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| nickname = ''Fogo'' (Fire)<br />''Fogão'' (Stove/Big Fire)<br />''Estrela Solitária'' (The Lone Star)<br />''O Glorioso'' (The Glorious One)<br />''Alvinegro Carioca'' (Rio's Black and White)<br/>''O Mais Tradicional'' (The Most Traditional)
| ground = [[Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos]]
| capacity = 46,831<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.botafogo.com.br/estadio_info.php?cat=negocios |title=Informações Técnicas do Estádio Nilton Santos – Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas |access-date=29 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043314/http://www.botafogo.com.br/estadio_info.php?cat=negocios |archive-date=2 February 2017  }}</ref>
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| chairman = João Paulo Magalhães Lins
| owner = [[Eagle Football Holdings]] (90%)
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| manager = [[Martín Anselmi]]
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'''Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas''' ({{IPA|pt-BR|bɔtaˈfoɡu dʒi futʃiˈbɔw i ʁeˈɡatɐs}}; ''Botafogo Football and Rowing'') is a Brazilian [[football club]] based in the neighborhood of [[Botafogo]], in the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. Although it competes 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 [[Campeonato Carioca]], the [[States of Brazil|state of]] [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]]'s premier [[State football leagues in Brazil|state league]].

The club is among Brazil's "[[G-12 (Brazilian football)|Big 12 Clubs]]" having won the Brazilian league three times ([[1968 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Taça Brasil)|1968]], [[1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|1995]], [[2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2024]]), the [[Copa Libertadores]] in [[2024 Copa Libertadores|2024]], and the [[Copa CONMEBOL]] in [[1993 Copa CONMEBOL|1993]]. In addition, the Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 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 league: 42, also between 1977 and 1978; and the most players called up to the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]] in [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]]. The club holds the record for the greatest victory ever recorded in Brazilian football: 24–0 against [[Sport Club Mangueira]] in 1909.

In 2000, Botafogo finished 12th in a vote by subscribers of ''FIFA Magazine'' for the [[FIFA Club of the Century]].<ref name="fifaum">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/events/playergala00/documents/Club.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423161359/http://www.fifa.com/events/playergala00/documents/Club.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2007|title=The FIFA Club of the Century|publisher=FIFA|access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/y=2000/m=12/news=fifa-world-player-2000-award-information-75592.html |title=FIFA World Player 2000 award information |date=6 December 2000 |website=FIFA.com |access-date=7 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219150240/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/y=2000/m=12/news=fifa-world-player-2000-award-information-75592.html |archive-date=19 December 2016  }}</ref> In 2024, Botafogo was ranked 5th in the world in the IFFHS Men's Club World Ranking, making it the highest-ranked club from South America.<ref name="IFFHSRank2024">[https://iffhs.com/posts/4048 IFFHS. "IFFHS Men's Club World Ranking 2024 – The Top 500."] 9 December 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2025.</ref> In 2025, the club qualified for the [[2025 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup]] and pulled off a major upset by defeating European champions [[Paris Saint-Germain FC|Paris Saint-Germain]] 1–0 in the group stage, advancing to the knockout rounds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Botafogo shock PSG 1–0 at Club World Cup |work=Reuters |date=20 June 2025 |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/botafogo-stun-psg-1-0-club-world-cup-2025-06-20/ |access-date=20 August 2025}}</ref> Botafogo was also named as one of five finalists for the [[2025 Ballon d'Or|2025 Ballon d’Or]] Men’s Club of the Year award, being the only non-European club in the category.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ballon d'Or 2025 Club of the Year Nominees—Ranked |work=Sports Illustrated |date=8 August 2025 |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/ballon-dor-2025-club-of-the-year-nominees-ranked |access-date=20 August 2025}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|History of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas}}

===Formation and merger===
On 1 July 1894, the '''Club de Regatas Botafogo''' was founded in [[Rio de Janeiro]] as a rowing club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.botafogo.com.br/en_963852741/history/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131119223838/http://www.botafogo.com.br/en_963852741/history/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2013|title=History|publisher=Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Fundadores_do_botafogo_em_foto_entre_1906-1910_(cropped).jpg|thumb|400px|left|The founders of Botafogo [[association football|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|date=November 2017}} 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 its 18 September. The colors were black and white like those of [[Juventus FC]], (who took the colours from [[Notts County F.C.]], the oldest team in the world.) 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.<ref name="gazetaesportivaelectrobotafogo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/almanaque/futebol/aniver_botafogo/eletro.htm|title=De como o Eletro Club tornou-se Botafogo|access-date=7 October 2007|publisher=Gazeta Esportiva |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040816133704/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/almanaque/futebol/aniver_botafogo/eletro.htm |archive-date = 16 August 2004}}</ref>

