The 2015 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2015 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho or Gaúcho, was the 95th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began on 31 January and ended on 3 May, with the second leg of final. The 16 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho (Championship A1 Series). Internacional successfully defended its 2014 title.
In the 2015 season finals, the two top ranked clubs in the state league (Grêmio and Internacional) qualified, reissuing the Grenal in the championship decision after both clubs narrowly escaped elimination in the quarterfinals. In the opening match of the finals, 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 three bottom ranked teams and were relegated for the 2016 season to the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2.
Michel easily won the scoring title with 11 goals Passo Fundo failed 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 were relegated.
Clubs The following 16 clubs contested in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho.
ClubCityStadiumCapacityPos. in 20141st seasonSeasonsTitlesLast title Aimoré São Leopoldo Cristo Rei 10,000 11th 1961 6 — — Avenida Santa Cruz do Sul Estádio dos Eucaliptos 3,600 2nd (Série A2) 1971 10 — — Brasil (PE) Pelotas Bento Freitas 18,000 3rd 1919 16 1 1919 Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 30,802 4th 1961 54 1 2000 Cruzeiro-RS Cachoeirinha Antônio Vieira Ramos 8,000 8th 1929 20 1 1929 Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio 55,662 2nd 1919 73 36 2010 Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 50,128 1st 1927 71 43 2014 Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 23,726 7th 1925 57 1 1998 Lajeadense Lajeado Arena Alviazul 7,000 12th 1975 18 — — Novo Hamburgo Novo Hamburgo Estádio do Vale 6,500 6th 1930 62 — — Passo Fundo Passo Fundo Vermelhão da Serra 20,000 13th 1987 23 — — São José-RS Porto Alegre Passo D'Areia 8,000 10th 1961 31 — — São Paulo-RS Rio Grande Aldo Dapuzzo 11,500 9th 1933 28 1 1933 União Frederiquense Frederico Westphalen Vermelhão da Colina 4,000 3rd (Série A2) 2015 1 — — Veranópolis Veranópolis Antônio David Farina 4,000 5th 1994 22 — — Ypiranga-RS Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 30,000 1st (Série A2) 1968 25 — —
First stage Standings
Knockout phase Quarter-finals Standings
Matches
Semi-finals Standings
Matches
Finals Standings
Matches
Overall table Unlike 2014, 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 would be relegated to play Série A2 in 2016 and only one team would 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.
RankPlayerClubGoals1 MichelPasso Fundo112 NenaBrasil (PE)6 Ramon MachadoLajeadense6 Paulo BaierYpiranga-RS65 WesleyCruzeiro-RS5 AlexInternacional5 ValdíviaInternacional5 WallacerJuventude5 LeandrãoNovo Hamburgo510 Paulinho SimionatoAvenida4 Diogo OliveiraBrasil (PE)4 GiulianoGrêmio4 LuanGrêmio4 RafinhaSão José-RS4
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