM	JUV	NHA	Porto Alegre	YPI
Avenida			1–3		1–0	1–2		1–2
Esportivo	2–4			1–3	1–1	2–1
Grêmio		2–0		3–0		2–1	1–0
Internacional (SM)	3–2				2–4		2–1
Juventude			1–2				1–1	1–1
Novo Hamburgo				2–0	3–1			0–0
Porto Alegre	3–2	1–2				2–4		5–2
Ypiranga		3–2	1–3	1–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Caxias (Q)	7	6	1	0	13	5	+8	19	To the Second Stage
2	São José-RS (Q)	7	3	3	1	16	10	+6	12
3	Internacional (Q)	7	3	2	2	12	9	+3	11
4	Pelotas (Q)	7	2	3	2	10	10	0	9
5	Veranópolis	7	2	2	3	14	13	+1	8
6	Universidade	7	2	2	3	10	15	−5	8
7	São Luiz	7	1	2	4	9	13	−4	5
8	Santa Cruz-RS	7	0	3	4	8	17	−9	3

Updated to games played on April 4th, 2010.
Source: FGF (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B results

Home \ Away^[1]	CAX	INT	PEL	SCR	SJO	SLU	UNI	VER
Caxias					2–1		1–0
Internacional			2–2	4–1			4–0
Pelotas	2–3							1–0
Santa Cruz-RS	1–1					3–3	1–2	0–4
São José-RS		3–0	1–1	2–2		2–1
São Luiz	0–2	0–1	1–1				3–1
Universidade			3–2					2–2
Veranópolis	1–2	1–1			2–5

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Apr 8, Olímpico
	Grêmio*	1
					Apr 11, Passo D'Areia
	Pelotas	2
					Pelotas (p)	1 (4)
	Apr 8, Passo D'Areia
					São José*	1 (2)
	São José* (p)	0 (3)
									Apr 18, Beira-Rio
	Internacional (SM)	0 (1)
									Pelotas	2
	Apr 7, Centenário
									Internacional*	3
	Caxias*	2 (1)
					Apr 10, Beira-Rio
	Ypiranga (p)	2 (3)
					Ypiranga	0
	Apr 7, Vale
					Internacional*	2
	Novo Hamburgo*	3 (4)
	Internacional (p)	3 (5)

* Homeground advantage

Final

Internacional v Pelotas

April 18 16:00 (GMT -03:00)

Internacional	3–2	Pelotas
Bolivar  42' Edu  74' D'Alessandro  82'	Report	Clodoaldo  30',  38'

Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 26,823 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon

Tournament Finals

Internacional v Grêmio

April 25 16:00 (GMT -03:00)

Internacional	0–2	Grêmio
		Rodrigo Borges

Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 34,744 Referee: Leonardo Gaciba

Grêmio v Internacional

May 2 16:00 (GMT -03:00)

Grêmio	0–1	Internacional
		Giuliano

Estádio Olímpico Monumental Referee: Leandro Vuaden

Grêmio won 2–1 on aggregate.

Overall table

The overall table considers only the matches played during the first stage of both Taça Fernando Carvalho and Taça Fábio Koff and will define the two teams that will be relegated to play lower levels in 2011. Moreover, the best and second-best placed teams not playing Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Grêmio, Internacional), B or C (Caxias, Juventude) will be "promoted" to 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio (C)	15	12	2	1	33	14	+19	38
2	Caxias	15	10	4	1	29	16	+13	34	2011 Copa do Brasil ^1
3	Internacional	15	10	3	2	31	15	+16	33
4	São José-RS	15	9	4	2	34	20	+14	31	Série D 2010 and 2011 Copa do Brasil ^1
5	Veranópolis	15	7	4	4	34	24	+10	025^2
6	Pelotas	15	7	3	5	29	21	+8	24	Série D 2010
7	São Luiz	15	6	5	4	29	20	+9	23
8	Novo Hamburgo	15	6	3	6	23	22	+1	21
9	Internacional (SM)	15	5	3	7	21	32	−11	18
10	Santa Cruz-RS	15	4	5	6	20	25	−5	17
11	Universidade	15	4	3	8	23	33	−10	15
12	Ypiranga	15	3	5	7	19	30	−11	14	2011 Copa do Brasil ^3
13	Juventude	15	2	6	7	19	29	−10	12
14	Porto Alegre	15	3	2	10	23	35	−12	11
15	Esportivo	15	3	1	11	17	37	−20	10	Relegation to Lower Levels
16	Avenida	15	2	1	12	20	31	−11	7

Updated to games played on March 29th, 2010.
Source: FGF (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

1. Gremio and Internacional were qualified to 2011 Copa Libertadores, thus the berths allocated to Caxias and São José.
2. Veranópolis withdrew its berth to play Série D 2010
3.Ypiranga qualified as the 2009 Copa FGF runners.

References

1. Regulation (Portuguese)