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 the Botafogo Football Club player [[Armando Albano]] died suddenly, that the idea of a merger began. On this tragic occasion, the president of the 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, the president of the Botafogo Football Club 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?." The Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas finally came into being. The Football Club's badge became black, and the monogram substituted by the Clube de Regatas' lone star.<ref name="history1942">{{cite web|url=http://www.botafogonocoracao.com.br/historia/d_index.asp?idn=608 |title=História – A união dos dois clubes fez nascer um dos times de maior tradição no Brasil |access-date=7 October 2007 |publisher=Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806224722/http://www.botafogonocoracao.com.br/historia/d_index.asp?idn=608 |archive-date=6 August 2007 }}</ref>

===On the field===
[[File:Botafogo_de_1909,_Boa_resolução_(cropped).jpg|thumb|left|300px|Rare photo, in XX century beginning]]
[[File:Time Botafogo 1910.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The team of 1910]]

The team won the [[Campeonato Carioca]] in 1907, 1910 and 1912. In 1909 the team beat [[Sport Club Mangueira|Mangueira]] 24–0, which remains the highest score in Brazilian football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/platb/memoriaec/2009/05/29/maior-goleada-da-historia-do-futebol-brasileiro-completa-um-seculo/|title=Maior goleada da história do futebol brasileiro completa um século|date=25 May 2009|publisher=GloboEsporte.com|access-date=27 July 2014}}</ref>
They won further state titles in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44131/index.html|title=Botafogo: Fogão flames burn eternal|work=Clubs|publisher=FIFA|access-date=28 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326081440/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44131/index.html|archive-date=26 March 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Botafogo 1930.jpg|thumb|right|250px|In 1930 Botafogo won its 4th Carioca title.]]

In the 1940s, after the creation of the 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.

[[File:Botafogo_2_x_1_América_,_2010,_Estádio_Nilton_Santos_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|280px|Garrincha, ''Joy of the people'']]

They won the Campeonato Carioca in 1957, 1961 and 1962, and in 1968 they won [[Taça Brasil|Serie A]], becoming the first ''carioca'' club to win the Brazilian league.<ref name=swaytroph>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/brazil/botafogo-de-futebol-e-regatas/323/trophies/|title=Botafogo FR: Trophies|work=Soccerway|publisher=Perform|access-date=16 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151427/http://uk.soccerway.com/teams/brazil/botafogo-de-futebol-e-regatas/323/trophies/|archive-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>

1989 ended a period of 21 years without a title when the club won the state championship, retaining the trophy in 1990.<ref name=swaytroph/>

In the 1990s, Botafogo won [[Copa Conmebol]] (the precursor of the current [[Copa Sudamericana]]).<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html Rsssf.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201210855/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/torre-sac-best.html |date=1 February 2010 }}</ref> 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 [[1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|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 [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|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 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2020 edition of the Série A]], Botafogo performed poorly and ended the championship in the last position, causing the club's relegation to the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|Série B]] for their third time in history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/rj/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/jogo/05-02-2021/botafogo-sport.ghtml | title=Botafogo 0 x 1 Sport – Campeonato Brasileiro rodada 34 – Tempo Real – Globo Esporte }}</ref>

Nowadays, Botafogo is the only club to have won titles in three different centuries, including the state championship for [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] in 1899.

===The SAF Era===
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.

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 [[CR Vasco da Gama|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 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|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 Investimentos|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 do Futebol|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 (footballer, born 1961)|Luís Castro]]. Castro signed with Botafogo in March 2022, and the team had to hurry to build their squad for the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/2022/03/25/botafogo-anuncia-contratacao-do-tecnico-luis-castro.ghtml | title=Botafogo anuncia contratação do técnico Luís Castro | date=25 March 2022 }}</ref> Botafogo finished that year's league edition in 11th place, guaranteeing a spot in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.

At the [[2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2023 Campeonato Brasileiro]], Botafogo, then thought of as a team that at most would fight for a spot in the top 6,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-15 |title=Campeão por 1 ponto de vantagem, gigante rebaixado e mais: site parceiro da ESPN prevê classificação final do Brasileiro |url=https://www.espn.com.br/futebol/brasileirao/artigo/_/id/11905117/campeao-1-ponto-vantagem-gigante-rebaixado-site-parceiro-espn-preve-classificacao-final-brasileiro |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=ESPN.com |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Borges |first=João Alexandre |date=2023-01-13 |title=Retorno à competição internacional, continuação do trabalho de Luís Castro e mais: o que esperar do Botafogo em 2023 {{!}} Botafogo |url=https://odia.ig.com.br/esporte/botafogo/2023/01/6555430-retorno-a-competicao-internacional-continuacao-do-trabalho-de-luis-castro-e-mais-o-que-esperar-do-botafogo-em-2023.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=O Dia |language=pt-BR}}</ref> 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 FC|Al Nassr]] of the [[Saudi Pro League]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37934677/castro-leaves-botafogo-coach-ronaldo-al-nassr-sources |title=Castro leaves Botafogo to coach Ronaldo at Al Nassr |website=ESPN UK |language=en |date=29 June 2023}}</ref> paving the way for the arrival of Portuguese manager [[Bruno Lage]].<ref>{{cite web |date=7 July 2023 |title=Botafogo acerta contratação do técnico Bruno Lage |url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/2023/07/07/botafogo-acerta-contratacao-de-bruno-lage-como-novo-tecnico.ghtml |website=GE |language=pt}}</ref> However, due to poor results and controversies,<ref>{{cite web |date=4 October 2023 |title=Os cinco erros capitais de Bruno Lage no Botafogo |url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/2023/10/04/os-cinco-erros-capitais-de-bruno-lage-no-botafogo.ghtml |website=GE |language=pt}}</ref> Lage was dismissed after about 3 months.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/paises/brasil/detalhe/oficial-bruno-lage-despedido-do-botafogo |title=Oficial: Bruno Lage despedido do Botafogo |website=Record |date=4 October 2023 |language=pt}}</ref> 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 (footballer, born 1979)|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.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 October 2023 |title=Veja como fica a comissão técnica do Botafogo após saída de Bruno Lage |url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/2023/10/05/veja-como-fica-a-comissao-tecnica-do-botafogo-apos-saida-de-bruno-lage.ghtml |website=GE |language=pt}}</ref>
 
