Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas is a Brazilian multimodality sportive association from Rio de Janeiro. Its football team, placed 12th in FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century. The club symbol is the lone star, represented on its badge. Botafogo means (he who) sets fire and is also the name of the neighbourhood where the club has its origins (Botafogo Beach). It is nicknamed "Fogo", "Bota" (breakdowns of the club's name), "Fogão" (augmentative of "Fogo", largely used), "Alvinegro" (White-black), "O clube da Estrela Solitária" (The Lone Star club, reference to the club's major symbol), and "O Glorioso" (The Glorious, nickname given after 1910's astonishing campaign)

Botafogo FR is one of the biggest clubs in Brazil and one of the four major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro along with Flamengo, Fluminense (most ancient rivalry in Brazil: October 22, 1905), and Vasco.

After winning the Rio de Janeiro Championship in 1989, 1990, and 1997, the international Copa Conmebol (now called Copa Sudamericana) in 1993, and the Brazilian League in 1995, Botafogo would be relegated to the Second Division after ranking last in the Brazilian League of 2002. In 2003, Botafogo ranked second in Brazil's Second division (after Palmeiras) and returned to the First Division.

Despite its origins, the club had played in the neighbouring city of Niterói (much like some "New York" teams actually play in New Jersey) since it rented the Caio Martins stadium (or Mestre Ziza stadium, a modest venue with 15,000 seats) until 2003. This stadium is currently used for some training sessions. In 2007, the club got state-of-the-art João Havelange Olympic Stadium, simply know as Engenhão. The stadium, build to Rio 2007 PanAm Games and then conceded to Botafogo FR, is widely considered the best in all South America.

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Botafogo's Honors

* National
o Brazilian Championship 1995
o Brazil Trophy 1968
o Rio-São Paulo Tournament 1962, 1964, 1966, 1998

* State
o 18 state championships: 1907*, 1910, 1912, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1948, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1989 (undefeated), 1990, 1997, 2006
o 8 Torneio Início 1934, 1938, 1947, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967 and 1977
o 4 Taça Guanabara 1967, 1968, 1997 (undefeated) and 2006
o 4 Taça Rio 1989, 1997, 2007 and 2008
o 1 Taça Cidade Maravilhosa 1996

* International
o 1 Copa CONMEBOL 1993
o Torneio Internacional da Colômbia 1960
o Pentagonal do México 1962
o Torneio de Paris 1963
o Quadrangular de Buenos Aires 1964
o Trofeo Carranza 1966
o Torneio de Caracas 1967, 68 and 70
o Hexagonal do México 1968
o Torneio de Genebra 1984
o Torneio de Berna 1985
o Torneio de Palma de Mallorca 1988
o Torneio da Amizade 1990
o Troféu Tereza Herrera 1996
o Torneio de Osaka 1996
o III Torneio President of Alaynia Cup 1996
o Copa Peregrino: 2008

* Youth
o 1 Torneio Triangular de Porto Alegre: 1951*;
o 1 Torneio Quadrangular do Rio de Janeiro: 1954* ;
o 1 Torneio Jubileu de Ouro da Associação de Futebol de La Paz 1964*;
o 1 Torneio Quadrangular de Belo Horizonte (Governador Magalhães Pinto): 1964*;
o 1 Torneio Quadrangular do Suriname 1964*;
o 1 Taça Círculo de Periódicos Esportivos 1966;
o 1 Torneio Quadrangular de Teresina: 1966;
o 1 Torneio Independência do Brasil (Brasília) 1974*;
o 1 Torneio Ministro Ney Braga (Belém) 1976;
o 1 Torneio 23º Aniversário de Brasília: 1983*;
o 1 Torneio de Genebra 1984*
o 1 Torneio Pentagonal da Costa Rica 1986* ;
o 1 Torneio Internacional Triangular Eduardo Paes 1994*;
o 1 Torneio da Capital da Copa Rio (Torneio Estadual): 1995;
o 1 Copa Rio-Brasília: 1996*.
o 1 Copa Nippon Ham 1996*;
o 1 III Torneio Pres. da Rússia (President of Alaniya Cup) 1996*;