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Botafogo

2024 season
President	Durcesio Mello
Manager	Tiago Nunes (until 22 February) Fábio Matias (interim, from 23 February to 3 April) Artur Jorge (from 5 April)
Stadium	Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (main) Maracanã
Série A	1st
Campeonato Carioca	Taça Guanabara 5th Taça Rio Winners
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Copa Libertadores	Winners
FIFA Intercontinental Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jefferson Savarino (8) All: Júnior Santos (20)
Highest home attendance	64,727 vs Criciúma
Average home league attendance	27,412
Biggest win	Botafogo 6–0 Aurora
Biggest defeat	Botafogo 0–3 Cruzeiro
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2024 season was Botafogo's 120th in existence and the third consecutive year in the top flight. They played in the Série A, the Campeonato Carioca, the Copa Libertadores and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  PAR Gatito Fernández (vice-captain) 2 DF  BRA Rafael 3 DF  BRA Lucas Halter 4 DF  URU Mateo Ponte 5 MF  BRA Danilo Barbosa 6 MF  BRA Tchê Tchê (captain) 7 FW  BRA Luiz Henrique 9 FW  BRA Tiquinho Soares 10 FW  VEN Jefferson Savarino 11 FW  BRA Júnior Santos 12 GK  BRA John 13 DF  BRA Alex Telles 15 DF  ANG Bastos 16 DF  BRA Hugo 17 MF  BRA Marlon Freitas 20 DF  ARG Alexander Barboza 21 DF  BRA Marçal 22 DF  BRA Vitinho 23 MF  ARG Thiago Almada

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  BRA Kauê 26 MF  BRA Gregore 27 FW  BRA Carlos Alberto 28 MF  BRA Allan 30 GK  BRA Lucas Barreto 33 MF  BRA Eduardo 34 DF  BRA Adryelson (on loan from Lyon) 37 FW  BRA Matheus Martins 38 DF  BRA Jefferson Maciel 47 FW  BRA Jeffinho (on loan from Lyon) 66 DF  BRA Cuiabano 67 FW  BRA Yarlen 70 MF  PAR Óscar Romero 79 FW  BRA Fabiano 90 FW  BRA Matheus Nascimento 91 DF  BRA Pablo (on loan from Flamengo) 97 GK  BRA Raul 99 FW  BRA Igor Jesus

Botafogo B and Youth Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 48 MF  BRA Rhuan 49 FW  BRA Sapata 63 DF  BRA Serafim 72 DF  BRA Luís Octávio 76 DF  BRA Devid

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  USA Esteban Espinosa — MF  BRA Bernardo Valim — MF  BRA JP Galvão — FW  TRI Darius Lewis

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Igo Gabriel (to Confiança until 30 November 2024) — GK  BRA João Fernando (to São Bento until 31 October 2024) — DF  BRA Daniel Borges (to América Mineiro until 31 December 2024) — DF  BRA Henrique Vermudt (to Ferroviário until 30 November 2024) — DF  BRA Kawan (to Estrela da Amadora until 30 June 2025) — DF  ECU Luis Segovia (to CRB until 30 November 2024) — DF  BRA Philipe Sampaio (to Atlético Goianiense until 31 December 2024) — DF  BRA Vitor Marinho (to ABC until 30 November 2024) — MF  BRA Breno (to São Bernardo until 30 November 2024) — MF  URU Diego Hernández (to León until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Luís Oyama (to Juventude until 31 December 2024) — MF  BRA Newton (to Criciúma until 31 December 2024) — MF  BRA Patrick de Paula (at Criciúma until 31 December 2024) — MF  BRA Raí (to CRB until 30 November 2024) — FW  BRA Chay (to CRB until 30 November 2024) — FW  BRA Emerson Urso (to Vila Nova until 30 November 2024) — FW  BRA Gustavo Sauer (to Cuiabá until 31 December 2024) — FW  PAR Matías Segovia (to Al-Ain until 30 June 2025) — FW  URU Valentín Adamo (to Union Española until 31 December 2024)

Kits

Home

Alt. Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Home (R1-4)

Away (R1-21)