The total debt owned by the club has been reduced and now sits at around 730 million reais.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moneytimes.com.br/dividas-dos-clubes-brasileiros-de-futebol-time-2023-ranking/ | title=As dívidas dos clubes brasileiros de futebol em novo ranking | date=21 May 2023 }}</ref>

==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]], regarded as one of the greatest left-backs of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/brazil/botafogo-de-futebol-e-regatas/|title=Botafogo FR|work=Soccerway|publisher=Perform|access-date=30 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017032726/http://uk.soccerway.com/teams/brazil/botafogo-de-futebol-e-regatas/|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=gazetaesportiva |title=Prefeito permite, e Engenhão "vira" Estádio Nilton Santos |url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/botafogo/prefeito-permite-e-engenhao-vira-estadio-nilton-santos,7d9b46ebab47b410VgnCLD200000b2bf46d0RCRD.html |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

[[File:Torcida_alvinegra_na_partida_Botafogo_4_x_1_Coritiba_-_Brasileirão_2023.jpg|thumb|600px|center|[[Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos|Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, home of Botafogo]]]]

Other stadiums used by the club during its history are:
* [[Maracanã Stadium]], 1950-2007
* [[:pt:Campo da Rua Voluntários da Pátria|Voluntários da Pátria Street Field]], the club's first pitch at their neighborhood of origin.
* [[Estádio General Severiano]], the club's first own stadium.(1913-1974)
* [[:pt:Estádio Mané Garrincha (Rio de Janeiro)|Marechal Hermes Stadium]], for less important matches during 1978–1986.
* [[Estádio Caio Martins]], at the neighboring city of [[Niterói]]. (1990-2004)
* [[Estádio Luso Brasileiro]], during the 2005 and 2016 seasons.

[[File:Campo_voluntários_da_patria_em_1908.png|thumb|470px|left|Voluntários da Pátria Street Stadium (1909)]]

[[File:General_Severiano,_Sede_social_do_Botafogo_02.jpg|400px]]

==Rivals==
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Its biggest rivals are the other most important Rio clubs: [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]], [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]], and [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|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. The 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 has been one of the less violent derbies in the city.

The derby against Flamengo, "The Rivalry Derby", is the biggest one for Botafogo. The clubs' rivalry extends beyond the pitch, to the fans and the clubs' boardrooms. Players who participate in these matches usually become club idols. Some examples include [[Garrincha]], [[Manga (footballer, born 1937)|Manga]], [[Jairzinho]], [[Túlio Maravilha]], and more recently [[Loco Abreu]] and [[Jefferson (footballer, born 1983)|Jefferson]]. Flamengo's biggest star [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]] once said that in his childhood, Botafogo was the club he hated more than any other because of the ''Glorioso''<nowiki/>'s dominance in the derby.

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

==Symbols==
[[File:Bota badges.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Historical badges]]

===Lone Star===
The [[Five-pointed star|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 [[Association football|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===
[[File:Bandeira_Botafogo_FR.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Flag of Botafogo Football Club since its founding, 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===
[[File:Camisa_retrô_do_Botafogo_(cropped).jpg|thumb|left|170px]]
{{Commons|Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas kits}}

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.

==Invidiual record==

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==Mascots==
[[File:Em_cima_da_mesa,_uma_revista_antiga_(cropped).jpg|thumb|190px|left|''Biriba'' in 1940s, the mascot that really existed]]
[[File:Manequinho.jpg|thumb|160px|right|''Manequinho'', one of the mascots of the club]]

