2024 Grêmio FBPA season

Grêmio
2024 season
President	Alberto Guerra
Manager	Renato Portaluppi
Stadium	Arena do Grêmio
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	14th
Campeonato Gaúcho	Winners
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
CONMEBOL Libertadores	Round of 16
Recopa Gaúcha	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Martin Braithwaite (8); All: ; Franco Cristaldo (13)
Average home league attendance	22,019
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 season was Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense's 121th season in existence and the club's. In addition to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Grêmio participated in this season's editions of the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Gaúcho, the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores and the Recopa Gaúcha.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 4 October 2024.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Agustín Marchesín
2	DF	BRA	Fabio
3	DF	BRA	Pedro Geromel (captain)
4	DF	ARG	Walter Kannemann
5	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Ely
6	DF	BRA	Reinaldo (3rd captain)
7	FW	VEN	Yeferson Soteldo (on loan from Santos)
9	FW	URU	Matías Arezo
10	MF	ARG	Franco Cristaldo
11	MF	COL	Miguel Monsalve
14	MF	BRA	Nathan
15	MF	BRA	Edenilson
16	FW	CHI	Alexander Aravena
17	MF	BRA	Dodi
18	DF	BRA	João Pedro
19	FW	ESP	Diego Costa
20	MF	PAR	Mathías Villasanti (vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	ARG	Cristian Pavon
22	FW	DEN	Martin Braithwaite
23	MF	BRA	Pepê
26	DF	BRA	Mayk
28	DF	BRA	Jemerson
30	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Caio
32	FW	BRA	Nathan Fernandes
33	GK	BRA	Rafael Cabral (on loan from Cruzeiro)
35	MF	BRA	Ronald
36	DF	BRA	Natã Felipe
37	MF	BRA	Du Queiroz (on loan from Zenit)
41	GK	BRA	Felipe Scheibig
45	MF	BRA	Mila
53	DF	BRA	Gustavo Martins
77	FW	BRA	André
97	GK	BRA	Caíque

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	14 April	8 December	Matchday 1	14th	38	12	9	17	44	50	−6	031.58
Campeonato Gaúcho	20 January	6 April	First stage	Winners	16	11	3	2	33	14	+19	068.75
Copa do Brasil	30 April	7 August	Third round	Round of 16	4	1	3	0	3	1	+2	025.00
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores	2 April	20 August	Group stage	Round of 16	8	4	1	3	10	8	+2	050.00
Recopa Gaúcha	28 February		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					67	28	16	23	90	75	+15	041.79

Source: Soccerway

Recopa Gaúcha

28 February Final	São Luiz	2–0	Grêmio	Ijuí
19:30 UTC−3	Bruno Uvini 45+3' (o.g.) Gabriel Pereira 73'	Report		Stadium: Estádio 19 de Outubro Attendance: 3,437 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

Campeonato Gaúcho

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
11	7	2	2	23	10	+13	23	5	1	0	18	5	+13	2	1	2	5	5	0

Source: Soccerway

First stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internacional	11	9	1	1	21	7	+14	28	Qualification to Knockout stage
2	Grêmio	11	7	2	2	23	10	+13	23
3	Caxias	11	4	4	3	15	14	+1	16
4	Guarany de Bagé	11	4	4	3	12	15	−3	16
5	Juventude	11	4	3	4	15	9	+6	15

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) fewest red cards; 6) fewest yellow cards; 7) Draw in the headquarters of the FGF.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W
Position	9	6	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The first stage fixtures were announced on 29 November 2023.^[3]

Note: Match numbers indicated on the left hand side are references to the matchday scheduled by the Campeonato Gaúcho and not the order matches were played after postponements and rescheduled matches.

20 January 1	Caxias	2–1	Grêmio	Caxias do Sul
16:30 UTC−3	Tomas Bastos 60' Álvaro 77'	Report	Gustavo Martins 8'	Stadium: Estádio Centenário Attendance: 8,157 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

24 January 2	Grêmio	4–1	São José-RS	Porto Alegre
21:30 UTC−3	João Pedro 12' Soteldo 35' Cristaldo 55' Reinaldo 82'	Report	Fábio Rampi 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 17,071 Referee: Jonathan Benkenstein Pinheiro

28 January 3	Brasil (PE)	0–1	Grêmio	Pelotas
16:00 UTC−3		Report	André 65'	Stadium: Estádio Bento Freitas Attendance: 4,043 Referee: Anderson Daronco

31 January 4	Grêmio	1–0	Juventude	Porto Alegre
21:30 UTC−3	Fabio 18'	Report		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 23,267 Referee: Daniel Nobre Bins

3 February 5	Avenida	0–1	Grêmio	Santa Cruz do Sul
19:00 UTC−3		Report	Nathan Fernandes 35'	Stadium: Estádio dos Eucaliptos Attendance: 2,108 Referee: Erico Andrade de Carvalho

6 February 6	Grêmio	2–0	Novo Hamburgo	Porto Alegre
21:30 UTC−3	André 49' João Pedro Galvão 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 13,707 Referee: Roger Goulart

