Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɔtaˈfoɡu dʒi futʃiˈbɔw i ʁeˈɡatɐs]; Botafogo Football and Rowing) is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighborhood of Botafogo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Botafogo is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league. In 2000, Botafogo finished 12th in a vote by subscribers of FIFA Magazine for the FIFA Club of the Century.[2][3] They have won the Brazilian championship two times, in 1968 and 1995. Botafogo won the Copa Libertadores for the first time in 2024.

Botafogo
Full nameBotafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Nickname(s)Fogo (Fire)
Estrela Solitária (The Lone Star)
O Glorioso (The Glorious One)
Alvinegro Carioca (Rio's Black and White)
O Mais Tradicional (The Most Traditional) “Campeão da América”
Founded12 August 1904; 120 years ago (1904-08-12), as a football club
GroundEstádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Capacity46,831[1]
SAF OwnerJohn Textor (90%)
PresidentDurcesio Mello
Head coachArtur Jorge
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Carioca
2023
2023
Série A, 5th of 20
Carioca, 5th of 12
Websitebotafogo.com.br
Current season

In addition, the club has some of Brazilian football's most notable records, including most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978; the most unbeaten matches in the Brazilian Championship: 42, also between 1977 and 1978; and the most players called up to the Brazilian national team in World Cups. The club holds the record for the greatest victory ever recorded in Brazilian football: 24–0 against Sport Club Mangueira in 1909.

History

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Formation and merger

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On 1 July 1894, Club de Regatas Botafogo was founded in Rio de Janeiro.[4]

 
The 1906 football team.

On 12 August 1904, another club was founded in the neighborhood: the Electro Club, the name first given to the Botafogo Football Club. The idea came during an algebra lesson at Alfredo Gomes College.[citation needed] The Electro Club was founded, but its name did not last. After a suggestion from Dona Chiquitota, Flávio's grandmother, the club finally became the Botafogo Football Club, on September 18 of the same year. The colors were black and white like those of Juventus FC, the team of Itamar Tavares, one of the club's founders. Its badge was drawn by Basílio Vianna Jr., in Swiss style with the BFC monogram. The Botafogo Football Club would soon become one of the strongest football teams in Rio de Janeiro, winning the championships of 1907, 1910, 1912 and more.[5]

With the same name, the same location, the same colours and most importantly the same supporters, it seemed inevitable that the clubs would merge. They did so on 8 December 1942, after a basketball match between both clubs, when Botafogo Football Club player Armando Albano died suddenly, that the idea of a merger began. On this tragic occasion, the president of Club de Regatas Botafogo, Augusto Frederico Schmidt, spoke: "At this time, I declare to Albano that his last match ended with the victory of his team. We won't play the time left on the clock. We all want the young fighter to leave this great night as a winner. This is how we salute him." Eduardo Góis Trindade, Botafogo Football Club's president said: "Between the matches of our clubs, only one can be the winner: Botafogo!." And then Schmidt declared the fusion: "What else do we need for our clubs to become one?." Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas finally came into being. The Football Club's badge became black, and the monogram substituted by Clube de Regatas' lone star.[6]

On the field

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The team that won its first Campeonato Carioca in 1907
 
The team of 1910

The team won the Campeonato Carioca in 1907, 1910 and 1912. In 1909 the team beat Mangueira 24–0, which remains the highest score in Brazilian football.[7] They won further state titles in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.[8]

 
In 1930 Botafogo won its 4th Carioca title.

In the 1940s, after the creation of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, the team's best player was Heleno de Freitas. However, Heleno did not win a championship for Botafogo. He scored 204 goals in 233 matches, but went to the Boca Juniors in 1948, the year Botafogo won its 9th state championship.

They won the Campeonato Carioca in 1957, 1961 and 1962, and in 1968 they won Serie A, becoming the first carioca club to win the Brazilian league.[9]

1989 ended a period of 21 years without a title when the club won the state championship, retaining the trophy in 1990.[9]

In the 1990s, Botafogo won Copa Conmebol (the precursor of the current Copa Sudamericana).[10] And in 1995 they won the Brazilian League for the second time in club's history, after drawing 1–1 the second leg of the Final against Santos FC at São Paulo.

