The 2020 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2020
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 ...
, was the 100th season 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 ...
's
top flight football league. The season began on 22 January and was scheduled to end on 26 April. However, due to the
COVID-19 outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, ...
, the season was paused until 22 July 2020 and ended on 30 August.
Format
The ''Gauchão'' was contested between 12 teams, who were split into two six team groups.
Taça Cel. Ewaldo Poeta
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Final
Taça Francisco Novelletto Neto
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Results
Playoff
Semi-finals
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Final
General table
Originally, the two teams at the bottom of the general table would be relegated. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided that no team would be relegated this season.
Goals
References
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Campeonato Gaúcho seasons
Gaúcho
Campeonato Gaúcho 2020