2016 Grêmio FBPA season

Grêmio
2016 season
President	Romildo Bolzan Jr.
Manager	Roger Machado
Stadium	Arena do Grêmio
Campeonato Brasileiro	9th
Copa do Brasil	Winners
Copa Libertadores de América	Round of 16
Primeira Liga	Grupo stage
Campeonato Gaúcho	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Luan (3); All: ; Luan (8)
Highest home attendance	17,866; (vs. Flamengo – 22 May)
Lowest home attendance	12,415; (vs. Coritiba – 29 May)
Average home league attendance	15,141
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The 2016 season is Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense's 113th season in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top division of Brazilian football. At this season, Grêmio participate in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the Copa Libertadores de América, the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Gaúcho.

Club

Staff

Board members

President: Romildo Bolzan Jr.
Vice-president: Adalberto Preis
Vice-president: Antônio Dutra Júnior
Vice-president: Cláudio Oderich
Vice-president: Marcos Herrmann
Vice-president: Odorico Roman
Vice-president: Sergei Costa
Vice-president of football: Alberto Guerra
Football adviser: Alexandre Rolim
Director of football: Antônio Dutra Júnior
Executive of football: Júnior Chávare
Superintendent: Antônio Carlos Verardi
Supervisor of football: Marcelo Rudolph

Coaching staff

Head coach: Roger Machado
Assistant coach: Roberto Ribas
Assistant coach: James Freitas
Fitness coach: Rogério Dias
Assistant fitness coach: Mário Pereira
Assistant fitness coach: Gabriel Alves
Goalkeeper coach: Rogério Godoy
Performance analyst: Eduardo Cecconi
Performance analyst: Antônio Cruz
Performance analyst: Rafael Tavares

Medical staff

Doctor: Márcio Bolzoni
Doctor: Felipe do Canto
Doctor: Paulo Rabaldo
Doctor: Márcio Dornelles
Physiologist: José Leandro
Physiologist: Rafael Gobbato
Physiotherapist: Henrique Valente
Physiotherapist: Ingrael do Amaral
Massagist: Marco Zeilmann
Massagist: José Flores
Massagist: Anderson Meurer
Nurse: Adriano Welter
Nutritionist: Katiuce Borges

Last updated: 25 May 2016.
Source: Portal Oficial do Grêmio

Other staff

Press officer: João Paulo Fontoura
Cameraman: Juares Dagort
Equipment manager: Marco Severino
Equipment manager: Danilo Bueno
Assistant equipment manager: Antônio Marcos
Butler: Paulo Oliveira
Chief security: Luiz Fernando Cardoso
Security: Cristiano Nunes
Security: Pedro Carvalho
Security: André Trisch
Security: Sandro Alegre
Security: José Nolan
Caretaker: Moacir da Luz
Motorist: Valdeci Coelho
Maintenance technician: Higino Luciano
Knave: João Brito