Botafogo would be relegated to the Second Division after ranking last in the Brazilian League of 2002. In 2003, Botafogo ranked second in Brazil's Second division (after Palmeiras) and returned to the First Division.

In 2006, the club won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship for the 18th time, and again in 2010 and 2013 with the iconic players Loco Abreu and Clarence Seedorf, respectively.

In the 2020 edition of the Série A, Botafogo performed poorly and ended the championship in the last position, causing the club's relegation to the Série B for their third time in history.[11]

Nowadays, Botafogo is the only club to have won titles in three different centuries, including the state championship for rowing in 1899.

The SAF Era

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At the beginning of 2020, Botafogo underwent a series of internal audits to spin off its football division as a for-profit corporate entity, owned by the club, but which could be portioned and sold to investors. This was due to unprecedented legislation allowing for football clubs to be operated as corporations, and would be a solution to the severe financial crisis the club had faced for decades. Relegation to the Série B, however, delayed these plans.

The year 2021 saw Botafogo's debt reach one billion real. They placed 6th in the Rio de Janeiro State Championship, after a penalty decision lost to the also relegated Vasco da Gama. The club was off to a middling start to the Série B season, but bounced back after the hiring of manager Enderson Moreira, who was able to bring Botafogo back to the top tier of Brazilian football, as champions of the 2021 edition of Série B. It was Botafogo's second Série B title.

Meanwhile, the incoming administration had begun internal restructuring, hiring executive Jorge Braga for the brand-new post of CEO and downsizing its workforce considerably. Botafogo entered into a partnership with the investment firm XP Inc. to seek out potential buyers for its football division, which was in the process of becoming its own corporate entity. Congress had recently passed the Sociedade Anônima de Futebol (SAF) law, allowing foreigners to purchase shares in Brazilian football clubs for the first time in history.

Having averted complete financial disaster by returning to Série A, the country's top competitive tier, Botafogo finalized its transition into the SAF legal structure. The social club remained as an entity, owning 100% of Botafogo SAF's shares. In January 2022, it came to light that American investor John Textor, owner of a majority stake in Premier League club Crystal Palace F.C., was in talks to purchase a majority share of Botafogo. In February 2022, the club announced the acquisition of 90% of the shares of Botafogo's football division by Textor's holding company Eagle Holdings and the start of a new era for the club.

Textor's first major move in charge of the club was the dismissal of Enderson Moreira in favor of Portuguese manager Luís Castro. Castro signed with Botafogo in March 2022, and the team had to hurry to build their squad for the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro.[12] Botafogo finished that year's league edition in 11th place, guaranteeing a spot in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.

At the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro, Botafogo, then thought of as a team that at most would fight for a spot in the top 6,[13][14] shocked everyone by coming in first place after only 3 rounds, then leading the league by 13 points after 19 matches and on course to have the greatest first half of a season in Brazilian football history. In June 2023, coach Luís Castro accepted an offer from Al Nassr of the Saudi Pro League,[15] paving the way for the arrival of Portuguese manager Bruno Lage.[16] However, due to poor results and controversies,[17] Lage was dismissed after about 3 months.[18] For the remainder of the 2023 season, with the coaching position vacant, Botafogo's SAF leadership decided to promote two fan favorites to key positions in the team's management: a former coach of Botafogo's U-23 team, Lúcio Flávio, was appointed interim coach, with former Argentine defender Joel Carli as his assistant.

