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Association football club in Brazil

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Gr�mio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (Portuguese pronunciation: ['g?emju fut?i'b?w ?po?tw?le'g??si]), commonly known as Gr�mio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro S�rie A, the first division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Ga�cho, Rio Grande do Sul's top state league.

The club was founded in 1903 by businessman C�ndido Dias da Silva and other 32 men, mostly from the large community of German immigrants of Porto Alegre.[2]

Gr�mio's home stadium is the Arena do Gr�mio, which the team moved to in 2013.

With a capacity of over 55,000, the stadium is one of the most modern venues in South America and the eight-largest of its kind in Brazil.

[3] Prior to that, Gr�mio played at Est�dio Ol�mpico Monumental since 1954.

Gr�mio usually plays in a tricolor (blue, black and white) striped shirt, black shorts and white socks, which originated the team's nickname.[4]

In 1983, Gr�mio became champions of the Intercontinental Cup after defeating Hamburger SV 2-1.

[5][6][7] Additionally, Gr�mio is tied with S�o Paulo, Santos, Palmeiras, and Flamengo for the most Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Am�rica titles, having won a total of three each.[8]

As of 2017, Gr�mio was ranked number one in the CBF club rankings[9] and is listed by Forbes as the third most valuable football club in the Americas with an estimated value of $295.5 million.

[10] Gr�mio has won 42 Campeonato Ga�cho, 2 Campeonato Brasileiro S�rie A, 1 Campeonato Brasileiro S�rie B, 1 Supercopa do Brasil, 1 Copa Sul and 5 Copa do Brasil.

Internationally, Gr�mio has won 1 Intercontinental Cup, 3 Copa Libertadores de Am�rica, 2 Recopa Sudamericana and 1 Sanwa Bank Cup.[11]

Gr�mio has a long-standing and intense rivalry with Internacional, which is widely regarded as one of the fiercest in Brazil[12][13] and around the world.

[14][15] Matches between the two teams are known as Grenal and are highly anticipated events.

[16]History [ edit ]

The beginning and professionalism at the club [ edit ]

One of the first Gr�mio squads, December 1903

Gr�mio state champion of 1932.

Standing: Poroto, Nen�, Sardinha I, Foguinho, (), Heitor, Luiz Carvalho e Lacy.

Crouching: Am�ncio, (), Sardinha II, Eurico Lara, D�rio e Comani.

On 7 September 1903, Brazil's first football team, Rio Grande, played an exhibition match in Porto Alegre.

An entrepreneur from Sorocaba, S�o Paulo, named C�ndido Dias was besotted with the sport and he went to watch the match.

During the match, the ball deflated.

As the only owner of a football in Porto Alegre, he lent his ball to the players and the match resumed.

After the match, he talked to the local players about how to start a football club.

On 15 September 1903, 32 people, including C�ndido Dias, met at Sal�o Grau, a local restaurant and founded "Gr�mio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense".

Most of the founding members were part of the city's German community.

[17] Carlos Luiz Bohrer was elected as first president.[18]

The club's first match took place on 6 March 1904, against Fuss Ball Porto Alegre, the first of two matches played that day.

Gr�mio won the first match 1�0.

Unfortunately, the name of the player who scored the club's first goal is lost to history.

The trophy Gr�mio won that day, the Wanderpreis, is still displayed at the club's museum.

Within 5 months the club had inaugurated the Baixada, its first home.

Gr�mio in 1904, wearing the blue and black jersey

Gr�mio state champion of 1931

On 18 July 1909, Gr�mio beat Internacional 10�0 on the latter's debut game.

Gr�mio's goalkeeper Kallfelz reportedly left the field to chat with fans during the match.

Even now this victory is remembered with pride by Gremistas (Gr�mio supporters).

The match was the starting point for a rivalry that rages on to this day.

Gr�mio was one of the founding members of the Porto Alegre football league in 1910, and in 1911 won the league for the first time.

On 25 August 1912, in a city league match, Gr�mio beat Sport Clube Nacional of Porto Alegre 23�0.

Sisson scored 14 goals in the match to record Gr�mio's biggest ever win.

In 1918, Gr�mio became a founding member of the Funda��o Rio-Grandense de Desportes (later known as Federa��o Ga�cha de Futebol), a federation that organized the first state championships in Rio Grande do Sul.

The first championship was scheduled for 1918, but the Spanish flu epidemic forced the event to be postponed until 1919.

In 1921, a year after the arrival of legendary goalkeeper Eurico Lara, Gr�mio won its first state championship.

On 7 July 1911, Gr�mio beat Uruguay's national team 2�1.

In 1931, Gr�mio became one of the first teams in Brazil to play matches at night after installing floodlights at Est�dio Baixada.

On 19 May 1935, Gr�mio became the first team from Rio Grande do Sul to beat a team from the state of S�o Paulo (considered the strongest Brazilian league at the time) by defeating Santos 3�2.

Gr�mio was also the first club outside Rio de Janeiro state to play at the Maracan� Stadium, defeating Flamengo 3�1 in 1950.

Gr�mio squad in 1950.

That year, Gr�mio played at the Maracan� Stadium and defeated Flamengo by 3�1 and became the first club outside Rio de Janeiro state to win in that stadium

During this period, Gr�mio started to earn a reputation abroad.

In 1932 it played its first international match in Rivera (Uruguay).

In 1949, the match against Uruguay's Nacional ended in a 3�1 win for Gr�mio and the players received a hero's welcome on their return to Porto Alegre.

In that same year, Gr�mio played for the first time in Central America.

