2004 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 84th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on February 1, 2004 and ended on June 6, 2004. Eighteen teams participated. Holders Internacional beat Ulbra in the finals, winning their 36th title. Santo Ângelo and Pelotas were relegated.^[1][2]

Campeonato Gaúcho

Season	2004
Champions	Internacional
Relegated	Santo Ângelo Pelotas
Copa do Brasil	Internacional Ulbra Juventude Esportivo (Copa FGF winners)
Série C	Glória Esportivo (Copa FGF winners) Ulbra
Matches played	222
Goals scored	624 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sandro Sotilli (Glória) – 27 goals
Biggest home win	Grêmio 7-0 Caxias (February 21, 2004)
Biggest away win	São Gabriel 0–3 Novo Hamburgo (March 28, 2004) Pelotas 0-3 Veranópolis (April 4, 2004) Guarani-VA 0-3 Passo Fundo (April 7, 2004) Guarani-VA 0-3 São Gabriel (April 14, 2004)
Highest scoring	15 de Novembro 6-4 Esportivo (March 31, 2004)
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Participating teams

Club	Home location	Previous season
15 de Novembro	Campo Bom	2nd
Caxias	Caxias do Sul	5th
Esportivo	Bento Gonçalves	12th
Glória	Vacaria	8th
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	6th
Guarani	Venâncio Aires	10th
Internacional	Porto Alegre	1st
Juventude	Caxias do Sul	4th
Novo Hamburgo	Novo Hamburgo	2nd (Second level)
Passo Fundo	Passo Fundo	15th
Pelotas	Pelotas	14th
São Gabriel	São Gabriel	3rd
São José	Cachoeira do Sul	9th
São José	Porto Alegre	13th
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz do Sul	7th
Santo Ângelo	Santo Ângelo	11th
Ulbra	Canoas	1st (Second level)
Veranópolis	Veranópolis	16th

System

The championship would have four stages:^[2][1]

• Group A: The four teams in the Série A and Série B (Internacional, Grêmio, Caxias and Juventude) and the four best teams in the previous year's championship were divided into two groups of four, with the teams in each group playing twice against the teams of the other group; the two best teams in each group qualified into the Group Semifinals, played in two matches, with the winners qualifying into the Championship Semifinals and to the Group Finals, played in one match.
• Group B: The fourteen teams that didn't participate in the Série A or Série B played against each other in a double round-robin system. After 26 rounds, the two best teams in each group qualified to the Semifinals. and the bottom two teams were relegated.
• Semifinals: The four remaining teams played in a single knockout match to define the teams that would qualify to the Finals.
• Finals: Semifinals group winners played in two matches to define the Champions. The team with best overall record played the second leg at home.

Championship

Group A

Chave A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grêmio	8	5	1	2	21	9	+12	16	Qualified
2	Juventude	8	3	4	1	10	4	+6	13
3	Santa Cruz	8	1	2	5	8	12	−4	5
4	15 de Novembro	8	1	2	5	7	13	−6	5

Updated to match(es) played on March 14, 2004. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Chave B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional	8	4	3	1	12	9	+3	15	Qualified
2	Glória	8	4	3	1	9	6	+3	15
3	Caxias	8	3	2	3	7	13	−6	11
4	São Gabriel	8	2	1	5	10	18	−8	7

Updated to match(es) played on March 14, 2004. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventude	4–4 (a)	Internacional	2–3	2–1
Glória	1–3	Grêmio	0–1	1–2

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Grêmio	1–2	Internacional

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ulbra	26	16	6	4	50	23	+27	54	Qualified
2	Glória	26	14	8	4	42	20	+22	50
3	15 de Novembro	26	13	6	7	52	40	+12	45
4	Santa Cruz	26	11	8	7	46	33	+13	41
5	Esportivo	26	11	5	10	46	44	+2	38
6	Passo Fundo	26	9	10	7	39	39	0	37
7	Novo Hamburgo	26	9	10	7	31	33	−2	37
8	São Gabriel	26	9	7	10	37	42	−5	34
9	São José de Porto Alegre	26	9	6	11	33	38	−5	33
10	Veranópolis	26	8	7	11	31	35	−4	31
11	São José de Cachoeira do Sul	26	7	9	10	28	37	−9	30
12	Guarani de Venâncio Aires	26	8	3	15	26	42	−16	27
13	Santo Ângelo	26	5	9	12	32	47	−15	24	Relegated
14	Pelotas	26	0	12	14	21	41	−20	12

Updated to match(es) played on May 30, 2004. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulbra	3–1	Grêmio
Internacional	2–2 (4-1 pen.)	Glória

Finals

Ulbra	1 – 2	Internacional
Alex Martins 20'		Edinho 30' Nilmar 61'

6 June 2004

17:10 (UTC-3)

Finals

Complexo Esportivo da Ulbra, Canoas

Attendance: 7,119

Referee: Leandro Vuaden

References

1. "RSSSF – Championship of Rio Grande do Sul 2004". Retrieved August 13, 2019.
2. "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Rio Grande do Sul 2004". Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.