1968 Campeonato Gaúcho
| Season | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 February – 28 July |
| Champions | Grêmio (19th title) |
| Relegated | Riograndense (RG) Guarany (BA) |
| Matches played | 149 |
| Goals scored | 456 (3.06 per match) |
← 1967 1969 → | |
The 1968 Campeonato Gaúcho was the 48th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top association football league. Grêmio won their 19th title. The league expanded to eighteen teams: the twelve clubs from last season were joined by six teams from last year's Promotion Tournament.[1][2] It is unknown how these six teams were chosen: Ypiranga, São Paulo, Santa Cruz and São José were among the championship's top six teams, but Cruzeiro and Flamengo were eliminated in the first stage.[3]
Format
The championship's format changed for the first time since 1961 due to its expansion, not without controversy. The league was divided in three stages, as follows:
- Preliminary stage: clubs were divided in two groups of nine teams each, playing a single round-robin against same group teams. The bottom two advanced to the relegation tournament while the top seven clubs played another single round-robin against each other maintaining their previous results.
- Relegation tournament: the four clubs faced each other in a double-robin where the bottom two were relegated.
- Octagonal: each group's top four faced each other in a double round-robin, where the best club was crowned champions.
Teams
| Club | Location | Titles | Last season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aimoré | São Leopoldo | 0 | 11th |
| Brasil | Pelotas | 1 | 6th |
| Cruzeiro | Porto Alegre | 1 | Eliminated at earlier stages (Second Division) |
| Farroupilha | Pelotas | 1 | 3rd |
| FlamengoA | Caxias do Sul | 0 | Eliminated at earlier stages (Second Division) |
| Gaúcho | Passo Fundo | 0 | 5th |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre | 18 | 1st |
| Guarany | Bagé | 2 | 4th |
| Internacional | Porto Alegre | 16 | 2nd |
| Juventude | Caxias do Sul | 0 | 7th |
| Novo HamburgoB | Novo Hamburgo | 0 | 12th |
| Pelotas | Pelotas | 1 | 9th |
| Rio Grande | Rio Grande | 1 | 10th |
| Riograndense | Rio Grande | 0 | 8th |
| Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz do Sul | 0 | 3rd (Second Division) |
| São José | Porto Alegre | 0 | 5th (Second Division) |
| São Paulo | Rio Grande | 0 | 2nd (Second Division) |
| Ypiranga | Erechim | 0 | 1st (Second Division) |
- A.^ Caxias was known as Flamengo until 1971.
- B.^ Novo Hamburgo changed back to its original name, being known as Floriano since 1942.
Preliminary stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grêmio | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 21 | Qualification to octagonal |
| 2 | Brasil | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 20 | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 15 | |
| 4 | Gaúcho | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 15 | |
| 5 | Rio Grande | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 13 | |
| 6 | São José | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 12 | |
| 7 | Novo Hamburgo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 11 | |
| 8 | Flamengo | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 5 | Qualification to relegation tournament |
| 9 | Riograndense (RG) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 2 |
Source: [1]
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internacional | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 20 | Qualification to octagonal |
| 2 | Juventude | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 19 | |
| 3 | Pelotas | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 17 | |
| 4 | Cruzeiro | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 14 | |
| 5 | Aimoré | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | |
| 6 | Ypiranga | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 12 | |
| 7 | São Paulo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 9 | |
| 8 | Guarany (BA) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 5 | Qualification to relegation tournament |
| 9 | Farroupilha | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 5 |
Source: [2]
Octagonal
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grêmio (C) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 22 |
| 2 | Internacional | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 18 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 15 |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 12 |
| 5 | Juventude | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 12 |
| 6 | Brasil | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 12 |
| 7 | Pelotas | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 11 |
| 8 | Gaúcho | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 10 |
Relegation tournament
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | |
| 2 | Farroupilha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Riograndense (RG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | Relegation |
| 4 | Guarany (BA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Source: [4]
The results of five games are unknown.
References
- ^ "1968 Campeonato Gaúcho". RSSSFBrasil.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "1968 Campeonato Gaúcho". futebolnacional.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "1967 Promotion Tournament". RSSSFBrasil.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2022.