The 2025 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2025 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Superbet 2025 for sponsorship reasons), was the 105th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The competition was played from 22 January to 16 March 2025, with 12 clubs contesting the tournament.
Grêmio are the seven-time defending champions.
Format The 2025 edition underwent a major revision to the rules, changing the format of the competition. The 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each, defined by drawing lots, with the three teams from the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as the seeded teams in each group (Grêmio, Internacional and Juventude). During the first phase, each team will face teams from the other groups in a single round, totaling eight matches. The best-placed team in each group, along with the best second-placed team, will advance to the semi-finals.
The semifinals and final will be played in two-legged matches, without the qualifying goal difference criterion. In the event of a tie in goal difference at the end of the match, the decision will be made through penalty kicks. The video assistant referee will to be used from the semi-finals onwards.
The spots for the 2026 Copa do Brasil and the 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D will be decided through a quadrangular tournament – Taça Farroupilha –, to be played between the teams that place between fifth and eighth in the overall standings. The teams that place between ninth and twelfth will play in the relegation quadrangular, where the last two placed teams will be relegated to the 2026 Série A2. In both quadrangulars, all teams will face each other in one round, totaling three matches each.
This was the solution agreed between the Federação Gaúcha de Futebol and the clubs to adjust the state calendar to the Brazilian Football Confederation schedule in 2025, which foresees the 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A from March to December and a break for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, scheduled to take place between 14 June and 13 July.
Teams A total of 12 teams competed in the 2025 Série A1 season. ClubCityStadiumCapacityPos. in 20241st seasonTitlesLast titleFirst title Avenida Santa Cruz do Sul Estádio dos Eucaliptos 3,600 10th 1979 — — — Brasil de Pelotas Pelotas Bento Freitas 10,500 7th 1919 1 1919 1919 Caxias Caxias do Sul Centenário 22,132 4th 1961 1 2000 2000 Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio 55,662 1st 1919 43 2024 1922 Guarany de Bagé Bagé Estrela D'Alva 10,000 5th 1919 2 1938 1920 Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 50,128 3rd 1927 45 2016 1927 Juventude Caxias do Sul Alfredo Jaconi 19,924 2nd 1925 1 1998 1998 Monsoon Porto Alegre Estádio do Vale 5,196 1st (2nd division) 2025 — — — Pelotas Pelotas Boca do Lobo 15,478 2nd (2nd division) 1925 1 1930 1930 São José Porto Alegre Passo D'Areia 10,646 6th 1961 — — — São Luiz Ijuí 19 de Outubro 5,217 8th 1974 — — — Ypiranga Erechim Colosso da Lagoa 22,000 9th 1968 — — —
Personnel ClubHead coach Avenida William Campos Brasil de Pelotas William De Mattia Caxias Luizinho Vieira Grêmio Gustavo Quinteros Guarany de Bagé Márcio Nunes Internacional Roger Machado Juventude Fábio Matias Monsoon Christian Souza Pelotas Ariel Lanzini São José Rogério Zimmermann São Luiz Alessandro Telles Ypiranga Matheus Costa
First stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Relegation stage
Standings and Results
Troféu Farroupilha
Bracket
Knockout stage Semi-finals The first legs was played on 22 February 2025, and the second legs was played on 1 March 2025.
Match C1
Internacional advances to the finals.
Match C2
Grêmio advances to the finals.
Finals The first legs was played on 8 March 2025, and the second legs was played on 16 March 2025.
Match G1 First leg
Second leg
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoal Emerson GalegoYpiranga Martin BraithwaiteGrêmio CaíqueAvenida Giovane GomesSão José VitinhoInternacional Enner Valencia Internacional
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