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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas is a Brazilian multimodality sportive association from Rio de Janeiro. 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).
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Home stadium is the Mestre Ziza ([[Estádio Caio Martins|Caio Martins), capacity 15,000 (after reforms), but most games are played in the Maracanã (capacity 103,045). They play in vertical black-and-white stripes with black shorts and grey socks.
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Botafogo is one of the four big soccer teams in Rio de Janeiro (along with Flamengo, Fluminense, and Vasco). An important characteristic of Botafogo is its wide irregularity, where a glorious decade (the 1960's) is followed by 21 years without winning a single championship. Due to the series of failures between 1968 and 1989 Botafogo has a negative balance against the other three teams in Rio de Janeiro.
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After winning the Rio de Janeiro League in 1989, 1990, and 1997 and the Brazilian League in 1995, the club was relegated to Brazil's Second Division in 1999. However, after a judicial battle against São Paulo due to an irregular player in a match where São Paulo defeated Botafogo by 5-1, it was allowed to remain in the First Division in the following year. However, in 2002, Botafogo was again relegated to the Second Division after ranking last in the Brazilian League. In 2003, Botafogo ranked second in Brazil's Second division (after Palmeiras) and returned to the First Division.
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Despite its origins, the club has however played in the neighbouring city of Niterói (much like some "New York" teams actually play in New Jersey) since it rented the Mestre Ziza stadium (a modest venue with 15,000 seats). This stadium is currently under renovation and improvement, forcing Botafogo to play in the even smaller Luso-Brasileiro stadium, owned by Portuguesa.
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In July 1st, 1894, the Clube de Regatas Botafogo, a rowing club, was founded. The name was meant to evoke neighbourhood where the club was. The colours of the club where the black and the white, and it's symbol the Lone Star, or the "Estrela D'alva", the first star to appear on the sky (not a star really, but Venus). It soon became one of the strongest teams in Rio de Janeiro, winning several competitions, along with sea rivals such as Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Guanabara, Icaraí and São Cristóvão.
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About ten years later, in August 12th, 1904, another club was founded in the neighbourhood: the Electro Club, first name given to the Botafogo Football Club. The idea came during an algebra lesson, in the college Alfredo Gomes, when Flávio Ramos wrote to friend Emmanuel Sodré: "Itamar has a football club in Martins Ferreira Street. Let's stablish another one, in Largo dos Leões, what do you think? We can speak to the Wernecks, to Arthur César, Vicente and Jacques". And so the Electro Club was founded. But this name wouldn't last. After a suggestion from Dona Chiquitota, Flávio's grandmother, the club finally became the Botafogo Football Club, in September 18th of the same year. The colour's? The black and the white. And the badge, drawn by Basílio Vianna Jr., in swiss style with the BFC monogram. The Botafogo Football Club would soon became one of the strongest football teams in Rio de Janeiro, winning the championships of 1907, 1910, 1912 and more.
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The same name, the same location, the same colours and the most important thing: the same supporters. It seemed that the destiny of both clubs was to become only one. And so it happened: in December 8th, 1942 they finally merged together. It was after a basketball match between both clubs, when Botafogo Football Club player Albano died suddenly, that the idea began to become truth. At the tragic ocasion, the president of Clube de Regatas Botafogo, Augusto Frederico Schimidt (also a major Brazilian poet) spoke: "At this time, I declare to Albano that his last match ended with the victory of his team. We won't play no longer the time left of the interrupted game. We all want that the young fighter leaves to the great night as a winner. This is how we greet him". Eduardo Góis Trindade, Botafogo Football Club's president said: "Between the matches of our clubs, only one can be the winner: Botafogo!". And then Schimidt declared the fusion: "What else do we need to our clubs become one?". And so they did: the Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas finally became true. The Football Club's badge became black, and the monogram substituted by Clube de Regatas' lone star. This badge, according to the club's statute, can never be modified. The water sports maintained the Clube de Regatas's uniform, all black, while the terrestrial sports maintained Football Club's one, vertical-striped black and white jersey with black shorts.
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Tetracampeonato Carioca: 1932, 1933, 1934 e 1935
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Carioca / Estadual: 1907, 1910, 1912, 1930, 1948, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1989 (invicto), 1990 e 1997
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Torneio Início: 1934, 1938, 1947, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967 e 1977
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Taça Guanabara: 1967, 1968 e 1997 (invicto)
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Taça Rio de Janeiro: 1989
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Taça Cidade Maravilhosa: 1996
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National
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Rio-São Paulo Tournament 1962, 1964, 1966, 1998
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Brazil Trophy 1968
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Brazilian Champions 1995
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International
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Torneio Internacional da Colômbia: 1960
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Pentagonal do México: 1962
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Torneio de Paris (FRA): 1963
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Quadrangular de Buenos Aires: 1964
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Torneio Carranza (ARG): 1966
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Torneio de Caracas 1967, 68 and 70
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Hexagonal do México: 1968
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Torneio de Genebra (SUI): 1984
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Torneio de Berna (SUI): 1985
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Torneio de Palma de Mallorca (ESP): 1988
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Torneio da Amizade (MEX): 1990
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Copa Conmebol: 1993
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Troféu Tereza Herrera (ESP): 1996
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Torneio de Osaka (JAP): 1996
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III Torneio Pres. da Rússia: 1996
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