Botafogo Quiz
Free Botafogo quiz with explained answers — the 24-0 of 1909, the Lone Star merger, Garrincha and Didi, and the 2024 Libertadores and Série A double.
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Clarence Seedorf joined Botafogo in 2012 after ten years at which club?
WhySeedorf left AC Milan after a decade and signed a two-year deal with Botafogo on 30 June 2012. -
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When John Textor bought Botafogo in 2022, he already held a stake in which Premier League club?
WhyTextor held a Crystal Palace stake at the time and sold it in July 2025. -
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Botafogo Football Club and Club de Regatas Botafogo merged to form Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in which year?
WhyThe merger was completed on 8 December 1942, uniting the 1894 rowing club and the 1904 football club. -
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Botafogo won the 1993 Copa CONMEBOL by beating which club in the final?
WhyBoth legs against Peñarol were drawn (1-1 and 2-2), and Botafogo won the shoot-out 3-1 at the Maracanã. -
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Which Brazil 1970 World Cup-winning captain managed Botafogo to the 1993 Copa CONMEBOL?
WhyCarlos Alberto Torres was in charge for both legs of the 1993 final. -
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Which manager led Botafogo to the 1995 Série A title?
WhyPaulo Autuori returned to Botafogo in July 1995 and won the league before leaving for Benfica. -
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Botafogo hired Artur Jorge in April 2024 from which Portuguese club?
WhyBotafogo paid Braga €2 million for Artur Jorge, who then won the Libertadores and Série A double. -
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The training ground built on the site of Botafogo's demolished General Severiano stadium honours which former Botafogo coach?
WhyGeneral Severiano was demolished in 1977; CT João Saldanha, named after the coach of Botafogo's 1957 Carioca title, opened on the same site in 2004. -
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While a Botafogo player, Loco Abreu chipped a Panenka penalty to win a 2010 World Cup shoot-out against which country?
WhyAbreu's Panenka beat Ghana in the quarter-final and put Uruguay into their first semi-final in 40 years. -
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Who scored Botafogo's winner in their 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain at the 2025 Club World Cup?
WhyIgor Jesus scored in the 36th minute to beat the European champions in the group stage. -
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After Botafogo won the 1957 state championship, how did Didi keep the promise he had made?
WhyDidi walked about 9.4 km from the Maracanã to his home in Laranjeiras in his kit, joined by around 5,000 Botafogo fans. -
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Luís Castro left Botafogo in June 2023, with the team top of Série A, to join which club?
WhyCastro accepted an offer from Al Nassr, and Bruno Lage replaced him at Botafogo. -
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Which French club signed Jairzinho from Botafogo in 1974?
WhyJairzinho joined Marseille in October 1974 and scored on his debut in a 4-1 win over Monaco. -
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The 1942 Botafogo merger was prompted by the death of player Armando Albano during which kind of match between the two clubs?
WhyAlbano collapsed and died during a Carioca basketball championship game between the two Botafogo clubs; the rowing club conceded the game and the merger followed. -
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Garrincha's nickname, given to him by his sister, is the Portuguese name of which small bird?
WhyManuel Francisco dos Santos was small as a boy, so his sister called him Garrincha, meaning wren. -
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Botafogo led the 2023 Série A by 13 points after 19 games, then won 2 of their last 17. Which club took the title?
WhyThe collapse handed the title to a rival, and Botafogo dropped to fifth. -
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Botafogo finished bottom of the 2002 Série A. Which other big club was relegated with them?
WhyBotafogo, Portuguesa and Gama were three of the four clubs relegated from the 2002 Série A. -
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Botafogo playmaker Didi is credited with inventing a dipping free kick known by which Portuguese name?
WhyDidi's 'folha seca' (dry leaf) free kick swerved and dropped late, a technique later used by Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo. -
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Loco Abreu scored in a 2-1 win over which rival that clinched Botafogo's 2010 state championship?
WhyOn 18 April 2010 Abreu scored Botafogo's second against Flamengo, and goalkeeper Jefferson saved an Adriano penalty. -
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Where did the white Lone Star (Estrela Solitária) on Botafogo's crest come from at the 1942 merger?
