2009 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 89th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on January 20 and ended on April 19. Repeating the 2008 final score, Internacional clinched their 39th title – second consecutive – after beating Caxias 8–1 in the Taça Fábio Koff final. As Internacional had already won Taça Fernando Carvalho, beating city rivals Grêmio 2–1 in the final, Campeonato Gaúcho finals were unnecessary.

Campeonato Gaúcho
Season2009
ChampionsInternacional
RelegatedSapucaiense and Brasil
Top goalscorerTaison (Internacional), 15 goals
Biggest home winInternacional 8–1 Caxias (Taça Fábio Koff Final, April 19)
Biggest away winBrasil 0–7 Internacional (Taça Fábio Koff First Stage, March 10)
← 2008
2010 →

The competition had 16 clubs 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 played inside their group. On both parts, top four teams from each group qualified to play-offs, when every round was decided in a single game. Winners of each part were supposed to play finals, but as Internacional won both, they were declared champions without it.

Teams
Club City Pos. in 2008 Number of Titles (until 2008)
InternacionalPorto AlegreChampions38
JuventudeCaxias do SulRunners-up1
Internacional (SM)Santa Maria3rd–
CaxiasCaxias do Sul4th1
GrêmioPorto Alegre5th35
SapucaienseSapucaia do Sul6th–
São JoséPorto Alegre7th–
UlbraCanoas8th–
EsportivoBento Gonçalves9th–
São LuizIjuí10th–
VeranópolisVeranópolis11th–
Novo HamburgoNovo Hamburgo12th–
BrasilPelotas13th1
Santa CruzSanta Cruz do Sul14th–
YpirangaErechim2nd Level champions–
AvenidaSanta Cruz do Sul2nd Level runners-up–

System

The 16 clubs will be divided into two groups.

Group 1: Internacional, Juventude, Avenida, Esportivo, Veranópolis, Brasil and Internacional (SM);
Group 2: Grêmio, Caxias, Santa Cruz, Ypiranga, Ulbra, Sapucaiense, São José and São Luiz.

The tournament will be divided in two stages. In the first one, called Taça Fernando Carvalho (Fernando Carvalho Cup, in reference to former Internacional chairman, winner of the 2006 Copa Libertadores and FIFA Club World Cup), teams from one group will play in single round-robin format against clubs of the other group. Top four teams in each group advance to quarterfinals. In home-and-away system, winners qualify to semifinals and then, to the finals. Later, in Taça Fábio Koff (Fábio Koff Cup, in reference to former Grêmio chairman, winner of the 1983 Intercontinental Cup, 1983 and 1995 Copa Libertadores), teams in the same group will play each other once. Again, top four teams will play quarterfinals, winners play semifinals and then finals. If the same club wins both stages, they will be declared champions. Otherwise, a final will be disputed in home-and-away system.

Background

On January 15, just one week before its debut in the championship, a bus carrying all Brasil squad crashed in the 150th kilometer of the BR-392 road, in the city of Canguçu, southern Rio Grande do Sul. The team was heading back to Pelotas after beating Santa Cruz 2–1 in a friendly match played in Vale do Sol, near Santa Cruz do Sul. The bus plunged off a 130-foot ravine after the driver lost its control when approaching a turn. The accident caused the death of three members of the team: goalkeeper trainer Giovani Guimarães, defender Régis Gouveia and striker Claudio Milar. Milar is considered to be one of the most notable players in the history of the club, scoring 110 goals in approximately 200 caps. Several other players sustained injuries. Among the injured was Copa Libertadores 1995 winner and 1996 Olympic bronze-medalist Danrlei.

After the disaster, several clubs offered to loan players for free in order to help Brasil to play in the tournament. Also, companies as Multisom and Banrisul signed special sponsorship deals to provide financial support. On January 19, club managers and the Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation decided that Brasil should skip their first 5 matches, debuting on February 3 against Santa Cruz.

Taça Fernando Carvalho

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internacional 8 6 2 0 19 4 +15 20 to Quarterfinals
2 Veranópolis 8 4 0 4 13 15 −2 12
3 Novo Hamburgo 8 3 3 2 10 11 −1 12
4 Juventude 8 3 2 3 5 5 0 11
5 Esportivo 8 2 4 2 9 13 −4 10
6 Avenida 8 2 3 3 13 15 −2 9
7 Internacional (SM) 8 1 2 5 7 14 −7 5
8 Brasil 8 0 3 5 10 21 −11 3
Source:

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grêmio 8 5 1 2 20 8 +12 16 to Quarterfinals
2 Ypiranga 8 5 1 2 13 8 +5 16
3 Santa Cruz 8 3 4 1 11 6 +5 13
4 Ulbra 8 3 4 1 14 10 +4 13
5 São Luiz 8 3 2 3 6 7 −1 11
6 São José 8 2 2 4 16 18 −2 8
7 Caxias 8 2 2 4 8 13 −5 8
8 Sapucaiense 8 1 3 4 11 17 −6 6
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AVE BRA ESP INT ISM JUV NH VER CAX GRE SCZ SJO SLU SAP ULB YPI
Avenida 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–3 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–4
Brasil 1–2 0–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–5 1–3
Esportivo 0–0 0–5 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–2
Internacional 5–1 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 4–1 0–0
Internacional (SM) 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–0
Juventude 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Novo Hamburgo 2–0 1–5 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1
Veranópolis 2–1 3–1 0–3 3–2 0–1 3–2 2–3 0–2
Caxias 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–5 4–2 0–0 0–2 1–2
Grêmio 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–2[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–3
Santa Cruz 3–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0
São José 3–3 1–1 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
São Luiz 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0
Sapucaiense 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–3
Ulbra 0–0 5–2 0–0 1–4 3–0 0–0 2–2 3–2
Ypiranga 4–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match played in neutral ground (Erechim)

