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Campeonato Gaúcho
Season	1983
Champions	Internacional
Taça de Ouro	Brasil de Pelotas; Grêmio; Internacional
Taça de Prata	Novo Hamburgo; Internacional de Santa Maria
Matches played	193
Goals scored	322 (1.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kita (Juventude) – 15 goals
Biggest home win	Brasil de Pelotas 4-0 Grêmio (December 3, 1983)
Biggest away win	Internacional de Santa Maria 0-4 Novo Hamburgo (August 28, 1983)
Highest scoring	Caxias 4-1 Brasil de Pelotas (October 1, 1983); São Borja 4-1 Aimoré (October 2, 1983); Juventude 3-2 São Paulo (October 12, 1983); São Paulo 4-1 São Borja (October 26, 1983)
	← 1982 1984 →

The 63rd season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on June 16, 1983, and ended on December 3, 1983. Twelve teams participated. Internacional won their 28th title. no teams were relegated.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Club	Stadium	Home location	Previous season
Aimoré	Cristo-Rei	São Leopoldo	2nd (Second level)
Brasil	Bento Freitas	Pelotas	10th
Caxias	Centenário	Caxias do Sul	7th
Esportivo	Montanha	Bento Gonçalves	3rd
Grêmio	Pedra Moura	Bagé	1st (Second level)
Grêmio	Olímpico	Porto Alegre	2nd
Internacional	Beira-Rio	Porto Alegre	1st
Internacional	Presidente Vargas	Santa Maria	6th
Juventude	Alfredo Jaconi	Caxias do Sul	9th
Novo Hamburgo	Santa Rosa	Novo Hamburgo	4th
São Borja	Vicente Goulart	São Borja	8th
São Paulo	Aldo Dapuzzo	Rio Grande	5th

System

The championship would have two stages.:^[2]^[1]

First phase: The twelve clubs played each other in a double round-robin system. The eight best teams qualified to the Final phase, with the four best teams qualifying to a one-legged playoff to define the two teams that would receive one bonus point for the Final phase, and in addition to that, the two best teams from the hinterland earned one bonus point too.
Final phase: The eight remaining teams played each other in a double round-robin system; the team with the most points won the title.

Championship

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional	22	8	11	3	20	11	+9	27	Qualified; Extra points playoffs
2	Grêmio	22	8	10	4	23	14	+9	26
3	São Paulo	22	8	10	4	24	15	+9	26
4	Esportivo	22	8	10	4	21	17	+4	26
5	São Borja	22	8	8	6	21	17	+4	24	Qualified
6	Novo Hamburgo	22	7	10	5	17	13	+4	24
7	Brasil de Pelotas	22	7	9	6	15	18	−3	23
8	Juventude	22	6	10	6	18	14	+4	22
9	Internacional de Santa Maria	22	5	9	8	16	23	−7	19
10	Caxias	22	4	8	10	12	17	−5	16
11	Grêmio Bagé	22	4	8	10	11	23	−12	16
12	Aimoré	22	3	9	10	10	24	−14	15

Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 1983. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Extra points playoffs

According to the regulations, the teams with the best performances would have the home advantage in the playoffs. However, since Grêmio and São Paulo had ended up tied in both points and goal difference, a playoff to define where the main playoff match would be played was held in neutral ground.^[1]

6 October 1983

Preliminary Playoff

São Paulo	1 – 0	Grêmio
Itamar 16'	Report

Bento Freitas, Pelotas

Referee: Carlos Sérgio Rosa Martins

9 October 1983

Playoffs

São Paulo	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Grêmio
	Report
Penalties
Laerte Macedo Neca Rubens Paraná Nardo Paulo Barroco Jorge Maravilha Odir	7–6	Tarciso Róbson Paulo Roberto Osvaldo César Bonamigo Hugo de León Renato

Aldo Dapuzzo, Rio Grande

Attendance: 9,310

Referee: Aírton Domingos Bernardoni

9 October 1983

Playoffs

Internacional	2 – 0	Esportivo
Geraldão 19' Rubén Paz 29'	Report

Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 6,920

Referee: Luís Cunha Martins

Final phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional	14	7	7	0	19	7	+12	22	Champions;1984 Taça de Ouro
2	Grêmio	14	6	4	4	18	11	+7	16	1984 Taça de Ouro;Second place Playoffs
3	Brasil de Pelotas	14	5	6	3	14	11	+3	16	1984 Taça de Ouro;Second place Playoffs
4	Juventude	14	6	3	5	14	17	−3	15
5	Novo Hamburgo	14	4	5	5	10	13	−3	13	1984 Taça de Prata
6	Esportivo	14	2	8	4	11	12	−1	13
7	São Paulo	14	2	5	7	14	21	−7	11
8	São Borja	14	2	6	6	7	15	−8	10

Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 1983. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.