2024 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

The 2024 season is Botafogo's 120th in existence. They will play in the Série A and the Campeonato Carioca and the Copa Libertadores.

Botafogo
2024 season
ManagerTiago Nunes
(until 22 February)
Fábio Matias
(from 23 February to 10 April)
Artur Jorge
(from 3 April)
StadiumEstádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Série A1st
Campeonato Carioca5th
Copa do BrasilThird round
Copa LibertadoresGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Júnior Santos (13)
← 2023

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 1 February 2024[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 Victor Sá
8 MF   BRA Patrick de Paula
9 FW   BRA Tiquinho Soares
10 MF   VEN Jefferson Savarino
11 FW   BRA Júnior Santos
12 GK   BRA John
16 DF   BRA Hugo
17 MF   BRA Marlon Freitas
20 DF   ARG Alexander Barboza
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   BRA Marçal
23 DF   BRA Pablo (on loan from Flamengo)
28 MF   BRA Newton
32 MF   NCA Jacob Montes
33 MF   BRA Eduardo
39 FW   BRA Janderson
47 FW   BRA Jeffinho (on loan from Lyon)
52 GK   BRA Igo Gabriel
75 MF   BRA Raí
77 FW   URU Diego Hernández
90 FW   BRA Matheus Nascimento
DF   ANG Bastos
DF   ECU Luis Segovia
MF   BRA Kayque
99 FW   BRA Luiz Henrique

Botafogo B and Youth Academy edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   BRA Kauê
30 MF   BRA Bernardo Valim
31 GK   BRA João Fernando
38 DF   BRA Jefferson Maciel
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BRA Breno
FW   BRA Emerson Urso
FW   BRA Iago André
FW   BRA Sapata

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   BRA Daniel Borges (to América Mineiro until 31 December 2024)
DF   BRA Henrique Vermudt (to Ferroviário until 30 November 2024)
DF   BRA Philipe Sampaio (to RWD Molenbeek until 30 June 2024)
DF   BRA Vitor Marinho (to ABC until 30 November 2024)
MF   BRA JP Galvão (to Inter de Limeira until 8 April 2024)
MF   BRA Luís Oyama (to Juventude until 31 December 2024)
FW   BRA Carlos Alberto (to RWD Molenbeek until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   BRA Chay (to Guarani until 30 November 2024)
FW   BRA Gabriel (to Boavista until 30 April 2024)
FW   BRA Gustavo Sauer (to Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2024)
FW   BRA Rikelmi (to RWD Molenbeek until 30 June 2024)
FW   BRA Vinícius Lopes (to Santa Clara until 30 June 2024)
FW   PAR Matías Segovia (to RWD Molenbeek until 30 June 2024)
FW   URU Valentín Adamo (to Union Española until 31 December 2024)

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF   Jeffinho   Lyon Loan 5 January 2024 [2]
MF   Luiz Henrique   Real Betis €16,000,000 1 February 2024
DF   Damián Suárez Unattatched Free 9 February 2024 [3]

Out edit

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Série A 14 April 2024 December 2024 Matchday 1 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 075.00
Campeonato Carioca 17 January 2024 31 March 2024 Taça Guanabara Taça Rio 15 10 2 3 29 13 +16 066.67
Copa Libertadores 22 February 2024 7 3 2 2 14 8 +6 042.86
Copa do Brasil 2024 3rd Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Total 27 17 4 6 54 25 +29 062.96

Last updated: 2 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Série A edit

League table edit

Campeonato Carioca edit

Taça Guanabara edit

17 January 2024 1 Botafogo 1–0 Madureira Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC−3
  • Jeffinho   39'
Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Referee: Alexandre Vargas Tavares de Jesus
20 January 2024 2 Botafogo 2–0 Bangu Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3
Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Referee: Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz
24 January 2024 3 Boavista 1–0 Botafogo Saquarema
21:30 UTC−3 Stadium: Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça
Referee: Alex Gomes
27 January 2024 4 Botafogo 2–0 Sampaio Corrêa Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3
Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Referee: Lucas Coelho Santos
30 January 2024 5 Botafogo 1–1 Portuguesa RJ Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3 Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Referee: Bruno Mota Correia
3 February 2024 6 Botafogo 2–2 Nova Iguaçu Gama
16:00 UTC−3
Stadium: Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra
Referee: Alexandre Vargas Tavares de Jesus
7 February 2024 7 Flamengo 1–0 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3
Stadium: Maracanã
Referee: Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz
3 March 2024 11 Fluminense 2–4 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3
Stadium: Maracanã
Referee: Felipe da Silva Gonçalves

Copa Libertadores edit

Second stage edit

21 February 2024 First leg Aurora   1–1   Botafogo Cochabamba, Bolivia
20:30 UTC−4
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
Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Third stage edit

6 March 2024 First leg Botafogo   2–1   Red Bull Bragantino Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Attendance: 33,433[4]
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
13 March 2024 Second leg Red Bull Bragantino   1–1
(3–2 agg.)
Botafogo   Bragança Paulista
21:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid
Attendance: 8,300[5]
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

References edit

  1. ^ "Elenco" [Squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Botafogo - de volta para casa".
  3. ^ "Botafogo confirma a contratação do lateral Damián Suárez, ex-Getafe". 3 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Botafogo 2-1 Red Bull Bragantino (6 de mar, 2024) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Botafogo 1-1 Red Bull Bragantino (13 de mar, 2024) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 15 March 2024.