Between 1953 and 1954, Gr�mio travelled to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia, a tour dubbed "the conquest of the Americas".

On 25 February 1959, Gr�mio defeated Boca Juniors 4�1 in Buenos Aires, becoming the first foreign team to beat Boca at La Bombonera.

In 1961, Gr�mio went on its first European tour playing 24 games in 11 countries: France, Romania, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Denmark, Estonia and Russia.

The Gremistas (Gr�mio fans) were growing in number.

1946 saw the first appearance of the club's motto "com o Gr�mio onde o Gr�mio estiver" ("with Gr�mio wherever Gr�mio may be"), which was later written into Gr�mio's official anthem.

An anthem penned by Lupicinio Rodrigues, a samba-cancao composer who became one of the most famous and revered Gr�mio fans.

The anthem celebrates the Gremistas reputation for attending all Gr�mio matches, regardless of the difficulties and obstacles they might have to overcome to see their club.

In the late 1950s, Gr�mio joined the Ta�a Brasil, as the Brazilian league was known at the time.

The team reached the Ta�a Brasil semi-finals in 1959, 1963 and 1967.

In 1968, the team won its first international title in a friendly cup with teams from Brazil and Uruguay.

In 1954, Gr�mio inaugurated what was at the time the biggest private stadium in Brazil, the Ol�mpico Stadium.

In 1971, the Ta�a Brasil championship was replaced by the Campeonato Brasileiro with the first goal ever scored in the Campeonato Brasileiro coming from Gr�mio's N�stor Scotta, an Argentine, in a match against S�o Paulo at Est�dio do Morumbi.

[19] Gr�mio maintained a series of respectable results in Campeonato Brasileiro, usually achieving a top half finish.

Valdir Espinosa and the Intercontinental Cup 1983 [ edit ]

Battle of La Plata, the popular name to an emblematic and historic game between Gr�mio vs.

Estudiantes de La Plata in 1983 Copa Libertadores.

The match ended in 3�3 with aggressions and hostile climate at the Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium

Gr�mio's first dominant period in South American football began in the early 1980s.

Propelled by the completion of their new stadium, the Ol�mpico Monumental.

Gr�mio won its first Campeonato Brasileiro on 3 May 1981, after defeating S�o Paulo at the Morumbi Stadium in S�o Paulo.

The scores in the two-leg final were 2�1 at Ol�mpico and 1�0 for Gr�mio at Morumbi.

The winning goal was scored by striker Baltazar.

Earlier, on 26 April 1981 Ol�mpico had its biggest attendance ever, when 98,421 fans watched Gr�mio lose to Ponte Preta 0�1 in the Campeonato Brasileiro semi-final.

Gr�mio squad that played the first 1983 Copa Libertadores Finals vs Pe�arol in Montevideo

1983 was the most successful year in Gr�mio's history.

First, Gr�mio won the South-American Copa Libertadores, after a consistent yet eventful campaign.

One of the matches of the semi-final, the 3�3 draw against Estudiantes at Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium, became legendary for its belligerence on and off the pitch and is dubbed the "Batalha de La Plata" ("Battle of La Plata").

[20][21] In the finals, Gr�mio beat the 1982 South America and World champions Pe�arol from Uruguay, with a 1�1 draw in Montevideo and a 2�1 win in Porto Alegre.

The winning goal was scored by C�sar just before the end of the match.

A year later, Gr�mio was runner-up in the Copa Libertadores final, being defeated by Argentina's Independiente.

Also in 1983, Gr�mio won the Intercontinental Cup after defeating Hamburger SV of Germany 2�1.

[22] Renato Portaluppi scored both goals.

With Uruguayan defender De Le�n and goalkeeper Mazaropi also earning club legend status on the back of their performances in the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup.

Porto Alegre, was deafened by the gremista's chant of: "The Earth is Blue".

Soon after winning the Intercontinental Cup, Gr�mio beat America of Mexico in Los Angeles, and won the Los Angeles Cup.

In 1989, Gr�mio won the first Copa do Brasil, a Brazilian knockout cup featuring football teams from all around the country.

After humiliating Flamengo with a 6�1 win in the second leg of the semi-finals, Gr�mio defeated Sport Recife in the final, with a 0�0 draw in Recife and a 2�1 win in Porto Alegre.

In 1991, after a poor season, Gr�mio was relegated for the first time to the Brazilian Second Division[23] but gained immediate promotion back to the Campeonato Brasileiro's elite the following season (1993).

After this return to form, 1994 saw Gr�mio win its second Copa do Brasil, defeating Cear� in the two-leg final (0�0 and 1�0), the solitary goal scored by striker Nildo.

This win kickstarted the club's Tokyo Project.

On 11 December 1994, due a bloated and extensive schedule, Gr�mio had to play three matches in a single day during the 1994 Campeonato Ga�cho, with kick-off times of 2PM, 4PM, and 6PM at the Ol�mpico Monumental.

They drew the first match and won the other two, using a total of 34 different players, using a mixture of first team, the reserves and players from the academy.

The match had a small public of 758 fans - 247 paying.

The fans and players had to face the thermal sensation of more than 45 �C in the summer heat of Porto Alegre.[24]

Luiz Felipe Scolari and the Libertadores 1995 [ edit ]

In May 1995, under head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, Gr�mio were runners-up in the Copa do Brasil, losing the final match to Corinthians 0�1 at Ol�mpico Monumental.

In August, a few days after beating arch-rivals Internacional for the state title with a reserve squad, the club won the Copa Libertadores for the second time.

Defeating Atl�tico Nacional of Colombia 3�1 in Porto Alegre and drawing 1�1 in Medell�n.

