The 2021 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2021 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2021 for sponsorship reasons), was the 101st season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 27 February to 23 May 2021. 12 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho. Grêmio were the three-time defending champion and successfully defended their title.
Teams A total of 12 teams competed in the 2021 Série A1 season.
ClubCityStadiumCapacityPos. in 20201st seasonTitlesLast titleFirst title Aimoré São Leopoldo Cristo Rei 12,000 7th 1919 1 1919 1919 Brasil (PE) Pelotas Bento Freitas 18,000 9th 1919 1 1919 1919 Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 22,132 2nd 1961 1 2000 2000 Esportivo Bento Gonçalves Montanha dos Vinhedos 15,269 4th 1970 — — — Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio 55,225 1st 1919 39 2020 1921 Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 50,128 3rd 1927 45 2016 1927 Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 23,726 8th 1925 1 1998 1998 Novo Hamburgo Novo Hamburgo Estádio do Vale 6,500 10th 1930 1 2017 2017 Pelotas Pelotas Boca do Lobo 18,000 12th 1930 1 1930 1930 São José-RS Porto Alegre Francisco Novelletto Neto 8,000 6th 1961 — — — São Luiz Ijuí 19 de Outubro 14,000 11th 1974 — — — Ypiranga-RS Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 30,000 5th 1968 — — —
First stage Table
Results
Positions by matchday The table lists the positions of teams after each matchday.
Knockout stage Semi-finals The first legs will be played on 2 May, and the second legs will be played on 8 and 9 May 2021.
Match C1
Grêmio advances to the finals.
Match C2
Internacional advances to the finals.
Finals The first legs will be played on 16 May, and the second legs will be played on 23 May 2021.
Match G1
Grêmio win the finals.
Overall table
Awards
Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Jean Silva for Ypiranga-RS against São Luiz at Matchday 1 of First stage (27 February 2021)
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Diego SouzaGrêmio72 Thiago GalhardoInternacional53 Gustavo RamosCaxias4 FerreiraGrêmio RicardinhoGrêmio Matheus PeixotoJuventude Yuri AlbertoInternacional Hélio ParaíbaNovo Hamburgo Maurício CapriniYpiranga-RS912 players3 Last updated: 24 May 2021.Source: Soccerway.
Hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Ivan Martins Caxias Aimoré 3–2 (H) 8 March 2021 Thiago Galhardo Internacional Aimoré 6–1 (A) 14 April 2021 Last updated: 24 May 2021.Source: Soccerway.
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 BrennoGrêmio62 Marcelo PitolCaxias53 Raul SteffensAimoré4 Matheus NogueiraBrasil (PE) Marcelo CarnéJuventude Fábio RampiSão José-RS Deivity MartinsYpiranga-RS8 Daniel BrittoInternacional38 Anderson GavineskiEsportivo2 Renan RochaSão Luiz10 Pablo RodriguesAimoré1 Danilo FernandesInternacional Marcelo LombaInternacional Nícolas MödingerNovo Hamburgo Gabriel LeitePelotas
Last updated: 24 May 2021.Source: Soccerway.
Discipline Player Yellow cards RankPlayerClubYellowcards1 Márcio MarabáAimoré5 Gustavo RamosCaxias Lucas HulkEsportivo Eltinho CelioJuventude Paulo Henrique AlvesJuventude Marcelo FerreiraPelotas Mikael GuterresYpiranga-RS3 Itaqui SilvaEsportivo4 Samuel BalbinoEsportivo Ruan TressoldiGrêmio João CapixabaJuventude Juliano AlmeidaPelotas Moisés DallazenPelotas Silvio FreitasPelotas Fabiano SantiagoSão José-RS Zé MárioYpiranga-RS1118 players3
Red cards RankPlayerClubRedcards1 Jean RobertoAimoré1 Márcio MarabáAimoré Guilherme MattisCaxias Júnior AlvesEsportivo FerreiraGrêmio Léo ChúGrêmio Victor CuestaInternacional Paulo Henrique AlvesJuventude Amaral RosaNovo Hamburgo João Pedro VieiraPelotas Vinicius ParisePelotas Juliano BorgesSão José-RS Jadson SantosSão Luiz Revson SantosYpiranga-RS Mikael GuterresYpiranga-RS Last updated: 10 May 2021.Source: Soccerway.
Team Yellow cards RankClubYellowcards1São José-RS382Caxias34Juventude4Brasil (PE)335Pelotas316Aimoré287Grêmio27EsportivoYpiranga-RS10Novo Hamburgo2411Internacional2012São Luiz14
Red cards RankClubRedcards1Aimoré2GrêmioPelotasSão LuizYpiranga-RS6Brasil (PE)1CaxiasEsportivoInternacionalJuventudeNovo HamburgoSão José-RS Last updated: 10 May 2021.Source: Soccerway.
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