Constant change of managers caused Botafogo to have the biggest title collapse in football history, as the team won only 2 of their last 17 fixtures, not only losing the title to Palmeiras but dropping to 5th in the table and losing the automatic qualification spot for the Copa Libertadores. A round of 16 exit in the Copa do Brasil, a quarterfinal exit in the Copa Sudamericana, and a disappointing Campeonato Carioca made the year one of the most painful seasons in the club's history.[19]

The total debt owned by the club has been reduced and now sits at around 730 million reais.[20]

Stadium

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Voluntários da Pátria Street Stadium (1909)
 
General Severiano entrance

The team's home ground is the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, named in honor of Nilton Santos, a former club player and two time world champion with the Brazil National Football Team, regarded as one of the greatest left-backs of all time.[21] The stadium is commonly called Engenhão by fans, in reference to the neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro, where it is located. The stadium was built for the 2007 Pan American Games and it also hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics.[22]

Other stadiums used by the club during its history are:

 
Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, home of Botafogo

Rivals

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Its biggest rivals are the other most important Rio clubs: Fluminense, Flamengo, and Vasco da Gama.

The derby with Fluminense is known as the "Clássico Vovô" (Grandfather Derby) for it being the oldest derby in the whole of Brazilian football. Both teams faced each other for the first time in 1905.

The matches with Vasco are known as the "Clássico da Amizade" (Friendship Derby) because the supporters of both clubs have been friends historically. It is the only derby in the city that tends to be nonviolent.

The derby against Flamengo, "The Rivalry Derby", is the biggest one for the club, and one of the most important and violent in Brazil. The clubs strongly dislike each other and the rivalry goes from the players on the pitch, to the fans, to both clubs' boardrooms. Players who participate in these matches usually become club idols. Some examples include Garrincha, Manga, Jairzinho, Túlio Maravilha, and more recently Loco Abreu and Jefferson. Manga is known for a remarkable quote about this derby when he would say that the player's prize money was already guaranteed because it was easy to beat Flamengo. Flamengo's biggest star Zico once said that in his childhood, Botafogo was the club he hated more than any other because of the Glorioso's dominance in the derby.

From outside the city, the club also has a historic rivalry with Santos FC since the 1960s.

Symbols

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Historical badges

Lone Star

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The Lone Star (Estrela Solitária) is currently present in Botafogo's flag and crest. This star was the principal symbol of Club de Regatas Botafogo. After the two Botafogos merged, the Lone Star became one of the most important symbols of Botafogo's football team. It was originally meant to represent the planet Venus, also known as the Morning Star, which was often seen at sunrise by the rowing squad as they practiced very early in the morning.

Flag

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Flag of Botafogo Football Club since its foundation, in 1904.
When merged with Club de Regatas Botafogo, in 1943, the flag of the football club was adopted in new Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas.


The old flag of Club de Regatas Botafogo was white with a small black square which contained the Lone Star. The Football Club had a flag with nine black and white stripes with the club's crest localized in the center. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas then based its flag on that of the two old clubs. The flag has five black and four white stripes, with a black square at the upper left side with the Lone Star.

Uniform

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Their primary uniform consists of a black jersey with vertical white stripes, black shorts and grey socks. Their secondary uniform is all white. An all black uniform may also be used. The socks, although traditionally grey, may also be black or even white on rare occasions.

Mascots

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Manequinho, the mascot of the club

Botafogo's mascot is Manequinho, an urinating boy originating from a replica of Brussels' Manneken Pis statue that stands near Botafogo's headquarters, which on occasion had a Botafogo jersey put onto by supporters of the team.[23] In 1948 a stray dog named Biriba, known for urinating on the players, was the mascot that led them to the Campeonato Carioca.[24] The first mascot was Donald Duck, who cartoonist Lorenzo Mollas drew in the early 1940s wearing Botafogo's jersey, but was never officially adopted due to rights issues.[25]

Honours

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The Brazilian Championship trophy won by Botafogo in 1995.

The club has some of Brazilian football's top records, including most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978,[26] most unbeaten games in the Brazilian Championship: 42, also between 1977 and 1978,[27] most player participations in total matches of the Brazil national team (considering official and unofficial games): 1,094 participations,[28] and the most players assigned to the Brazil national team for the World Cup.[29]

Official tournaments

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Continental
Competitions Titles Seasons
Copa Libertadores 1 2024
Copa CONMEBOL 1 1993
National
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2 1968, 1995
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2s 2015, 2021
Inter-state
Competitions Titles Seasons
Torneio Rio–São Paulo[30] 4 1962, 1964, 1966, 1998
State
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Carioca 21 1907, 1910, 1912, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1948, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2018
  •   record
  • s shared record

