Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas is a Brazilian
multi-sport club from
Rio de
Janeiro
. Its
football team is placed 12th in
FIFA Clubs of the
20th Century.The club symbol is the lone star, represented
on its badge. Botafogo means
(he who) sets fire and is
also the name of the neighbourhood where the club has its origins
(Botafogo Beach). It is nicknamed "
Fogo", "
Bota"
(abbreviations of the club's name), "
Fogão" ("Big Fire",
widely used), "
Alvinegro" (White-black), "
O clube da
Estrela Solitária" (The Lone Star club, reference to the
club's emblem), and "
O Glorioso" (The Glorious, nickname
given after the 1910 campaign)
Botafogo FR is one of the biggest clubs in Brazil and one of the
four major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro along with
Flamengo,
Fluminense (most ancient rivalry in
Brazil:
October 22,
1905), and
Vasco. Their international
trophy hall include one World Club Championship title in 1963 and
Conmembol trophy in 1993 a few others titles internationales.
Botafogo's most recent successes are the
Rio de Janeiro Championship (1989, 1990,
1997, 2006), the international
Copa
Conmebol (now called
Copa
Sudamericana) in 1993, and the
Brazilian League in
1995.
Despite
its origins, the club played in the neighbouring city of Niterói
(much like some "New York" teams actually play in
New Jersey) while it rented the Caio Martins
stadium
(or Mestre Ziza stadium, a modest venue with 15,000
seats) until 2003 (this stadium is currently used for some training
sessions). In 2007, the club moved into the
state-of-the-art João Havelange Olympic Stadium, simply know as
Engenhão
. The
stadium, built for the Rio 2007 PanAm Games, property of the
Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, and then rented for 20 years by
Botafogo FR. Is widely considered the best in all South America and
will be used on the 2016 Olympic Venue
History
Basic History
On
July 1,
1894, the Club
de Regatas Botafogo, a
rowing club, was founded.
The name was intended to evoke the neighbourhood where the club was
based. The colours of the club were black and white, and its symbol
the Lone Star, or the "Estrela Solitária", the first star to appear
in the sky (in reality not a star, but the planet Venus).
It soon
became one of the strongest clubs in Rio de Janeiro, winning several competitions, along with sea
rivals such as Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Guanabara, Icaraí and São
Cristóvão.
About ten years later, on
August 12,
1904, another club was founded in the
neighbourhood: 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". And so the Electro Club was founded. But this name
wouldn't 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
colours? Black and white, just like
Juventus
FC, the team of Itamar Tavares, one of the club's founders. And
the badge, drawn by Basílio Vianna Jr., in Swiss style with the BFC
monogram.
The Botafogo Football Club would soon became
one of the strongest football teams in Rio de Janeiro, winning the championships of 1907, 1910, 1912 and
more.
The same name, the same location, the same colours and the most
important thing: the same supporters. It seemed that the destiny of
both clubs was to become one. And so it happened: on
December 8,
1942 they finally
merged together. It was after a basketball match between both
clubs, when Botafogo Football Club player Armando Albano died
suddenly, that the idea began to become truth. At the tragic
occasion, the president of Club de Regatas Botafogo, Augusto
Frederico Schmidt (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 no longer 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 to our clubs become one?". And so
they did: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas finally became true. The
Football Club's badge became black, and the monogram substituted by
Clube de Regatas' lone star. This badge, according to the club's
statute, can never be modified. The water sports maintained the
Clube de Regatas' uniform, all black, while the terrestrial sports
maintained Football Club's one, vertical-striped black and white
jersey with black shorts.
On the field
1906 team.
Botafogo's first moment of glory was just after its foundation. The
team won
Rio de
Janeiro State Championship in 1907, 1910 and 1912. The team
used to win its games by large margins, like 24 - 0 over
Sport Club Mangueira (the highest score
in Brazilian football). For that reason, Botafogo was nicknamede "O
Glorioso" (The Glorious One). Nevertheless, the black and white
side endured an 18-year losing streak until, in 1930, Botafogo won
its fourth state championship. It soon won an unheard-of and
unmatched four consecutive times: 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935. In
that team were
Carvalho Leite,
Pamplona,
Nilo Murtinho Braga,
Patesko, and
Leonidas da Silva. Those years, Botafogo
gave to
Brazil national
football team four players for the
1930 FIFA World Cup, nine for the
1934 FIFA World Cup and five for
the
1938 FIFA World Cup. To
date, Botafogo has given the most players to Brazil's squad: 97, 46
of whom have gone to the World Cup.
