Copa FGF

The Copa FGF (Portuguese: Copa Federação Gaúcha de Futebol), is a cup competition organized by the Rio Grande do Sul state football federation for clubs that are in the first and second divisions of the Campeonato Gaúcho. It is held in the second half of the year and usually clubs participating in the higher levels of the Campeonato Brasileiro do not participate. Grêmio and Internacional fielded its Under-20 team and B team respectively.

The cup originated in 2004 and provides qualification to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and Copa do Brasil.

The 2010 edition of the cup was named after Enio Costamilan, a former football president of Caxias, Grêmio and Flamengo, who died in 2009.^[1] The 2008 edition was named after Lupi Martins, and the 2009 edition was named after former Internacional president Artur Dallegrave; 2007 was Paulo Rogério Amoretty.

List of champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up
2004	Esportivo	Gaúcho
2005	Novo Hamburgo	Ulbra
2006	Grêmio	Ulbra
2007	Caxias	Brasil de Pelotas
2008	Pelotas	Cerâmica
2009	Internacional B	Ypiranga
2010	Internacional B	Cerâmica
2011	Juventude	Lajeadense

See also

• Campeonato Gaúcho

References

1. ^ "E vem aí a Copa Enio Costamilan" (in Portuguese). O Caxiense. 16 August 2010. http://ocaxiense.com.br/2010/08/e-vem-ai-a-copa-enio-costamilan/. 

External links

• Federação Gaúcha de Futebol (Portuguese)
• Copa FGF regulations (Portuguese)