2012 Campeonato Gaúcho

Campeonato Gaúcho
Season	2012
Champions	Internacional
Relegated	Ypiranga; Avenida
Série D	Veranópolis
Copa do Brasil	Internacional; Caxias; Veranópolis
Matches played	136
Goals scored	364 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	11 goals:; Leandro Damião (Internacional)
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2012 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2012 Campeonato Gaúcho or Gaúcho, was the 92nd edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began on 18 January and ended on 13 May. Internacional successfully defended its 2011 title in the final by defeating Caxias.

Format

The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups, such that each team would play two matches to determine which four teams from each group would qualify to the play-offs, and which teams would be relegated. The first stage, called Taça Piratini 2012 (Piratini Cup 2012, won by Internacional), had each team from one group play one team in the other group. In the second stage, called Taça Farroupilha 2012 (Farroupilha Cup 2012, won by Grêmio) each team within each group played one match against another team in the same group. The two lowest ranked teams in the overall standings were relegated (Ypiranga and Avenida).^[1]

Teams

Club	Home city	Position in 2010
Avenida	Santa Cruz do Sul	1st (2nd tier)
Canoas	Canoas	14th
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	7th tier
Cerâmica	Gravataí	2nd (2nd tier)
Cruzeiro (RS)	Porto Alegre	4th
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	2nd
Internacional	Porto Alegre	1st
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	3rd
Lajeadense	Lajeado	8th
Novo Hamburgo	Novo Hamburgo	9th
Pelotas	Pelotas	13th
Santa Cruz (RS)	Santa Cruz do Sul	11th
São José	Porto Alegre	6th
São Luiz	Ijuí	12th
Veranópolis	Veranópolis	10th
Ypiranga	Erechim	5th

Taça Piratini

First stage

Group A standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional (A)	8	5	1	2	16	9	+7	16	Advances to Quarterfinals
2	Juventude (A)	8	4	1	3	13	12	+1	13
3	São José-RS (A)	8	4	1	3	11	9	+2	13
4	Lajeadense (A)	8	3	2	3	9	9	0	11
5	Santa Cruz-RS	8	3	1	4	11	12	−1	10
6	São Luiz	8	3	1	4	8	11	−3	10
7	Ypiranga	8	0	3	5	6	12	−6	3
8	Canoas	8	0	1	7	8	21	−13	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Novo Hamburgo (A)	8	5	2	1	13	4	+9	17	Advances to Quarterfinals
2	Caxias (A)	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7	17
3	Veranópolis (A)	8	5	1	2	16	12	+4	16
4	Grêmio (A)	8	4	1	3	14	11	+3	13
5	Pelotas	8	3	0	5	7	13	−6	9
6	Cruzeiro-RS	8	4	2	2	14	7	+7	14
7	Cerâmica	8	2	2	4	9	14	−5	8
8	Avenida	8	2	2	4	10	16	−6	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(A) Advance to a further round

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

B1

Novo Hamburgo

1

A4

Lajeadense

0

B1

Novo Hamburgo

3

A2

Juventude

2

A2

Juventude

3

B3

Veranópolis

1

B1

Novo Hamburgo

1(2)

A3

Caxias

1(3)

A1

Internacional

1

B4

Grêmio

2

B4

Grêmio

1(4)

A3

Caxias

1(5)

A3

Caxias

2

B3

São José-RS

0

Taça Farroupilha

First stage

Group A standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internacional (A)	7	6	1	0	18	2	+16	19	Advances to Quarterfinals
2	Canoas (A)	7	3	3	1	9	6	+3	12
3	São José-RS (A)	7	3	2	2	9	10	−1	11
4	Ypiranga (A)	7	2	3	2	5	6	−1	9
5	Juventude	7	2	2	3	8	14	−6	8
6	Lajeadense	7	1	4	2	7	8	−1	7
7	São Luiz	7	1	2	4	7	12	−5	5
8	Santa Cruz-RS	7	1	1	5	8	13	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April. Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grêmio (A)	7	6	0	1	20	5	+15	18	Advances to Quarterfinals
2	Veranópolis (A)	7	3	2	2	11	10	+1	11
3	Pelotas (A)	7	3	2	2	10	10	0	11
4	Cerâmica (A)	7	2	3	2	5	6	−1	9
5	Novo Hamburgo	7	2	3	2	6	10	−4	9
6	Caxias	7	2	1	4	6	9	−3	7
7	Cruzeiro-RS	7	1	3	3	9	11	−2	6
8	Avenida	7	1	2	4	5	11	−6	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(A) Advance to a further round