The tournament was marked by fierce matches against Palmeiras in the quarter-finals.

Palmeiras had perhaps the best squad on the competition, with players such as Rivaldo, Cafu, Edmundo, C�sar Sampaio, Ant�nio Carlos, Roberto Carlos and Mancuso.

They were soundly beaten by Gr�mio in the 1st leg in an epic 5�0 match with a hat-trick from M�rio Jardel.

Palmeiras beat Gr�mio 5�1 in the return leg, with Jardel's lone strike proving enough to see Gr�mio through to the Semi-finals.

This qualified the club to the 1995 Intercontinental Cup where Gr�mio pushed a talented Ajax (featuring Patrick Kluivert, Overmars, Van Der Sar and Kanu) into extra time and penalties despite being a player down.

Early 1996 saw Gr�mio win the Recopa Sudamericana, beating Argentina's Independiente 4�1.

On 15 December 1996, Gr�mio won its second Campeonato Brasileiro, defeating Portuguesa in the final.

Portuguesa won the first match at home 2�0, and therefore Gr�mio was forced to win the final match at Porto Alegre by the same score or more.

Gr�mio got to 2�0, with midfielder Ailton scoring the second goal a few minutes before the final whistle.

Gr�mio won the title due to their higher finish in the league.

In 1997, Gr�mio won their third Copa do Brasil title.

In the finals against Rom�rio's Flamengo, Gr�mio won on away goals after a 0�0 draw in Porto Alegre and a 2�2 draw in Rio de Janeiro.

Four years later, in 2001, Gr�mio won their fourth Copa do Brasil, defeating Corinthians.

The first leg of the final, in Porto Alegre, finished with the score of 2�2.

The second game in S�o Paulo ended with a 3�1 Gr�mio victory, in a match which is regarded as one of the finest in Gr�mio's history.

Second relegation, Batalha dos Aflitos and the Libertadores 2007 [ edit ]

Tcheco was the captain for 4 years (2006�2009) and lead Gr�mio to the 2007 Copa Libertadores Finals

On 2000, Gr�mio closed a multi-million deal with Swiss sports marketing firm International Sport and Leisure (ISL).

[25] With the newfound income, Gr�mio made large investments and expensive hirings, such as Zinho, Paulo Nunes, Gabriel Amato and Leonardo Astrada.

[26] However, soon in 2001 ISL went bust after a large corruption scandal involving FIFA.

After declaring bankruptcy, the company transferred part its debt to Gr�mio.

[27] The club's quickly amassed debt would spiral out of control, soon they would be unable to pay player's salaries and do other investments, which resulted in poor field performance.[28]

In 2004, after performing poorly for two consecutive seasons in the S�rie A, Gr�mio finished bottom of the league and were relegated to Campeonato Brasileiro's Second Division.

[29] S�rie B brought even less revenue, which combined with the club's large debt threatented to snowball into Gr�mio's bankruptcy.

[28] Gr�mio's promotion battle was difficult, with only two clubs able to qualify for promotion to the First Division.

On 26 November 2005, at Est�dio dos Aflitos, Recife against N�utico, Gr�mio had four players sent off and two penalty given kicks against them in a tumultuous match that has become known as "The Battle of the Aflitos" ("A Batalha dos Aflitos", "Aflitos" being the name of N�utico's home field).

Bruno Carvalho bounced the first penalty bounced off the post in the first half when Gr�mio still had 11 players on the field; the second was saved by goalkeeper Galatto when had been reduced to 7 men.

Within 72 seconds of Galatto saving the penalty 17-year-old Anderson had made a run down the left flank to slot the ball into the back of the net to score Gr�mio's winning goal.

A goal that sealed the S�rie B championship and promotion to the S�rie A.

On 9 April 2006, at Est�dio Beira-Rio, Gr�mio won the state championship against Internacional, preventing them from winning a fifth title in a row.

Playing away, Gr�mio managed to obtain a 1�1 draw in the second leg of the final, enough to secure the title on away goals.

Gr�mio players said after the match that there were more than 50,000 Internacional fans in Beira Rio's Stadium and they could still hear the noise made by 6,000 Gremistas.

In 2007, at Est�dio Ol�mpico Monumental, Gr�mio won the Campeonato Ga�cho once again this time against Juventude.

Also in 2007, Gr�mio reached the final of the 2007 Copa Libertadores.

Throughout the campaign the team overcame away losses by putting in heroic home performances and earning the moniker of Imortal Tricolor.

This also pumped up the fans who even after a heavy 3�0 away defeat to Boca Juniors formed huge lines to buy tickets for the final game in Porto Alegre.

with some of the fans queuing for four days or more.

Unfortunately fan fervor wasn't enough with Riquelme's magnificent performance handing Boca Juniors a 2�0 win and the Copa Libertadores title.

Renato Portaluppi and the Libertadores 2017 [ edit ]

Luan after making his goal against Barcelona S.C.

Luan was elected Rei da Am�rica 2017 (King of America 2017) by the newspaper El Pa�s (Uruguay).

Everton, one of the most valuable players of Gr�mio in the 2010s.

He won the Copa Am�rica 2019, being the topscorer of the competition.

In 2008, after the sudden firing of their head coach Vagner Mancini, the club hired Celso Roth.

Within a month they had prematurely dropped out of both the domestic cup (Copa do Brasil) and their state championship (Campeonato Ga�cho).

This led to the team going through a state of crisis and, soon after, major renovation.

They were expected to finish in the bottom half of the Campeonato Brasileiro but managed to finish in second place.

