Grenal

The Grenal (also Gre-Nal, plural Grenais) is the rivalry between the biggest football clubs in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, Grêmio and Internacional. Ongoing since 1909, it is usually contested in the Gauchão, the Rio Grande do Sul state championship that both teams have won regularly since 1940, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level national championship.

Being among the fiercest football derbies in Brazil, South America and the world, Grenais are considered a key cultural aspect of the Southern region of Brazil and particularly Rio Grande do Sul. High levels of emotion, competition and occasional violence accompany such matches.

In December 2020, FourFourTwo ranked the Grenal as the football world's 8th biggest derby.

History

Many well-known players have contested the Grenal, including Everaldo, Tesourinha, Aírton, Falcão, Éder, Valdomiro, Renato Gaúcho, Cláudio Taffarel, Dunga, Emerson, Carlos Gamarra, Ronaldinho, Elías Figueroa, Andrés D'Alessandro, Lucas Leiva, Marcelo Moreno, Nilmar, Pedro Geromel, Oscar, Walter Kannemann, Alexandre Pato, Alisson Becker, Arthur Melo, Everton Soares, Douglas Costa, Taison, Fernandão, Diego Forlán, Diego Costa and Luis Suárez, as well as world-famous coaches like Luiz Felipe Scolari, Abel Braga, Renato Gaúcho, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Telê Santana, Rubens Minelli, Valdir Espinosa, Paulo César Carpegiani and Ênio Andrade.