The Football Association of Rio Grande do Sul (; FGF) was founded by Aurelio Py on May 18, 1918 and manages all the official
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
tournaments within the state 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 s ...
, which are the
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 profess ...
,
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 ...
,
Campeonato Gaúcho Série B
The Campeonato Gaúcho Série B is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is run by the Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation (FGF).
List of champions
Notes
*Ulbra is the cu ...
, the state cup
Copa FGF, the state supercup
Recopa Gaúcha, as well a number of state-level amateur tournaments. It also represents the clubs at the
Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Current clubs in Brasileirão
As of
2022 season. Common team names are noted in bold.
References
Gaucha
Football in Rio Grande do Sul
Sports organizations established in 1918
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