Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
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| Full name | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas |
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| Nickname(s) |
Fogão (The Great Fire) A Estrela Solitária (The Lone Star) O Glorioso (The Glorious One) |
| Founded | July 1, 1894, as a rowing club August 12, 1904, as a football club |
| Stadium | Estádio Olímpico João Havelange |
| Capacity | 46,831 |
| President | Carlos Eduardo Pereira |
| Head coach | Jair Ventura |
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
| 2016 | Série A, 5th (classified to Libertadores) |
| Website | Club home page |
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɔtaˈfoɡu dʒi futʃiˈbɔw i ʁeˈɡataʃ]; Botafogo Football and Regatta), also known as Botafogo and familiarly as A Estrela Solitária (The Lone Star), is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, 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 Carioca, the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league and the Brasileirão Série A. It was appointed by FIFA to the group of the biggest clubs in the twentieth century.
In addition, the club has some of the top records of Brazilian football, as the largest number of unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978; the matches unbeaten record in the Brazilian Championship games: 42, also between 1977 and 1978; the largest number of players participations in total matches of the Brazil national football team (considering official and unofficial games): 1,094 participations and the largest number of players assigned to the Brazilian national team for World Cup. The club is still responsible for the greatest victory ever recorded in Brazilian football: 24-0 against Sport Club Mangueira in 1909.
On July 1, 1894, Club de Regatas Botafogo was founded.
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 become one of the strongest football teams in Rio de Janeiro, winning the championships of 1907, 1910, 1912 and more.
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