Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian professional

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club based in

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. The team plays in Série C, the third 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. Caxias won the

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– Rio Grande do Sul State Championship in 2000. Its fiercest rival is Juventude, the other club based in

. The local derby is known as Ca-Ju. As of 2024, the G''rená'' is ranked as the 74th best team in Brazil, according to the

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History

Caxias was founded on 10 April 1935, as Grêmio Esportivo Flamengo (commonly referred at the time as Flamengo de Caxias, to not confuse with the more famous homonymous Rio de Janeiro club), which had been a fusion of two other teams (Ruy Barbosa and Rio Branco). However the club, as well as Juventude folded due to a

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in the 1960s. Both teams merged into Associação Caxias de Futebol on 14 December 1971. The new club wore garnet, white and blue of Grêmio Esportivo Flamengo. In 1972, Associação Caxias de Futebol and Grêmio played the first game on color TV in Brazil. The game finished 0–0. However, Juventude split off and reestablished itself in 1975, and Grêmio Esportivo Flamengo adopted the name Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul. Caxias played its first '' Brasileirão'' campaign at the 1976 Campeonato Brasileiro. They were the first club in Rio Grande do Sul from outside the state capital of

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to participate in the national championship. The club's best performance in the national league was finishing in 10th at the 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro. Caju 2012

The club's greatest feat was the 2000 Campeonato Gaúcho title. Under Tite's leadership, the club was able to qualify for the finals, reaching ahead of traditional Rio Grande do Sul powerhouse and frequent finalist Internacional, where they defeated a Grêmio with

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3–0 at Estádio Centenário. At the away game in Grêmio's home at the Olímpico Monumental, Caxias tied the game 0–0 and was able to secure the title, the first of its history. This was a remarkable underdog victory, as the title has been won by the Grenal duo since 1954, with only Caxias' rivals Juventude having conquered the title in

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. This successful campaign also helped launch Tite's career, at the time an unknown manager. Caxias was a frequent mainstay of the

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, however, after begin relegated in both the Campeonato Gaúcho (to the Campeonato Gaúcho Divisão de Acesso) and the national Série C in 2015. After returning to the first state division in 2017, Caxias started its campaign at the

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. While having good results at the Campeonato Gaúcho, including being runner-ups in 2020, Caxias failed to translate this into success in national competitions. In the years

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and

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, Caxias failed to get promoted, getting eliminated in the quarter-finals losing its promotion spot to Treze,

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, ABC and América-RN, respectively, wasting another chance to gain promotion. In 2023, Caxias started the year being the runner-ups of the Campeonato Gaúcho, and were promoted back to Série C after defeating Portuguesa-RJ in the quarter-finals, but failed to win the championship after getting eliminated by Ferroviário in the semi-finals.

Anthem

* Written by: Dirceu Antônio Soares * Music by: Antônio Messias and Dirceu Antônio Soares

Stadium

Caxias' stadium is Estádio Centenário, inaugurated in 1976, with a maximum capacity of 30,802 people.

Rivalry

Caxias' biggest rival is Juventude, their

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is named "Ca-Ju". The other rival of Caxias is Esportivo of Bento Gonçalves, whose derby is named "Clássico da Polenta" (The

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derby).

Managers

Levir Culpi Levir Culpi (born 28 February 1953) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. Playing career Known as Levir during his playing days, he was born in Curitiba, Paraná, and started his career with ...

(1986) * Ivo Wortmann (1987) * Tite (1991–1992) * Celso Roth (1996) * Tite (1999–2000) * Edson Gaúcho (2001) * Roberto Cavalo (2002) * Abel Ribeiro (2002) *

Péricles Chamusca Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca (born 29 September 1965) is a Brazilian football manager who is the current manager of Saudi club Neom. Early and personal life Chamusca and his brother Marcelo Chamusca, who is also a coach, were born in ...

(2003) * Tita (2004) * Juninho Fonseca (2004) *

Mano Menezes Luiz Antônio Venker Menezes (born 11 June 1962), known as Mano Menezes, is a Brazilian professional football Coach (sport), coach, currently the head coach of Grêmio FBPA, Grêmio. Menezes managed the Brazil national football team, Brazil na ...

(2004–2005) * Leandro Machado (2007) * Gilson Kleina (2007) * Adilson Fernandes (2008–2009) * Renê Weber (2009) * Argel Fucks (2009) * Gilmar Iser (2009) * Círio Quadros (2009) * Julinho Camargo (2010) * Ricardo Drubscky (2010) * Lisca (2010–2011) * Guilherme Macuglia (2011) * Argel Fucks (2011) * Luiz Carlos Ferreira (2011) * Paulo Porto (2012) * Mauro Ovelha (2012) * Picoli (2012–2014) * Beto Campos (2014) * Itamar Schülle (2014) * Paulo Turra (2014–2015) * Hélio dos Anjos (2015) * Luís Antônio Zaluar (2015) * Marcelo Vilar (2015) * Beto Campos (2015–2016) * Luiz Carlos Winck (2016–2017) * Luiz Carlos Winck (2018) * Pingo (2019) * Paulo Henrique Marques (2019) * Rafael Lacerda (2019–2021) * Rogério Zimmermann (2022) * Luan Carlos (2022) * Thiago Carvalho (2022–2023) * Tcheco (2023) * Gerson Gusmão (2023–2024) * Argel Fucks (2024) * Thiago Gomes (2024) * Luizinho Vieira (2025–)

Honours

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

State

* Copa Serrana (1): 2016 *Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho (13): 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2024 *Taça Piratini (1): 2012 *Taça Cel. Ewaldo Poeta (1): 2020

State Regional

*Copa Larry Pinto de Faria (1): 2016 *Copa Ênio Andrade (1): 1998 *Copa Daltro Menezes (1): 1996 *Campeonato Metropolitano de Porto Alegre (1): 1960

City

*Campeonato Citadino de Caxias do Sul (6): 1937, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953

Runners-up

* Recopa Sul-Brasileira (1): 2007 *

(4): 1990, 2012, 2020, 2023 * Copa Governador do Estado (4): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975

Awards

* Fita Azul (1): 1962 Fita Azul do Futebol Brasileiro (Brazilian Football Blue Ribbon) was an award given for the club which succeeds in an excursion out of the country.

References

External links

* (archived 8 April 2005)
Arquivo Grená
(archived 14 April 2009) {{Authority control Association football clubs established in 1935 Caxias 1935 establishments in Brazil Caxias do Sul