For many supporters, even that was considered a failure as in the first half of the championship, the team was in fine form and even considered the best in the country.

At the halfway point of the season the team had a 10-point lead over second place that they would eventually surrender in the final games of the season.

2012 marked the last year of the club's former stadium, Ol�mpico Monumental.

Fan expectations were high but were not matched by the team's performance.

Gr�mio did, however, qualify for the Libertadores the following year.

In 2014, the club once again qualified for the Copa Libertadores de Am�rica and signed Enderson Moreira as the new manager.

[30] However, after a successful campaign in the group stage, Gr�mio failed in the competition and were eliminated by San Lorenzo in the Round of 16.

[31] A few days before, the club was defeated 6�2 on aggregate by their biggest rival, the Internacional, in the finals of the Campeonato Ga�cho.

[32] With nothing more than a regular campaign at the beginning of the S�rie A, club president F�bio Koff signed Luiz Felipe Scolari as the new coach of the team.

The club also invested in Giuliano, the biggest hiring of the year.[33]

In 2015, former Gr�mio player Roger Machado was hired as the new manager.

A short lived but initially successful run, Machado's time with Gr�mio saw them qualify for the 2016 Copa Libertadores with a finish in the Campeonato Brasileiro in 3rd place.

Machado oversaw a famous victory over beat bitter rivals Internacional with a 5�0 drubbing in "Grenal" No.407.

Nonetheless, towards the end of the year, the team began to show a lack of organization, especially in its defensive system.

As fan support dwindled, Roger announced his resignation after a 3�0 loss against Ponte Preta in September 2016.

Renato Portaluppi replaced him and under his guidance a resurgent Gr�mio became champions of the Copa do Brasil against Atl�tico Mineiro in a 4�2 aggregate score, making them the Brazilian club with the most titles in this tournament (5).

After this historic feat, fans affectionately nicknamed Gr�mio the "Rei de Copas" (King of Cups).

In 2017, Gr�mio won their third Libertadores, after defeating Club Atl�tico Lan�s 1�0 at Arena do Gr�mio, followed by a 2�1 victory in Estadio Ciudad de Lan�s.

Luan was named the player of the tournament, while goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe performed spectacularly with a heroic, almost impossible save in the semi-final match against Barcelona Sporting Club.

They became the third Brazilian club to win a third Copa Libertadores, after S�o Paulo and Santos.

The club went on to represent CONMEBOL at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup, held in the United Arab Emirates.

Gr�mio beat Pachuca 1�0 in a tight semi-final, the goal coming from Everton in extra-time.

They were beaten 0�1 by Real Madrid in the final.

2018 Season and Libertadores [ edit ]

Gr�mio once again finished 4th in the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro securing a place in the Copa Libertadores de Am�rica having been knocked out in the semi-final of the tournament on goal-difference in 2018 by a late River Plate goal to end the match 2�2.

The goal was scored from a penalty, given on review of a handball by the VAR from Matheus Bressan in the 95th minute.

[34] Bressan was subsequently transferred.

[35] In the hours following the match it was revealed that River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo had broken the rules of his touchline ban at half-time by entering the River dressing room.

Gr�mio appealed the result within 24 hours of the final whistle based on this information.

It took CONMEBOL 2 days to deliberate, deciding that the result should stand, with Gallardo receiving a $50,000 fine and a 4-match suspension (1 from the Bombonera Stadium for the first leg of the Libertadores final against Boca Juniors and 3 subsequent touchline bans).

[36] River Plate would go on to win the Copa Libertadores de Am�rica after further controversy.

In the 2020 season Gr�mio met their rivals Internacional at Copa Libertadores for the first time in history.

The first leg at the Arena do Gr�mio ended in controversy as a fight broke out between Gr�mio's Pep� and Inter's Mois�s which quickly escalated into a full-brawl between the two teams and eight players - three of each team in the field and more two from the bench - were sent off.

The match ended on a tie.[37]

2021 crises, relegation and return [ edit ]

The 2020 saw a decline on the performance of the team, while they were able to secure the Campeonato Ga�cho, they finished in 6th in the Brasileir�o which didn't guarantee their berth to the Libertadores for the first time since 2013, having to play at the qualifying stages.

The team later fail to qualify to the 2021 Copa Libertadores after losing to Ecuador's Independiente del Valle.

[38] The defeat ended up causing the resignation of Renato Portaluppi, who had worked at the club for almost five years.

In 2021, Gr�mio was elected the best club in South America of the decade, between the years 2011�2020, in a survey carried out by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

The ranking took into account the points scored by clubs in the organization's Club World Ranking each year.[39]

Portaluppi's replacement was Tiago Nunes, with whom Gr�mio qualified for the next phase of the Copa Sudamericana and won the Campeonato Ga�cho in the final played against Internacional.

However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused various infections among the squad, which combined with other factors resulted in a weak performance at the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro, getting just two points from seven games and dropping to bottom of the league table.

Nunes was fired and replaced with Luiz Felipe Scolari, in turn, also failed to lead the club out of the relegation zone and ended up leaving by mutual agreement after three months of work.

[40][41] Vagner Mancini, then America Mineiro coach, was hired for his place in October.

Without achieving results, Gr�mio finished the championship relegated for the third time to the Campeonato Brasileiro S�rie B.[42][43]

After a weak start in the 2022 Campeonato Ga�cho, Mancini was fired and replaced with Roger Machado, who led to the team to a fifth Gauch�o title in sequence after a victory against rival's Internacional in the semi-finals and the finals against Ypiranga.

[44] In September Machado was replaced by a returning Renato Portaluppi.

