1977 Campeonato Gaúcho

Campeonato Gaúcho
Season1977
ChampionsGrêmio
RelegatedCachoeira
Estrela
Gaúcho
Riograndense
São Paulo
Ypiranga de Erechim
Copa BrasilGrêmio
Internacional
Juventude
Caxias
Brasil de Pelotas
Matches played311
Goals scored591 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorerFlávio (Pelotas)
Luís Freire (Esportivo) – 13 goals
Biggest home winGrêmio 10–0 Pelotas (July 31, 1977)
Biggest away winSanto Ângelo 1-5 Pelotas (May 4, 1977)
Cruzeiro 0–4 Grêmio Bagé (May 29, 1977)
Highest scoringGrêmio 10–0 Pelotas (July 31, 1977)
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The 57th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on March 26, 1977, and ended on September 25, 1977. Twenty-four teams participated. Grêmio won their 20th title. Six teams were relegated.[1][2]

Participating teams

Club Stadium Home location Previous season
14 de Julho Vermelhão da Serra Passo Fundo
–
Associação Santa Cruz Plátanos Santa Cruz do Sul
16th
Atlético de Carazinho Paulo Coutinho Carazinho
10th
Brasil Bento Freitas Pelotas
–
Cachoeira Joaquim Vidal Cachoeira do Sul
–
Cruzeiro Estrelão Porto Alegre
15th
Caxias Centenário Caxias do Sul
4th
Esportivo Montanha Bento Gonçalves
3rd
Estrela Walter Jobim Estrela
8th
Gaúcho Wolmar Salton Passo Fundo
14th
Grêmio Pedra Moura Bagé
12th
Grêmio Olímpico Porto Alegre
2nd
Guarany Estrela D'Alva Bagé
11th
Internacional Beira-Rio Porto Alegre
1st
Internacional Presidente Vargas Santa Maria
9th
Juventude Alfredo Jaconi Caxias do Sul
6th
Novo Hamburgo Santa Rosa Novo Hamburgo
–
Pelotas Boca do Lobo Pelotas
28th
Riograndense Eucaliptos Santa Maria
18th
São Borja Vicente Goulart São Borja
7th
São Luiz 19 de Outubro Ijuí
17th
São Paulo Aldo Dapuzzo Rio Grande
–
Santo Ângelo Zona Norte Santo Ângelo
–
Ypiranga Colosso da Lagoa Erechim
13th

System

The championship would have four stages.:[2][1]

  • First phase: The twenty-four clubs would be divided into two groups of twelve teams, specifically sorted so traditional or regional rivals would be in different groups. Each team would play against the teams of their own group once, and after that, it would play twice against their rival in the other group, totalling 13 matches. The four best teams in each group qualified to the Second phase, and among them, the champions of each group would play each other to define the champions of the first stage, which would earn one point to the Finals. The three bottom teams in each group were relegated, and the other ten remaining teams qualified to the Repechage.
  • Repechage: The ten teams would be divided into two groups of five. Each team played against the teams of its won group twice. The best team in each group qualified to the Second phase.
  • Second phase: The remaining ten teams would play each other twice. The best team in each round would win a point for the Finals.
  • Finals: The winners of the first stage and the two rounds of the second stage qualified to this stage. Each participant would have one point allotted to them by stage won, and the teams would play each other until one reached four points, with that team winning the title.

Championship

First phase

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internacional 13 10 1 2 33 13 +20 21 Qualified to First phase Finals
2 Caxias 13 8 3 2 15 6 +9 19 Qualified to Second phase
3 Esportivo 13 7 4 2 17 8 +9 18
4 Brasil de Pelotas 13 5 7 1 13 7 +6 17
5 Internacional de Santa Maria 13 5 5 3 16 11 +5 15 Qualified to Repechage
6 São Luiz 13 5 4 4 14 16 −2 14
7 14 de Julho 13 5 3 5 12 14 −2 13
8 Grêmio Bagé 13 4 4 5 12 15 −3 12
9 Atlético de Carazinho 13 5 2 6 10 14 −4 12
10 Cachoeira 13 3 3 7 14 17 −3 9 Relegated
11 São Paulo 13 2 2 9 7 20 −13 6
12 Estrela 13 1 3 9 9 19 −10 5
Updated to match(es) played on May 15, 1977. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grêmio 13 12 0 1 29 4 +25 24 Qualified to First phase Finals
2 Juventude 13 8 0 5 20 10 +10 16 Qualified to Second phase
3 Associação Santa Cruz 13 7 2 4 18 11 +7 16
4 Pelotas 13 6 4 3 18 12 +6 16
5 Novo Hamburgo 13 5 4 4 8 9 −1 14 Qualified to Repechage
6 São Borja 13 4 4 5 11 24 −13 12
7 Guarany de Bagé 13 4 3 6 11 14 −3 11
8 Cruzeiro 13 2 6 5 11 18 −7 10
9 Santo Ângelo 13 2 6 5 10 19 −9 10
10 Gaúcho 13 3 3 7 9 13 −4 9 Relegated
11 Ypiranga de Erechim 13 2 4 7 7 14 −7 8
12 Riograndense 13 1 3 9 11 27 −16 5
Updated to match(es) played on May 15, 1977. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional 1–0 Grêmio 1–0 0–0