In the 1940s, after the creation of "Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas", the best player of the team was
Heleno de Freitas. However, Heleno did not
win a championship for Botafogo. He scored 204 goals in 233 matches
but went to
Boca Juniors in 1948, the
year Botafogo won its 9th state championship.
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Botafogo had its best moment. With
Garrincha,
Nilton
Santos,
Didí,
Amarildo,
Mário Zagallo,
Manga, and
Quarentinha,
Fogão won Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1957, 1961 and 1962
and the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament (Brazilian Championship in
the 1960s) in 1962, 1964 and 1966 and Intercontinental Clubs World
Championship of France in 1963, in Paris city of France. Botafogo
won the famous Club World Championship of France in 1963. With the
Dream team, the squadron big black and white, the Botafogo, with
the nickname "Fogão" went victorious club black and white with
Manga, Joel, Zé Maria, Nilton Santos and Rildo; Airton and Didi;
Garrincha, Quarentinha, Amarildo and Zagallo. Club increased a
great rivalry with
Santos Futebol
Clube, the team of
Pelé. Botafogo lost
the final of Brazil Trophy in 1962 for this team. Also, was
eliminated of the semi-final of
Copa
Libertadores of the same year by Santos. Botafogo were the base
of Brazil's squad in
1958 FIFA World
Cup and
1962 FIFA World Cup:
Nilton Santos, Didi, Garrincha, Amarildo and Zagallo.
When these players retired, new ones where ready to continue
Botafogo's victories.
Jairzinho,
Paulo César Lima,
Gérson, Rogério, Roberto Miranda, Sebastião
Leônidas and Carlos Roberto were some of the players who won the
Campeonato Carioca in 1967 and 1968 and the Brazil Trophy in
1968.
So, the club get along 21 years without winning a title of
relevance. Until 1989, when the club won the state championship
over
Flamengo. One year
later, the team won it again, this time over
Vasco da Gama.
In the 1990s, Botafogo won
Copa
CONMEBOL in 1993,
Brazilian Championship in
1995,
Teresa Herrera Trophy
and Municipal Tournament in 1996, Rio de Janeiro State Championship
in 1997 and Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 1998. The team also lost
the final of
Brazil Cup in 1999 for
Juventude.
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 for the 18th time the Rio de Janeiro State
Championship. Nowadays, Botafogo is the only club to win titles in
three different centuries. Won the state championship of row in
1899, many in XX Century and now in 21st Century.
Stadia
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Voluntários da Pátria Street Stadium
(1909).
The first
stadium used by Botafogo was
located in Voluntários da Pátria street. It was used between 1908
and 1911. The following year, the club had to play the matches in a
field in the São Clemente street.
Also in the neighborhood of Botafogo
,
Fogão finally found his own place. Named
General Severiano because of
the street which accessed the stadium, Botafogo started to use this
stadium in 1913. Some other improvements were made to build a
social area in 1928 and expand with cement material the stadium
space in 1938.
In 1950,
for World Cup in Brazil, Maracanã
was raised. The one-time biggest stadium in the
world was the home of Botafogo in many
important games in Rio de
Janeiro since then.
However, the club lost ownership of General Severiano in 1977 due
to a large amount of debts. The stadium was sold to
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and
demolished.
Botafogo moved to suburb Marechal Hermes
and there build a new stadium, named Mané
Garrincha, in 1978 to play casual games.
General Severiano entrance.
Botafogo
also rented Caio Martins, a small stadium in Niterói city, in the
begging of 1990s. By 1992, the club finally got General
Severiano back, inaugurated only in 1994 not anymore a stadium, but
a new
swimming pools, gymnasium and
football field.
After
years using Caio Martins and Maracanã as home stadiums, Botafogo started training at
General Severiano after a big reform and Caio Martins, which
stopped being used in 2004. Maracanã, property of the State
Government, was defined as home of the team since 2006.
In 2007,
the club got Estádio Olímpico João
Havelange
, simply know as Engenhão. The
stadium was build to
Rio 2007 and ceded to
Botafogo.
Botafogo's stadium.
Rivals
Its biggest rivals are from the same city:
Fluminense,
Flamengo and
Vasco da Gama.
The other big teams
from Brazil (including the three mentioned) are: Corinthians, Santos, Palmeiras, São Paulo, Atlético
Mineiro
, Grêmio, Cruzeiro
and Internacional.