[45] The S�rie B campaign was enough to guarantee access to return to the S�rie A in 2023.[46]

In December 2022, Gr�mio announced that Luis Su�rez would be joining the club for a two-year contract.

[47] The signing drew worldwide attention to the club.

[48] Su�rez made his debut on 17 January 2023 in a match against S�o Luiz for the 2023 Recopa Ga�cha.

Su�rez scored a hat-trick in a 4�1 win.

[49]Symbols [ edit ]Stars [ edit ]

According to the club, the gold star represents the victory in the World Club Championship; the silver represents the three South American competition victories; and the bronze one represents the National competitions.

There is also a gold star in Gr�mio's flag that represents a player, Everaldo, the sole Gr�mio player in the 1970 Brazilian World Cup winning team.

Flag [ edit ]

The first club flag was unveiled by the club during the opening ceremony for the Baixada stadium.

At that time, it had a horizontal stripe of blue, black and white, with a medallion on the left top corner.

The Brazilian Flag was the inspiration for the Tricolor's standard from 1918 to 1944.

Anthem [ edit ]

Gr�mio's anthem is one of the most critically acclaimed in all of Brazilian football, other than the anthems of the clubs from Rio de Janeiro (all composed by Lamartine Babo), it is the only football anthem composed by a renowned composer, Lupic�nio Rodrigues.

Featuring a vivid melody in the style of a march, the anthem features the famous verses: At� a p� n�s iremos / para o que der e vier / mas o certo � que n�s estaremos / com o Gr�mio onde o Gr�mio estiver (Even on foot we will go / against all obstacles / but we sure will be / with Gr�mio wherever Gr�mio may be).

Gr�mio supporters boast that Gr�mio, as the anthem hints, has never played without supporters anywhere in the world.

Eurico Lara, a goalkeeper who played for the club in the 1920s and in the 1930s, is mentioned in the anthem, where he is called the immortal idol (or craque imortal, in Portuguese).

Team kit [ edit ]

Gr�mio tricolour scheme is made up of blue, black and white, an unusual colour combination for football shirts.

The first Gr�mio kit was inspired by English club Exeter City.

At the time, the original kit included a black cap, striped shirt in blue and havana (a variation of brown), white tie, white shorts and black socks.

Subsequently, the uniform was changed to blue and black due to the lack of havana fabric.

Soon after, vertical white stripes were included in the kit creating a pattern that is used to the present day.

Because of this pattern, Gr�mio is commonly referred as the "Tricolor".

The Gr�mio colors are set in the club statute as so;

Home colors � Vertical stripes of light blue and black, with white piping;

Away colors � White with blue and black detail;

Alternative colors � Dark Blue or blue with white details.

Kit evolution [ edit ]

Gr�mio kits throughout its history:[50]

1903 1904 1917 1920 1925 1926 1928�present

It was in the early 1980s that Gr�mio received its first official sponsor, with the Brazilian Olympikus providing sports equipment.

The partnership lasted until early 1983, when, on account of the brilliant moment that had been living in their history, the Gr�mio has signed a contract with a German Adidas to supply sports material.

However, the partnership was short-lived, as in 1985, with the end of the contract with Adidas, a new supplier emerged, returning to the national level with Penalty.

In 1987, for the first time in its history the Gr�mio signed a sponsorship agreement for stamping the shirt, with Coca-Cola.

This turn in their campaigns unprecedentedly exchanged their traditional red logo for black, because this color belongs to International, its biggest rival, and it was vetoed by Gr�mio.

Sponsorship of Penalty and Coca-Cola persisted with Gr�mio for nearly a decade until, in 1995, the soft drink brand left the main sponsor of the shirts, which was assumed by Tintas Renner, a paint manufacturer, until 1997.

In 1998, General Motors assumed this position, exposing numerous names of vehicles throughout the partnership.

At the beginning of the 21st century, Penalty left the club, with the Italian Kappa providing sports equipment.

In 2001, for the payment of debts, Gr�mio closed an agreement with the state government of Rio Grande do Sul, exposing Banrisul banking mark on his shirt.

However, after payment, it was Banrisul who assumed the payments and became the master sponsor of the club.

In 2005 the contract with Kappa came to an end, after this, kits were the responsibility of another German in club history, Puma.

Also from this era, Gr�mio opened more spaces for smaller sponsors, with the first being Tramontina, Unimed, TIM and the return of Coca-Cola.

In 2011, once again changing the supplier of sports equipment occurs, this time taking the Brazilian Topper, under the value of �4.

8 million per season, which operates in the South American market, with a contract until the end of 2014.

Beginning in 2015 season, the British company Umbro supplied sports equipment of Gr�mio, paying the value of �6 million per year.

[51]Stadium [ edit ]

Est�dio da Baixada in the 1930s

Gr�mio's original stadium was the Est�dio da Baixada, built in 1904 at the upper-class neighbourhood of Moinhos de Vento in Porto Alegre.

It was made to please the city's growing colony of Germans, who were concentrated in the region.

The Est�dio da Baixada hosted Gr�mio until 1954.

The second stadium was the Est�dio Ol�mpico Monumental.

It was inaugurated on 19 September 1954 as Est�dio Ol�mpico, located in the neighbourhood of Azenha.

At the time it was the largest private stadium in Brazil.

Est�dio Ol�mpico's first game was between Gr�mio and Nacional from Uruguay; Gr�mio won by a score of 2�0, with both goals scored by V�tor.

In 1980 a second tier was added to the Ol�mpico, and the stadium was renamed the Ol�mpico Monumental.

