Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, usually just called Botafogo, is indigenous to the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro sports club. His international reputation refers to the club but mainly from its football department. World stars such as Garrincha and Nílton Santos took the club from the start of the second half of the last century, famous and successful.

The club was founded in the homonymous district of Botafogo Rio de Janeiro, is one of the four major football clubs in the city and is one of the most traditional Brazil. From the readers of FIFA Magazine he was chosen among the big clubs of the 20th century in December 2000 to twelfth.

The big city rivals Botafogo are Flamengo Fluminense and Vasco da Gama.

The club symbol is a white star on a black background. The team plays since the establishment in black-and- white- striped shirts and black trousers.

History

On 1 July 1894, the Clube de Regatas Botafogo was founded as a rowing club in Botafogo and soon became one of the most successful of its kind in Rio. At that time, rowing the most popular sport in Brazil. Also Flamengo and Vasco da Gama had been established at this time as rowing clubs.

Ten years later, on August 12, 1904, a football club was founded in Botafogo: Electro Club. In the same year, the club changed its name in Botafogo Football Club and had the same colors (black and white) and the same emblem as the rowing club. The BFC was one of the eight teams that the first championship Rios fought out in 1906 and won the Campeonato Carioca in 1907, 1910, 1912. More National Championships were to follow in 1930. In 1942, the football club and the rowing club Botafogo finally joined together under the name of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas.

The most glorious time had Botafogo, as Garrincha, keep still many in Brazil for the best Brazilian footballers of all time, was obliged in 1953. With Didi, Nílton Santos and Mário Zagallo still played three more world champions of 1958 and 1962 with Botafogo, Amarildo in 1962 as a replacement for Pele world champion. Didi and Garrincha was 1958 in 1962 voted the best player of the tournament.

The subsequent generation of players had outstanding actors. In the Brazilian team, the 1970 world champion, was Gerson and Jairzinho best player of Botafogo. The 1970 Seleção Mário Zagallo, the coach of Botafogo was trained had been, until a few months before the World Cup dismissed the Brazilian Association Joao Saldanha and master trainer Zagallo committed.

In the 1970s, a decline of the association began. The Stars were sold, as well as the headquarters of the association, which was made ​​under suspicious circumstances and could be bought back in 1993. With the temporary change to the other side of Guanabara Bay, in the than just ansehbare as a suburb of Rio neighboring city of Niterói, the club lost its identity for many fans.

1989, 1990 and 1997 succeeded Botafogo again winning the Rio State Championship. Two more of the greatest successes come in the 1990s. In 1993 already, the South American Copa Conmebol, was perhaps comparable to the European UEFA Cup won, Botafogo won the 1995 his first Brazilian championship.

In 2002, the club was relegated as Table from the first league. The following year succeeded to rise again, since Botafogo play between midfield and relegation zone, but could be from 2005 to 2007, qualify three times in a row for the Copa Sudamericana, the Copa Conmebol competition succession.

Stadium

Botafogo plays its home games in those days for the Pan American Games in 2007 and built by the former FIFA President designated multi-purpose stadium Estádio Olimpico Joao Havelange made ​​. This stadium, which is colloquially referred to as " Engenhão ", has a capacity of around 47,000 spectators.

If necessary returns Fogão but always return to the wide circle of the Maracanã stadium back, which is still one with a capacity of 96,000 the largest in the world.

In earlier decades, the club wore their home games at Estádio de General Severiano out in Botafogo, which took 20,000 spectators. The stadium was inaugurated in 1913 in 1977 the demolition of the victim.

Mascot

Like all Brazilian football clubs Botafogo also has its mascot. For a long time this was the cartoon character Donald Duck, called in Brazil Pato Donald. 1991 but demanded the Walt Disney Corporation suddenly royalties. The duck has since been officially General Severiano, replaced by the Manequinho, a statue in front of the headquarters of the association, which has a strong resemblance with the Brussels Manneken Pis, although " Manequinho " at least the upper body modestly covered in derivative images with a Botafogo shirt and ordinary sports football shoes and socks.