Others tournaments

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International

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  • Colombia International Tournament (1): 1960
  • Pentagonal Tournament of Mexico (1): 1962
  • Tournoi de Paris (1): 1963
  • La Paz Football Association Golden Jubilee Tournament (1): 1964
  • Ibero-American Tournament (1): 1964
  • Suriname Quadrangular Tournament (1): 1964
  • Sports Newspapers Circle Cup (1): 1966
  • Carranza Cup of Buenos Aires (1): 1966
  • Caracas Triangular Trophy (3): 1967, 1968, 1970
  • Mexico Hexagonal Tournament (1): 1968
  • Geneva Tournament (1): 1984
  • Bern Tournament (1): 1985
  • Costa Rica Pentagonal Tournament (1): 1986
  • Troféu Ciudad de Palma de Mallorca (1): 1988
  • Vera Cruz Friendship Tournament (1): 1990
  • Torneio Internacional Triangular Eduardo Paes (1): 1994
  • Nippon Ham Cup (1): 1996
  • III Tournament of President of Russia (1): 1996
  • Teresa Herrera Trophy (1): 1996
  • Copa Peregrino (1): 2008

Inter-state

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  • Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio–São Paulo (2): 1930, 1961
  • Torneio Triangular de Porto Alegre (1): 1951
  • Torneio Quadrangular do Rio de Janeiro (1): 1954
  • Torneio Quadrangular de Belo Horizonte (1): 1964
  • Torneio Quadrangular de Teresina (1): 1966
  • Torneio Independência do Brasil (1): 1974
  • Torneio Ministro Ney Braga (1): 1976
  • Torneio 23º Aniversário de Brasília (1): 1983
  • Copa Rio-Brasília (1): 1996

State

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 4 September 2024[31]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   PAR Gatito Fernández (vice-captain)
2 DF   BRA Rafael
3 DF   BRA Lucas Halter
4 DF   URU Mateo Ponte
5 MF   BRA Danilo Barbosa
6 MF   BRA Tchê Tchê (captain)
7 FW   BRA Luiz Henrique
9 FW   BRA Tiquinho
10 FW   VEN Jefferson Savarino
11 FW   BRA Júnior Santos
12 GK   BRA John
13 DF   BRA Alex Telles
15 DF   ANG Bastos
16 DF   BRA Hugo
17 MF   BRA Marlon Freitas
20 DF   ARG Alexander Barboza
21 DF   BRA Marçal
22 DF   BRA Vitinho
23 MF   ARG Thiago Almada
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   BRA Kauê
26 MF   BRA Gregore
27 FW   BRA Carlos Alberto
28 MF   BRA Allan
30 GK   BRA Lucas Barreto
33 MF   BRA Carlos Eduardo
34 DF   BRA Adryelson (on loan from Lyon)
37 FW   BRA Matheus Martins
38 DF   BRA Jefferson Maciel
47 FW   BRA Jeffinho (on loan from Lyon)
66 DF   BRA Cuiabano
67 FW   BRA Yarlen
70 MF   PAR Óscar Romero
79 FW   BRA Fabiano
90 FW   BRA Matheus Nascimento
91 DF   BRA Pablo (on loan from Flamengo)
97 GK   BRA Raul
99 FW   BRA Igor Jesus

Botafogo B and Youth Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
48 MF   BRA Rhuan
49 FW   BRA Sapata
63 DF   BRA Serafim
72 DF   BRA Luís Octávio
76 DF   BRA Devid
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   USA Esteban Espinosa
MF   BRA Bernardo Valim
MF   BRA JP Galvão
FW   TRI Darius Lewis

