The 2014 Copa FGF (also known as the 2014 Copa Fernandão in this edition, in posthumous tribute) was the 11th season of the Copa FGF, the main domestic cup competition in Rio Grande do Sul football, which is a knockout cup competition. The tournament began on 6 August and ended on 8 October with the second leg of final.
In this year, 22 clubs of the state decided to participate in the Copa FGF, which varies in number of participants according to the interest of clubs in the first, second and third divisions of the Campeonato Gaúcho. This time, one of the two greatest clubs in the state, the Grêmio, decided to not participate of the competition.
Novo Hamburgo enters in the 2014 Copa FGF defending his title won in 2013.
Format The competition is a knockout tournament with pairings for first round (round of 22) drawn at random, being the best placed club in the FGF Club Ranking plays the first leg at away. If that club wins by a difference of two or more goals, it will be automatically qualified for the next round. The same rules serves to Round of 12. From the quarter-finals, the order of matches is decided by lot and the second leg is required.
Twenty-two clubs beginning in the round of 22, being the winners and the best loser advancing to the second round. In the round of 12, the winners and the two best losers qualify for the quarter-finals. Thereafter, only the winners advance to the semifinals and the finals.
The Copa FGF winner qualify for the 2015 Copa do Brasil and for 2014 Super Copa Gaúcha, where it will have the opportunity to qualify for the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.
Clubs This time, Juventude decided to play the competition with the first team squad of his academy, the under-20s team, because of his participation in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. Well as the International, which traditionally plays with his academy. The following 22 clubs compete in the Copa FGF during the 2014 edition.
ClubCityStadiumCapacityDivision in 2014First appNumber of appsTitlesLast title Aimoré São Leopoldo Cristo Rei 10,000 Série A1 2006 5 — — Bagé Bagé Pedra Moura 12,000 Série B 2008 3 — — Brasil (PE) Pelotas Bento Freitas 18,000 Série A1 2004 8 — — Cerâmica Gravataí Vieirão 8,000 Série A1 2007 7 — — Esportivo Bento Gonçalves Mont. dos Vinhedos 15,269 Série A1 2004 5 1 2004 Estância Velha Canoas Estádio das Cabriúvas 5,000 Série B 2014 1 — — Farroupilha Pelotas Nicolau Fico 8,000 Série B 2004 4 — — Garibaldi Garibaldi Alcides Santa Rosa 4,000 Série B 2007 1 — — Guarani (VA) Venâncio Aires Edmundo Feix 4,000 Série B 2005 2 — — Guarany (BG) Bagé Estrela D'Alva 10,000 Série B 2006 4 — — Internacional Porto Alegre Morada dos Quero-Queros 2,000 Série A1 2004 10 2 2010 Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 23,726 Série A1 2004 9 2 2012 Lajeadense Lajeado Arena Alviazul 7,000 Série A1 2005 7 — — Marau Marau Carlos Renato Bebber 2,000 Série A2 2014 1 — — Novo Hamburgo Novo Hamburgo Estádio do Vale 6,500 Série A1 2004 9 2 2013 Panambi Panambi João Marimon Júnior 3,000 Série A2 2014 1 — — Pelotas Pelotas Boca do Lobo 18,000 Série A1 2004 8 1 2008 Santa Cruz-RS Santa Cruz do Sul Estádio dos Plátanos 7,000 Série A2 2014 1 — — São José-RS Porto Alegre Passo D'Areia 8,000 Série A1 2004 9 — — São Paulo-RS Rio Grande Aldo Dapuzzo 11,500 Série A1 2004 7 — — Veranópolis Veranópolis Antônio David Farina 4,000 Série A1 2004 1 — — Ypiranga-RS Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 30,000 Série A2 2006 4 — —
First round
Standings
Note: Guarany (BG) decided to not participate of the cup. Marau is automatically qualified.
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Second round The draw for the second round take place at the headquarters of FGF on 15 August at 15:00 UTC-03:00. At this stage, the twelve clubs qualified of the first round plays eight places in the quarter-finals of the competition. Two teams from third division of Campeonato Gaúcho have qualified for this stage: Estância Velha and Guarani (VA). On the other side, several first division clubs were eliminated in the first round, including Juventude.
Standings
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals will take place at the headquarters of FGF on 28 August at 15:30 UTC-03:00. A total of 8 teams compete in this round, of which the four winners advances to semi-finals. Only two clubs not dispute the first division of the Campeonato Gaúcho, they being the Santa Cruz-RS, which is currently in the Série A2, and the Guarani (VA), a third division team what makes a brilliant campaign and has advanced against two clubs of the Série A.
Standings
Matches First leg
Second leg
Records and statistics
Goalscorers This is the complete list of goalscorers in the 2014 Copa FGF. Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.
RankPlayerClubGoals1 GilmarLajeadense4 Paulo JosuéLajeadense43 TaironeEstância Velha2 PaulinhoGuarani (VA)2 MauridesInternacional2 Márcio MarabáLajeadense2 Mateus SantanaLajeadense2 MichelLajeadense2 ViníciusLajeadense2 KleytonSanta Cruz-RS2 CleytonYpiranga-RS2 SaldanhaYpiranga-RS21338 players1
Highest attendances The 10 highest attendances of the competition are listed here.
RankAttendanceHomeResultAwayStadiumCityDateRound13,104Brasil (PE)0–0PelotasBento FreitasPelotas20 AugustSecond round21,710Pelotas1–0Brasil (PE)Boca do LoboPelotas24 AugustSecond round31,192Brasil (PE)1–0São Paulo-RSAldo DapuzzoRio Grande6 AugustFirst round4516São Paulo-RS1–1Brasil (PE)Bento FreitasPelotas12 AugustFirst round5430Pelotas1–2Guarani (VA)Boca do LoboPelotas13 AugustFirst round6324Ypiranga-RS1–0JuventudeColosso da LagoaErechim6 AugustFirst round7196Bagé2–1Santa Cruz-RSPedra MouraBagé6 AugustFirst round8127Santa Cruz-RS1–1São José-RSEstádio dos PlátanosSanta Cruz do Sul27 AugustSecond round996Santa Cruz-RS3–1BagéEstádio dos PlátanosSanta Cruz do Sul14 AugustFirst round1082Marau2–0EsportivoCarlos Renato BebberMarau20 AugustSecond round
References
External links FGF website. Federação Gaúcha de Futebol.