The first game at the renamed Ol�mpico Monumental was played on 21 June 1980, when Gr�mio beat Vasco da Gama by a score of 1�0.

Est�dio Ol�mpico Monumental has an attendance record of 98,421 people for the game against Ponte Preta on 26 April 1981.

By the 2000s, the board of directors start to study what to do with the aging Ol�mpico, the stadium did not meet the club's expectations, due to the construction's lifetime, high maintenance costs, low comfort standards, low quality of services, poor security, insufficient parking and a highly populated region.

[52] The club instead decided to build a new stadium.

The project was approved in 2008 and the construction of a new stadium started in September 2010.[53]

In 2012, Gr�mio moved into their new stadium, Arena do Gr�mio, a big multi-use stadium in Porto Alegre.

Its capacity is 55,225 and is one of the most modern venues in South America.

The inaugural match in Arena was a friendly against Hamburger SV on 8 December 2012.

The attendance record was of 52,223 people at the 2016 Copa do Brasil Finals against Atl�tico Minero.

[54] The Arena also hosted the first leg of the 2017 Copa Libertadores Finals against Lan�s.

The club also rents the Est�dio Ant�nio Vieira Ramos in the city of Gravata�, in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, as the home stadium for its women's team.[55]

Training centre [ edit ]

The first location for training used by Gr�mio was the additional field built next door of Est�dio Ol�mpico Monumental.

However, it can not be exactly characterized as a training centre.

In 2000 the construction of the first training centre of the club, the CT H�lio Dourado, in Eldorado do Sul, in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre was completed, but, because of it being located quite far away, it ended up being used for club's Academy.

In 2014,the construction of the new training center of Gr�mio, the CT Luiz Carvalho, located next to the Arena do Gr�mio, in Porto Alegre was finished.

It is adjacent to the Gua�ba River, and has one of the most beautiful views of the city with the stadium and a cable-stayed bridge in the background.

Supporters [ edit ]

Gr�mio fans in 1946, the year the Musketeer appeared as the club's mascot, along with the creation of the slogan "With Gr�mio wherever Gr�mio is".

(Portuguese: Com o Gr�mio onde estiver o Gr�mio)

Gr�mio fans are called "gremistas" or "tricolores".

Originally, Gr�mio was a club heavily supported by Brazilians of German descent of Rio Grande do Sul.

Over time, that distinction has reduced, and today the fan base is very diverse.

The club, together with Internacional, divide the population of Rio Grande do Sul;[56] Gr�mio is also the most popular club in western Santa Catarina and south-west Paran�.

[57] The club has around 8 million fans in the country, meaning that, in terms of ranking, the club is the 6th most supporters in the Brazil.

The largest outside the Rio de Janeiro-S�o Paulo axis.

[58] A 2022 research pointed out that Gr�mio has the most "loyal" fans in Brazil.

The survey that measured the size of the fans in the country identified that 90.

6% of Gr�mio fans say they support Gr�mio exclusively and that only 9.

4% of Gr�mio fans supported or sympathized with another Brazilian football team.

[59] In 2023, Gr�mio had more than 100,000 s�cios (club-members/associates).[60]

Geral do Gr�mio [ edit ]

Geral do Gr�mio at the northern stand of the Arena do Gr�mio

The largest group of Gr�mio supporters is Geral do Gr�mio, the first and largest Brazilian barra brava,[61] movement similar to European ultras and Brazil's own torcidas organizadas, but with unique characteristics of Latin America.

The group was created during the year 2001 with Gr�mio fans watching games from the seats behind the southern goal at Est�dio Ol�mpico Monumental (an area of the stands called "Geral", as in "general", where tickets had lower costs).

Over the following years, more people joined the movement, and they decided to collectively call themselves by the name of the area from where they watched the games.

A unique and traditional feature of the crowd is running down the stand (a movement called the "avalanche"), pressing against the fence when a goal is scored as a way to also embrace the players in celebration.

Being a barra brava, the Geral do Gr�mio has differences with the ultras and the torcidas organizadas.

They are a free membership group (which means that they do not charge a monthly fee), do not have their own uniforms, nor control over who participates.

On games they bring a band consisting of percussion and brass instruments, dictating the rhythm of the chants throughout the game, never stopping or sitting.

Banners and flags are exhibited in the length of the sector in which they are located inside the stadium, bringing a unique identity to their supporters.

Also, wherever possible, they use flare, smoke bombs, fire extinguishers, among other materials to encourage the team on the field.

In the Arena do Gr�mio, which opened in December 2012, the lower northern stand was built with no chairs, with the Geral crowd and its "avalanche" celebration in mind.

However, in 2013 on a game against L.D.U.

Quito the avalanche resulted on the fence breaking and many fans falling into the trench that separated the stands from the pitch.

Metal bars were installed to make the avalanche impossible.[62]

The Geral enjoys good relationships with some other torcidas organizadas in Brazil, but due the inspiration on the platinean barra bravas, the Geral has a strong bond with Nacional's La Banda Del Parque.

Members of both groups frequently do confraternizations together, and members frequently attend each other's games.[63]

Other supporters [ edit ]

Other supporters group includes the Torcida Jovem do Gr�mio (Young Gr�mio supporters), the oldest in operation, founded in 1977 and was considered the main supporters group until the late 1990s;[64] Rasta do Gr�mio, Super Ra�a Gremista, Garra Tricolor, M�fia Tricolor and the Velha Escola (Old School, a schism from the Geral).

There are also exclusively female supporters group, such as the N�cleo de Mulheres Gremistas and the Elis Vive Collective.[65]

Another historically important group is Coligay, recognized to be Brazil's first LGBT supporter group.