The dog ''Biriba'' is one the most traditional mascots of Botafogo, in 1948 this real stray dog, known for invading the field, was the mascot that led them to the Campeonato Carioca title.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maybe Brazil Needs a Pitch Invading Dog|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/animal-magic/2014/jul/04/brazil-psychologist-win-world-cup-pitch-invading-dog-botafogo|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=4 July 2014 |access-date=4 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704153533/http://www.theguardian.com/football/animal-magic/2014/jul/04/brazil-psychologist-win-world-cup-pitch-invading-dog-botafogo|archive-date=4 July 2014}}</ref> 
Another 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.<ref>[https://ge.globo.com/video/paixao-de-torcedor-faz-surgir-o-mascote-do-botafogo-o-manequinho-8286361.ghtml Paixão de torcedor faz surgir o mascote do Botafogo, o Manequinho]</ref> The first mascot was [[Donald Duck]], who cartoonist Lorenzo Mollas drew in the early 1940s wearing Botafogo's jersey, but it was never officially adopted due to rights issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canelada.com.br/caneladas-sortidas/os-mascotes-dos-clubes-brasileiros/|title=Os mascotes dos clubes Brasileiros|date=2 August 2010|publisher=Canelada|accessdate=6 August 2015|archivedate=3 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233442/http://canelada.com.br/caneladas-sortidas/os-mascotes-dos-clubes-brasileiros/}}</ref>

==Honours==
The club has some of Brazilian football's top records, including most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radiobotafogo.com.br/video/botafogo-1x0-flamengo-jogo-da|title=Botafogo 1x0 Flamengo – Jogo da invencibilidade (1979)|date=18 July 2011|publisher=Rádio Botafogo|access-date=11 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308075733/http://radiobotafogo.com.br/video/botafogo-1x0-flamengo-jogo-da|archive-date=8 March 2016}}</ref> most unbeaten games in the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazilian Championship]]: 42, also between 1977 and 1978,<ref name="42jg">{{cite web|url=http://www.falaglorioso.com.br/noticias-gloriosas/curiosidade-botafogo-e-recordista-de-invencibilidade-no-futebol-brasileiro/|title=Botafogo é recordista de invencibilidade no futebol brasileiro|date=17 September 2014|publisher=Fala Glorioso|access-date=27 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811214047/http://www.falaglorioso.com.br/noticias-gloriosas/curiosidade-botafogo-e-recordista-de-invencibilidade-no-futebol-brasileiro/|archive-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> most player participations in total matches of the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]] (considering official and unofficial games): 1,094 participations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/jogclub.htm|title=Jogadores cedidos por clube na história da Seleção Brasileira|access-date=18 November 2015|publisher=RSSSF Brasil|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001112809/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/jogclub.htm|archive-date=1 October 2015}}</ref> and the most players assigned to the Brazil national team for the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/blogs/especial-blog/numerologos/post/copa-botafogo-segue-lider-entre-clubes-que-mais-cederam-jogadores-selecao.html|title=Copa: Botafogo segue líder entre clubes que mais cederam jogadores à Seleção|date=7 May 2014|publisher=GloboEsporte.com|access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref>

===Official tournaments===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" |Continental
|-
! style="width:260px"|Competitions
! style="width:80px"|Titles
! style="width:380px"|Seasons
|-
! scope=row |[[Copa Libertadores]]
! align="center"| 1
|[[2024 Copa Libertadores|2024]]
|- 
! style="text-align:center"|[[Copa CONMEBOL]]
! style="text-align:center"|1
|align="left"|[[1993 Copa CONMEBOL|1993]]
|- 
! colspan="3"|National
|-
! style="width:260px"|Competitions
! style="width:80px"|Titles
! style="width:380px"|Seasons
|-
! style="text-align:center"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]
! style="text-align:center"|3
|align="left"|[[1968 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|1968]], [[1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|1995]], [[2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2024]]
|-
! style="text-align:center"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B]]
! style="text-align:center"|'''2'''
|align="left"|[[2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|2015]], [[2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|2021]]
|-
! colspan="3" |Inter-state
|-
!Competitions
!Titles
!Seasons
|-
![[Torneio Rio–São Paulo]]<ref name="Rio-São Paulo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesrz/rjspcamp.htm |title=Torneio Rio-São Paulo – List of Champions |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306040418/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesrz/rjspcamp.htm |archive-date=6 March 2010 |access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center"|4
|align="left"|1962, 1964, 1966, 1998
|-
! colspan="3" |State
|-
!Competitions
!Titles
!Seasons
|-
! style="text-align:center" |[[Campeonato Carioca]]
! style="text-align:center"|21
|align="left"|[[1907 Campeonato Carioca|1907]], [[1910 Campeonato Carioca|1910]], [[1912 Campeonato Carioca|1912]], 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, [[1935 Campeonato Carioca|1935]], [[1948 Campeonato Carioca|1948]], [[1957 Campeonato Carioca|1957]], [[1961 Campeonato Carioca|1961]], [[1962 Campeonato Carioca|1962]], [[1967 Campeonato Carioca|1967]], [[1968 Campeonato Carioca|1968]], [[1989 Campeonato Carioca|1989]], [[1990 Campeonato Carioca|1990]], [[1997 Campeonato Carioca|1997]], [[2006 Campeonato Carioca|2006]], [[2010 Campeonato Carioca|2010]], [[2013 Campeonato Carioca|2013]], [[2018 Campeonato Carioca|2018]]
|}