Symbols
Historical badges.
Lone Star
The Lone
Star (
Estrela Solitária) is
present actually in Botafogo's flag and crest. This star was the
principal symbol of Club de Regatas Botafogo. After fusion between
the two Botafogos, the Lone Star became one of most important
synonym of Botafogo's
football
team.
Crest
Botafogo's
crest have the famous
lone star in white in a black area. It was designed in 1942, the
year of its fusion. However, Club de Regatas Botafogo and Botafogo
Football Club also had their own crests. Regatas had the lone star
in the left, one pair of
crokers at the right
side and, below, the letters of the club's name, C. R. B.
Football's badge had the clubs initials too, B. F. C. written in
black colour in a white space. The shape of Botafogo Football Club
made the base of Futebol e Regatas crest.
Flag
The old
flag of Club de Regatas Botafogo was
complety white, with a small black square which contained the Lone
Star. Football Club had a nine black and white striped flag with
the club's crest localized in the center. Botafogo de Futebol e
Regatas based his flag in the two old clubs. The flag has five
black and four white stripes with a black square at the up left
side with 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
Manequinho.
The first
mascot
was
Donald Duck, abandoned due to
royalties issues.
Nowadays, the club's mascot is the
Manequinho a replica of the Manneken-Pis
situated in front of the club. However,
Botafogo's fans have largely adopted the
dog
Biriba as a mascot. The idea of
officializing it is being studied by the club's owner. Biriba was
Botafogo's talisman in the late 1940s, considered lucky by the
fans.
Supporters
Botafogo
has near 4 million supporters in Brazil, today 9th
biggest in Brazil. In
the 1960s, Botafogo was number two of the preference of Brazilian
football fans. This fact
explains why Botafogo has a large amount of supporters over 60
years old.
Organized torcida
Titles
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Trophy of 1995's Brazilian
championship.
Club World Championship
-
- Continental
- National
- Regional
- Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1962, 1964, 1966 e 1998
- Copa
dos Campeões Inter-Estaduais Rio-São Paulo: 1931.
- State
- 19 state championships:
1907*, 1910, 1912, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1948, 1957, 1961,
1962, 1967, 1968, 1989 (undefeated), 1990, 1996, 1997, 2006
- 8 Torneio Início 1934, 1938,
1947, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967 and 1977
- 5 Taça Guanabara 1967, 1968,
1997 (undefeated), 2006 and 2009
- 4 Taça Rio 1989, 1997, 2007 and
2008
- 1 Taça Cidade Maravilhosa 1996
- International
- Youth
* Without losing. == Famous football players == {| |valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Abelardo de Lamare]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Afonso Celso Garcia Reis|Afonsinho]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Alemão]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Alex Alves Ferreira|Alex Alves]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Aluízio Pinto Vieira de Mello|Aluízio
Pinto]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Amarildo Tavares da
Silveira|Amarildo]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Áttila de
Carvalho|Áttila]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Oscar Alberto Américo
Basso|Basso]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Carlos Bauer|Bauer]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Roberto Gama de Oliveira|Bebeto]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Hércules Brito Ruas|Brito]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Luiz Carlos Pires de Queiroz|Cao]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Alberto Torres|Carlos Alberto]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Alberto Costa Dias|Carlos Alberto
Dias]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Alberto Souza dos
Santos|Carlos Alberto Santos]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos
Roberto de Carvalho|Carlos Roberto]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos
Antônio Dobbert de Carvalho Leite|Carvalho Leite]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Daniel Mendes]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Domingos Elias Alves Pedra|Dé]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Valdir
Pereira|Didi]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Dino da Costa]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Dirceu José Guimarães|Dirceu]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Djair Kaye de Brito|Djair]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ricardo Lucas|Dodô]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Osmar Donizete Cândido|Donizete]] |valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Fernando Ferretti|Ferretti]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rodolfo José Fischer|Fischer]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Flávio da Silva Ramos|Flávio Ramos]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Garrincha]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ephigenio