WhyAfter the merger the football club's badge turned black and its BFC monogram was replaced by the Club de Regatas Botafogo's lone star. -
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Botafogo won the 1995 Série A after a two-legged final against which club?
WhyBotafogo won the first leg 2-1 and drew 1-1 with Santos in São Paulo to win their second national title. -
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Botafogo signed Thiago Almada in July 2024, in a record deal for Brazilian football, from which club?
WhyAlmada's move from Atlanta United broke the transfer record for both MLS and Brazilian football. -
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How many goals did Túlio Maravilha score to top the 1995 Série A scoring chart for champions Botafogo?
WhyTúlio scored 23 goals in the 1995 Série A, six more than Santos' Giovanni. -
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At which World Cup did Botafogo winger Garrincha win the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot while also lifting the trophy?
WhyWith Pelé injured in 1962, Garrincha carried Brazil and became the first player to win the Golden Ball, Golden Boot and World Cup at one tournament. -
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Which trophy did Clarence Seedorf win with Botafogo in 2013?
WhyBotafogo won both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio in 2013, so they took the Carioca title without a final. -
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Botafogo lost 3-0 in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup 'Derby of the Americas' to which club?
WhyPachuca beat Botafogo 3-0 in Doha on 11 December 2024, three days after Botafogo won the Série A. -
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In which stadium did Botafogo win the 2024 Copa Libertadores final?
WhyBotafogo beat Atlético Mineiro 3-1 at River Plate's Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 30 November 2024. -
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Botafogo became the first Carioca club to win the Brazilian championship with the 1968 Taça Brasil. Who did they beat in the final?
WhyBotafogo drew 2-2 with Fortaleza and then won 4-0 to take the 1968 Taça Brasil, after beating Cruzeiro in the semi-final. -
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Which Botafogo forward finished as top scorer of the 2024 Copa Libertadores with 10 goals?
WhyJúnior Santos sealed the 3-1 final win in the 97th minute, making it 10 goals in the competition. -
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Heleno de Freitas scored over 200 goals for Botafogo before leaving in 1948 for which club?
WhyHeleno never won a major title with Botafogo and left for Boca Juniors in 1948, the year Botafogo won the Carioca title. -
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What share of Botafogo's football company (SAF) did John Textor's Eagle Holdings buy in 2022?
WhyIn February 2022 Botafogo announced that Textor's Eagle Holdings had acquired 90% of the football SAF. -
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Botafogo reached the 1999 Copa do Brasil final but lost it to which club?
WhyJuventude won the first leg 2-1 and held Botafogo 0-0 at the Maracanã to win their first Copa do Brasil. -
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Botafogo's third relegation to Série B came after they finished last in which Série A season?
WhyBotafogo finished bottom in 2020, after earlier relegations in 2002 and 2014. -
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Which Botafogo midfielder was sent off inside the first minute of the 2024 Copa Libertadores final?
WhyGregore caught Fausto Vera's head with his studs after 29 seconds, but ten-man Botafogo still won 3-1. -
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Botafogo's 24-0 win in 1909, still the biggest score in Brazilian football, came against which club?
WhyBotafogo beat Sport Club Mangueira 24-0 in the 1909 Carioca Championship. -
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Before it was renamed after Nílton Santos, Botafogo's Engenhão stadium was officially named after whom?
WhyIt was the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange until the name changed to Nilton Santos in 2015, made official by the city in 2017. -
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Botafogo's home, the Engenhão, was built for which event?
WhyThe stadium was built from 2003 to 2007 and opened in time for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio. -
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Who managed Botafogo to the 2021 Série B title and promotion?
WhyAfter a middling start, Enderson Moreira's arrival sparked a run that ended with the 2021 Série B title. -
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Botafogo's one-club left-back Nílton Santos was known by which nickname?
WhyNílton Santos was called A Enciclopédia for his knowledge of the game and complete style of play. -
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Nílton Santos scored a famous solo goal from left-back at the 1958 World Cup against which country?
WhyAgainst Austria in 1958 he carried the ball from his own half and scored, ignoring coach Vicente Feola's pleas to retreat. -
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Botafogo signed winger Luiz Henrique in 2024, then a Brazilian record fee, from which club?