Third (R1-24)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Carlos Alberto	América Mineiro	R$5 million	1 January 2024
MF	Jeffinho	Lyon	Loan	5 January 2024
DF	Alexander Barboza	Libertad	Free	8 January 2024
MF	Jefferson Savarino	Real Salt Lake	$2,700,000	11 January 2024
MF	Luiz Henrique	Real Betis	€16,000,000	1 February 2024
MF	Matías Segovia	RWD Molenbeek	Loan	1 February 2024
DF	Damián Suárez	Unattatched	Free	9 February 2024
MF	Gregore	Inter Miami	€2,500,000	19 February 2024
MF	Óscar Romero	Unattached	Free	18 March 2024
GK	João Fernando	Boavista	Loan return	16 April 2024
DF	Cuiabano	Grêmio	€1,400,000	19 April 2024
GK	Gabriel Toebe Studt	Avenida	Loan return	1 May 2024
FW	Carlos Alberto	RWD Molenbeek	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Matías Segovia	RWD Molenbeek	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Allan	Al Wahda	Free	10 July 2024
FW	Igor Jesus	Shabab Al Ahli	Free	10 July 2024
MF	Thiago Almada	Atlanta United FC	$21,000,000	10 July 2024
MF	Matheus Martins	Udinese	€10,000,000	30 July 2024
MF	Mohamed El Arouch	Lyon	Undisclosed	21 August 2024
DF	Vitinho	Burnley	Undisclosed	30 August 2024
DF	Adryelson	Lyon	Loan	2 September 2024
DF	Alex Telles	Unattached	Free	3 September 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Diego Costa	Grêmio	End of contract	1 January 2024
GK	João Fernando	Boavista	Loan	1 January 2024
GK	Gabriel Toebe Studt	Avenida	Loan	1 January 2024
FW	Carlos Alberto	RWD Molenbeek	Loan	10 January 2024
MF	Matías Segovia	Al Ain	Loan	27 July 2024
MF	Diego Hernández	Club León	Loan	29 July 2024
MF	Jacob Montes	RWD Molenbeek	Free	30 July 2024
MF	Patrick de Paula	Criciúma	Loan	22 August 2024
DF	Jefferson Maciel	Portimonense	Undisclosed	24 August 2024
DF	Luis Segovia	CRB	Loan	29 August 2024
DF	Damián Suárez	Peñarol	Contract termination	2 September 2024
MF	Mohamed El Arouch		Released	20 September 2024

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Série A

League table

1. Botafogo and Flamengo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2024 Copa Libertadores and the 2024 Copa do Brasil, respectively.

Results summary

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Matches

The match schedule was released on 29 February.

Campeonato Carioca

Taça Guanabara

Taca Rio

Semi-finals

Final

Copa do Brasil

Third round

Round of 16

Copa Libertadores

Second stage

21 February 2024 First leg	Aurora	1–1	Botafogo	Cochabamba, Bolivia
20:30 UTC−4	Torrico 90+6'		Tiquinho Soares 22' Júnior Santos 27'	Stadium: Estadio Félix Capriles Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

28 February 2024 Second leg	Botafogo	6–0 (7–1 agg.)	Aurora	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Júnior Santos 3', 52', 69', 81' Tiquinho Soares 15' Savarino 45+2'			Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 21,917 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Third stage

6 March 2024 First leg	Botafogo	2–1	Red Bull Bragantino	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Júnior Santos 44', 73'	Report	Juninho Capixaba 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 33,433 Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

13 March 2024 Second leg	Red Bull Bragantino	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Botafogo	Bragança Paulista
21:30 UTC−3	Talisson 86'	Report	Júnior Santos 76'	Stadium: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Group stage

The draw was held on 18 March 2024.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUN	BOT	LDQ	UNI
1	Junior	6	2	4	0	7	4	+3	10	Advance to round of 16		—	0–0	1–1	1–1
2	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			1–3	—	2–1	3–1
3	LDU Quito	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana		0–1	1–0	—	2–0
4	Universitario	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5			1–1	0–1	2–1	—

3 April 2024 1	Botafogo	1–3	Junior	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC−3	Hugo 43'	Report	Bacca 13' (pen.), 41' Fuentes 28'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 39,039 Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

11 April 2024 2	LDU Quito	1–0	Botafogo	Quito, Ecuador
17:00 UTC−5	Alzugaray 4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 16,008 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

24 April 2024 3	Botafogo	3–1	Universitario	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC−3	Carlos Eduardo 47', 90+2' Luiz Henrique 57'	Report	Olivares 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

8 May 2024 4	Botafogo	2–1	LDU Quito	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Hugo 31' Júnior Santos 69'	Report	Estrada 45+1'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 26,464 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

16 May 2024 5	Universitario	0–1	Botafogo	Lima, Peru
21:00 UTC−5			Jeffinho 77'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 53,242 Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

28 May 2024 6	Junior	0–0	Botafogo	Barranquilla, Colombia
17:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Attendance: 16,189 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Final stages

