The 2020 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2020
Campeonato Gaúcho
The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...
, was the 100th season of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
's
top flight
Top Flight (April 15, 1929 – 1949) was an American U.S. Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. She was the leading American filly of her generation at two and three years of age.
Background
Bred in Kentucky by the very prominent horseman Harry ...
football league. The season began on 22 January and was scheduled to end on 26 April. However, due to the
COVID-19 outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ...
, the season was paused until 22 July 2020 and ended on 30 August.
Format
The ''Gauchão'' was contested between 12 teams, who were split into two six team groups.
Taça Cel. Ewaldo Poeta
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Final
Taça Francisco Novelletto Neto
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Results
Playoff
Semi-finals
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Final
General table
Originally, the two teams at the bottom of the general table would be relegated. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided that no team would be relegated this season.
Goals
References
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Campeonato Gaúcho seasons
Gaúcho
A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the south of Chilean Patagonia. Gauchos became greatly admired an ...
Campeonato Gaúcho 2020