WhyLuiz Henrique arrived from Real Betis and was named man of the match in the 2024 Libertadores final.
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About Botafogo
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas is two clubs in one shirt. Club de Regatas Botafogo was founded as a rowing club on 1 July 1894; on 12 August 1904 a new club in the same Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood was founded as the Electro Club, soon renamed Botafogo Football Club, in black and white with a BFC monogram on the badge. The football club won the Campeonato Carioca in 1907, 1910 and 1912, and in 1909 beat Sport Club Mangueira 24-0. The merger came out of a tragedy. During a Carioca basketball championship game between the two Botafogos, the football club's Armando Albano collapsed and died; the rowing club's president, Augusto Frederico Schmidt, declared Albano's side the winners rather than play out the clock, and on 8 December 1942 the clubs became one. The badge turned black and the BFC monogram gave way to the rowing club's white Lone Star, the Estrela Solitária that gives O Glorioso, or Fogão, its most famous symbol.
The first great name of the merged club never won anything with it. Heleno de Freitas scored 204 goals in 233 matches and left for Boca Juniors in 1948, the year Botafogo won the Carioca title without him. The generation that followed made the club famous around the world. Manuel Francisco dos Santos was small as a boy, so his sister called him Garrincha, the Portuguese for wren; in 1962, with Pelé injured, the Botafogo winger carried Brazil to the World Cup and became the first player to win the Golden Ball, the Golden Boot and the trophy at one tournament. Nílton Santos, A Enciclopédia, played his whole professional career at Botafogo and in 1958 ran from his own half to score against Austria while Vicente Feola begged him to go back. Didi invented the folha seca, the dipping 'dry leaf' free kick, and after João Saldanha's side won the 1957 state title he kept a promise by walking about 9.4 km from the Maracanã to his home in Laranjeiras in his kit, with around 5,000 Botafogo fans walking alongside.
In 1968 Botafogo became the first Carioca club to be champions of Brazil, beating Cruzeiro in the Taça Brasil semi-final and Fortaleza 2-2 and 4-0 in the final. Jairzinho left for Marseille in October 1974 and scored on his debut against Monaco, and between 1977 and 1978 the club went 52 matches unbeaten. Their old ground at General Severiano was demolished in 1977; the CT João Saldanha training centre opened on the same site in 2004. Carlos Alberto Torres won the 1993 Copa CONMEBOL against Peñarol, 1-1 in Montevideo, 2-2 at the Maracanã and 3-1 on penalties. Paulo Autuori returned in July 1995 and won the Série A, Santos beaten 2-1 and held 1-1 in São Paulo, with Túlio Maravilha top scorer on 23 goals. Then the lows: the 1999 Copa do Brasil final lost to Juventude, bottom of Série A in 2002 alongside Palmeiras, Portuguesa and Gama, and further relegations in 2014 and 2020. In between came Loco Abreu, whose goal beat Flamengo 2-1 for the 2010 Carioca months before his Panenka knocked Ghana out of the World Cup, and Clarence Seedorf, who arrived from AC Milan in 2012 and won the 2013 Carioca without needing a final.
Enderson Moreira took Botafogo back up as 2021 Série B champions, and in February 2022 John Textor's Eagle Holdings, which already held a stake in Crystal Palace, bought 90% of the football company. The 2023 season became a byword for collapse: Luís Castro left for Al Nassr in June with the team top, the lead stood at 13 points after 19 games, and Botafogo won two of their last 17 to finish fifth as Palmeiras took the title. The answer was Artur Jorge, bought from Braga for €2 million in April 2024, and a squad strengthened by Luiz Henrique from Real Betis and a deal for Thiago Almada from Atlanta United. On 30 November 2024 at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Gregore was sent off inside the first minute and ten-man Botafogo still beat Atlético Mineiro 3-1, Júnior Santos finishing as the tournament's top scorer with 10 goals. Eight days later a 2-1 win over São Paulo sealed the Série A on 79 points, six clear of Palmeiras. Pachuca won 3-0 in Doha three days after that, but at the 2025 Club World Cup Igor Jesus beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0. Every answer here explains itself.
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Clarence Seedorf joined Botafogo in 2012 after ten years at which club?
