1986 Campeonato Gaúcho

Campeonato Gaúcho
Season	1986
Champions	Grêmio
Relegated	Aimoré; Grêmio Bagé
Parallel Tournament	Brasil de Pelotas; Juventude; Novo Hamburgo
Matches played	194
Goals scored	419 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Balalo (Internacional) – 14 goals
Biggest home win	Grêmio 7–0 Novo Hamburgo (July 6, 1986)
Biggest away win	Brasil de Pelotas 1–5 Internacional (March 19, 1986); Pelotas 0–4 Internacional (March 26, 1986); Esportivo 0–4 Grêmio (April 20, 1986)
Highest scoring	Internacional 5–3 Caxias (April 16, 1986)
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The 66th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on February 16, 1986, and ended on July 20, 1986. Fourteen teams participated. Grêmio won their 24th title. Aimoré and Grêmio Bagé were relegated.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Club	Stadium	Home location	Previous season
Aimoré	Cristo-Rei	São Leopoldo	11th
Brasil	Bento Freitas	Pelotas	8th
Caxias	Centenário	Caxias do Sul	4th
Esportivo	Montanha	Bento Gonçalves	10th
Grêmio	Pedra Moura	Bagé	1st (Second level)
Grêmio	Olímpico	Porto Alegre	1st
Internacional	Beira-Rio	Porto Alegre	2nd
Internacional	Presidente Vargas	Santa Maria	6th
Juventude	Alfredo Jaconi	Caxias do Sul	5th
Novo Hamburgo	Santa Rosa	Novo Hamburgo	3rd
Pelotas	Boca do Lobo	Pelotas	9th
São Borja	Vicente Goulart	São Borja	12th
São Paulo	Aldo Dapuzzo	Rio Grande	2nd (Second level)
Santa Cruz	Plátanos	Santa Cruz do Sul	7th

System

The championship would have two stages.:^[2]^[1]

First phase: The fourteen clubs played each other in a double round-robin system. The four best teams in the sum of both rounds qualified into the Final phase, with the winners of each round earning one bonus point, and the two teams with the fewest points were relegated.
Final phase: The four remaining teams played each other in a double round-robin system; the team with the most points won the title.

Championship

First phase

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio	13	10	2	1	28	10	+18	22	Qualified to Final phase
2	Internacional	13	7	4	2	19	7	+12	18
3	Novo Hamburgo	13	5	6	2	16	13	+3	16
4	Internacional de Santa Maria	13	4	7	2	14	11	+3	15
5	Juventude	13	5	4	4	10	8	+2	14
6	Esportivo	13	4	6	3	13	10	+3	14
7	Santa Cruz	13	3	8	2	12	16	−4	14
8	Caxias	13	3	8	2	16	15	+1	14
9	São Borja	13	4	3	6	10	18	−8	11
10	Pelotas	13	2	7	4	10	14	−4	11
11	São Paulo	13	2	6	5	7	13	−6	10
12	Aimoré	13	3	3	7	8	12	−4	9
13	Brasil de Pelotas	13	1	6	6	6	15	−9	8
14	Grêmio Bagé	13	0	6	7	6	19	−13	6

Updated to match(es) played on April 6, 1986. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional	13	11	2	0	34	9	+25	24	Qualified to Final phase
2	Grêmio	13	9	1	3	34	13	+21	19
3	Novo Hamburgo	13	7	3	3	20	13	+7	17
4	Brasil de Pelotas	13	6	4	3	16	11	+5	16
5	Juventude	13	5	4	4	13	9	+4	14
6	São Paulo	13	4	5	4	14	15	−1	13
7	São Borja	13	4	4	5	12	13	−1	12
8	Caxias	13	3	6	4	16	19	−3	12
9	Santa Cruz	13	4	3	6	7	12	−5	11
10	Pelotas	13	3	5	5	11	22	−11	11
11	Internacional de Santa Maria	13	2	6	5	12	17	−5	10
12	Aimoré	13	2	6	5	8	13	−5	10
13	Esportivo	13	3	3	7	12	26	−14	9
14	Grêmio Bagé	13	1	2	10	6	29	−23	4

Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 1986. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional	26	18	6	2	53	16	+37	42	Qualified
2	Grêmio	26	19	3	4	62	23	+39	41
3	Novo Hamburgo	26	12	9	5	36	26	+10	33
4	Juventude	26	10	8	8	23	17	+6	28
5	Caxias	26	6	14	6	32	34	−2	26
6	Santa Cruz	26	7	11	8	19	28	−9	25
7	Internacional de Santa Maria	26	6	13	7	26	28	−2	25
8	Brasil de Pelotas	26	7	10	9	22	26	−4	24
9	São Borja	26	8	7	11	22	31	−9	23
10	Esportivo	26	7	9	10	25	36	−11	23
11	São Paulo	26	6	11	9	21	28	−7	23
12	Pelotas	26	5	12	9	21	36	−15	22
13	Aimoré	26	5	9	12	16	25	−9	19	Relegated
14	Grêmio Bagé	26	1	8	17	12	48	−36	10	Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 1986. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Final phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio	6	4	2	0	17	3	+14	11	Champions
2	Internacional	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	8
3	Juventude	6	2	1	3	3	8	−5	5
4	Novo Hamburgo	6	0	2	4	1	14	−13	2

Updated to match(es) played on July 20, 1986. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.