Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul

Caxias
Full nameSociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul
Nickname(s)Grená da Serra (Garnet of the Serra)
Grená do Povo (People's Garnet)
Falcão Grená (Garnet Falcon)
Founded10 April 1935; 89 years ago (1935-04-10)
GroundEstádio Centenário
Capacity22,132
PresidentMário Werlang
Head coachThiago Gomes
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série C
Campeonato Gaúcho
2023
2023
Série D, 4th of 64 (promoted)
Gaúcho, 2nd of 12
WebsiteClub website

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.[1]