2015 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 2015 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho, was the 95th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top-flight football league. The season began on 31 January and ended on 3 May with the second leg of final. In this year, 16 clubs of the state participate in the Campeonato Gaúcho. Internacional enters in the league defending the title won in 2014.

This season, the top two clubs in the state, Grêmio and Internacional, have qualified for the finals, reissuing the Grenal in the championship decision. In the first match of the final, the game ended in a 0–0 draw at Arena do Grêmio. Along with the two finalists, Brasil also qualified for the next season Copa do Brasil. Ypiranga-RS qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D at this season, for being the best placed team without national division. Meanwhile, Caxias, União Frederiquense and Avenida were the bottom three teams and were relegated to the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 for 2016 season.

Michel easily won the scoring title with 11 goals, even with the Passo Fundo failing to qualify for the knockout phase. The goalkeeper Carlão, of Ypiranga-RS, led the championship with 9 clean sheets, while Marcelo Grohe, of Grêmio, finished with 8.

Format
The sixteen participating clubs plays each other in a single round. The top eight teams qualified to the play-offs. The bottom three teams in the overall standings will be relegated.

Clubs
The following 16 clubs competed in the Campeonato Gaúcho during the 2015 season.

First stage

Standings

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Standings

Matches

Semi-finals

Standings

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Matches

Finals

Standings

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Matches

Overall table
Unlike last year the overall table considers the matches played during all stages and the first criterion for the position is stage. In order to reduce the number of participants from 16 to 12 (14 in 2016) three teams that will be relegated to play Série A2 in 2016 and only one team will be promoted to the first division. The best placed team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Grêmio and Internacional), Série B or Série C (Brasil (PE), Caxias and Juventude)  and the 2014 Super Copa Gaúcha champions Lajeadense will be "promoted" to Série D. The best three teams will qualify for 2016 Copa do Brasil.

Records and statistics

Goalscorers
This is the list of goalscorers in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho. Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.

References

Category:Campeonato Gaúcho seasons