Round of 16

14 August 2024 First leg	Botafogo	2–1	Palmeiras	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Luiz Henrique 22' Igor Jesus 39',  49' Cuiabano  64' Tiquinho Soares  90'		López  29' Maurício 33' Veiga  37' Estêvão Willian  90'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 38,848 Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

21 August 2024 Second leg	Palmeiras	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Botafogo	São Paulo
21:30 UTC−3	Ríos  35' López 86' Rony 90'		Barboza  35' Gregore  45+3' Igor Jesus 56' Savarino 64' John  81' Ponte  89' Tchê Tchê  90+10'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 40,269 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

18 September 2024 First leg	Botafogo	0–0	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Luiz Henrique  30' Bastos  72'		Rafinha  82' Arboleda  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 40,089 Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

25 September 2024 Second leg	São Paulo	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (4–5 p)	Botafogo	São Paulo
21:30 UTC−3	Moura 45+5' Bobadilla  53' Nestor  79' Calleri 87' Rafinha  90+2'  90+2' Igor Vinícius  90+7'		Almada 15' Barboza  45+2' John  49' Fernández  90+2' Marçal  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 61,329 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Calleri Luiz Gustavo Moura Igor Vinícius Luciano Nestor		Tchê Tchê Danilo Marçal Vitinho Almada Matheus Martins

Semi-finals

23 October 2024 First leg	Botafogo	5–0	Peñarol	Rio de Janeiro
21:45 UTC−3	Luiz Henrique  13', 73' Igor Jesus  36', 79' Savarino 51', 59' Barboza 55' Gregore  61'		Pérez Casada  36'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 42,982 Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Note: The start of the match was pushed back by 15 minutes because the Peñarol team arrived at the stadium late.

30 October 2024 Second leg	Peñarol	3–1 (3–6 agg.)	Botafogo	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:30 UTC−3	Báez 31', 66' Aguerre  45+5' Sosa  86' Batista 89'		Bastos  28' Matheus Martins  45+4' Vitinho  49' Ponte  69'  69' Almada  71', 88'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 33,034 Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Note: The match was moved from the Estadio Campeón del Siglo due to safety concerns.

Final

30 November 2024 Final	Atlético Mineiro	1–3	Botafogo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00 UTC−3	Battaglia  30' Lyanco  45+1' Vera  45+2' Vargas 47' Hulk  90+2'		Gregore  2' Luiz Henrique 35' Telles 44' (pen.),  45+3' Almada  79' Vitinho  90+4' Júnior Santos 90+7',  90+9'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 69,803 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

FIFA Intercontinental Cup

Second round

FIFA Derby of the Americas

11 December 2024 Second round	Botafogo	0–3	Pachuca	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3		Report	Idrissi 50' Deossa 66' Rondón 80'	Stadium: Stadium 974 Attendance: 12,257 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 8 December 2024

Position	Players	Série A	Campeonato Carioca	Copa do Brasil	Copa Libertadores	Total
FW	Júnior Santos	4	5	1	10	20
MF	Jefferson Savarino	8	2	0	4	14
FW	Luiz Henrique	7	0	1	4	12
MF	Tiquinho Soares	5	3	0	1	9
MF	Carlos Eduardo	2	3	1	2	8
FW	Igor Jesus	5	0	0	3	8
FW	Jeffinho	1	3	0	1	5
DF	Bastos	3	1	0	0	4
DF	Cuiabano	4	0	0	0	4
MF	Thiago Almada	1	0	0	2	3
MF	Danilo Barbosa	3	0	0	0	3
MF	Gregore	3	0	0	0	3
DF	Mateo Ponte	3	0	0	0	3
MF	Carlos Alberto	1	0	1	0	2
DF	Hugo	0	0	0	2	2
MF	Kauê	1	1	0	0	2
MF	Marlon Freitas	0	2	0	0	2
MF	Matheus Martins	2	0	0	0	2
DF	Lucas Halter	1	1	0	0	2
FW	Yarlen	0	2	0	0	2
DF	Adryelson	1	0	0	0	1
DF	Alexander Barboza	0	0	0	1	1
FW	Emerson Urso	0	1	0	0	1
FW	Diego Hernández	0	1	0	0	1
FW	Janderson	0	1	0	0	1
DF	Fernando Marçal	0	1	0	0	1
MF	Jacob Montes	1	0	0	0	1
MF	Raí	0	1	0	0	1
FW	Óscar Romero	1	0	0	0	1
FW	Sapata	0	1	0	0	1
DF	Alex Telles	0	0	0	1	1
MF	Tchê Tchê	0	1	0	0	1

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