===Others tournaments===
====International====
* Brazil-Colombia Trophy (1): 1954
* Colombia International Tournament (1): 1960
* Costa Rica Triangular Tournament (1): 1961
* Mexico City International Tournament (2): 1962, 1968
* [[Tournoi de Paris]] (1): 1963
* La Paz Football Association Golden Jubilee Tournament (1): 1964
* Ibero-American Tournament (1): 1964
* Panamaribo Cup (1): 1964
* Sports Newspapers Circle Cup (1): 1966
* Carranza Cup of Buenos Aires (1): 1966
* Lima City Cup (1): 1967
* Caracas Triangular Trophy (3): 1967, 1968, 1970
* Geneva Tournament (1): 1984
* Bern Tournament (1): 1985
* Costa Rica Pentagonal Tournament (1): 1986
* [[:es:Trofeo Ciudad de Palma|Troféu Ciudad de Palma de Mallorca]] (1): 1988
* Vera Cruz Friendship Tournament (1): 1990
* Xerox Super Cup (1): 1991
* [[:pt:Torneio Internacional Triangular Eduardo Paes|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

====National and Inter-state====
* [[Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio – São Paulo|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
*[[Troféu Osmar Santos]] (2): 2023, 2024
*[[Troféu João Saldanha]] (1): 2024

====State====
* [[Taça Guanabara]] (8): 1967, 1968, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015
* [[Taça Rio]] (9): 1989, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2023, 2024
* Other [[Campeonato Carioca]] rounds (2): 1975, 1976
* [[Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal|Torneio Municipal]] (2): 1951, 1996
* [[:pt:Torneio Extra|Torneio Extra]] (1): 1958
* Campeonato da Capital do Rio de Janeiro [[Copa Rio (state cup)|Copa Rio]] stage (1): 1995
* [[Torneio Início Carioca|Torneio Início]] (8): 1916, 1924 {{small|(AMEA)}}, 1925, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1954, 1956, 1965

===Runners-up===
* [[Recopa Sudamericana]] (2): 1994, 2025
*[[2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup#Second round|Derby of the Americas]] (1): 2024
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]] (3): 1962, 1972, 1992
* [[Copa do Brasil]] (1): 1999
* [[Supercopa do Brasil]] (1): 2025
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B]] (1): 2003
* [[Torneio Rio–São Paulo]] (3): 1960, 1961, 2001
* [[Campeonato Carioca]] (21): 1908, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1975, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016

===Youth team===
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20]] (1): 2016
* [[Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores]] (1): 1999
* [[Copa Macaé de Juvenis]] (1): 1997

===Awards===
*[[:pt:Fita Azul (futebol)|Fita Azul]] (1): 1965

Fita Azul do Futebol Brasileiro (Brazilian Football Blue Ribbon) was an award given for the club which succeeds in an excursion out of the country.

==Players==
{{For|a list of all former and current Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Botafogo FR players}}