[66][67] The group was founded in 1977 and suffered of homophobic attacks from rival team's fans and repression by the Brazilian military dictatorship's government.

[66][67] However, the group was relatively accepted by Gr�mio's regular fans and supporters as their founding coincided with the end of a long drought and a streak of titles, which gave Goligay the fame of begin an "amulet".

[66][67] The group closed in 1983 but it's legacy has since been adopted by newer fans.

[66]Rivalries [ edit ]Grenal in 2007

Grenal in 1940 for the Porto Alegre City ChampionshipGrenal [ edit ]

As the years went on, Gr�mio and another important football club from Porto Alegre, Internacional, started to form a rivalry.

Soon the games between these two clubs got their own name, Grenal, and resulted in record attendance.

The rivalry divides the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the city of Porto Alegre in half.

It is one of the fiercest football rivalries in Brazil, South America and the world.

It is accompanied by high levels of emotion, competition and occasional violence.[16]

The first match was held in 1909, Gr�mio won the first Grenal in history by the score of 10 to 0.

The team led the statistics of Grenais in the first years of dispute until they were surpassed in 1945 by Internacional, which held the advantage in victories until today.

[68] In 1935, Eurico Lara, who was Gr�mio's goalie, conceded a penalty kick.

When the Internacional player was about to kick it, Lara's brother stopped the game and reminded him of his doctor's recommendation that he didn't overexert himself.He didn't listen.

Soon the Internacional player took the shot.

Lara caught it, but as soon as he did he fell sideways and didn't move.

He was substituted after the wondrous save, and Gr�mio won the game.

But unfortunately he died two months later as a result of the fatigue from that game.

Lara has been immortalized in the club anthem.

Gre-Ju is another rivalry of Rio Grande do Sul, between Gr�mio and Juventude from Caxias do Sul.

For most of its history, the rivalry was one-sided as Juventude was traditionally a weaker team, but it heated up in the 1990s as Juventude grew to be the third powerhouse of the state.

[69][70]Players [ edit ]

First team squad [ edit ]

As of 18 August 2023.[71]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

For recent transfers, see 2023 Gr�mio F.B.P.A.Transfers.

Reserves squad [ edit ]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Other players under contract [ edit ]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan [ edit ]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Club officials [ edit ]

Last updated: 29 June 2022.

Source: Gr�mio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense - Site Oficial

Medical staff Medical director: Ciro Simoni

Doctor: Gabriel Severo

Doctor: M�rcio Dornelles

Doctor: Paulo Rabaldo

Massagist: Anderson Meurer

Massagist: Jos� Flores

Massagist: Lucas Cruz

Massagist: Marco Aur�lio

Nutritionist: Guilherme Oliveira

Nutritionist: Tiago Fontoura

Physiologist: Marco Aur�lio Melo

Physiotherapist: Felipe Coimbra

Physiotherapist: Gustavo Pacheco Cardoso

Physiotherapist: Luiz Peres

Physiotherapist: Marcos Ganga

Physiotherapist: Thiago Albuquerque

Nurse: Adriano Welter

Other staff Press officer: M�rcio Neves

Press officer: Vitor Rodriguez

Logistics supervisor: Pedro Aguiar

Equipment manager: Danilo Bueno

Equipment manager: Diego Sim�es

Assistant equipment manager: Ant�nio Marcos

Cameraman: Juares Dagort

Butler: Paulo Oliveira

Chief security: Luiz Fernando Cardoso

Security: Andr� Trisch

Security: Cristiano Nunes

Security: Jos� Nolan Pedroso

Security: Pedro Carvalho

Security: Sandro Gon�alves

Caretaker: Jo�o Moacir da Luz

Motorist: Antonio MachadoKnave: Jo�o Brito

Maintenance technician: Higino Duarte Luciano

Managerial history [ edit ]Honours [ edit ]

Professional [ edit ]recordS shared record

Note (1): Although the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup are officially different tournaments, in Brazil they are often treated as the same tournament.

Friendly [ edit ]

International [ edit ]

Trof�u Fronteira da Paz (URU) (1): 2010

Ta�a Hang Ching (CHN) (1): 1998

Pepsi Cola Cup (CHN) (1): 1998

Trof�u Colombino (SPA) (1): 1997

Trof�u Agrupaci�n Pe�as Valencianas (SPA) (1): 1996

Copa Renner (1): 1996

Philips Cup (SWI) (1): 1987

Philips Cup (NED) (1): 1986

Rotterdam AD-Tournament (NED) (1): 1985

Trof�u Ciudad de Palma de Mallorca (SPA) (1): 1985

Trof�u 'CEL' (SLV) (1): 1983

Los Angeles Cup (USA) (1): 1983

Trof�u Ciudad de Valladolid (SPA) (1): 1981

Trof�u Torre del Vigia (URU) (1): 1981

Copa El Salvador del Mundo (SLV) (1): 1981

Trof�u Ciudad de Ros�rio (ARG) (1): 1979

Ta�a Cidade de Salvador (BRA) (1): 1972

Ta�a do Atl�ntico (1): 1971

Copa Internacional de Porto Alegre (BRA) (1): 1971

Ta�a R�o de La Plata (1): 1968

Trof�u Internacional de Sal�nica (GRE) (1): 1962

Trof�u Internacional de Atenas (GRE) (1): 1961

Copa Jos� Gonz�lez Artigas (ECU) (1): 1954

Trof�u Sadrep (URU) (1): 1949

Copa El President de la Republica de Costa Rica (CRC) (1): 1949National [ edit ]

