2024 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

Botafogo
2024 season
Manager	Tiago Nunes; (until 22 February); Fábio Matias; (from 23 February to 10 April); Artur Jorge; (from 3 April)
Stadium	Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Série A	1st
Campeonato Carioca	5th
Copa do Brasil	Third round
Copa Libertadores	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Júnior Santos (13)
	← 2023

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

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]
MF	Óscar Romero	Unattached	Free	18 March 2024	^[4]
GK	João Fernando	Boavista	Loan return	16 April 2024
DF	Cuiabano	Grêmio	€1,400,000	19 April 2024	^[5]
GK	Gabriel Toebe Studt	Avenida	Loan return	1 May 2024

Out edit

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	João Fernando	Boavista	Loan	1 January 2024
GK	Gabriel Toebe Studt	Avenida	Loan	1 January 2024

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	14 April 2024	December 2024	Matchday 1		6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	050.00
Campeonato Carioca	17 January 2024	31 March 2024	Taça Guanabara	Taça Rio	15	10	2	3	29	13	+16	066.67
Copa do Brasil	2 May 2024		Third round		1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Copa Libertadores	22 February 2024				8	4	2	2	16	9	+7	050.00
Total					30	18	5	7	58	29	+29	060.00

Last updated: 13 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Série A edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Bahia	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
3	Flamengo	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
4	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
5	São Paulo	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Cruzeiro	5	3	1	1	8	7	+1	10	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2024. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.^[6]

Results by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	L	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

14 April 2024 1	Cruzeiro	3–2	Botafogo	Belo Horizonte
17:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Mineirão Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan

18 April 2024 2	Botafogo	1–0	Atlético Goianiense	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Referee: Luiz Flavio de Oliveira

21 April 2024 3	Botafogo	5–1	Juventude	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Referee: Arthur Gomes Rabelo

28 April 2024 4	Flamengo	0–2	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
11:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Maracanã Referee: Raphael Claus

5 May 2024 5	Botafogo	1–2	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC−5	Jeffinho 63'		Everaldo 45+3' (pen.) Ratão 86'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 22,685 Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein

12 May 2024 6	Fortaleza	1–1	Botafogo	Fortaleza
16:00 UTC−5	Pochettino 10'		Danilo 41'	Stadium: Castelão Referee: Wilton Sampaio

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	Júnior Santos 3' Jeffinho 90+7'			Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Referee: Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz

24 January 2024 3	Boavista	1–0	Botafogo	Saquarema
21:30 UTC−3	Leonardo Sheldon Martins 35'			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	Júnior Santos 55' Jeffinho 90+6'			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	Tiquinho Soares 21'		Anderson Indalêncio da Rosa 55'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Referee: Bruno Mota Correia

3 February 2024 6	Botafogo	2–2	Nova Iguaçu	Gama
16:00 UTC−3	Halter 46' Carlos Eduardo 67' (pen.)		Carlinhos 69', 89'	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	Léo Pereira 90+9'			Stadium: Maracanã Referee: Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz

3 March 2024 11	Fluminense	2–4	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3	Lelê 26' John Kennedy 86' (pen.) André 88'		Marlon Freitas 3', 90' (pen.) Raí 15' Emerson Lima Freitas 90+13'	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	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' Jefferson Savarino 45+2'			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	Júnior Santos 44', 73'	Report	Juninho Capixaba 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico 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 edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUN	BOT	UNI	LDQ
1	Junior (X)	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	9	Advance to round of 16	—	28 May	1–1	1–1
2	Botafogo	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6	Advance to round of 16	1–3	—	3–1	2–1
3	Universitario	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana	1–1	16 May	—	2–1
4	LDU Quito	5	1	1	3	4	6	−2	4		0–1	1–0	28 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.
(X) Assured of at least Copa Sudamericana knockout round play-offs

3 April 2024 (2024-04-03) 1	Botafogo	1–3	Junior	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC−3	Hugo 43'	Report	Bacca 13' (pen.), 41' Fuentes 28'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 39,039 Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) 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 (2024-04-24) 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 Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

8 May 2024 (2024-05-08) 4	Botafogo	2–1	LDU Quito	Rio de Janeiro
21:30 UTC−3	Hugo 31' Júnior Santos 69'	Report	Estrada 45+1'	Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 26,464 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

16 May 2024 (2024-05-16) 5	Universitario	v	Botafogo	Lima, Peru
21:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Monumental Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) 6	Junior	v	Botafogo	Barranquilla, Colombia
17:00 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez

References edit

^ "Elenco" [Squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Botafogo - de volta para casa".
^ "Botafogo confirma a contratação do lateral Damián Suárez, ex-Getafe". 3 March 2024.
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^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2024" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 16 March 2024.

[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.

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[6] "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2024" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 16 March 2024.

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2024 season
Manager	Tiago Nunes (until 22 February) Fábio Matias (from 23 February to 10 April) Artur Jorge (from 3 April)
Stadium	Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Série A	1st
Campeonato Carioca	5th
Copa do Brasil	Third round
Copa Libertadores	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: All: Júnior Santos (13)
← 2023