de Freitas Bahiense|Geninho]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Gérson de
Oliveira Nunes|Gérson]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Gérson dos Santos]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Gilberto Alves|Gil]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Gilbert Elkin Hime|Gilbert Hime]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marcelo
Gonçalves Costa Lopes|Gonçalves]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Heleno de
Freitas]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jair Ventura Filho|Jairzinho]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Joel Martins da Fonseca|Joel]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Josimar]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Juvenal
Francisco Dias|Juvenal]] *{{flagicon|Mexico}}{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Leandro Augusto]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Leandro Costa
Miranda|Leandrão]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Leandro Coronas
Ávila|Leandro Ávila]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sebastião
Leônidas|Leônidas]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Leônidas da Silva]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Aílton Corrêa Arruda|Manga]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Francisco das Chagas Marinho|Marinho
Chagas]] * [[Martim Mércio da Silveira|Martim Silveira]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Maurício de Oliveira Anastácio|Maurício]]
*{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Marko Ciurlizza]] |valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mauro Geraldo Galvão|Mauro Galvão]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Milton da Cunha Mendonça|Mendonça]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ismael Moreira Braga|Moreira]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Neco Soares]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nei da
Conceição Moreira|Nei Conceição]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nilo
Murtinho Braga|Nilo]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nílson Severino
Dias|Nílson Dias]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nílton dos Santos|Nílton
Santos]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Octávio Sérgio da Costa
Moraes|Octávio Moraes]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jorge Osmar
Guarnelli|Osmar]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Osvaldo Alfredo da
Silva|Osvaldo Baliza]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Estanislau de
Figueiredo Pamplona|Pamplona]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Américo
Pampolini Filho|Pampolini]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Egídio
Landolfi|Paraguaio]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Pascoal
(futebolista)|Pascoal]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rodolpho
Barteczko|Patesko]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Roberto
Rocha|Paulinho Criciúma]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Oswaldo Sampaio
Júnior|Paulistinha]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo César Lima|Paulo
César Caju]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira
Lima|Paulo Sérgio]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Valentim|Paulinho
Valentim]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Perácio|Perácio]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Perivaldo Lúcio Dantas|Perivaldo]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sylvio Pirillo|Pirillo]] |valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Waldir Cardoso Lebrêgo|Quarentinha]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Renato Portaluppi|Renato Gaúcho]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rildo da Costa Menezes|Rildo]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Lopes de Miranda|Roberto Miranda]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rodrigo Juliano Lopes de Almeida|Rodrigo]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Rodrigues Neto|Rodrigues Neto]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rogério Hetmanek|Rogério]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rogério Lantres de Carvalho|Rogério Pipi]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rolando de Lamare]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Sandro Barbosa Carneiro Cunha|Sandro]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}}
[[Sérgio Manoel Júnior|Sérgio Manoel]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José
Sinval de Campos|Sinval]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Túlio Lustosa
Seixas Pinheiro|Túlio]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Túlio Humberto
Pereira da Costa|Túlio Maravilha]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Valdeir
Celso Moreira|Valdeir]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Valdo Cândido de
