Brazil · Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo neighbourhood)
Botafogo
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Glorioso, Fogão, Estrela Solitária, Alvinegro
Botafogo is a Rio de Janeiro club formed in 1942 through the merger of Club de Regatas Botafogo (1894) and Botafogo Football Club (1904), and it takes 12 August 1904 as its founding date.
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The club
- Name
- Botafogo
- Full name
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
- Nickname
- Glorioso, Fogão, Estrela Solitária, Alvinegro
- Founded
- August 12, 1904
- City
- Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo neighbourhood)
- Country
- Brazil
- Colors
- #000000, #FFFFFF
- Competitions
- Campeonato Carioca (since 1906)
- Brasileirão Série A (1962–2002)
- Copa Libertadores (1963–2026)
- Copa CONMEBOL (1993)
- Recopa Sudamericana (1994–2025)
- Copa do Brasil (since 1996)
- Brasileirão Série B (2003)
- Brasileirão Série A (2004–2014)
- Copa Sudamericana (2006–2026)
- Brasileirão Série B (2015)
- Brasileirão Série A (2016–2020)
- Brasileirão Série B (2021)
- Brasileirão Série A (since 2022)
- FIFA Club World Cup (2025)
- In the archive
- 1 crest · 1 shirt
Latest crest
1962–1970
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Club history
Botafogo is a Rio de Janeiro club formed in 1942 through the merger of Club de Regatas Botafogo (1894) and Botafogo Football Club (1904), and it takes 12 August 1904 as its founding date. It plays in black and white, with the Estrela Solitária (Lone Star) on its crest, and was the home of Garrincha, Nilton Santos and Didi. In 2024 it won its first Copa Libertadores and, in the same year, the Brasileirão; it has three Brazilian titles (1968, 1995 and 2024) and 21 Cariocas.
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## One club, two origins Today's Botafogo was born from the union of two clubs from the Botafogo neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. Club de Regatas Botafogo was founded on 1 July 1894 for rowing. On 12 August 1904, a group of students set up a football team that was first called Electro Club and, a few weeks later, was renamed Botafogo Football Club. In 1906 it adopted the black-and-white striped shirt, inspired by Italy's Juventus, and in 1907 it won its first Campeonato Carioca. On 8 December 1942 the two clubs merged to form Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas. The new crest took the star of the…
The fans
Botafogo supporters are known as botafoguenses or alvinegros, and the press uses nicknames such as Glorioso and Fogão for the club. Its oldest derby is against Fluminense, the Clássico Vovô, considered the oldest in Brazilian football (first played in 1905); against Vasco da Gama it plays the Clássico da Amizade (the "Friendship Derby"), named after the good relationship the two sets of fans have historically enjoyed, and it also has a fierce rivalry with Flamengo. A much-loved tradition is Biriba, a black-and-white dog that in 1948 became the lucky charm of the Carioca-winning team; the club also has Manequinho, a replica of Brussels' Manneken Pis, as a mascot.
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