Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The team plays in Série C, the third tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Gauchão Série A, the top tier of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.

Caxias won the Campeonato Gaúcho – Rio Grande do Sul State Championship in 2000.

Its fiercest rival is Juventude, the other club based in Caxias do Sul. The local derby is known as Ca-Ju. As of 2024, the Grená is ranked as the 74th best team in Brazil, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation Ranking.

History

Caxias was founded on 10 April 1935, as Grêmio Esportivo Flamengo (commonly referred at the time as Flamengo de Caxias, to not confuse with the more famous homonymous Rio de Janeiro club), which had been a fusion of two other teams (Ruy Barbosa and Rio Branco). However the club, as well as Juventude folded due to a financial crisis in the 1960s.

Anthem

  • Written by: Dirceu Antônio Soares
  • Music by: Antônio Messias and Dirceu Antônio Soares

Stadium

thumb|Estádio Francisco Stédile, more commonly known as the [[Estádio Centenário, in 2019]]

Caxias' stadium is Estádio Centenário, inaugurated in 1976, with a maximum capacity of 30,802 people.

Rivalry

Caxias' biggest rival is Juventude, their derby is named "Ca-Ju". The other rival of Caxias is Esportivo of Bento Gonçalves, whose derby is named "Clássico da Polenta" (The Polenta derby).

Players

Current squad

Managers

  • Levir Culpi (1986)
  • Ivo Wortmann (1987)
  • Tite (1991–1992)
  • Celso Roth (1996)
  • Tite (1999–2000)
  • Edson Gaúcho (2001)
  • Roberto Cavalo (2002)
  • Abel Ribeiro (2002)
  • Péricles Chamusca (2003)
  • Tita (2004)
  • Juninho Fonseca (2004)
  • Mano Menezes (2004–2005)
  • Leandro Machado (2007)
  • Gilson Kleina (2007)
  • Adilson Fernandes (2008–2009)
  • Renê Weber (2009)
  • Argel Fucks (2009)
  • Gilmar Iser (2009)
  • Círio Quadros (2009)
  • Julinho Camargo (2010)
  • Ricardo Drubscky (2010)
  • Lisca (2010–2011)
  • Guilherme Macuglia (2011)
  • Argel Fucks (2011)
  • Luiz Carlos Ferreira (2011)
  • Paulo Porto (2012)
  • Mauro Ovelha (2012)
  • Picoli (2012–2014)
  • Beto Campos (2014)
  • Itamar Schülle (2014)
  • Paulo Turra (2014–2015)
  • Hélio dos Anjos (2015)
  • Luís Antônio Zaluar (2015)
  • Marcelo Vilar (2015)
  • Beto Campos (2015–2016)
  • Luiz Carlos Winck (2016–2017)
  • Luiz Carlos Winck (2018)
  • Pingo (2019)
  • Paulo Henrique Marques (2019)
  • Rafael Lacerda (2019–2021)
  • Rogério Zimmermann (2022)
  • Luan Carlos (2022)
  • Thiago Carvalho (2022–2023)
  • Tcheco (2023)
  • Gerson Gusmão (2023–2024)
  • Argel Fucks (2024)
  • Thiago Gomes (2024)
  • Luizinho Vieira (2025–)

Honours

Official tournaments

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="3"|State

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! style="width:260px"|Competitions

! style="width:80px"|Titles

! style="width:380px"|Seasons

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! style="text-align:center" |Campeonato Gaúcho

! style="text-align:center"| 1

|align="left"|2000

|-

! style="text-align:center" |Copa FGF

! style="text-align:center"| 1

|align="left"|2007

|-

! style="text-align:center" |Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2

! style="text-align:center"| 2

|align="left"|1953, 2016

|}

Others tournaments

State

  • Copa Serrana (1): 2016
  • Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho (13): 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2024
  • Taça Piratini (1): 2012
  • Taça Cel. Ewaldo Poeta (1): 2020

State Regional

  • Copa Larry Pinto de Faria (1): 2016
  • Copa Ênio Andrade (1): 1998
  • Copa Daltro Menezes (1): 1996
  • Campeonato Metropolitano de Porto Alegre (1): 1960

City

  • Campeonato Citadino de Caxias do Sul (6): 1937, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953

Runners-up

  • Recopa Sul-Brasileira (1): 2007
  • Campeonato Gaúcho (4): 1990, 2012, 2020, 2023
  • Copa Governador do Estado (4): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975

Awards

  • Fita Azul (1): 1962

Fita Azul do Futebol Brasileiro (Brazilian Football Blue Ribbon) was an award given for the club which succeeds in an excursion out of the country.

References

  • (archived 8 April 2005)
  • Arquivo Grená (archived 14 April 2009)