1968 Campeonato Gaúcho

Football league season
Campeonato Gaúcho
Season1968
Dates4 February – 28 July
ChampionsGrêmio (19th title)
RelegatedRiograndense (RG)
Guarany (BA)
Matches played149
Goals scored456 (3.06 per match)
← 1967
1969 →

The 1968 Campeonato Gaúcho was the 48th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top association football league. Grêmio won their 19th title. The league expanded to eighteen teams: the twelve clubs from last season were joined by six teams from last year's Promotion Tournament.[1][2] It is unknown how these six teams were chosen: Ypiranga, São Paulo, Santa Cruz and São José were among the championship's top six teams, but Cruzeiro and Flamengo were eliminated in the first stage.[3]

Format

The championship's format changed for the first time since 1961 due to its expansion, not without controversy. The league was divided in three stages, as follows:

  • Preliminary stage: clubs were divided in two groups of nine teams each, playing a single round-robin against same group teams. The bottom two advanced to the relegation tournament while the top seven clubs played another single round-robin against each other maintaining their previous results.
  • Relegation tournament: the four clubs faced each other in a double-robin where the bottom two were relegated.
  • Octagonal: each group's top four faced each other in a double round-robin, where the best club was crowned champions.

Teams

Club Location Titles Last season
Aimoré São Leopoldo
0
 11th
Brasil Pelotas
1
 6th
Cruzeiro Porto Alegre
1
 Eliminated at earlier stages (Second Division)
Farroupilha Pelotas
1
 3rd
FlamengoA Caxias do Sul
0
 Eliminated at earlier stages (Second Division)
Gaúcho Passo Fundo
0
 5th
Grêmio Porto Alegre
18
 1st
Guarany Bagé
2
 4th
Internacional Porto Alegre
16
 2nd
Juventude Caxias do Sul
0
 7th
Novo HamburgoB Novo Hamburgo
0
 12th
Pelotas Pelotas
1
 9th
Rio Grande Rio Grande
1
 10th
Riograndense Rio Grande
0
 8th
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz do Sul
0
 3rd (Second Division)
São José Porto Alegre
0
 5th (Second Division)
São Paulo Rio Grande
0
 2nd (Second Division)
Ypiranga Erechim
0
 1st (Second Division)
A.^ Caxias was known as Flamengo until 1971.
B.^ Novo Hamburgo changed back to its original name, being known as Floriano since 1942.

Preliminary stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grêmio 14 9 3 2 41 12 +29 21 Qualification to octagonal
2 Brasil 14 9 2 3 28 14 +14 20
3 Santa Cruz 14 7 1 6 26 19 +7 15
4 Gaúcho 14 6 3 5 16 30 −14 15
5 Rio Grande 14 4 5 5 27 28 −1 13
6 São José 14 4 4 6 18 23 −5 12
7 Novo Hamburgo 14 3 5 6 20 32 −12 11
8 Flamengo 8 2 1 5 11 17 −6 5 Qualification to relegation tournament
9 Riograndense (RG) 8 1 0 7 6 18 −12 2
Source: [1]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internacional 14 8 4 2 19 8 +11 20 Qualification to octagonal
2 Juventude 14 8 3 3 27 16 +11 19
3 Pelotas 14 7 3 4 16 13 +3 17
4 Cruzeiro 14 5 4 5 13 14 −1 14
5 Aimoré 14 4 5 5 12 14 −2 13
6 Ypiranga 14 5 2 7 10 14 −4 12
7 São Paulo 14 3 3 8 13 20 −7 9
8 Guarany (BA) 8 2 1 5 8 13 −5 5 Qualification to relegation tournament
9 Farroupilha 8 0 5 3 7 13 −6 5
Source: [2]

Octagonal

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Grêmio (C) 14 9 4 1 25 6 +19 22
2 Internacional 14 7 4 3 18 14 +4 18
3 Cruzeiro 14 7 1 6 19 18 +1 15
4 Santa Cruz 14 3 6 5 11 22 −11 12
5 Juventude 14 3 6 5 7 12 −5 12
6 Brasil 14 4 4 6 13 15 −2 12
7 Pelotas 14 3 5 6 19 18 +1 11
8 Gaúcho 14 2 6 6 12 19 −7 10
Source: [3]
(C) Champions

Relegation tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Flamengo 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 8
2 Farroupilha 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 5
3 Riograndense (RG) 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 Relegation
4 Guarany (BA) 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [4]

The results of five games are unknown.

References

  1. ^ "1968 Campeonato Gaúcho". RSSSFBrasil.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "1968 Campeonato Gaúcho". futebolnacional.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "1967 Promotion Tournament". RSSSFBrasil.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2022.
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