10 February 7	Grêmio	1–1	São Luiz	Porto Alegre
16:30 UTC−3	Galdino 88'	Report	Lucas Santos 59'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 15,660 Referee: Jonathan Benkenstein Pinheiro

14 February 8	Ypiranga-RS	0–0	Grêmio	Erechim
19:00 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estádio Colosso da Lagoa Attendance: 4,825 Referee: Daniel Nobre Bins

17 February 9	Grêmio	6–2	Santa Cruz	Porto Alegre
16:30 UTC−3	Gustavo Nunes 14' Cristaldo 16' Pavón 67' João Pedro 76' João Pedro Galvão 78' André 90'	Report	David Luís 25' Jean Lucca 45+5'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 19,025 Referee: Lucas Guimarães Rechatiko Horn

25 February 10	Internacional	3–2	Grêmio	Porto Alegre
18:00 UTC−3	Maurício 26' Alario 64' Alan Patrick 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Renê 15' (o.g.) Villasanti 56'	Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Attendance: 47,197 Referee: Anderson Daronco

2 March 11	Grêmio	4–1	Guarany de Bagé	Porto Alegre
16:30 UTC−3	Pavón 7', 50' Geromel 48' Diego Costa 66'	Report	Kannemann 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 16,483 Referee: Francisco Soares Dias

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

10 March Single match	Grêmio	2–0	Brasil (PE)	Porto Alegre
18:30 UTC−3	Cristaldo 45+1' Diego Costa 69'	Report		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 31,056 Referee: Jonathan Benkenstein Pinheiro

Semi-finals

16 March First leg	Caxias	1–2	Grêmio	Caxias do Sul
16:30 UTC−3	Du Queiroz 76' (o.g.)	Report	Cristaldo 21' Diego Costa 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Centenário Attendance: 5,510 Referee: Roger Goulart

26 March Second leg	Grêmio	3–2 (5–3 agg.)	Caxias	Porto Alegre
21:00 UTC−3	Diego Costa 21', 39' Cristaldo 30'	Report	Vitor Feijão 59' Tomas Bastos 82'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 36,958 Referee: Jean Pierre Gonçalves Lima

Finals

30 March First leg	Juventude	0–0	Grêmio	Caxias do Sul
16:30 UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi Attendance: 18,413 Referee: Anderson Daronco

6 April Second leg	Grêmio	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Juventude	Porto Alegre
16:30 UTC−3	Cristaldo 42' Diego Costa 44' Nathan Fernandes 87'	Report	Gilberto 5'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 54,158 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in 18 March 2024, 20:00 UTC−03:00, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STR	GRE	HUA	EST
1	The Strongest	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Advance to round of 16	—	2–0	4–0	1–0
2	Grêmio	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	Advance to round of 16	4–0	—	0–2	1–1
3	Huachipato	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana	0–0	0–1	—	1–1
4	Estudiantes	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5		2–1	0–1	3–4	—

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.

2 April 1	The Strongest	2–0	Grêmio	La Paz, Bolivia
21:00 UTC−3	Ursino 16' Triverio 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 10,782 Referee: Juan Benítez (Paraguay)

9 April 2	Grêmio	0–2	Huachipato	Porto Alegre, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3		Report	Loyola 13' Montes 45+6'	Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 35,578 Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

23 April 3	Estudiantes	0–1	Grêmio	La Plata, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3		Report	Nathan Fernandes 75'	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi Attendance: 22,065 Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

29 May 6	Grêmio	4–0	The Strongest	Curitiba, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3	Soteldo 14' João Pedro 50' Galdino 67' Gustavo Nunes 89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira Attendance: 23,107 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

4 June 4	Huachipato	0–1	Grêmio	Talcahuano, Chile
21:00 UTC−3		Report	Diego Costa 6'	Stadium: Estadio Huachipato Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

8 June 5	Grêmio	1–1	Estudiantes	Curitiba, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3	Cristaldo 48'	Report	Méndez 83'	Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira Attendance: 32,572 Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 3 June 2024, 13:00 UTC−03:00, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

13 August First leg	Grêmio	2–1	Fluminense	Curitiba, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3	Reinaldo 74' (pen.) 77'		Lima 58'	Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira Attendance: 18,645 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

20 August Second leg	Fluminense	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (4–2 p)	Grêmio	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3	Thiago Silva 14' Arias 28' (pen.)	Report	Gustavo Nunes 76'	Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 46,757 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
	Penalties
	Ganso Thiago Silva John Kennedy Lima Arias		Reinaldo Nathan Monsalve Cristaldo

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Atlético Mineiro	38	11	14	13	47	54	−7	47	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
13	Fluminense	38	12	10	16	33	39	−6	46
14	Grêmio	38	12	9	17	44	50	−6	45
15	Juventude	38	11	12	15	48	59	−11	45
16	Red Bull Bragantino	38	10	14	14	44	48	−4	44

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.^[4]