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
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's
top flight football
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league. The competition was played from 22 January to 16 March 2025, with 12 clubs contesting the tournament.
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
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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
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and the clubs to adjust the state calendar to the
Brazilian Football Confederation
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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
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, scheduled to take place between 14 June and 13 July.
Teams
A total of 12 teams competed in the 2025 Série A1 season.
Personnel
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
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''Internacional advances to the finals.''
Match C2
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''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.