===Current squad===
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{{updated|17 September 2025.|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.botafogo.com.br/elenco/futebol|title=Elenco|trans-title=Squad|publisher=Botafogo FR|language=pt-BR|access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=[[Raul Steffens|Raul]]}}
{{fs player|no=2|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Vitinho (footballer, born July 1999)|Vitinho]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Uruguay|pos=DF|name=[[Mateo Ponte]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Cuiabano]]|other=<small>on loan from [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]</small>}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Artur (footballer, born 1998)|Artur]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Argentina|pos=MF|name=[[Álvaro Montoro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Spain|pos=FW|name=[[Chris Ramos]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Cádiz CF|Cádiz]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Venezuela|pos=MF|name=[[Jefferson Savarino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Matheus Martins]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Alex Telles]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Colombia|pos=MF|name=[[Jordan Barrera]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Angola|pos=DF|name=[[Bastos (footballer, born 1991)|Bastos]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Nathan Fernandes]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Marlon Freitas]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Argentina|pos=DF|name=[[Alexander Barboza]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Fernando Marçal|Marçal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=[[Neto (footballer, born 1989)|Neto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Uruguay|pos=MF|name=[[Santiago Rodríguez (footballer)|Santiago Rodríguez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=[[Léo Linck]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Allan (footballer, born 1991)|Allan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriel Bahia]]|other=on loan from [[Volta Redonda FC|Volta Redonda]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Newton Araújo da Costa Júnior|Newton]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Argentina|pos=FW|name=[[Joaquín Correa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Kaio Pantaleão|Kaio]]}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Danilo (footballer, born 2001)|Danilo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=39|nat=Uruguay|pos=FW|name=[[Gonzalo Mastriani]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Club Athletico Paranaense|Athletico Paranaense]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=Ecuador|pos=GK|name=[[Cristhian Loor]]}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Jeffinho]]}}
{{Fs player|no=57|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[David Ricardo (footballer)|David Ricardo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=98|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Arthur Cabral]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Botafogo B and Youth Academy===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Weliton]]|other=on loan from [[Esporte Clube Juventude|Juventude]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriel Pereira Justino|Gabriel Justino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriel da Silva Abdias|Gabriel Abdias]]|other=on loan from [[Ituano FC|Ituano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=Panama|pos=FW|name=[[José Kadir Barría Rose|Kadir Barría]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=[[Cristiano Araújo de Moraes Junior|Cristiano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=43|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Ryan do Couto Germano Silva|Ryan Couto]]|other=on loan from [[Azuriz Futebol Clube|Azuriz]]}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Caio Ribeiro do Valle Silva|Caio Valle]]}}
{{Fs player|no=46|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Lucyo José Freitas Candeia|Lucyo]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=53|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Kauã Oliveira Branco|Kauã Branco]]}}
{{Fs player|no=58|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Cauã Zappelini Joaquim|Cauã Zappelini]]}}
{{Fs player|no=59|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Kauan Almeida Toledo|Kauan Toledo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=64|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Marcos Felipe Vinagre Souza|Marquinhos]]}}
{{Fs player|no=76|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Kaique da Silva Júlio Pereira|Kaique Pereira]]}}
{{Fs player|no=78|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Lucas Camilo Azevedo da Silva|Lucas Camilo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Bernardo Valim]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Other players under contract===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Philipe Sampaio]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=GK|name=[[Igo Gabriel]]|other=to [[Figueirense FC|Figueirense]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Kauê Leonardo de Souza Prado|Kauê Leonardo]]|other=to [[Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE)|Ferroviário]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Kawan Thomaz Reis de Moraes|Kawan]]|other=to [[Clube do Remo|Remo]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Lucas Halter]]|other=to [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Vitor Marinho de Oliveira|Vitor Marinho]]|other=to [[Ypiranga Futebol Clube|Ypiranga-RS]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|pos=MF|name=[[Diego Hernández (Uruguayan footballer)|Diego Hernández]]|other=to [[Clube do Remo|Remo]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Felipe Vieira Fernandes Dias|Felipe Vieira]]|other=to [[Associação Desportiva Confiança|Confiança]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[JP Galvão]]|other=to [[Guarani FC|Guarani]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Victor Hugo Custódio de Melo Moura|Huguinho]]|other=to [[RWDM Brussels]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Kauan Lindes]]|other=to [[Athletic Club (MG)|Athletic-MG]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Luís Oyama]]|other=to [[Grêmio Novorizontino|Novorizontino]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Patrick de Paula]]|other=to [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Rhuan Lucas Gonçalves da Costa|Rhuan Lucas]]|other=to [[Boavista Sport Club|Boavista]] until 30 September 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[João Victor Vaz Lopes Pinto|Vitinho Lopes]]|other=to [[Volta Redonda FC|Volta Redonda]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Elias Manoel]]|other=to [[C.D. Santa Clara|Santa Clara]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Matheus Nascimento (footballer, born 2004)|Matheus Nascimento]]|other=to [[LA Galaxy]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Kayke Gouvêa Queiroz|Kayke]]|other=to [[Fortaleza Esporte Clube|Fortaleza]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Rwan Cruz]]|other=to [[Real Salt Lake]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|pos=FW|name=[[Valentín Adamo]]|other=to [[Boston River]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Yarlen]]|other=to [[C.D. Tondela|Tondela]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

== Club staff ==
{{see also|Category:Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas managers}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Position
! Staff
|-
| Head Coach 
| {{Flag icon|ARG}} [[Martín Anselmi]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | Assistant Coach 
| {{flagicon|COL}} Luís Piedrahita 
|-
| {{Flag icon|BRA}} [[Cláudio Caçapa]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo De Muner]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | Fitness Coach 
| {{Flag icon|BRA}} Ygor Vianna
|-
| {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Bottaioli
|-
| First-Team Goalkeeper Coach 
| {{Flag icon|BRA}} Marcelo Grimaldi 
|-
| Analysis and observation 
| {{Flag icon|BRA}} Léo Coelho
|}

==Records==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#000;"
| colspan="3" | <span style="color:white;">'''World Best Players'''</span>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fff;"
!#
!'''Name'''
!'''Year'''
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|1.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]
|[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|2.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Garrincha]]
|[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#000;"
| colspan="3" | <span style="color:white;">'''World Cup Champions'''</span>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fff;"
!#
!'''Name'''
!'''Year'''
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|1.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nílton Santos]]
|[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|2.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]
|[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|3.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Garrincha]]
|[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|4.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Amarildo (footballer, born 1939)|Amarildo]]
|[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|5.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Zagallo|Zagallo]]
|[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|6.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jairzinho]]
|[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|7.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Caju (footballer, born 1949)|Paulo Cezar Caju]]
|[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|8.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Miranda]]
|[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|}

