The 2021

Recopa Gaúcha The Recopa Gaúcha ( en, Rio Grande do Sul Winners Cup), is a super cup tournament organized by the Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation (FGF), disputed between the winners of Campeonato Gaúcho and Copa FGF The Copa Federação Gaúcha de F ...

is 8th season of an annual

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match contested by the winners of the

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 ...

and the

Copa FGF The Copa Federação Gaúcha de Futebol, commonly known as the Copa FGF, is an annual cup competition organized by the Rio Grande do Sul state football federation for clubs that are in the first, second and third divisions of the Campeonato Gaú ...

in the previous season. The competition is considered a

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of football in

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, being organized by FGF. The match is usually played in January or February prior to the start of the

. However, due to postponement of the

2021 Campeonato Gaúcho The 2021 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2021 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2021 for sponsorship reasons), was the 101st season of Rio Gra ...

as a result of the

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, the match will be held only in June, after the start of the season. The current holders are Grêmio, and they will be able to defend his title by winning the

2020 Campeonato Gaúcho The 2020 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2020 Campeonato Gaúcho, was the 100th season of Rio Grande do Sul's top flight football league. The season began on 22 January and was scheduled to end o ...

. The opponent will be Santa Cruz-RS, who was champion of the 2020

Teams

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References

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