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The history of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas begins in 1891 when the Botafogo Regatta Group was founded in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Three years later, the group became Club de Regatas Botafogo and, in 1904, the Botafogo Football Club was created. After 38 years of the two associations existing in parallel, the merger between the two clubs created Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, currently one of the most popular sports entities in Brazil.[1][2][3]
Known for the five-pointed star on its emblem, which gives it the nickname "Estrela Solitária Club" ("Lonely Star Club"), Botafogo's official colors are black and white. Since 2007, it has held its football matches at the Nilton Santos Stadium, formerly known as Engenhão. Its main rivals are Flamengo, Fluminense, and Vasco da Gama.[4][5][6]
It was nominated by FIFA to the select group of the greatest clubs of the 20th century.[7][8] Among its main titles are twenty-one Carioca Championships, four Rio-São Paulo Tournaments, two Brazilian Championships, and a CONMEBOL Cup (precursor of the current Copa Sudamericana).[9][10][11]
In addition, the club holds some of the top records in Brazilian football, such as the record for the most matches unbeaten: 52 matches between the years 1977 and 1978;[12][13] the record for undefeated matches in Brazilian Championship matches: 42, also between 1977 and 1978;[14][15] the largest number of player participation in total Brazilian National team matches (considering official and unofficial matches): 1100 participations; and the largest number of players assigned to the Brazilian National Team for World cups.[16] The club is still responsible for the largest victory ever recorded in Brazilian football: 24–0 over Sport Club Mangueira in the 1909 Carioca Championship.[17]
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- ^ "Fla lidera a lista de maiores torcidas do Brasil, seguido de perto pelo Timão". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Ranking das torcidas: Fla se mantém no topo, e Corinthians segue na cola". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "100 anos de Bota x Fla: o Clássico da Rivalidade e de goleadas históricas". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 11 May 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "A rivalidade centenária entre Botafogo e Fluminense". FIFA (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Adversário não é inimigo. O Vasco sempre foi o maior rival do Botafogo". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "The FIFA Club of the Century" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Santos e Flamengo são os melhores times do século do Brasil". Terra Esportes. (in Portuguese). 11 December 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Información sobre la Copa Conmebol". Sobre Fútbol. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Libertadores 2008 tem novidades 'históricas'". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 10 December 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Em 94, Expressinho salvou temporada com precursora da Sul-Americana". Terra Esportes (in Portuguese). 5 December 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Corinthians não alcançou recorde de invencibilidade. É do Botafogo em 1978". Blog do PVC (in Portuguese). 17 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Borrachinha lembra o dia em que parou invicto Flamengo em 1979". Globo Esporte. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "As maiores invencibilidades da Série A". Diário de Pernambuco (in Portuguese). 8 June 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Atlético tenta repetir recorde de invencibilidade". Bem Paraná (in Portuguese). 25 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Copa: Botafogo segue líder entre clubes que mais cederam jogadores à Seleção". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Maior goleada da história do futebol brasileiro completa um século". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 25 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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