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Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP or Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto is a Brazilian association football club in
Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: Help:IPA/Portuguese, ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a city and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-la ...
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. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top tier of the São Paulo state football league. The club's home colours are red, white and black and the team mascot is a panther.  


History

In the beginning of the century, the city of
Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: Help:IPA/Portuguese, ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a city and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-la ...
had at least three clubs: União, Paulistano Tiberense and Ideal Futebol Clube. In 1918, representatives of Ideal, proposed a merger of the clubs in the neighborhood. Besides the members of the boards of the three clubs, employees from the old Mogiana Railroad, and employees from the Antarctica Paulista Company participated in the meeting. There was a consensus regarding the formation of a new club that would represent the neighborhood, but the choice of the name did not reach a conclusion. After a heated discussion, one member was quoted as saying: "Either you define the name or just 'put fire' (Bota Fogo) in everything and end this story ..." Because of what that member said, the club's name discussion had an unexpected conclusion. The threat of the incendiary leader ended up helping in the choice of name. The proposal was accepted, and in 1918 the club was named Botafogo Futebol Clube (contrary to popular belief, Botafogo of Ribeirão Preto was not inspired by Botafogo Football Club of Rio de Janeiro, defunct in 1942). Botafogo's debut was in Franca, against local club Esporte Clube Fulgêncio. The match ended 1–0 in favor of the team from Ribeirão Preto. The first title of Botafogo was the São Paulo State Countryside Championship in 1927. In 1956, the club won the Ribeirão Preto Centennial Cup, beating
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in the final 4–2. Botafogo also won the Undefeated Cup after a series of 19 games unbeaten. In the same year, the team was also champion of the Second Division of the São Paulo State Championship. In the year 1977, Botafogo won the São Paulo City Cup (first stage of the São Paulo State Championship), playing the final against
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, and beating the opponent team after normal time and overtime. The game ended 0-0 giving the title to Botafogo, as the club have done better a campaign in the competition. In the 1990s, the club was runners-up twice, thus being promoted twice in the national league pyramid: the Série C in
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, and Série B in
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. In the following year, Botafogo was relegated and in 2000 competed in the Copa João Havelange, in the Yellow Module (equivalent to the Série B). In 2001, Botafogo was São Paulo State Championship's runners-up, an extraordinary achievement for a countryside club, playing in one of the most competitive leagues in the football world. In 2002,it was relegated again, this time to the Série C. Botafogo was relegated to the São Paulo State Championship Série A3 in 2005 because of problems fielding a player without registration with the Federação Paulista de Futebol, the famous "tapetão." In the following year, they won access to the São Paulo State Championship Série A2 after winning the Série A3. In the
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edition, Botafogo finished 1st in Group B and achieved promotion to
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after defeating Botafogo-PB in the penalty shootout at the quarter-finals. They lost to
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in the next round, as all the semifinalist were already promoted.


Current squad


Youth team


Out on loan


Stadium

One of the biggest stadiums on the State of São Paulo and one of the most modern on the countryside, Estádio Santa Cruz was inaugurated in
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, with a maximum capacity of 29.292 people. On the year of 2019 the Stadium went on modernization and today an sector of the stadium is called Arena Nicnet Eurobike with the capacity to hold 15.000 people, the modernization also made the stadium suitable for many music concerts from bands from all around the globe such as Kiss, Iron Maiden, Guns'n Roses and more.


Rival

Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto's greatest rival is Comercial, which is also a Ribeirão Preto club. The derby between the two clubs is known as Come-Fogo.


Supporters

* Botafogo is the most supported club in its region, with about three million inhabitants, and a proven 68% (survey conducted by Sports Brunoro in 1998). It has the third largest private stadium in Brazil, "Santa Cruz", and the thirty-seventh in the world with a capacity of 50,000 people. * The club was the inspiration for the founding of the Botafogo of Cordinhã, Portugal in 1971. Besides adopting the name, the Portuguese club has a similar logo as Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto's and sport club Paulistinha city São Carlos, Brazil. * The fan club, Fiel Força Tricolor (or FFT), founded in 1992, has one of the largest flags in Brazil, and the eighth largest in the world, measuring 135x33 meters, 90% painted. In 2008, the FFT participated in the carnival parade as a block of Ribeirão Preto, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of Botafogo. The current president of the FFT is Andrew Trinity fans. * In 2009, there is more of a fan club Botafogo FC Called Youth Force, the new group of fans will be present at all club games. Founded by former president of Tri Márcio True Terror Force, the Youth Force comes as a further incentive to the club, always striving for peace in stages.


Mascot

The panther has as main features the strength and flexibility in the animal world. In the football field, Botafogo won the nickname "Pantera da Mogiana (Mogiana's Panther)" after beating clubs from that region of São Paulo state. They won the Campeonato do Interior in 1927, making justice to the club's nickname.


Honours


Official tournaments


Others tournaments


International

*Argentina International Tournament (4): 1962, 1969, 1971, 1972 *Pentagonal of Guatemala (1): 1966 *Argentina's Sesquicentennial (1): 1972 *Damian Castillo Duran Cup (1): 1982 *Argentine Sports League (1): 1984 *Carmencita Granados Tournament (1): 1984


State

* Campeonato Paulista do Interior (1): 2010 *Torneio Vicente Feola (1): 1976 * Torneio Início (1): 1957


City

*Taça Sudan (1): 1933 *Taça Ribanco (1): 1969 *Taça Ribeirão Preto (1): 1974 *Taça Centenária Ribeirão Preto (1): 1956 *Troféu Jornalista Renê Andrade (1): 2014


Runners-up

*
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...
(1): 1998 *
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, commonly known as the Série C or the Brazilian Série C to distinguish it from the Italian Serie C, is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. Unlike the first and second divisions, the Sér ...
(1): 1996 *
Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...
(1): 2001 *
Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...
(2): 2014, 2021 *
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). Clubs 2025 Série A2 List of champions There a ...
(3): 1928, 1950, 1955


CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) Ranking

* Position: 37th * Points: 554 points ''(Ranking created by the
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, it awards points to clubs that participate in national competitions).''


Presidents


References


External links

*
The Come-Fogo derby
. {{Campeonato Paulista Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) Football clubs in São Paulo (state) Association football clubs established in 1918 1918 establishments in Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro Série D winners