Repechage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cruzeiro 8 4 4 0 8 1 +7 12 Qualified to Second phase
2 Internacional de Santa Maria 8 4 3 1 8 4 +4 11
3 Atlético de Carazinho 8 3 4 1 7 2 +5 10
4 Guarany de Bagé 8 2 2 4 6 10 −4 6
5 São Borja 8 0 1 7 1 13 −12 1
Updated to match(es) played on July 10, 1977. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Novo Hamburgo 8 5 2 1 6 1 +5 12 Qualified to Second phase
2 Grêmio Bagé 8 5 1 2 7 4 +3 11
3 São Luiz 8 4 1 3 10 7 +3 9
4 14 de Julho 8 3 1 4 10 7 +3 7
5 Santo Ângelo 8 0 1 7 2 16 −14 1
Updated to match(es) played on July 10, 1977. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.


Second phase

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grêmio 9 6 3 0 21 1 +20 15 Qualified to Finals
2 Internacional 9 6 2 1 13 3 +10 14
3 Juventude 9 5 2 2 13 5 +8 12
4 Associação Santa Cruz 9 3 3 3 8 10 −2 9
5 Cruzeiro 9 3 2 4 7 13 −6 8
6 Caxias 9 2 3 4 7 9 −2 7
7 Esportivo 9 2 3 4 6 8 −2 7
8 Brasil de Pelotas 9 2 3 4 4 10 −6 7
9 Pelotas 9 1 4 4 4 16 −12 6
10 Novo Hamburgo 9 1 3 5 3 11 −8 5
Updated to match(es) played on August 18, 1977. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grêmio 9 7 1 1 19 3 +16 15 Qualified to Finals
2 Caxias 9 6 2 1 11 3 +8 14
3 Internacional 9 6 1 2 14 4 +10 13
4 Juventude 9 5 2 2 9 4 +5 12
5 Esportivo 9 5 1 3 11 9 +2 11
6 Novo Hamburgo 9 2 3 4 2 10 −8 7
7 Associação Santa Cruz 9 0 5 4 4 9 −5 5
8 Pelotas 9 0 5 4 2 10 −8 5
9 Cruzeiro 9 0 5 4 3 12 −9 5
10 Brasil de Pelotas 9 0 3 6 1 12 −11 3
Updated to match(es) played on September 18, 1977. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grêmio 18 13 4 1 40 4 +36 30 Qualified to Campeonato Brasileiro
2 Internacional 18 12 3 3 27 7 +20 27
3 Juventude 18 10 4 4 22 9 +13 24
4 Caxias 18 8 5 5 18 12 +6 21 Qualified to Campeonato Brasileiro Selective Tournament
5 Esportivo 18 7 4 7 17 17 0 18
6 Associação Santa Cruz 18 3 8 7 12 19 −7 14
7 Cruzeiro 18 3 7 8 10 25 −15 13
8 Novo Hamburgo 18 3 6 9 5 21 −16 12
9 Pelotas 18 1 9 8 6 26 −20 11 Qualified to Campeonato Brasileiro Selective Tournament
10 Brasil de Pelotas 18 2 6 10 5 22 −17 10
Updated to match(es) played on September 18, 1977. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Finals

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg Agg.
Grêmio 4:1 Internacional 1:0 — — 1:0
Finals
Grêmio1 – 0Internacional
André Catimba 42'
Attendance: 57,186
Referee: Luís Zetterman Torres

Selective Tournament

Originally, only the Finalists would qualify for the Campeonato Brasileiro (in case there were only two finalists, the best team from Caxias do Sul would qualify). However, once it was decided to expand the championship for 1978, two more berths were opened, and were intended to be given to one team from Caxias do Sul and another from Pelotas, thus, a selective tournament was played with the two teams from each city. With Juventude already qualified, Caxias won the other berth in their group, while Brasil de Pelotas qualified in the Pelotas group.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Caxias 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 4 Qualified to Campeonato Brasileiro
2 Juventude 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on October 2, 1977. Source: Sumulastche.blogspot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brasil de Pelotas 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4 Qualified to Campeonato Brasileiro
2 Pelotas 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 2
Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 1977. Source: Sumulastche.blogspot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ a b "Championship of Rio Grande do Sul 1977". RSSSFBrasil.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Championship of Rio Grande do Sul 1977". Futebolnacional.com.br. Retrieved July 7, 2020.