Most popular is with the fans but the dog biriba, the faithful service rendered already successful in the 1940s and now cherishes the hope to be appointed by the club mighty soon as the official good luck charm.

The dog itself is often recognized as the animal symbol of Botafogo FR, but are Botafogo fans as Cachorrada ( " pack of dogs " in Portuguese ) is known.

Achievements

• Copa Conmebol: 1993

• Brazilian champion: 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1995 Tournament Roberto Gomes Pedrosa: 1962, 1964 and 1966
• Taça Brasil: 1968
• Brazilian League: 1995

International Tournaments

• Foursquare International Tournament: 1954
• Pentagonal Mexico: Inter Club Tournament 1958
• International tournament in Colombia: 1960
• International Tournament in Costa Rica: 1961
• Mexico's Torneo Pentagonal: 1962
• Paris International Tournament: 1963
• Golden Jubilee Football Tournament: 1964
• Ibero-American Tournament: 1964
• Paramaribo Cup: 1964
• Cup in Buenos Aires: 1966
• Circle Cup Sports Magazines: 1966
• Club World Cup: 1967, 1968 and 1970
• Hexagonal Tournament of Mexico: 1968
• Geneva Tournament: 1984
• Bern Tournament: 1985
• Pentagonal Tournament in Costa Rica in 1986: 1986
• City Cup in Palma de Mallorca: 1988
• Friendship Tournament Veracruz: 1990
• Eduardo Paes Triangular: 1994
• Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1996
• President of Russia III: 1996
• Pilgrim Cup: 2008

Major Players

• Nilo, 1927-38; 3 x top scorer of the World Cup 1930
• Martim Silveira, 1930-32, 35-40; World Cup 1934 participants, 38
• Carvalho Leite, 1931-41, 327 games, 237 goals
• Patesko, 1934-43; World Cup 1934 participants, 38
• Leônidas da Silva, 1935-36: World Cup top scorer in 1938
• Heleno de Freitas, 1939-48, 235 games 209 goals
• Octávio Moraes, 1942-53, 200 games / 174 goals, Copa America 1949

• Nílton Santos, 1948-64; World Champion 1958, 62
• Garrincha, 1953-65; World Champion 1958, 62
• Mário Zagallo, 1958-65; World Champion 1958, 62
• Didi, 1957-59, 1960; World Champion 1958, 62
• Amarildo, 1959-63; World Cup 1962
• Paulo César, 1967-72, 1977-78; World Cup 1970
• Jairzinho, 1959-74; World Cup 1970
• Gérson 1963-69; World Cup 1970
• Inglês, 1981-87; World Cup participant in 1986, 90
• Bebeto, 1998-99; World Cup 1994

Records

Significant coach

• Brazil Octávio Werneck, 1906, 1908-09, 1906 as head of a " technical committee "
• Brazil Mário Aleixo, 1918; first paid coach at Botafogo
• Uruguay Ramón Platero, 1927, 1928; first foreign coach at Botafogo
• Hungary Nicolas Ladanyi 1930-33, 1934; National Champion 1930, 32, 33 and 1934
• Hungary Izidor furriers, 1939-1940, also champion with Nuremberg and Grasshopper Zurich
• Brazil Carvalho Leite, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1950-51, 1951-52
• Uruguay Ondino Viera, 1947
• Brazil Zezé Moreira, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1977
• Brazil Ifigênio de Freitas Bahiense " Geninho ", 1949-50, 1955, 1956-57, 1964-65
• Brazil Mário Zagallo, 1967-70, 1974-75, 1978, 1986, also world champion trainer in 1970
• Brazil Paulo Autuori, 1986, 1995, 1998, 2001; Brazilian Champion 1995
• Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres, 1993, 1997, 2002
• Brazil Eugênio Machado Souto " Geninho ", 2008
• Brazil Joel Santana, 1997-98, 2000, 2010