2020 Botafogo FR season

Botafogo
2020 season
Manager	Alberto Valentim ; (until 10 February 2020); Paulo Autuori ; (12 February–1 October); Bruno Lazaroni ; (2–28 October); Ramón Díaz ; (29 October–27 November); Eduardo Barroca ; (28 November 2020–6 February 2021); Lúcio Flávio ; (7–27 February 2021)
Série A	20th (relegated)
Campeonato Carioca	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Biggest defeat	São Paulo 4–0 Botafogo
	← 2019 2021 →

Last updated July 15, 2025

The 2020 season was the 116th season for Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas and their fifth consecutive season in the Brazilian top division. The team also competed in the Campeonato Carioca and the Copa do Brasil. They suffered relegation after finishing in last place, securing only 7 points in the second half of the season.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	13 August 2020	26 February 2021	Matchday 1	20th	38	5	12	21	32	62	−30	013.16
Campeonato Carioca	18 January 2020	5 July 2020	Taça Guanabara	Taça Rio semi-finals	12	5	3	4	14	15	−1	041.67
Copa do Brasil	19 February 2020	3 November 2020	Second round	Round of 16	7	3	3	1	5	3	+2	042.86
Total					57	13	18	26	51	80	−29	022.81

Source: Competitions

Série A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Fortaleza	38	10	11	17	34	44	−10	41
17	Vasco da Gama (R)	38	10	11	17	37	56	−19	41	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Goiás (R)	38	9	10	19	41	63	−22	37
19	Coritiba (R)	38	7	10	21	31	54	−23	31
20	Botafogo (R)	38	5	12	21	32	62	−30	27

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.^[1]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	5	12	21	32	62	−30	27	3	5	11	16	30	−14	2	7	10	16	32	−16

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 9 July 2020.^[2]

13 August 20202

Red Bull Bragantino

1–1

Botafogo

17 August 20203

Fortaleza

0–0

Botafogo

20 August 20204	Botafogo	2–1	Atlético Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

23 August 20205

Flamengo

1–1

Botafogo

Rio de Janeiro

29 August 20206	Botafogo	0–2	Internacional	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

3 September 20207	Botafogo	0–0	Coritiba	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

6 September 20208

Corinthians

2–2

Botafogo

9 September 20209

Athletico Paranaense

1–1

Botafogo

14 September 202010	Botafogo	2–3	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

20 September 202011	Botafogo	0–0	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

27 September 202012

Atlético Goianiense

1–1

Botafogo

1 October 20201	Botafogo	1–2	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos
Note: The match, initially scheduled for 9 August 2020, was postponed to accommodate Bahia's participation in the second leg of the Campeonato Baiano final against Atlético de Alagoinhas.^[3]