[[File:Carvalho Leite.jpg|thumb|right|140px|[[Carvalho Leite]], one of the greatest players of the 1930s and the 2nd. topscorer in club history with 261 goals.]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#000;"
| colspan="5" | <span style="color:white;">'''Most appearances'''</span>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fff;"
!#
!'''Name'''
!'''Matches'''
!'''Goals'''
!'''Year'''
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|1.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nílton Santos]]
|723
|11
|1948–64
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|2.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Garrincha]]
|612
|243
|1953–65
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|3.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão|Jefferson]]
|459
|*
|2003–2005 and 2009–2018 
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|4.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Valtencir]]
|453
|6
|1967–76
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|5.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Quarentinha]]
|444
|306
|1954–64
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|6.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Manga (footballer, born 1937)|Manga]]
|442
|*
|1959–68
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|7.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Roberto de Carvalho|Carlos Roberto]]
|442
|15
|1967–76
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|8.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ifigênio de Freitas Bahiense|Geninho]]
|422
|115
|1940–54
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|9.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jairzinho]]
|413
|186
|1962–74, 1981
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|10.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sebastião Wágner de Souza e Silva|Wágner]]
|412
|*
|1993–02
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|11.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jorge Osmar Guarnelli|Osmar]]
|387
|4
|1970–79
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|12.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Juvenal Francisco Dias|Juvenal]]
|384
|12
|1946–57
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|13.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Gérson dos Santos]]
|371
|2
|1945–56
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|14.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Wilson Gottardo]]
|354
|13
|1987–90, 1994–96
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|15.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Miranda]]
|352
|154
|1962–73
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|16.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Américo Pampolini Filho|Pampolini]]
|347
|27
|1955–62
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|17.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mílton da Cunha Mendonça|Mendonça]]
|340
|116
|1975–82
|-
|
|* goalkeeper.
|}

[[File:Garrincha in Botafogo 2-0 Barcelona, 1964, Monumental de Núñez.jpg|thumb|right|280px|[[Garrincha]] playing for Botafogo in a 2–0 win against [[Futbol Club Barcelona|Barcelona]] in the 1964 Copa Iberoamericana at [[Buenos Aires]].]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#000;"
| COLSPAN="14" | <span style="color:white;">'''Most goals'''</span>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#fff;"
!#
!'''Name'''
!'''Goals'''
!'''Matches'''
!'''G/M'''
|
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|1.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Quarentinha]]
|306
|444
|0,68
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|2.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carvalho Leite]]
|261
|303
|0,86
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|3.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Garrincha]]
|243
|612
|0,39
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|4.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Heleno de Freitas]]
|209
|235
|0,88
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|5.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nilo Murtinho Braga|Nilo]]
|190
|201
|0,94
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|6.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jairzinho]]
|186
|413
|0,45
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|7.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Octávio Sérgio da Costa Moraes|Octávio Moraes]]
|171
|200
|0,85
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|8.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Túlio Maravilha]]
|159
|223
|0,71
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|9.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Miranda]]
|154
|352
|0,43
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|10.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Dino da Costa]]
|144
|176
|0,81
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|11.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Amarildo Tavares da Silveira|Amarildo]]
|136
|231
|0,58
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|12.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Valentim|Paulinho Valentim]]
|135
|206
|0,65
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|13.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nílson Severino Dias|Nílson Dias]]
|127
|301
|0,42
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|14.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mílton da Cunha Mendonça|Mendonça]]
|116
|340
|0,34
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|15.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ifigênio de Freitas Bahiense|Geninho]]
|115
|422
|0,27
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|16.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]
|114
|313
|0,36
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|17.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Zezinho (footballer, born June 1930)|Zezinho]]
|110
|174
|0,63
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|18.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paschoal de Gregório|Paschoal]]
|105
|158
|0,66
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#ccc;"
|19.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rodolpho Barteczko|Patesko]]
|102
|242
|0,42
|-  style="text-align:left; background:#fff;"
|20.
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Gérson]]
|96
|248
|0,39
|}

* <small>Note: numbers do not count matches played in [[Torneio Início Carioca|Torneio Início]].</small>
* <small>Source: RSSSF Brasil – Botafogo</small>