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A1

Internacional

3

B4

Cerâmica

0

A1

Internacional

4

B2

Veranópolis

0

B2

Veranópolis

1

A3

São José-RS

0

A1

Internacional

2

B1

Grêmio

1

B1

Grêmio

4

A4

Ypiranga

0

B1

Grêmio

1

A2

Canoas

0

A2

Canoas

3

B3

Pelotas

1

Tournament Finals

6 May 2012

16:00 (GMT -03:00)

Caxias	1–1	Internacional
Mateus 43'		Oscar 56'

Estádio Centenário

Attendance: 12,042

Referee: Jean Pierre Lima

13 May 2012

16:00 (GMT -03:00)

Internacional	2–1	Caxias
Sandro Silva 66' Leandro Damião 71'		Michel 21'

Estádio Beira-Rio

Attendance: 23,028

Referee: Márcio Chagas da Silva

Internacional won 3–2 on aggregate.

Overall table

The overall table considered only the matches played during the first stage of both group's Taças and would define the two teams that to be relegated for the 2013 season. The Taça Champions are ranked at the top of the table. The best placed team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Grêmio, Internacional), B or C (Caxias) was promoted to 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The best three teams not qualified to 2013 Copa Libertadores qualified for 2013 Copa do Brasil.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional (C)	15	11	2	2	34	11	+23	35	2013 Copa do Brasil
2	Caxias	15	7	3	5	18	14	+4	24	2013 Copa do Brasil
3	Grêmio	15	10	1	4	34	16	+18	31	2013 Copa do Brasil Round of 16^[a]
4	Veranópolis	15	8	3	4	27	22	+5	27	2013 Copa do Brasil
5	Novo Hamburgo	15	7	5	3	19	14	+5	26
6	São José-RS	15	7	3	5	20	19	+1	24
7	Juventude	15	6	4	5	21	26	−5	22	Série D^[b]
8	Pelotas	15	6	2	7	17	23	−6	20
9	Lajeadense	15	4	6	5	16	17	−1	18
10	Cerâmica	15	4	5	6	14	20	−6	17	Série D^[c]
11	São Luiz	15	4	3	8	15	23	−8	15
12	Cruzeiro-RS	15	5	5	5	23	18	+5	14^[d]
13	Santa Cruz-RS	15	4	2	9	19	25	−6	14
14	Canoas	15	3	4	8	17	27	−10	13
15	Avenida (R)	15	3	4	8	15	27	−12	13	Relegation to 2012 2ª divisão
16	Ypiranga (R)	15	2	6	7	11	18	−7	12	Relegation to 2012 2ª divisão

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April. Source: ^[4] (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th red cards received; 6th yellow cards received; 7th public draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Grêmio qualified for 2013 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa do Brasil Round of 16 as 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd
^ Juventude qualified as 2012 Copa FGF champions
^ Veranópolis, Novo Hamburgo, Pelotas, Lajeadense withdrew.
^ Cruzeiro was docked 6 points for using a non-registered player

References

^ João Batista Lopes da Silva (14 February 2012). "Rio Grande do Sul". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ "Gaucho 1: 2nd round". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ FGF.com^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Federação Gaúcha de Futebol(in Portuguese)

[table_note_res_QCB160.35198311011865-4] Grêmio qualified for 2013 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa do Brasil Round of 16 as 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd

[table_note_res_QSD0.35198311011865-5] Juventude qualified as 2012 Copa FGF champions

[table_note_res_QSDb0.35198311011865-6] Veranópolis, Novo Hamburgo, Pelotas, Lajeadense withdrew.

[table_hth_CRS0.35198311011865-7] Cruzeiro was docked 6 points for using a non-registered player

[1] João Batista Lopes da Silva (14 February 2012). "Rio Grande do Sul". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[sw2-2] "Gaucho 1: 2nd round". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 September 2011.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] FGF.com^{[permanent dead link]}

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[4]

2012 Campeonato Gaúcho

Contents

Format

Teams

Taça Piratini

First stage

Group A standings

Group B standings

Playoffs

Taça Farroupilha

First stage

Group A standings

Group B standings

Playoffs

Tournament Finals

Overall table

See also

References

External links