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Banrisul / Unimed

Home

Away

Third

Squad information

First team squad

Players and informations last updated on 2 June 2016.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Since	Until	Signed from	Apps	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Marcelo Grohe	GK	(1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 37)	2005	2020	Academy	264	0	National team
20	Douglas Friedrich	GK	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 35)	2016	2016	Corinthians	0	0	On loan
30	Bruno Grassi	GK	(1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37)	2015	2017	Cruzeiro-RS	0	0
40	Léo Jardim	GK	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 29)	2014	2017	Academy	0	0
—	Tiago Machowski	GK	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 31)	2014	2017	Academy	4	0
Defenders
3	Pedro Geromel	CB	(1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 39)	2014	2019	FC Köln	31	0	3rd captain
4	Bressan	CB	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31)	2013	2017	Juventude	60	1
6	Fred	CB	(1986-01-15) 15 January 1986 (age 38)	2016	2017	Goiás	0	0
14	Wallace Reis	CB	(1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 36)	2016	2019	Flamengo	0	0
15	Rafael Thyere	CB	(1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 31)	2013	2017	Academy	4	0
16	Wesley	RB / DM	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)	2015	2016	Academy	0	0
22	Marcelo Hermes	LB / LM	(1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29)	2015	2016	Academy	0	0
26	Marcelo Oliveira	LB / DM / CB	(1987-03-29) 29 March 1987 (age 37)	2015	2016	Cruzeiro	8	1	Vice-captain
33	Edílson	RB	(1986-07-27) 27 July 1986 (age 38)	2016	2019	Corinthians	0	0
—	Gabriel Blos	CB	(1989-02-28) 28 February 1989 (age 35)	2013	2019	Lajeadense	11	0	Source
Midfielders
5	Walace	DM	(1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29)	2014	2018	Academy	20	0	National team
8	Giuliano	AM / RM	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)	2014	2018	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	18	1
10	Douglas	AM	(1982-02-18) 18 February 1982 (age 42)	2015	2016	Monte Azul	112	24	On loan
12	Edinho	DM / CB	(1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 41)	2014	2017	Fluminense	18	0
17	Ramiro	DM / RB / CM	(1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 31)	2013	2016	Juventude	82	4
19	Maicon	CM / AM	(1985-09-14) 14 September 1985 (age 39)	2015	2019	São Paulo	0	0	Captain
21	Felipe Tontini	AM	(1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29)	2015	2018	Academy	0	0
27	Lincoln	AM / LM	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 25)	2015	2019	Academy	0	0
28	Kaio Mendes	DM / LB	(1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 (age 29)	2015	2017	Academy	0	0
37	Moisés Wolschick	DM / CM / RB	(1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 (age 30)	2015	2016	Academy	0	0
Forwards
7	Luan	LW / ST / AM / LM	(1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31)	2014	2018	Academy	55	9	National team
9	Braian Rodríguez	ST	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38)	2015	2016	Real Betis	0	0	On loan
11	Everton	LW	(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28)	2014	2018	Academy	21	3
13	Bobô	ST	(1985-01-09) 9 January 1985 (age 39)	2015	2016	Kayserispor	3	1
23	Miller Bolaños	AM / ST / RM / LM	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34)	2016	2019	Emelec	8	2	National team
24	Matheus Batista	ST	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 29)	2015	2019	Academy	0	0
32	Pedro Rocha	LW / RW / ST	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30)	2015	2017	Academy	3	1
91	Henrique Almeida	SS / ST	(1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33)	2016	2019	Botafogo	0	0

Starting XI

4–2–3–1 Formation

According to the most recent line-ups, not most used players (in Notes).

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	Marcelo Grohe	27
33	DF	Edílson	4	Wallace Oliveira has 12 starts.
3	DF	Pedro Geromel	24
6	DF	Fred	23
26	DF	Marcelo Oliveira	20
5	MF	Walace	18
19	MF	Maicon (captain)	25
8	MF	Giuliano	21
10	MF	Douglas	23
23	MF	Miller Bolaños	7	Bobô has 14 starts.
7	FW	Luan	25

Last updated: 5 June 2016.
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Friendlies

Pre-season

23 January Friendly	Grêmio	1–1	Danubio	Porto Alegre, Brazil
17:00 UTC−02:00	Everton 57'	Report	Kadu 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 14,504

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	Group stage	—	Group stage	28 January	6 March
Campeonato Gaúcho	First stage	—	Semi-finals	31 January	24 April
Copa Libertadores de América	Second stage	—	Round of 16	17 February	5 May
Campeonato Brasileiro	—	2nd	—	15 May	December
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16	Round of 16	—	July	—

Campeonato Brasileiro

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Corinthians	38	15	10	13	48	42	+6	55	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
8	Ponte Preta	38	15	8	15	48	52	−4	53	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
9	Grêmio	38	14	11	13	41	44	−3	53	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
10	São Paulo	38	14	10	14	44	36	+8	52	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
11	Chapecoense	38	13	13	12	49	56	−7	52^[a]	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
Notes:

^ The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash.^[2] Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).^[3]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	10	2	0	0	3	0	+3	1	1	1	6	4	+2

Last updated: 5 June 2016.
Source: Soccerway

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L
Position	11	7	2	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2016. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 May 1	Corinthians	0–0	Grêmio	São Paulo
16:00 UTC−03:00	Balbuena 73'	Report	Bobô 68' Edinho 88' Grohe 89' Almeida 90+3'	Stadium: Arena Corinthians Attendance: 31,905 Referee: Wilton Sampaio

22 May 2	Grêmio	1–0	Flamengo	Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC−03:00	Fred 54', 63' Luan 56' Maicon 90+4'	Report	Guerrero 9' Éverton 37'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 17,866 Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira

26 May 3	Atlético Mineiro	0–3	Grêmio	Belo Horizonte
21:00 UTC−03:00	Pablo 75'	Report	Marcelo Oliveira 18', 34' Luan 26', 45+3', 44' Douglas 50' Hermes 70' Maicon 84'	Stadium: Independência Attendance: 17,426 Referee: Raphael Claus

29 May 4	Grêmio	2–0	Coritiba	Porto Alegre
18:30 UTC−03:00	Everton 40' Luan 68' (pen.)	Report	Kléber 12' Rafael Marques 22' Juninho 67'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 12,415 Referee: Sandro Ricci

2 June 5	Palmeiras	4–3	Grêmio	São Paulo
21:00 UTC−03:00	Jesus 2' Sales 20' Dudu 23' Guedes 57' Vitor Hugo 42', 73' Prass 75' Santos 84' Fabrício 88'	Report	Hermes 40' Giuliano 45+5', 55' Grassi 68' Geromel 71' Lincoln 83' Edílson 90+1'	Stadium: Pacaembu Attendance: 19,196 Referee: Marielson Alves

5 June 6	Grêmio	v	Ponte Preta	Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Referee: Pericles Bassols

12 June 7	Grêmio	v	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC−03:00		Report		Stadium: Raulino de Oliveira

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Campeonato Brasileiro		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores de América		Primeira Liga / Campeonato Gaúcho
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Marcelo Grohe	27	0	4	0	0	0	8	0	15	0
20	GK	BRA	Léo Jardim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	BRA	Bruno Grassi	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
40	GK	BRA	Douglas Friedrich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	BRA	Tiago Machowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Wallace Oliveira	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
3	DF	BRA	Pedro Geromel	24	2	5	0	0	0	7	0	12	2
4	DF	BRA	Bressan	13	1	2+1	0	0	0	1+2	0	7	1
6	DF	BRA	Fred	23	3	3	1	0	0	8	1	12	1
14	DF	BRA	Wallace Reis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	BRA	Rafael Thyere	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	DF	BRA	Wesley	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
22	DF	BRA	Marcelo Hermes	14	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	8	0
26	DF	BRA	Marcelo Oliveira	20	1	3	1	0	0	6	0	11	0
33	DF	BRA	Edílson	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	BRA	Gabriel Blos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	BRA	Walace	18	4	5	0	0	0	4	1	9	3
8	MF	BRA	Giuliano	22	5	5	2	0	0	8	0	8+1	3
10	MF	BRA	Douglas	24	3	3+1	0	0	0	8	1	12	2
12	MF	BRA	Edinho	20	1	0+2	0	0	0	5	0	9+4	1
17	MF	BRA	Ramiro	11	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	6	0
19	MF	BRA	Maicon	25	1	5	0	0	0	7	1	13	0
21	MF	BRA	Felipe Tontini	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
27	MF	BRA	Lincoln	21	4	0+2	0	0	0	0+5	1	8+6	3
28	MF	BRA	Kaio Mendes	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+3	0
37	MF	BRA	Moisés Wolschick	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Luan	26	8	5	3	0	0	8	0	12+1	5
9	FW	URU	Braian Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Everton	21	4	2+3	1	0	0	3+2	1	9+2	2
13	FW	BRA	Bobô	26	7	2+1	0	0	0	2+4	1	10+7	6
23	FW	ECU	Miller Bolaños	9	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	2+2	1
24	FW	BRA	Matheus Batista	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	1
32	FW	BRA	Pedro Rocha	16	6	0+2	0	0	0	0+3	0	9+2	6
91	FW	BRA	Henrique Almeida	17	2	1+1	0	0	0	0+4	1	2+9	1
Players who currently don't integrate the squad
29	FW	BRA	Léo Tilica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	MF	BRA	Jailson Siqueira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
34	DF	BRA	Iago Silva	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0
77	FW	BRA	Fernandinho	10	1	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	3+5	1
—	DF	BRA	Kadu	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Last updated: 5 June 2016.
Source: Match reports in Competitions.

Goalscorers

The list include all goals in competitive matches.

