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1968 Campeonato Gaúcho

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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

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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

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.