2015 Campeonato Gaúcho

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The 2015 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2015 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho or Gaúcho, was the 95th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began on 31 January and ended on 3 May, with the second leg of final. The 16 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho (Championship A1 Series). Internacional successfully defended its 2014 title.

In the 2015 season finals, the two top ranked clubs in the state league (Grêmio and Internacional) qualified, reissuing the Grenal in the championship decision after both clubs narrowly escaped elimination in the quarterfinals. In the opening match of the finals, the game ended in a 0–0 draw at Arena do Grêmio. Along with the two finalists, Brasil also qualified for the next season Copa do Brasil. Ypiranga-RS qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D at this season, for being the best placed team without national division. Meanwhile, Caxias, União Frederiquense and Avenida were the three bottom ranked teams and were relegated for the 2016 season to the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2.

Michel easily won the scoring title with 11 goals Passo Fundo failed to qualify for the knockout phase. The goalkeeper Carlão, of Ypiranga-RS, led the championship with 9 clean sheets, while Marcelo Grohe, of Grêmio, finished with 8.

The sixteen participating clubs plays each other in a single round. The top eight teams qualified to the play-offs. The bottom three teams in the overall standings were relegated.^[1]

The following 16 clubs contested in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho.

Brasil (PE) v Lajeadense

8 April Single leg	Brasil (PE)	2–1	Lajeadense	Rio Grande
21:00 UTC-03:00	Oliveira 31' Wender 70'	Report	Gilmar 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Aldo Dapuzzo Attendance: 4,960 Referee: Leandro Vuaden

Internacional v Cruzeiro-RS

8 April Single leg	Internacional	2–2 (3–1 p)	Cruzeiro-RS	Porto Alegre
22:00 UTC-03:00	López 77', 81' (pen.)	Report	Matheus 40' Wesley 50'	Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 9,396 Referee: Diego Real
	Penalties
	D'Alessandro López Juan Moura		Laerte Heffner Jefferson Benhur

Grêmio v Novo Hamburgo

9 April Single leg	Grêmio	1–1 (6–5 p)	Novo Hamburgo	Porto Alegre
19:30 UTC-03:00	Geromel 70'	Report	Fred 29'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 16,991 Referee: Anderson Daronco
	Penalties
	Maicon Bastos Luan Everton Douglas Oliveira Ramiro		Magrão Fred Humberto Luís Mario Paulinho Dê Schuster

Ypiranga-RS v Juventude

9 April Single leg	Ypiranga-RS	0–2	Juventude	Erechim
19:30 UTC-03:00		Report	Wallacer 11', 56'	Stadium: Colosso da Lagoa Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Jean Pierre Lima

Brasil (PE) v Internacional

11 April 1st leg	Brasil (PE)	1–1	Internacional	Rio Grande
16:00 UTC-03:00	Forster 81' (pen.)	Report	Moura 45+3'	Stadium: Aldo Dapuzzo Attendance: 6,503 Referee: Anderson Daronco

Juventude v Grêmio

12 April 1st leg	Juventude	0–1	Grêmio	Caxias do Sul
16:00 UTC-03:00		Report	Giuliano 20'	Stadium: Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 8,192 Referee: Daniel Bins

Grêmio v Juventude

18 April 2nd leg	Grêmio	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Juventude	Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC-03:00	Luan 29' Geromel 76'	Report	Douglas 45+1'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 32,855 Referee: Jean Pierre Lima

Internacional v Brasil (PE)

18 April 2nd leg	Internacional	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Brasil (PE)	Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC-03:00	Alex 56' Valdívia 61' Moura 80'	Report	Márcio Jonatan 86'	Stadium: Beira-Rio Attendance: 27,395 Referee: Luís Teixeira Rocha

Unlike 2014, the overall table considers the matches played during all stages and the first criterion for the position is stage. In order to reduce the number of participants from 16 to 12 (14 in 2016) three teams that would be relegated to play Série A2 in 2016 and only one team would be promoted to the first division. The best placed team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Grêmio and Internacional), Série B or Série C (Brasil (PE), Caxias and Juventude) and the 2014 Super Copa Gaúcha champions Lajeadense will be "promoted" to Série D. The best three teams will qualify for 2016 Copa do Brasil.

This is the list of goalscorers in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho. Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michel	Passo Fundo	11
2	Nena	Brasil (PE)	6
	Ramon Machado	Lajeadense	6
	Paulo Baier	Ypiranga-RS	6
5	Wesley	Cruzeiro-RS	5
	Alex	Internacional	5
	Valdívia	Internacional	5
	Wallacer	Juventude	5
	Leandrão	Novo Hamburgo	5
10	Paulinho Simionato	Avenida	4
	Diogo Oliveira	Brasil (PE)	4
	Giuliano	Grêmio	4
	Luan	Grêmio	4
	Rafinha	São José-RS	4