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AC Milan. Seedorf left AC Milan after a decade and signed a two-year deal with Botafogo on 30 June 2012.
When John Textor bought Botafogo in 2022, he already held a stake in which Premier League club?
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Crystal Palace. Textor held a Crystal Palace stake at the time and sold it in July 2025.
Botafogo Football Club and Club de Regatas Botafogo merged to form Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in which year?
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1942. The merger was completed on 8 December 1942, uniting the 1894 rowing club and the 1904 football club.
Botafogo won the 1993 Copa CONMEBOL by beating which club in the final?
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Peñarol. Both legs against Peñarol were drawn (1-1 and 2-2), and Botafogo won the shoot-out 3-1 at the Maracanã.
Which Brazil 1970 World Cup-winning captain managed Botafogo to the 1993 Copa CONMEBOL?
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Carlos Alberto Torres. Carlos Alberto Torres was in charge for both legs of the 1993 final.
Which manager led Botafogo to the 1995 Série A title?
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Paulo Autuori. Paulo Autuori returned to Botafogo in July 1995 and won the league before leaving for Benfica.
Botafogo hired Artur Jorge in April 2024 from which Portuguese club?
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Braga. Botafogo paid Braga €2 million for Artur Jorge, who then won the Libertadores and Série A double.
The training ground built on the site of Botafogo's demolished General Severiano stadium honours which former Botafogo coach?
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João Saldanha. General Severiano was demolished in 1977; CT João Saldanha, named after the coach of Botafogo's 1957 Carioca title, opened on the same site in 2004.
While a Botafogo player, Loco Abreu chipped a Panenka penalty to win a 2010 World Cup shoot-out against which country?
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Ghana. Abreu's Panenka beat Ghana in the quarter-final and put Uruguay into their first semi-final in 40 years.
Who scored Botafogo's winner in their 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain at the 2025 Club World Cup?
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Igor Jesus. Igor Jesus scored in the 36th minute to beat the European champions in the group stage.
After Botafogo won the 1957 state championship, how did Didi keep the promise he had made?
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He walked home from the Maracanã in his kit. Didi walked about 9.4 km from the Maracanã to his home in Laranjeiras in his kit, joined by around 5,000 Botafogo fans.
Luís Castro left Botafogo in June 2023, with the team top of Série A, to join which club?
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Al Nassr. Castro accepted an offer from Al Nassr, and Bruno Lage replaced him at Botafogo.
Which French club signed Jairzinho from Botafogo in 1974?
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Marseille. Jairzinho joined Marseille in October 1974 and scored on his debut in a 4-1 win over Monaco.
The 1942 Botafogo merger was prompted by the death of player Armando Albano during which kind of match between the two clubs?
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A basketball match. Albano collapsed and died during a Carioca basketball championship game between the two Botafogo clubs; the rowing club conceded the game and the merger followed.
Garrincha's nickname, given to him by his sister, is the Portuguese name of which small bird?
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Wren. Manuel Francisco dos Santos was small as a boy, so his sister called him Garrincha, meaning wren.
Botafogo led the 2023 Série A by 13 points after 19 games, then won 2 of their last 17. Which club took the title?
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Palmeiras. The collapse handed the title to a rival, and Botafogo dropped to fifth.
Botafogo finished bottom of the 2002 Série A. Which other big club was relegated with them?
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Palmeiras. Botafogo, Portuguesa and Gama were three of the four clubs relegated from the 2002 Série A.
Botafogo playmaker Didi is credited with inventing a dipping free kick known by which Portuguese name?
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Folha seca. Didi's 'folha seca' (dry leaf) free kick swerved and dropped late, a technique later used by Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Loco Abreu scored in a 2-1 win over which rival that clinched Botafogo's 2010 state championship?
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Flamengo. On 18 April 2010 Abreu scored Botafogo's second against Flamengo, and goalkeeper Jefferson saved an Adriano penalty.
Where did the white Lone Star (Estrela Solitária) on Botafogo's crest come from at the 1942 merger?
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The rowing club's emblem. After the merger the football club's badge turned black and its BFC monogram was replaced by the Club de Regatas Botafogo's lone star.
Botafogo won the 1995 Série A after a two-legged final against which club?
