2008 Campeonato Gaúcho

June 2025 Campeonato Gaúcho 2008 Internacional(38th title) Juventude Guarany15 de Novembro Copa do Brasil InternacionalJuventudeGrêmio Caxias (Copa FGF 2007 winners) Série C Internacional (SM)CaxiasBrasil (Copa FGF 2007 runners-up) Alex (Internacional) andMendes (Juventude) (13) Internacional 8-1 Juventude(Final, 2008 May 04) Guarany 0–6 Internacional(First Stage, 2008 March 02) Internacional 8-1 Juventude(Final, 2008 May 04) 376 2.98 46.472 - Internacional 2-0 Brasil(First Stage, 2008 March 08) 2007 2009 The 88th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on January 19, 2008. The competition began with 16 clubs divided into two groups. Even before the end of first stage, Guarany and 15 de Novembro were already relegated. Holders Grêmio had an early exit after being defeated by Juventude at homeground.June 2025 Once again, the two biggest clubs of Rio Grande do Sul would not meet at the final. Internacional set a new record: the highest score in a final match, after beating Juventude 8–1 at Beira-Rio Stadium. That was the 38th title in the history of the club.https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas/2008/05/04/ult59u155629.jhtm Inter massacra o Juventude por 8 a 1 e é campeão gaúcho Universo Online 4 May 2008 23 June 2025 pt The tournament qualified both finalists to the Copa do Brasil (Brazil Cup) - Grêmio is also qualified based on CBF ranking criteria. As Internacional will play Série A and Juventude, Série B this season, the semifinal losers, Internacional of Santa Maria and Caxias qualified for the Série C (3rd level of National championship). Teams Club City Positionin 2007 Number of titles(until 2007) Internacional Porto Alegre 7th 37 Grêmio Porto Alegre Champions 35 São José Porto Alegre 12th - Caxias Caxias do Sul 6th 1 Juventude Caxias do Sul Runners-up 1 Brasil Pelotas 10th 1 Esportivo Bento Gonçalves 5th - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz do Sul 13th - Veranópolis Veranópolis 4th - São Luiz Ijuí 14th - Novo Hamburgo Novo Hamburgo 9th - 15 de Novembro Campo Bom 11th - Guarany Bagé 8th 2 Ulbra Canoas 3rd - Sapucaiense Sapucaia do Sul Champions(2nd Division) - Internacional (SM) Santa Maria Runners-up(2nd Division) - System Group Stage: The 16 teams were divided in 2 groups of 8 teams each. They played against each other inside their groups in home-and-away system. After 14 rounds, the top 4 teams qualified to the Quarterfinals and the bottom team from each group were relegated to play 2nd Division in 2009. Quarterfinals: Considering Group Stage positions, the 8 qualified teams were placed in 4 groups of 2 teams each which played in home-and-away system. Semifinals: Quarterfinals winners were divided in 2 groups of 2 teams each and they played in home-and-away system. Teams with best overall record played second leg at home Finals: Semifinals winners played in home-and-away to define Champions. Team with best overall record played second leg at home. Group stage Group 1 main WDL Group 1 QR y GRE Grêmio CAX Caxias SAP Sapucaiense ULB Ulbra EBG Esportivo NHB Novo Hamburgo SCZ Santa Cruz 15N 15 de Novembro 11 3 0 28 8 6 6 2 18 9 6 4 4 23 20 6 3 5 20 24 6 2 6 17 18 5 2 7 23 24 4 1 9 16 23 1 1 12 11 30 green2 Advance to Quarterfinals A A A A red1 Second Division 2009 R complete