No.	Pos	Player	Campeonato Brasileiro	Copa do Brasil	Copa Libertadores de América	Primeira Liga	Campeonato Gaúcho	Total
1	FW	Luan	3	0	0	0	5	8
2	FW	Bobô	0	0	1	0	6	7
3	FW	Pedro Rocha	0	0	0	0	6	6
4	MF	Giuliano	2	0	0	0	3	5
5	FW	Everton	1	0	1	0	2	4
	MF	Lincoln	0	0	1	0	3	4
	MF	Walace	0	0	1	0	3	4
7	DF	Fred	1	0	1	0	1	3
7	MF	Douglas	0	0	1	1	1	3
10	FW	Henrique Almeida	0	0	1	0	1	2
	FW	Miller Bolaños	0	0	1	0	1	2
	DF	Pedro Geromel	0	0	0	0	2	2
13	DF	Edílson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Marcelo Oliveira	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Maicon	0	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	Ramiro	0	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	Edinho	0	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	Bressan	0	0	0	1	0	1
	FW	Matheus Batista	0	0	0	0	1	1
Players who do not integrate over the First team squad
13	FW	Fernandinho	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals			0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			9	0	10	3	36	58

As of 5 June 2016.
Source: Match reports in Competitions.

Clean sheets

No.	Pos	Player	Campeonato Brasileiro	Copa Libertadores de América	Primeira Liga	Campeonato Gaúcho	Total
1	GK	Marcelo Grohe	4	2	2	2	10
2	GK	Bruno Grassi	0	0	0	2	2
Total			4	2	2	4	12

As of 5 June 2016.
Source: Match reports in Competitions.

Overview

Games played	32 (5 Campeonato Brasileiro, 8 Copa Libertadores de América, 3 Primeira Liga, 16 Campeonato Gaúcho)
Games won	18 (3 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Copa Libertadores de América, 1 Primeira Liga, 11 Campeonato Gaúcho)
Games drawn	7 (1 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Copa Libertadores de América, 2 Primeira Liga, 2 Campeonato Gaúcho)
Games lost	7 (1 Campeonato Brasileiro, 3 Copa Libertadores de América, 3 Campeonato Gaúcho)
Goals scored	58
Goals conceded	34
Goal difference	+24
Clean sheets	12
Best result	5–1 (A) v Passo Fundo – Campeonato Gaúcho – 30 March
Worst result	3–0 (A) v Rosario Central – Copa Libertadores de América – 5 May
Top scorer	Luan (8)

Updated to match played 5 June 2015.
Source: Competitions

Home attendances

References

^ "Grêmio official squad". Portal Oficial do Grêmio. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
^ "Atletico Mineiro say they won't play final-round match vs. Chapecoense". ESPN FC. ESPN. Associated Press. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^ "Na Liberta! Fogão e Furacão carimbam passaporte" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Na Arena Condá, em Chapecó (SC), a partida entre Chapecoense e Atlético-MG não aconteceu e as equipes receberam um W.O. duplo, que consiste em derrota por 3 a 0 para cada um dos times. A Chape fechou a competição com 52 pontos, no 11º lugar, e o Galo ficou na quarta posição, com 62. (At the Arena Condá, in Chapecó (Santa Catarina), the match between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro did not happen and the teams receive a double walkover, which consists in a 3–0 loss for both teams. Chape ended the competition with 52 points, in the 11th place, and the Galo ended in the fourth position, with 62.)

[table_hth_CAM0.62451899313578-4] The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash.^[2] Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).^[3]

[1] "Grêmio official squad". Portal Oficial do Grêmio. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

[ESPN-2] "Atletico Mineiro say they won't play final-round match vs. Chapecoense". ESPN FC. ESPN. Associated Press. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.

[3] "Na Liberta! Fogão e Furacão carimbam passaporte" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Na Arena Condá, em Chapecó (SC), a partida entre Chapecoense e Atlético-MG não aconteceu e as equipes receberam um W.O. duplo, que consiste em derrota por 3 a 0 para cada um dos times. A Chape fechou a competição com 52 pontos, no 11º lugar, e o Galo ficou na quarta posição, com 62. (At the Arena Condá, in Chapecó (Santa Catarina), the match between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro did not happen and the teams receive a double walkover, which consists in a 3–0 loss for both teams. Chape ended the competition with 52 points, in the 11th place, and the Galo ended in the fourth position, with 62.)

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