Oliveira Filho|Valdo]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Victor Corrêa
Gonçalves|Victor]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sebastião Wágner de Souza
e Silva|Wágner]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Waltencir Pereira
Serna|Waltencir]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Wilson Roberto
Gottardo|Wilson Gottardo]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Jorge Lobo
Zagallo|Zagallo]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Carlos Gaspar
Ferreira|Zé Carlos]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Maria dos Santos
Motta|Zé Maria]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Roberto de Oliveira|Zé
Roberto]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Zezé Procópio]] |} == Presidents
== {| |valign="top"| === Presidents of CR Botafogo === *José Maria
Dias Braga (1894 / 1895) *Eugênio Paiva de Azevedo (1895) *Gastão
Cardoso (1895 / 1903) *João Carlos de Mello (1903) *Raul do Rego
Macedo (1904) *Tito Valverde de Miranda (1905) *Conrado Maia (1906
/ 1909) *Gastão Cardoso (1910 / 1916) *Raul do Rego Macedo (1917 /
1919) *Álvaro Werneck (1920 / 1921) *Raul do Rego Macedo (1922)
*Álvaro Werneck (1923) *Antônio Mendes de Oliveira Castro (1924 /
1926) *Álvaro Werneck (1927 / 1928) *Armando de Oliveira Flores
(1928 / 1930) *Alberto Ruiz (1930) *Octávio Costa Macedo (1931 /
1935) *Ibsen De Rossi (1935 / 1937) *Julius A. Henrich Arp Júnior
(1937 / 1938) *Mário Ferreira (1938) *Abelardo Martins Torres (1938
/ 1939) *Álvaro Gomes de Oliveira (1939 / 1940) *Augusto Frederico
Schmidt (1941 / 1942) |valign="top"| === Presidents of Botafogo FC
=== *Flávio da Silva Ramos (1904) *Alfredo Guedes de Mello (1904)
*Waldemar Pereira da Cunha (1905) *Joaquim Antônio de Souza Ribeiro
(1905 / 1907) *Edwin Elkin Hime Júnior (1908) *Joaquim Antônio de
Souza Ribeiro (1909 / 1910) *Alberto Cruz Santos (1911) *Joaquim de
Lamare (1912 / 1914) *Miguel de Pino Machado (1914) *Joaquim
Antônio de Souza Ribeiro (1915 / 1916) *Miguel de Pino Machado
(1917 / 1918) *Renato Pacheco (1919 / 1921) *Samuel de Oliveira
(1922) *Paulo Antônio Azeredo (1923) *Gabriel Loureiro Bernardes
(1923 / 1924) *Oldemar Murtinho (1925) *Paulo Antônio Azeredo*
(1926 / 1936) *Darke Bhering de Oliveira Mattos (1936) *Sérgio
Darcy (1937 / 1939) *João Lyra Filho (1940 / 1941) *[[Mimi
Sodré|Benjamin de Almeida Sodré]] (1941) *Eduardo de Góes Trindade
(1942) *
Paulo Antônio Azeredo asked for leave of absence in
1935, being replaced by Rivadávia Corrêa Meyer (Riva)
Presidents of Botafogo FR
- Eduardo de Góes Trindade (1942 / 1943)
- Adhemar Alves Bebiano (1944 / 1947)
- Oswaldo Costa (1947)
- Carlos Martins da Rocha (Carlito Rocha) (1948 / 1951)
- Ibsen De Rossi (1952 / 1953)
- Paulo Antônio Azeredo (1954 / 1963)
- Ney Cidade Palmeiro (1964 / 1967)
- Althemar Dutra de Castilho (Teté) (1968 / 1972)
- Rivadávia Tavares Corrêa Meyer (Rivinha) (1973/1975)
- Charles de Macedo Borer (1976 / 1981)
- José Eduardo Mello Machado (Juca) (1982 / 1983)
- Emmanuel Sodré Viveiros de Castro (Maninho) (1983 / 1984)
- Althemar Dutra de Castilho (Teté) (1985 / 1990)
- Emil Pacheco Pinheiro (1991 / 1992)
- Jorge Aurélio Ribeiro Domingues (1992)
- Mauro Ney Machado Monteiro Palmeiro (1992 / 1993)
- Carlos Augusto Saad Montenegro (1994 / 1996)
- José Luiz Rolim (1997 / 1999)
- Mauro Ney Machado Monteiro Palmeiro (2000 / 2002)
- Paulo Roberto de Freitas (Bebeto de Freitas) (2003 / 2008)
Current squad
As of September 15, 2009.
(on loan from Cruzeiro)
(on loan from Cruzeiro)
(on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv)
(on loan from Cabofriense)
(on loan from RCD Espanyol)
(on loan from Cruzeiro)
(on loan from Avaí
)
(on loan from Cruzeiro)
Out on loan
Records
| 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 |
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Financial situation
In 2006 Botafogo had
Supergasbras and
Alê as
sponsors, the arrangement during that year earned the team $3.2
million (R$7.2 million). The next year, Botafogo managed to sign
the sixth highest sponsorship deal in Brazil the new sponsor
Liquigás, a
Petrobrás subsidiary paid the club $3.9
million (R$7.8 million) under the terms of the 1 year contract. In
2008 not only the agreement with
Liquigás was renewed for
another year but it also became more lucrative since the
sponsorship was raised to around $5 million (R$10.2 million).
Botafogo generated in 2007 the 12th biggest
revenue for all Brazilian soccer clubs, that year's
revenues totalled $20.8 million (or R$41.1 million) but Botafogo
had a net loss of $1.9 million (or R$3.7 million). Also at the end
of 2007 Botafogo had total
debts of $106.1
million (or R$209.7 million). Those numbers were obtained from a
study conducted by
Casual
Auditores Independentes, the nature of Botafogo expenses is not
known however.
Gallery
Image:Torcida botafogofr.JPG|Botafogo's supporters in
Maracanã.Image:Bandeira do Botafogo FR
tremulando.JPG|Flag of Botafogo.Image:Botafogo Porta
Nautica.jpg|Entrance of
rowing
training venue of Botafogo.
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