Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube

Not to be confused with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas or Sobradinho Esporte Clube.

Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube, also known as Botafogo or Botafogo-DF, is a Brazilian football club based in Cristalina, in Goiás. The club was formerly known as Clube Esportivo Guará.

Botafogo-DF

Full name	Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Alvinegro candango Fogão DF
Founded	July 14, 2004 (as Guará) July 14, 2009 (as Botafogo)
Ground	CAVE Guará, DF,
Capacity	7,000
President	Walter Thodoro
Head Coach	Gerson Vieira
Website	http://botafogo-df.com/
Home colours Away colours colours

History

The club was founded on July 14, 2004 as Clube Esportivo Guará. The club won the Campeonato Brasiliense Second Level in 2006. It was founded again as Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube on July 14, 2009,^[1] after celebrating its five-year birthday and joining a partnership with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, adopting the colors and symbols from the Rio de Janeiro club.^[2][3][4] In its first season, Botafogo-DF finished as runners-up in the Campeonato Brasiliense Second Level gaining promotion to the First Level of the Campeonato Brasiliense, in 2010,^[5] even after being defeated 2–1 in the final to Ceilandense. ^[6]

In 2022, the club moved to the city of Cristalina, at the state of Goiás, leaving the city of Guará.

Achievements

• Campeonato Brasiliense Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 2006
  • Runners-up (1): 2009

Stadium

Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Antônio Otoni Filho, nicknamed CAVE.^[1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people.^[7]

References

1. Placar Guia 2011 (1350-C): 86. January 2011. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Botafogo firma parceria com o Guará (DF)" (in Portuguese). O Globo Online. July 14, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
3. "Mais calmo após reforços, Botafogo lança filial no DF" (in Portuguese). Abril Esportes. July 14, 2009. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
4. "Botafogo-RJ fecha acordo com time do Guará para ter filial em Brasília" (in Portuguese). clicabrasilia.com.br. July 13, 2009. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
5. "Botafogo-DF vence e sobe para a Primeira Divisão" (in Portuguese). Botafogo-DF. October 10, 2009. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
6. "Botafogo-DF perde para o Ceilandense e Túlio Maravilha não marca o seu 900º. Tulio chegou ao sei gol 900 na partida contra o Luziânia no Cave, pela 1ª divisão so candagão 2010" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. October 17, 2009. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
7. "CNEF – Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2011.

External links

• (in Portuguese) Official website^{[permanent dead link‍]}