The 2023 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2023 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2023 for sponsorship reasons), was the 103rd season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 21 January to 8 April 2023. 12 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho. Grêmio were the fifth-time defending champion.

Teams A total of 12 teams competed in the 2023 Série A1 season. ClubCityStadiumCapacityPos. in 20221st seasonTitlesLast titleFirst title Aimoré São Leopoldo Cristo Rei 12,000 8th 1961 — — — Avenida Santa Cruz do Sul Estádio dos Eucaliptos 20,000 2nd (2nd division) 1979 — — — Brasil de Pelotas Pelotas Bento Freitas 18,000 4th 1919 1 1919 1919 Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 22,132 5th 1961 1 2000 2000 Esportivo Bento Gonçalves Montanha dos Vinhedos 15,269 1st (2nd division) 1970 — — — Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio 55,225 1st 1919 41 2022 1922 Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 50,128 3rd 1927 45 2016 1927 Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 23,726 10th 1925 1 1998 1998 Novo Hamburgo Novo Hamburgo Estádio do Vale 6,500 7th 1930 1 2017 2017 São José Porto Alegre Passo D'Areia 8,000 6th 1961 — — — São Luiz Ijuí 19 de Outubro 14,000 9th 1974 — — — Ypiranga Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 30,000 2nd 1968 — — —

Personnel ClubManager Aimoré Pingo Avenida Márcio Nunes Brasil de Pelotas Rogério Zimmermann Caxias Thiago Carvalho Esportivo Carlos Moraes Grêmio Renato Portaluppi Internacional Mano Menezes Juventude Celso Roth Novo Hamburgo Edinho Rosa São José Thiago Gomes São Luiz William Campos Ypiranga Luizinho Vieira

First stage Table

Results

Positions by matchday The table lists the positions of teams after each matchday.

Knockout stage Semi-finals The first legs was played on 18–19 March, and the second legs was played on 25–26 March 2023.

Match C1

Grêmio advances to the finals.

Match C2

Caxias advances to the finals.

Finals The first legs was played on 1 April, and the second legs was played on 8 April 2023.

Match G1 First leg

Second leg

Overall table

Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoal1 Pedro HenriqueInternacional82 Luis SuárezGrêmio73 Rodrigo RodriguesJuventude64 Bruno BaioYpiranga5 Carlos HenriqueAvenida6 Alan PatrickInternacional3 Mateus PivôSão José

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