==Managers==
{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carvalho Leite]] (1941–42), (1942–43)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Martim Mércio da Silveira|Martim Silveira]] (1944), (1946)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Ondino Viera]] (1947)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Zezé Moreira]] (1 January 1948 – 31 December 1948)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carvalho Leite]] (1950–51), (1951–52)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sylvio Pirillo]] (1952)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Martim Mércio da Silveira|Martim Silveira]] (1952–53)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Zezé Moreira]] (1954–55), (1955–56)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[João Saldanha]] (1957–59)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Amaral]] (1959–61)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Danilo Alvim]] (1963)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Zagallo]] (1966–70)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulinho de Almeida]] (1971)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Amaral]] (1973)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Zagallo]] (1975)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Telê Santana]] (1976)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Amaral]] (1976)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Othon Valentim Filho|Othon]] (1976–78)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Zagallo]] (1978)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Othon Valentim Filho|Othon]] (1980)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulinho de Almeida]] (1981)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Zé Mário (footballer, born 1949)|Zé Mário]] (1 January 1982 – 30 June 1982)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Zagallo]] (1986–87)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jair Pereira (Brazilian footballer)|Jair Pereira]] (1987), (1996)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Zé Carlos (footballer, born 1945)|Zé Carlos]] (1987–88)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Valdir Espinosa]] (1989), (1990–91)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Othon Valentim Filho|Othon]] (1993)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Valdir Espinosa]] (1998–99)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mauro Fernandes]] (5 July 1999 – 12 August 1999)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Alberto Torres]] (16 August 1999 – 12 September 1999)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} Antônio Clemente (14 September 1999 – 30 November 1999)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Joel Santana]] (1 January 2000 – 7 September 2000)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} Antônio Clemente (8 September 2000 – 21 November 2000)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sebastião Lazaroni]] (27 November 2000 – 11 April 2001)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Dé Aranha]] (12 April 2001 – 12 May 2001)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Autuori]] (1 June 2001 – 13 October 2001)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Abel Braga]] (14 October 2001 – 8 July 2002)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Arthur Bernardes (football manager)|Arthur Bernardes]] (9 July 2002 – 22 August 2002)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Abel Braga]] (22 August 2002 – 22 September 2002)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ivo Wortmann]] (22 September 2002 – 9 November 2002)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Alberto Torres]] (9 November 2002 – 19 November 2002)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Levir Culpi]] (27 December 2002 – 25 April 2004)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mauro Galvão]] (19 May 2004 – 16 August 2004)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Bonamigo]] (17 August 2004 – 23 March 2005)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo César Gusmão]] (26 March 2005 – 30 June 2005)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Péricles Chamusca]] (1 July 2005 – 28 August 2005)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Celso Roth]] (30 August 2005 – 4 December 2005)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Roberto de Carvalho|Carlos Roberto]] (4 December 2005 – 21 May 2006)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cuca (footballer, born 1963)|Cuca]] (22 May 2006 – 27 September 2007)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Sérgio (footballer, born 1950)|Mário Sérgio]] (28 September 2007 – 6 October 2007)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cuca (footballer, born 1963)|Cuca]] (7 October 2007 – 29 May 2008)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Geninho]] (30 May 2008 – 11 June 2008)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ney Franco]] (11 July 2008 – 10 August 2009)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Estevam Soares]] (12 August 2009 – 25 January 2010)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Joel Santana]] (26 January 2010 – 22 March 2011)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Caio Júnior]] (23 March 2011 – 17 November 2011)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Oswaldo de Oliveira]] (2 January 2012 – 9 December 2013)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Eduardo Hungaro]] (2 January 2014 – 11 April 2014)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Vágner Mancini]] (15 April 2014 – 10 December 2014)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[René Simões]] (14 December 2014 – 15 July 2015)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ricardo Gomes]] (22 July 2015 – 12 August 2016)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jair Ventura]] (10 May 2016 – 18 December 2017)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Conceição]] (1 January 2018 – 28 February 2018)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Alberto Valentim]] (3 March 2018 – 19 June 2018)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marcos Paquetá]] (26 June 2018 – 2 August 2018)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Zé Ricardo]] (4 August 2018 – 12 April 2019)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Eduardo Barroca]] (15 April 2019 – 6 October 2019)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Alberto Valentim]] (14 October 2019 – 9 February 2020)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Paulo Autuori]] (13 February 2020 – 1 October 2020)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Bruno Lazaroni]] (1 October 2020 – 28 October 2020)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ramón Díaz]] (5 November 2020 – 27 November 2020)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Eduardo Barroca]] (27 November 2020 – 6 February 2021)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marcelo Chamusca]] (26 February 2021 – 13 July 2021)
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Enderson Moreira]] (20 July 2021 – 11 February 2022)
* {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Luís Castro (footballer, born 1961)|Luís Castro]] (25 March 2022 – 30 June 2023)
* {{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[Bruno Lage]] (8 July 2023 – October 2023)
* {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Fábio Matias]] (February 2024 – April 2024; ''interim'')
* {{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1972)|Artur Jorge]] (April 2024 – 3 January 2025)
* {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Leiria]] (3 January 2025 – 13 February 2025; ''interim'')
* {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cláudio Caçapa]] (13 February 2025 – 28 February 2025; ''interim'')
* {{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[Renato Paiva]] (28 February 2025 – 30 June 2025)
* {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cláudio Caçapa]] (30 June 2025 – 8 July 2025; ''interim'')
* {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Davide Ancelotti]] (8 July 2025 – 17 December 2025)
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=nb}}

==Other sports==
===Basketball===
{{Main|Botafogo Basketball}}

==See also==
* [[Botafogo FR (women)]]
* [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (basketball)]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.botafogo.com.br/}} {{in lang|pt}}
* [https://www.canalbotafogo.com/ Canal Botafogo] {{in lang|pt}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190626213312/http://www.vestiarioalvinegro.com.br/ Vestiario Alvinegro] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190616054348/http://www.maisbotafogo.com/ Grupo Mais Botafogo] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070116224017/http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Home/0%2C%2C4399%2C00.html Botafogo page at Globo] (archived)
* [http://soubotafogo.bfr.com.br SouBotafogo]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326011639/https://soubotafogo.bfr.com.br/ |date=26 March 2021 }}.

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