Fixtures DateMatchVenue2008 Jan 19 Grêmio 3-0 15 de Novembro Porto Alegre2008 Jan 19 Caxias 2-0 Santa Cruz Caxias do Sul2008 Jan 20 Novo Hamburgo 1-2 Esportivo Novo Hamburgo2008 Jan 20 Ulbra 3-2 Sapucaiense Canoas2008 Jan 22 15 de Novembro 0-1 Caxias Campo Bom2008 Jan 23 Sapucaiense 1-1 Grêmio São Leopoldo2008 Jan 23 Santa Cruz 2-0 Novo Hamburgo Santa Cruz do Sul2008 Jan 23 Esportivo 2-1 Ulbra Bento Gonçalves2008 Jan 26 Grêmio 1-0 Santa Cruz Porto Alegre2008 Jan 26 Novo Hamburgo 0-0 Caxias Novo Hamburgo2008 Jan 26 Ulbra 3-2 15 de Novembro Canoas2008 Jan 27 Sapucaiense 0-0 Esportivo São Leopoldo2008 Jan 30 15 de Novembro 1-3 Esportivo Campo Bom2008 Feb 1 Santa Cruz 2-2 Ulbra Santa Cruz do Sul2008 Feb 2 Novo Hamburgo 1-3 Sapucaiense Novo Hamburgo2008 Feb 2 Caxias 2-2 Grêmio Caxias do Sul2008 Feb 6 Caxias 0-0 Ulbra Caxias do Sul2008 Feb 9 Grêmio 2-0 Novo Hamburgo Porto Alegre2008 Feb 10 Esportivo 1-0 Santa Cruz Bento Gonçalves2008 Feb 10 Sapucaiense 1-0 15 de Novembro São Leopoldo2008 Feb 13 15 de Novembro 0-3 Novo Hamburgo Campo Bom2008 Jan 17 Ulbra 0-1 Grêmio Canoas2008 Feb 17 Esportivo 0-1 Caxias Bento Gonçalves2008 Feb 17 Sapucaiense 0-1 Santa Cruz São Leopoldo2008 Feb 20 Caxias 2-2 Sapucaiense Caxias do Sul2008 Feb 20 Novo Hamburgo 1-2 Ulbra Novo Hamburgo2008 Feb 21 Santa Cruz 1-0 15 de Novembro Santa Cruz do Sul2008 Feb 21 Grêmio 2-1 Esportivo Porto Alegre DateMatchVenue2008 Feb 23 Sapucaiense 1-1 Caxias São Leopoldo2008 Feb 24 Ulbra 2-5 Novo Hamburgo Canoas2008 Feb 24 Esportivo 1-2 Grêmio Bento Gonçalves2008 Feb 25 15 de Novembro 3-1 Santa Cruz Campo Bom2008 Feb 25 Novo Hamburgo 1-1 15 de Novembro Novo Hamburgo2008 Mar 1 Grêmio 4-0 Ulbra Porto Alegre2008 Mar 1 Caxias 2-0 Esportivo Caxias do Sul2008 Mar 3 Santa Cruz 2-5 Sapucaiense Santa Cruz do Sul2008 Mar 6 15 de Novembro 1-2 Sapucaiense Campo Bom2008 Mar 8 Santa Cruz 1-2 Esportivo Santa Cruz do Sul2008 Mar 9 Ulbra 1-0 Caxias Canoas2008 Mar 9 Novo Hamburgo 0-1 Grêmio Novo Hamburgo2008 Mar 12 Ulbra 1-0 Santa Cruz Canoas2008 Mar 12 Esportivo 1-0 15 de Novembro Bento Gonçalves2008 Mar 12 Sapucaiense 1-4 Novo Hamburgo São Leopoldo2008 Mar 13 Grêmio 0-0 Caxias Porto Alegre2008 Mar 15 Esportivo 1-3 Sapucaiense Bento Gonçalves2008 Mar 16 15 de Novembro 2-3 Ulbra Campo Bom2008 Mar 16 Santa Cruz 2-3 Grêmio Santa Cruz do Sul2008 Mar 16 Caxias 4-1 Novo Hamburgo Caxias do Sul2008 Mar 20 Grêmio 2-0 Sapucaiense Porto Alegre2008 Mar 22 Caxias 3-0 15 de Novembro Caxias do Sul2008 Mar 22 Ulbra 1-1 Esportivo Canoas2008 Mar 22 Novo Hamburgo 3-2 Santa Cruz Novo Hamburgo2008 Mar 26 Sapucaiense 2-1 Ulbra São Leopoldo2008 Mar 26 Santa Cruz 2-0 Caxias Santa Cruz do Sul2008 Mar 26 Esportivo 2-3 Novo Hamburgo Bento Gonçalves2008 Mar 26 15 de Novembro 1-4 Grêmio Campo Bom Group 2 main WDL Group 2 QR y INT Internacional ISM Internacional (SM) SJP São José JUV Juventude SLZ São Luiz VER Veranópolis BPE Brasil GBG Guarany 10 2 2 34 9 7 5 2 25 20 6 4 4 19 20 6 2 6 17 15 5 5 4 22 18 5 3 6 21 23 5 1 8 22 26 1 0 13 12 41 green2 Advance to Quarterfinals A A A A red1 Second Division 2009 R complete Fixtures DateMatchVenue2008 Jan 20 São Luiz 3-1 Brasil Ijuí2008 Jan 20 São José 2-0 Juventude Porto Alegre2008 Jan 20 Internacional (SM) 2-2 Internacional Santa Maria2008 Jan 20 Veranópolis 4-1 Guarany Veranópolis2008 Jan 23 Brasil 