Playoffs
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
February 22 – Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
 
 
Internacional*2
 
February 26 – Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
 
Ulbra1
 
Internacional*2
 
February 22 – Colosso da Lagoa, Erechim
 
Novo Hamburgo0
 
Ypiranga*0
 
March 1 – Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
 
Novo Hamburgo3
 
Internacional*2
 
February 21 – Olímpico, Porto Alegre
 
Grêmio1
 
Grêmio*2
 
February 27 – Olímpico, Porto Alegre
 
Juventude0
 
Grêmio*1
 
February 21 – Antônio D. Farina, Veranópolis
 
Veranópolis0
 
Veranópolis*2
 
 
Santa Cruz1
 

* Homeground advantage

The Final
Internacional2–1Grêmio
Índio  47'
Magrão  77'		 Report Alex Mineiro  59'
Attendance: 28,436

Taça Fábio Koff

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internacional 7 6 1 0 28 6 +22 19 to Quarterfinals
2 Veranópolis 7 4 1 2 10 8 +2 13
3 Internacional (SM) 7 4 1 2 9 9 0 13
4 Juventude 7 3 3 1 11 7 +4 12
5 Avenida 7 3 0 4 7 10 −3 9
6 Esportivo 7 1 2 4 9 19 −10 5
7 Novo Hamburgo 7 1 1 5 7 11 −4 4
8 Brasil 7 1 1 5 7 18 −11 4
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AVE BRA ESP INT ISM JUV NH VER
Avenida 3–2 3–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–2
Brasil 2–3 1–2 0–7 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–3
Esportivo 1–3 2–1 2–6 1–2 2–2 0–4 1–1
Internacional 3–0 7–0 6–2 1–0 3–3 4–1 4–0
Internacional (SM) 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1
Juventude 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 3–0 2–1 0–1
Novo Hamburgo 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–2
Veranópolis 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santa Cruz 7 4 0 3 13 12 +1 12 to Quarterfinals
2 Ulbra 7 3 3 1 11 9 +2 12
3 Caxias 7 3 2 2 16 10 +6 11
4 Grêmio 7 3 2 2 14 10 +4 11
5 São José 7 3 2 2 11 15 −4 11
6 Ypiranga 7 2 4 1 11 9 +2 10
7 Sapucaiense 7 2 0 5 10 17 −7 6
8 São Luiz 7 1 1 5 5 9 −4 4
Source:

Results
Home \ Away CAX GRE SCZ SJO SLU SAP ULB YPI
Caxias 4–0 1–2 3–4 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1
Grêmio 0–4 2–3 6–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Santa Cruz 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–4
São José 4–3 1–6 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1
São Luiz 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1
Sapucaiense 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 4–3 1–3
Ulbra 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–4 1–0
Ypiranga 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
April 5 – Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
 
 
Internacional*2
 
April 12 – Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
 
Grêmio1
 
Internacional*4
 
April 5 – Complexo Esportivo, Canoas
 
Ulbra0
 
Ulbra*2
 
April 19 – Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
 
Internacional (SM)0
 
Internacional*8
 
April 5 – Plátanos, S. Cruz do Sul
 
Caxias1
 
Santa Cruz*1
 
April 12 – Alfredo Jaconi, Caxias do Sul
 
Juventude2
 
Caxias2
 
April 5 – Antônio D. Farina, Veranópolis
 
Juventude*0
 
Veranópolis*1
 
 
Caxias3
 

* Homeground advantage

Final
Internacional8–1Caxias
Magrão  7', 40'
Taison  15'
Nilmar  18', 22'
Guiñazú  32'
D'Alessandro  43'
Álvaro  87'		 Report Cristian Borja  66'

Finals

Finals were scheduled to be played on April 26 & May 3, but as Internacional won both Taça Fernando Carvalho and Taça Fábio Koff, finals became unnecessary.

Overall table

Considering only group matches of both Fernando Carvalho and Fábio Koff trophies, the bottom two teams in overall table will be relegated to play lower levels in 2010.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Internacional 15 12 3 0 47 10 +37 39
2 Grêmio 15 8 3 4 34 18 +16 27
3 Ypiranga 15 7 5 3 24 17 +7 26
4 Veranópolis 15 8 1 6 23 23 0 25
5 Santa Cruz 15 7 4 4 24 18 +6 25
6 Ulbra 15 6 7 2 25 19 +6 25
7 Juventude 15 6 5 4 16 12 +4 23
8 Caxias 15 5 4 6 24 23 +1 19
9 São José 15 5 4 6 27 33 −6 19
10 Avenida 15 5 3 7 20 25 −5 18
11 Internacional (SM) 15 5 3 7 16 24 −8 18
12 Novo Hamburgo 15 4 4 7 17 22 −5 16
13 São Luiz 15 4 3 8 11 16 −5 15
14 Esportivo 15 3 6 6 18 32 −14 15
15 Sapucaiense 15 3 3 9 21 34 −13 12 to Lower Levels in 2010
16 Brasil 15 1 4 10 17 39 −22 7
Source:

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