2010 Campeonato Gaúcho

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.

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

Updated to games played on February 14th, 2010.
Source: FGF (in 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

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

Updated to games played on February 14th, 2010.
Source: FGF (in 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

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

Playoffs

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

Updated to games played on April 4th, 2010.
Source: FGF (in 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

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

Updated to games played on April 4th, 2010.
Source: FGF (in 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

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

* 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]

Updated to games played on March 29th, 2010.
Source: FGF (in 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.