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2009 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 89th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on January 20 and ended on April 19. Repeating the 2008 final score, Internacional clinched their 39th title – second consecutive – after beating Caxias 8–1 in the ''Taça Fábio Koff'' final. As Internacional had already won ''Taça Fernando Carvalho'', beating city rivals Grêmio 2–1 in the final, Campeonato Gaúcho finals were unnecessary. The competition had 16 clubs divided into two groups. In the first part, called ''Taça Fernando Carvalho'' teams from one group played against teams from the other group. In the second part, called ''Taça Fábio Koff'', clubs played inside their group. On both parts, top four teams from each group qualified to play-offs, when every round was decided in a single game. Winners of each part were supposed to play finals, but as Internacional won both, they were declared champions without it. Teams System The 16 clubs will be divided into two groups. Group 1: Internacional, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Gaúcho
The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight professional State football leagues in Brazil, state football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is run by the Federação Gaúcha de Futebol, Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation (FGF). The Grenal, rivalry of two of the better-known Brazilian teams (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio and Sport Club Internacional, Internacional) have a significant impact in the history of the tournament. Since 1940, the Grenal duo did not win the title on just four occasions: the defunct Grêmio Esportivo Renner, Renner was champion in 1954, Esporte Clube Juventude, Juventude almost 44 years later in 1998, Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, Caxias, in 2000, under Tite (football manager), Tite's command, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esporte Clube São José
Esporte Clube São José, commonly referred to as São José, is a Brazilian professional club based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded on 24 May 1913. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Gaúcho, the top flight of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. History São José was founded in 1913, when, among conversations and football games during class breaks at São José High School, a group of students decided to leave the school fields to face big teams in the professional fields. With the encouragement of Brother Constantino José, an admirer of Italian football and intellectual mentor of the venture, six students formed the Esporte Clube São José, which from its birth showed the will to seek new challenges. Léo de la Rue, one of the founders, inaugurated the presidents' gallery, in a management where each player bought his own uniform and contributed with a monthly fee of $500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz Do Sul
Santa Cruz do Sul () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality located in the central region of the States of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul, approximately from Porto Alegre. According to estimates by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), its population in 2024 was 138,104, making it the 14th most populous municipality in Rio Grande do Sul. Covering an area of , it is situated in the Vale do Rio Pardo region, bordering the municipalities of Vera Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul, Vera Cruz, Rio Pardo, Sinimbu, Venâncio Aires, and Passo do Sobrado. The municipality has a temperate climate, lies in a physiographic transition zone between the Brazilian Highlands and the Central Depression (Rio Grande do Sul), Central Depression, and features vegetation from both the Atlantic Forest and the Pampas, with a predominance of Volcanic rock, volcanic rocks. Originally established as the Santa Cruz Colony on December 6, 1847, the city was officially founded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futebol Clube Santa Cruz
Futebol Clube Santa Cruz is a Brazilian football club from Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on March 26, 1913. It plays in the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2. Its rival is Esporte Clube Avenida. History Santa Cruz was founded on March 26, 1913 when a group of young men led by André Klarmann met at the Hotel Schmidt in the center of Santa Cruz do Sul, to set up a new football club. In 1920 the club acquired its own grounds, Estádio dos Plátanos, where it built a stadium. In 1944, a group of surplus players from Santa Cruz decided to leave the club and found their own, which became known as Esporte Clube Avenida. The two clubs soon became rivals and developed a derby known as "Ave-Cruz", which stands to this day. Due to financial problems that both clubs had, from 1974 to 1978 Santa Cruz and Avenida merged, forming the ''Associação Santa Cruz de Futebol''. However, internal issues between the boards of both clubs soon led to the separation. In February 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelotas
Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and Municipalities of Brazil, municipality (''município''), the fourth Largest cities in Rio Grande do Sul by population, most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, after Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul and Canoas. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the state's capital city, and 130 km (80.8 mi) from the Brazil–Uruguay border, Uruguayan border. The Lagoa dos Patos lies to the east and the São Gonçalo Channel lies to the south, separating Pelotas from the city of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande. In the 19th century, Pelotas was Brazil, Brazil's leading center for the production of dried meat (''Jerky#Ch'arki, charque''), a staple food made by slaves and destined to feed the slaves of sugarcane, coffee and Theobroma cacao, cocoa plantations across the country. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novo Hamburgo