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   BRA Igo Gabriel (to Confiança until 30 November 2024)
GK   BRA João Fernando (to São Bento until 31 October 2024)
DF   BRA Daniel Borges (to América Mineiro until 31 December 2024)
DF   BRA Henrique Vermudt (to Ferroviário until 30 November 2024)
DF   BRA Kawan (to Estrela da Amadora until 30 June 2025)
DF   ECU Luis Segovia (to CRB until 30 November 2024)
DF   BRA Philipe Sampaio (to Atlético Goianiense until 31 December 2024)
DF   BRA Vitor Marinho (to ABC until 30 November 2024)
MF   BRA Breno (to São Bernardo until 30 November 2024)
MF   URU Diego Hernández (to León until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BRA Luís Oyama (to Juventude until 31 December 2024)
MF   BRA Newton (to Criciúma until 31 December 2024)
MF   BRA Patrick de Paula (at Criciúma until 31 December 2024)
MF   BRA Raí (to CRB until 30 November 2024)
FW   BRA Chay (to CRB until 30 November 2024)
FW   BRA Emerson Urso (to Vila Nova until 30 November 2024)
FW   BRA Gustavo Sauer (to Cuiabá until 31 December 2024)
FW   PAR Matías Segovia (to Al-Ain until 30 June 2025)
FW   URU Valentín Adamo (to Union Española until 31 December 2024)

Club staff

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As of 21 October 2023[32]
Position Staff
Head Coach   Artur Jorge
Assistant Head Coach   Joel Carli (interim)
Fitness Coach   Diogo Missena
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach   Marcelo Grimaldi
  Ricardo Herrera
Analysis and observation   Alfie Assis
  Rodrigo Mira
  Vinícius Bispo

Records

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World Best Players
# Name Year
1.   Didi 1958
2.   Garrincha 1962
World Cup Champions
# Name Year
1.   Nílton Santos 1958, 1962
2.   Didi 1958, 1962
3.   Garrincha 1958, 1962
4.   Amarildo 1962
5.   Zagallo 1962
6.   Jairzinho 1970
7.   Paulo Cezar Caju 1970
8.   Roberto Miranda 1970
 
Carvalho Leite, one of the greatest players of the 1930s and the 2nd. topscorer in club history with 261 goals.
Most appearances
# Name Matches Goals Year
1.   Nílton Santos 723 11 1948–64
2.   Garrincha 612 243 1953–65
3.   Jefferson 459 * 2003–2005 and 2009–2018
4.   Valtencir 453 6 1967–76
5.   Quarentinha 444 306 1954–64
6.   Manga 442 * 1959–68
7.   Carlos Roberto 442 15 1967–76
8.   Geninho 422 115 1940–54
9.   Jairzinho 413 186 1962–74, 1981
10.   Wágner 412 * 1993–02
11.   Osmar 387 4 1970–79
12.   Juvenal 384 12 1946–57
13.   Gérson dos Santos 371 2 1945–56
14.   Wilson Gottardo 354 13 1987–90, 1994–96
15.   Roberto Miranda 352 154 1962–73
16.   Pampolini 347 27 1955–62
17.   Mendonça 340 116 1975–82
* goalkeeper.
 
Garrincha playing for Botafogo in a 2–0 win against Barcelona in the 1964 Copa Iberoamericana at Buenos Aires.
Most goals
# Name Goals Matches G/M
1.   Quarentinha 306 444 0,68
2.   Carvalho Leite 261 303 0,86
3.   Garrincha 243 612 0,39
4.   Heleno de Freitas 209 235 0,88
5.   Nilo 190 201 0,94
6.   Jairzinho 186 413 0,45
7.   Octávio Moraes 171 200 0,85
8.   Túlio Maravilha 159 223 0,71
9.   Roberto Miranda 154 352 0,43
10.     Dino da Costa 144 176 0,81
11.   Amarildo 136 231 0,58
12.   Paulinho Valentim 135 206 0,65
13.   Nílson Dias 127 301 0,42
14.   Mendonça 116 340 0,34
15.   Geninho 115 422 0,27
16.   Didi 114 313 0,36
17.   Zezinho 110 174 0,63
18.   Paschoal 105 158 0,66
19.   Patesko 102 242 0,42
20.   Gérson 96 248 0,39
  • Note: numbers do not count matches played in Torneio Início.
  • Source: RSSSF Brasil – Botafogo

Managers

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Notes

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Other sports

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Basketball

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See also

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References

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