4-1 São José Pelotas2008 Jan 24 Internacional 2-0 Veranópolis Porto Alegre2008 Jan 24 Juventude 2-2 Internacional (SM) Caxias do Sul2008 Jan 24 Guarany 1-3 São Luiz Bagé2008 Jan 27 São José 1-4 Internacional Porto Alegre2008 Jan 27 Internacional (SM) 3-2 Guarany Santa Maria2008 Jan 27 Juventude 2-1 Brasil Caxias do Sul2008 Jan 28 São Luiz 1-0 Veranópolis Ijuí2008 Jan 30 Guarany 1-3 São José Bagé2008 Feb 1 Veranópolis 2-1 Brasil Veranópolis2008 Feb 1 Internacional (SM) 1-0 São Luiz Santa Maria2008 Feb 1 Internacional 0-1 Juventude Porto Alegre2008 Feb 8 Guarany 1-0 Juventude Bagé2008 Feb 10 Brasil 0-5 Internacional Pelotas2008 Feb 10 Veranópolis 2-3 Internacional (SM) Veranópolis2008 Feb 11 São Luiz 0-0 São José Ijuí2008 Feb 16 Internacional 2-0 Guarany Porto Alegre2008 Feb 16 Juventude 2-0 São Luiz Caxias do Sul2008 Feb 16 São José 1-1 Veranópolis Porto Alegre2008 Feb 17 Brasil 2-3 Internacional (SM) Pelotas2008 Feb 19 Veranópolis 2-1 Juventude Veranópolis2008 Feb 20 Guarany 0-3 Brasil Bagé2008 Feb 20 São Luiz 1-1 Internacional Ijuí2008 Feb 21 Internacional (SM) 1-0 São José Santa Maria DateMatchVenue2008 Feb 22 Juventude 2-0 Veranópolis Caxias do Sul2008 Feb 23 Internacional 3-0 São Luiz Porto Alegre2008 Feb 24 Brasil 2-0 Guarany Pelotas2008 Feb 25 São José 1-0 Internacional (SM) Porto Alegre2008 Feb 29 Internacional (SM) 3-2 Brasil Santa Maria2008 Mar 2 Veranópolis 2-2 São José Veranópolis2008 Mar 2 Guarany 0-6 Internacional Bagé2008 Mar 2 São Luiz 4-0 Juventude Ijuí2008 Mar 6 Internacional (SM) 1-1 Veranópolis Santa Maria2008 Mar 8 Internacional 2-0 Brasil Veranópolis2008 Mar 8 Juventude 2-0 Guarany Caxias do Sul2008 Mar 8 São José 1-1 São Luiz Porto Alegre2008 Mar 12 São Luiz 2-2 Internacional (SM) Ijuí2008 Mar 12 São José 3-2 Guarany Porto Alegre2008 Mar 12 Juventude 3-0 Internacional Caxias do Sul2008 Mar 13 Brasil 2-1 Veranópolis Pelotas2008 Mar 15 Internacional 2-0 São José Porto Alegre2008 Mar 15 Guarany 1-3 Internacional (SM) Bagé2008 Mar 16 Brasil 1-0 Juventude Pelotas2008 Mar 18 Veranópolis 3-1 São Luiz Veranópolis2008 Mar 21 São José 2-1 Brasil Porto Alegre2008 Mar 22 Internacional (SM) 1-1 Juventude Santa Maria2008 Mar 23 São Luiz 4-1 Guarany Ijuí2008 Mar 23 Veranópolis 1-3 Internacional Veranópolis2008 Mar 27 Guarany 2-3 Veranópolis Bagé2008 Mar 27 Juventude 1-2 São José Caxias do Sul2008 Mar 27 Brasil 2-2 São Luiz Pelotas2008 Mar 27 Internacional 2-0 Internacional (SM) Porto Alegre Quarterfinals First Leg: 29 and 30 March Second Leg: 5 and 6 April Team 1 plays the second leg at home Team 1 Total Team 2 First SecondGrêmio 5-5* Juventude 2-1 2-3Internacional 7-3 Ulbra 4-1 3-2Internacional (SM) 3-2 Sapucaiense 1-2 2-0Caxias 2-1 São José 1-1 1-0 Juventude won on away goals rule. Semifinals First Leg: 13 and 15 April Second Leg: 20 April Team 1 plays the second leg at home Team 1 Total Team 2 First SecondInternacional (SM) 3-4 Juventude 1-0 2-4Internacional 3-1 Caxias 1-0 2-1 Final First Leg: 27 April Second Leg: 4 May Team 1 plays the second leg at home Team 1 Total Team 2 First SecondInternacional 8-2 Juventude 0-1 8-1 Goals Top Goal scorers ScorerGoalsTeamBRA Mendes13JuventudeBRA Alex13InternacionalBRA Ronaldo Capixaba9São LuizBRA Júnior Paulista7São JoséBRA Iarley7Internacional References 2008 Category:2008 in Brazilian football leagues