Novo Hamburgo ('New Hamburg', ; ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, the state capital. As of 2020, its population was 247,032. The city covers an area of , and the average temperature is , which is mild for the region. The Sinos River runs through the urban area. Consolidated by German immigrants, the city was named after Hamburg, Germany. Novo Hamburgo's population is still predominantly of German descent. In the 1980s, Novo Hamburgo received the nickname of "the national capital of shoes", attracting many athletes, tracks and companies connected to the sport. Nowadays, the city is the industrial centre of the Sinos River Valley, the economy of which is based mainly on the manufacture of shoes and the associated leather goods supply chain. History The area of the city was first settled by Portuguese immigrants in the mid 18th century, but it would grow to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo
Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo, commonly referred to as Novo Hamburgo, is a Brazilian football club based in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A, the first level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. Novo Hamburgo plays home games at the Estádio do Vale, which has a maximum capacity of 5,196. History On 1 May 1911, employees of Adams Footwear Factory founded an association. In that day, during the celebrations of the Worker's Day, as it used to happen every year, took place a social gathering event between the employers and employees of the factory. After the barbecue ended, they always played football. Manoel Lopes Mattos, João Scherer, Aloys Auschild, Manoel Outeiro, João Tamujo and Adão Steigleder decided to found a football club. The suggested name was Adams Futebol Clube, but the name they chose was Sport Club Novo Hamburgo, later renamed to Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo (). As Brazil entered World War II in 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veranópolis
Veranópolis is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 26,533. Veranópolis, like most of its neighbouring towns, is known as one of the cities with highest standards of living in Brazil. The city is also known for being home to one of the largest gun exporters in Brazil, E.R. Amantino, which produces several hunting rifles marketed in the United States by Stoeger Industries, and some models of combat shotguns for the Brazilian Army and São Paulo City Metropolitan Guard. The city also is a big name in energy production, with the biggest Brazilian non-governmental biodiesel plant, Oleoplan S.A with an authorized capacity of 1.050.000 liters per day (277 380.655 US gallons per day) and a power plant that supplies 130MV (Monte Claro Plant) of hydroelectricity, due to the large river (Rio das Antas) and the landscape of highlands. Veranópolis is also home of the Veranópolis Esporte Clube (VEC), a well known soccer tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo E Cultural
Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural, commonly referred to as Veranópolis, is a Football in Brazil, Brazilian football club based in Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2, the second level of the State football leagues in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state football league. History On January 15, 1992, Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural was founded, after two local clubs, Dalban and Veranense, fused. In 1993, Veranópolis, managed by Tite (football manager), Tite,''Especial Placar - 500 Times do Brasil'', São Paulo: Editora Abril: 2003. won the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ijuí
Ijuí () is a Brazilian municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, situated from the state capital, Porto Alegre. In 2020 its population was 83,764, making it the third most populous city of the Missões region, behind Passo Fundo and Erechim. Demographics The town is known as "The Land of Diversified Cultures", and since 2021https://www.gov.br/secretariageral/pt-br/noticias/2021/dezembro/presidente-sanciona-projeto-de-lei-que-confere-titulo-de-capital-nacional-das-etnias-a-cidade-de-ijui-no-estado-do-rio-grande-do-sul was recognized as the "Ethnic National Capital" due to the various nationalities of its founding immigrants, notably from Italy, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Latvia, and others. The city hosts biannually the folk fest Expofest Ijuí typically in October. Ijuí has a variable daily population of approximately 100,000 people, being an important regional centre. Infrastructure Ijuí is a university town with major health services, containing one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esporte Clube São Luiz
Esporte Clube São Luiz, commonly known as São Luiz, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Gauchão Série A, the top tier of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. Current squad Honours * Copa FGF ** Winners (2): 2022, 2023 * Recopa Gaúcha ** Winners (1): 2024 * Copa Governador do Estado ** Runners-up (1): 1991 * Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 (Gaucho Championship Series A2) is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federativ ... ** Winners (4): 1975, 1990, 2005, 2017 * Copa Mais Fácil ** Winners (1): 1999 * Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho ** Winners (1): 2013 References External links * Association football cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande Do Sul
Bento Gonçalves () is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Created in 1875, it is one of the centers of the Italian Brazilian, Italian immigration in Brazil. It is also known as the 'wine capital of Brazil' due to its vineyards and wine production. In 2020, its estimated population was 121,803 inhabitants. Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979 (under the Brazilian military government, military government), was born in Bento Gonçalves in 1907. Etymology The city has changed names three times in history. Before the Italian Brazilians, Italian immigration began, the place where the city downtown is located today was crossed by horsemen, and since there was well known north–south trail with a small wooden cross at the place, the name ''Cruzinha'' ("little cross") was used to name this region. After a decree of the effective governor of the province in the 1870s, the area was renamed Colônia Dona Isabel ("Don (honorific), Dona Isabel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
