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Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɔtaˈfoɡu dʒi futʃiˈbɔw i ʁeˈɡataʃ]; Botafogo Football and Rowing), also known as Botafogo, is a Brazilian sports club based in the bairro (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]

Botafogo

Full name	Botafogo 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)
Founded	12 August 1904; 118 years ago (1904-08-12), as a football club
Ground	Nilton Santos
Capacity	46,831[1]
SAF Owner	John Textor (90%)
President	Durcesio Mello
Head coach	Luís Castro
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Carioca
2021 2022	Série B, 1st of 20 (champions) Carioca, 4th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors
Current season

In addition, the club has some of Brazilian football's most notable records, as the most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978; the most unbeaten matches record in the Brazilian Championship games: 42, also between 1977 and 1978; the most player participations in total matches of the Brazil national football team (considering official and unofficial games): 1,094 participations and the most players assigned to the Brazil national team for World Cup. The club holds the record for the greatest victory ever recorded in Brazilian football: 24–0 against Sport Club Mangueira in 1909.

History

Formation and merger

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

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, when Flávio Ramos wrote to his friend Emmanuel Sodré: "Itamar has a football club in Martins Ferreira Street. Let's establish another one, in Largo dos Leões, what do you think? We can speak to the Wernecks, to Arthur César, Vicente and Jacques".^{[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 important the same supporters, it seemed inevitable that the clubs would merge. They did so on 8 December1942, 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 [pt] (also a major Brazilian poet), 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

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 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 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

Beginning in 2020, Botafogo underwent a series of internal audits in order 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. in order 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.

Stadium

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, and some feel the greatest left back of all time, .[12]

Other stadiums used by the club during its history are:

• Voluntários da Pátria Street Field, the club's first pitch at their neighborhood of origin.
• Estádio General Severiano, the club's first own stadium.
• Marechal Hermes Stadium, less important matches during 1978–1986.
• Estádio Caio Martins, at the neighboring city of Niterói.
• Estádio Luso Brasileiro during the 2005 and 2016 seasons.

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) because it is the oldest derby in the whole country. Both teams faced each other for the first time in 1905.

The match with Vasco is known as the "Friendship Derby" because the supporters of both club 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 more important 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 used to 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 at his childhood, Botafogo was the club he hated more because the Glorioso used to win all the derbies.

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

Symbols

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Lone Star

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.

Flag

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

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

In 1948 a stray dog named Biriba, known for urinating on the players, was the mascot that led them to the Campeonato Carioca.[13]

Financial situation

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In 2006 Botafogo had Supergasbras and Alê as sponsors, the arrangement during that year earned the team $3.2 million (R$7.2 million).[14] The next year, Botafogo managed to sign the sixth highest sponsorship deal in Brazil[15] the new sponsor Liquigás, a Petrobrás subsidiary paid the club $3.9 million (R$7.8 million) under the terms of the one-year contract.[14] In 2008 not only was the agreement with Liquigás renewed for another year, but it also became more lucrative since the sponsorship was raised to around $5 million (R$10.2 million).[16]

In 2007, Botafogo generated the 12th largest amount of revenue for all Brazilian Football clubs— a total $20.8 million (or R$41.1 million) but Botafogo had a net loss of $1.9 million (or R$3.7 million).[17][18] Also at the end of 2007 Botafogo had total debts of $106.1 million (or R$209.7 million).[19]

However, in more recent years matters have taken a turn for the worse. The club has suffered various financial crises and a recent report stated that the club had to resort to handouts from benefactors in order to pay for basic necessities.[20]

Honours

The club has some of Brazilian football's top records, as the most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978;[21] the matches unbeaten record in the Brazilian Championship games: 42, also between 1977 and 1978;[22] the most player participations in total matches of the Brazil national football team (considering official and unofficial games): 1,094 participations[23] and the most players assigned to the Brazil national team for World Cup.[24]

Continental
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Copa CONMEBOL	1	1993
Domestic
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	2	1968, 1995
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	2	2015, 2021
Inter-state
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Torneio Rio – São Paulo[25]	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

Chronology of Main Titles

Competition	Season	N.º
Campeonato Carioca	1907	1º
Campeonato Carioca	1910	2º
Campeonato Carioca	1912	3º
Campeonato Carioca	1930	4º
Campeonato Carioca	1932	5º
Campeonato Carioca	1933	6º
Campeonato Carioca	1934	7º
Campeonato Carioca	1935	8º
Campeonato Carioca	1948	9º
Campeonato Carioca	1957	10º
Campeonato Carioca	1961	11º
Torneio Rio – São Paulo	1962	12º
Campeonato Carioca	1962	13º
Torneio Rio – São Paulo	1964	14º
Torneio Rio – São Paulo	1966	15º
Campeonato Carioca	1967	16º
Campeonato Carioca	1968	17º
Campeonato Brasileiro	1968	18º
Campeonato Carioca	1989	19º
Campeonato Carioca	1990	20º
Copa CONMEBOL	1993	21º
Campeonato Brasileiro	1995	22º
Campeonato Carioca	1997	23º
Torneio Rio – São Paulo	1998	24º
Campeonato Carioca	2006	25º
Campeonato Carioca	2010	26º
Campeonato Carioca	2013	27º
Campeonato Carioca	2018	28º

Others

• Taça Brasil South Zone:

Winners: 1968

• Taça Guanabara: 8

Winners: 1967, 1968, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015

• Taça Rio: 9

Winners: 1975, 1976, 1989, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013