4 October 202013	Botafogo	1–1	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

8 October 202014	Botafogo	2–1	Palmeiras	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

11 October 202015

Sport

1–2

Botafogo

Recife

15 October 202016

Grêmio

3–1

Botafogo

20 October 202017	Botafogo	0–0	Goiás	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

31 October 202019	Botafogo	2–2	Ceará	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

8 November 202020

Bahia

1–0

Botafogo

17 November 202021	Botafogo	1–2	Red Bull Bragantino	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

22 November 202022	Botafogo	1–2	Fortaleza	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

26 November 202023

Atlético Mineiro

2–1

Botafogo

5 December 202024	Botafogo	0–1	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

10 December 202018

São Paulo

4–0

Botafogo

São Paulo

12 December 202025

Internacional

2–1

Botafogo

20 December 202026

Coritiba

1–2

Botafogo

Curitiba

27 December 202027	Botafogo	0–2	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

6 January 202128	Botafogo	0–2	Athletico Paranaense	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

11 January 202129

Vasco da Gama

3–0

Botafogo

Rio de Janeiro

17 January 202130

Santos

2–1

Botafogo

20 January 202131	Botafogo	1–3	Atlético Goianiense	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

25 January 202132

Fluminense

2–0

Botafogo

Rio de Janeiro

2 February 202133

Palmeiras

1–1

Botafogo

6 February 202134	Botafogo	0–1	Sport	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

9 February 202135	Botafogo	2–5	Grêmio	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

13 February 202136

Goiás

2–0

Botafogo

23 February 202137	Botafogo	1–0	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

26 February 202138

Ceará

2–1

Botafogo

Campeonato Carioca

Taça Guanabara

18 January 20201	Volta Redonda	1–0	Botafogo	Volta Redonda
				Stadium: Estádio Raulino de Oliveira

21 January 20202

Madureira

2–0

Botafogo

26 January 20203	Botafogo	3–1	Macaé	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

30 January 20204	Botafogo	2–1	Resende	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

2 February 20205	Botafogo	1–0	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

9 February 20206

Fluminense

3–0

Botafogo

Taça Rio

1 March 20201	Botafogo	2–1	Boavista	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

7 March 20202

Flamengo

3–0

Botafogo

15 March 20203	Botafogo	1–1	Bangu	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

28 June 20204	Botafogo	6–2	Cabofriense	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

2 July 20205

Portuguesa

0–0

Botafogo

Semi-finals

5 July 2020	Fluminense	0–0	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 0 Referee: Wagner do Nascimento Magalhaes

Copa do Brasil

Second round

19 February 2020Second round	Náutico	1–1 (3–4 p)	Botafogo	Recife
		Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Aflitos Referee: André Castro

Third round

10 March 2020First leg	Botafogo	1–0	Paraná	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

27 August 2020Second leg

Paraná

1–2
(1–3 agg.)

Botafogo

Fourth round

18 September 2020First leg	Botafogo	1–0	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

24 September 2020Second leg

Vasco da Gama

0–0
(0–1 agg.)

Botafogo

Rio de Janeiro

Round of 16

28 October 2020First leg	Botafogo	0–1	Cuiabá	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

3 November 2020Second leg	Cuiabá	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Botafogo	Cuiabá
				Stadium: Arena Pantanal Referee: Ricardo Marques Ribeiro

References

↑ "Regulamento Específico da Competição - Campeonato Brasileiro Série A de 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 3 March 2020.
↑ Dia, O. (July 9, 2020). "CBF divulga calendário do Brasileirão e da Copa do Brasil". Esporte.
↑ Borges, João Alexandre (August 4, 2020). "CBF adia o confronto entre Botafogo e Bahia no Campeonato Brasileiro 2020".

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[1] "Regulamento Específico da Competição - Campeonato Brasileiro Série A de 2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 3 March 2020.

[2] Dia, O. (July 9, 2020). "CBF divulga calendário do Brasileirão e da Copa do Brasil". Esporte.

[3] Borges, João Alexandre (August 4, 2020). "CBF adia o confronto entre Botafogo e Bahia no Campeonato Brasileiro 2020".

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Série A	Athletico Paranaense Atlético Goianiense Atlético Mineiro Bahia Botafogo Ceará Corinthians Coritiba Flamengo Fluminense Fortaleza Goiás Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Red Bull Bragantino Santos São Paulo Sport Vasco da Gama
Série B	América Mineiro Avaí Botafogo-SP Brasil de Pelotas Chapecoense Confiança CRB Cruzeiro CSA Cuiabá Figueirense Guarani Juventude Náutico Oeste Operário Ferroviário Paraná Ponte Preta Sampaio Corrêa Vitória
Série C	Remo Santa Cruz

2020 season
Manager	Alberto Valentim (until 10 February 2020) Paulo Autuori (12 February–1 October) Bruno Lazaroni (2–28 October) Ramón Díaz (29 October–27 November) Eduardo Barroca (28 November 2020–6 February 2021) Lúcio Flávio (7–27 February 2021)
Série A	20th (relegated)
Campeonato Carioca	Semi-finals
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Biggest defeat	São Paulo 4–0 Botafogo
← 2019 2021 →

2020 Botafogo FR season

Contents

Competitions

Overall record

Série A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Campeonato Carioca

Taça Guanabara

Taça Rio

Semi-finals

Copa do Brasil

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Round of 16

References