Trof�u Jo�o Saldanha (1): 2010

Trof�u Osmar Santos (1): 2008

Ta�a Ironcryl (1): 1997

Ta�a Presidente M�dici (1): 1971

Trof�u Domingos Garcia Filho (1): 1970

Ta�a Petrobr�s (1): 1970

Copa Tancredo Neves (1): 1960

Copa Revista do Esporte (1): 1960

Ta�a Correio do Povo (1): 1949

Ta�a Columbia Pictures (1): 1940

Ta�a General Flores da Cunha (1): 1935Regional [ edit ]

Trof�u R�dio Ga�cha 90 Anos (RS) (1): 2017

Trof�u R�dio Bandeirantes 80 Anos (RS) (1): 2014

Ta�a R�dio Pelotense 85 Anos (RS) (1): 2010

Copa Solidariedade (RS) (1): 1995

Ta�a RBS TV 25 Anos (RS) (1): 1988

Trof�u Sesquicenten�rio da Revolu��o Farroupilha (RS) (1): 1985

Torneio 'Festa da Uva' (RS) (1): 1965

Torneio In�cio Estadual (RS) (3): 1963, 1965, 1967

Trof�u Wallig (RS) (1): 1962

Ta�a Jubileu de Prata da Refinaria Ipiranga (RS) (1): 1962

Copa Farroupilha 120 Anos (1): 1955

Ta�a Bento Gon�alves (1): 1952

Ta�a R�dio Ga�cha (1): 1952

Ta�a Manuel Amorim Albuquerque (1): 1950

Campeonato Extra de Porto Alegre (2): 1948, 1949

Ta�a Cidade de Porto Alegre (2): 1948, 1996

Ta�a General Corr�a Lima (1): 1946

Ta�a Casa Sport (1): 1946

Ta�a 'Dia do Futebol' (1): 1945

Ta�a Ernesto Dorneles (1): 1943

Ta�a Cambial (2): 1942, 1943

Campeonato Ga�cho de Amadores (1): 1942

Campeonato Metropolitano de Amadores (1): 1942

Ta�a de Portugal (1): 1940

Ta�a Jos� Loureiro da Silva (1): 1938

Ta�a 'Dia do Filiado' (1): 1938

Ta�a Caf� Nacional (1): 1938

Ta�a Martel (2): 1936, 1937

Torneio 'Benef�cio da FRGD'(1): 1935

Ta�a Flores da Cunha 1): 1934

Ta�a 'Dia do Cronista' (7): 1933, 1944, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968

Ta�a 'Dia do Desporto' (1): 1932

Torneio de Encerramento de Porto Alegre (3): 1931, 1933, 1938

Torneio de Prepara��o de Porto Alegre (1): 1929

Ta�a Reivindica��o (1): 1929

Ta�a Fernando Caldas (1): 1928

Torneio Washington Luis (1): 1926

Torneio FC Porto Alegre (1): 1926

Ta�a S�o Pedro (1): 1924

Ta�a Associa��o dos Varejistas (2): 1923, 1924

Torneio In�cio de Porto Alegre (14): 1922, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1937, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1967

Ta�a Rio Branco (3): 1914, 1915, 1916

Ta�a Sportiva (1): 1909

Trof�u Wanderpreis (8): 1904, 1905*, 1905*, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912Woman [ edit ]Copa Sul (1): 2002

Campeonato Ga�cho de Futebol Feminino (4): 2000, 2001, 2018, 2022

Copa de Inverno de Gramado (RS) (1): 1998

Copa 90 Anos do EC Pelotas (1): 1998Futsal [ edit ]

Copa Atl�ntico Sul (1): 1987

Ta�a Governador do Estado (RS) (1): 1976

Campeonato Metropolitano (2): 1973, 1974

Liga das Am�ricas (1): 2020

Campeonato Ga�cho (1): 2020

Ta�a Governador (1): 2020Basketball [ edit ]

Campeonato Ga�cho (3): 1934, 1954, 1955Volleyball [ edit ]

Campeonato Ga�cho (2): 1929, 1934

Campeonato Citadino (6): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935Tennis [ edit ]

Campeonato Ga�cho (1): 1926

Table Tennis [ edit ]

Campeonato Citadino (1): 1949Boxing [ edit ]

Campeonato Ga�cho (3): 1949, 1950, 1951

Sport of Athletics [ edit ]

Trof�u Brasil de Atletismo (2): 1958, 1959

Campeonato Ga�cho de Atletismo Masculino (16): 1934, 1935, 1936, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968

Campeonato Ga�cho de Atletismo Feminino (8): 1951, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972

Campeonato Brasileiro record [ edit ]

Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position 1971 6th 1981 1st 1991 19th 2001 5th 2011 12th 2021 17th 1972 10th 1982 2nd 1992 S�rie B 2002 3rd 2012 3rd 2022 S�rie B 1973 5th 1983 14th 1993 11th 2003 20th 2013 2nd 1974 5th 1984 3rd 1994 11th 2004 24th 2014 7th 1975 14th 1985 18th 1995 15th 2005 S�rie B 2015 3rd 1976 6th 1986 16th 1996 1st 2006 3rd 2016 9th 1977 13th 1987 5th 1997 14th 2007 6th 2017 4th 1978 6th 1988 4th 1998 8th 2008 2nd 2018 4th 1979 22nd 1989 11th 1999 18th 2009 8th 2019 4th 1980 6th 1990 3rd 2000 4th 2010 4th 2020 6thReferences [ edit ]Websites [ edit ]Books [ edit ]