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Santos. Botafogo won the first leg 2-1 and drew 1-1 with Santos in São Paulo to win their second national title.
Botafogo signed Thiago Almada in July 2024, in a record deal for Brazilian football, from which club?
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Atlanta United. Almada's move from Atlanta United broke the transfer record for both MLS and Brazilian football.
How many goals did Túlio Maravilha score to top the 1995 Série A scoring chart for champions Botafogo?
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23. Túlio scored 23 goals in the 1995 Série A, six more than Santos' Giovanni.
At which World Cup did Botafogo winger Garrincha win the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot while also lifting the trophy?
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1962 in Chile. With Pelé injured in 1962, Garrincha carried Brazil and became the first player to win the Golden Ball, Golden Boot and World Cup at one tournament.
Which trophy did Clarence Seedorf win with Botafogo in 2013?
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Campeonato Carioca. Botafogo won both the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio in 2013, so they took the Carioca title without a final.
Botafogo lost 3-0 in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup 'Derby of the Americas' to which club?
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Pachuca. Pachuca beat Botafogo 3-0 in Doha on 11 December 2024, three days after Botafogo won the Série A.
In which stadium did Botafogo win the 2024 Copa Libertadores final?
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Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires. Botafogo beat Atlético Mineiro 3-1 at River Plate's Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 30 November 2024.
Botafogo became the first Carioca club to win the Brazilian championship with the 1968 Taça Brasil. Who did they beat in the final?
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Fortaleza. Botafogo drew 2-2 with Fortaleza and then won 4-0 to take the 1968 Taça Brasil, after beating Cruzeiro in the semi-final.
Which Botafogo forward finished as top scorer of the 2024 Copa Libertadores with 10 goals?
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Júnior Santos. Júnior Santos sealed the 3-1 final win in the 97th minute, making it 10 goals in the competition.
Heleno de Freitas scored over 200 goals for Botafogo before leaving in 1948 for which club?
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Boca Juniors. Heleno never won a major title with Botafogo and left for Boca Juniors in 1948, the year Botafogo won the Carioca title.
What share of Botafogo's football company (SAF) did John Textor's Eagle Holdings buy in 2022?
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90%. In February 2022 Botafogo announced that Textor's Eagle Holdings had acquired 90% of the football SAF.
Botafogo reached the 1999 Copa do Brasil final but lost it to which club?
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Juventude. Juventude won the first leg 2-1 and held Botafogo 0-0 at the Maracanã to win their first Copa do Brasil.
Botafogo's third relegation to Série B came after they finished last in which Série A season?
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2020. Botafogo finished bottom in 2020, after earlier relegations in 2002 and 2014.
Which Botafogo midfielder was sent off inside the first minute of the 2024 Copa Libertadores final?
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Gregore. Gregore caught Fausto Vera's head with his studs after 29 seconds, but ten-man Botafogo still won 3-1.
Botafogo's 24-0 win in 1909, still the biggest score in Brazilian football, came against which club?
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Mangueira. Botafogo beat Sport Club Mangueira 24-0 in the 1909 Carioca Championship.
Before it was renamed after Nílton Santos, Botafogo's Engenhão stadium was officially named after whom?
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João Havelange. It was the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange until the name changed to Nilton Santos in 2015, made official by the city in 2017.
Botafogo's home, the Engenhão, was built for which event?
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2007 Pan American Games. The stadium was built from 2003 to 2007 and opened in time for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio.
Who managed Botafogo to the 2021 Série B title and promotion?
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Enderson Moreira. After a middling start, Enderson Moreira's arrival sparked a run that ended with the 2021 Série B title.
Botafogo's one-club left-back Nílton Santos was known by which nickname?
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The Encyclopedia. Nílton Santos was called A Enciclopédia for his knowledge of the game and complete style of play.
Nílton Santos scored a famous solo goal from left-back at the 1958 World Cup against which country?
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Austria. Against Austria in 1958 he carried the ball from his own half and scored, ignoring coach Vicente Feola's pleas to retreat.
Botafogo signed winger Luiz Henrique in 2024, then a Brazilian record fee, from which club?
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Real Betis. Luiz Henrique arrived from Real Betis and was named man of the match in the 2024 Libertadores final.
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