International Tournaments

• Tournoi de Paris : (1) 1963
• Teresa Herrera Trophy : (1) 1996

Players

Current squad

As of 13 August 2022[26]

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  ARG Renzo Saravia 3 DF  ARG Joel Carli (captain) 4 DF  BRA Kanu 5 MF  BRA Danilo 6 MF  BRA Tchê Tchê 7 DF  BRA Rafael 8 MF  BRA Patrick de Paula 9 FW  BRA Tiquinho 10 FW  BRA Gustavo Sauer 11 FW  BRA Diego Gonçalves (on loan from Mirassol) 12 GK  BRA Lucas Perri 14 MF  BRA Gabriel (on loan from Benfica) 15 DF  ARG Víctor Cuesta (on loan from Internacional) 16 DF  BRA Hugo 18 MF  BRA Lucas Fernandes (on loan from Portimonense) 20 DF  BRA Daniel Borges

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  BRA Marçal 22 GK  BRA Douglas Borges 23 MF  BRA Romildo 29 FW  BRA Victor Sá 30 DF  BRA Carlinhos 32 MF  USA Jacob Montes 33 MF  BRA Carlos Eduardo 34 DF  BRA Adryelson 37 FW  BRA Júnior Santos (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 40 DF  BRA Lucas Mezenga 43 MF  BRA Lucas Piazon (on loan from Braga) 47 MF  BRA Jeffinho 52 GK  BRA Igo Gabriel (on loan from CSA) 62 MF  BRA Kayque (on loan from Nova Iguaçu) 90 FW  BRA Matheus Nascimento 94 DF  BRA Philipe Sampaio 99 FW  BRA Luis Henrique (on loan from Marseille)

Botafogo B and Youth Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  BRA Vitinho 29 FW  BRA João Victor 33 DF  BRA Reydson 35 MF  BRA Breno 36 DF  BRA Douglas (on loan from Resende) 38 DF  BRA Kawan 39 FW  BRA Daniel Bahia (on loan from Athletico Paranaense) 43 DF  BRA Ewerton Porto 45 FW  BRA Jhonnata

No. Pos. Nation Player 48 DF  BRA Vitor Marinho 55 DF  BRA Jefinho 65 MF  BRA Guilherme Liberato 75 MF  BRA Raí — DF  USA Evensky Berleus — FW  BRA Gabriel Tigrão — FW  BOL Sebastian Joffre — FW  TRI Darius Lewis

Out on loan

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 Diego Loureiro (to Guarani until 30 April 2023) — DF  BRA David Sousa (to Cercle Brugge until 31 December 2022) — DF  BRA Klaus (to Atlético Goianiense until 31 December 2022) — MF  BRA Fabinho (to Sport Recife until 30 November 2022) — MF  BRA Barreto (to RWDM until 30 June 2023) — MF  BRA Ênio (to RWDM until 30 June 2023) — MF  BRA Juninho (to RWDM until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Luís Oyama (to RWDM until 30 June 2023) — FW  BRA Chay (to Cruzeiro until 31 December 2022) — FW  BRA Gabriel Conceição (to CRB until 30 November 2022) — FW  BRA Erison (to Estoril until 30 June 2023) — FW  BRA Rikelmi (to RWDM until 30 June 2023) — FW  BRA Ronald (to Novorizontino until 30 November 2022) — FW  BRA Vinícius Lopes (to RWDM until 30 June 2023)

Staff

Current staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Luís Castro
Assistant coaches	João Brandão
	Vítor Severino
Fitness coach	Betinho
	Diogo Missena
Goalkeeping coach	Daniel Correia
	Flavio Tenius

Records

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

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.	Waltencir	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.

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.	Pascoal	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

^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Other Sports

Basketball

• Botafogo Basketball

References

External links

• Official Website
• Canal Botafogo
• Vestiario Alvinegro
• Grupo Mais Botafogo
• Botafogo page at Globo
• Archived March 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] Botafogo FR

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, im deutschsprachigen Raum allgemein bekannt als Botafogo FR, ist ein in der brasilianischen Metropole Rio de Janeiro beheimateter Sportverein. Sein internationales Renommee bezieht der Klub vornehmlich von seiner Fußballabteilung. Weltstars wie Garrincha und Nílton Santos machten den Club ab Beginn der zweiten Hälfte des letzten Jahrhunderts berühmt und erfolgreich.

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- [en] Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

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[es] Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

El Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas es un club deportivo brasileño con sede en el barrio homónimo, en Río de Janeiro, actualmente participa en el Campeonato Brasileño de Serie A. Sus mayores glorias deportivas son principalmente en el fútbol, pero también se destaca en el remo, voleibol, baloncesto, deportes acuáticos y otros más. Fundado en remo el 1 de julio de 1894 con el nombre de Club de Regatas Botafogo, se fusionó con el Botafogo Football Club el 8 de diciembre de 1942 (el día de homenaje al club de la patrona, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción), otro club del mismo barrio, fundado oficialmente el 12 de agosto de 1904. Sus colores son negro y blanco y sus seguidores se llaman botafoguenses. Botafogo es un equipo muy conocido porque tiene el mayor número de jugadores llamados a la selección brasileña: son 97 en general y 47 en Copas del Mundo.

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[ru] Ботафого

«Ботафо́го» (порт.-браз. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, португальское произношение: [bɔtaˈfoɡu dʒi futʃiˈbɔw i ʁeˈɡataʃ] — Футбольный и регатный клуб «Ботафого») — бразильский футбольный клуб из города и штата Рио-де-Жанейро.

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