2023 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

Botafogo

2023 season
Botafogo vs Coritiba, Brasileirão
Manager	Luís Castro (until 30 June) Cláudio Caçapa (1–17 July) Bruno Lage (18 July to 4 October) Lúcio Flávio (5 October to 15 November) Tiago Nunes (from 15 November)
Stadium	Estádio Nilton Santos
Série A	5th
Campeonato Carioca	5th Taça Rio winners
Copa do Brasil	Round of 16
Copa Sudamericana	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Tiquinho Soares (17) All: Tiquinho Soares (29)
Biggest win	Botafogo 7–1 Brasiliense FC
Biggest defeat	Vasco da Gama 2–0 Botafogo Internacional 3–1 Botafogo
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The 2023 season was Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas's 119th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. In addition to the domestic league, Botafogo participated in this season's edition of the Campeonato Carioca, Copa do Brasil and Copa Sudamericana. The season started on 15 January and concluded on 6 December 2023.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   PAR Gatito Fernández (vice-captain) 2 DF   BRA Rafael 4 DF   URU Mateo Ponte 5 MF   BRA Danilo Barbosa 6 MF   BRA Tchê Tchê 7 FW   BRA Victor Sá 8 MF   BRA Patrick de Paula 9 FW   BRA Tiquinho Soares 10 FW   PAR Matías Segovia 11 FW   BRA Luis Henrique (on loan from Marseille) 12 GK   BRA Lucas Perri 14 MF   BRA Gabriel Pires (on loan from Benfica) 15 DF   ARG Víctor Cuesta (on loan from Internacional) 16 DF   BRA Hugo 17 MF   BRA Marlon Freitas 18 MF   BRA Lucas Fernandes 19 FW   ESP Diego Costa

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF   BRA Fernando Marçal 23 DF   ANG Bastos 24 DF   ARG Leonel Di Plácido (on loan from Lanús) 27 FW   BRA Carlos Alberto (on loan from América Mineiro) 32 MF   NCA Jacob Montes 33 MF   BRA Carlos Eduardo 34 DF   BRA Adryelson 37 FW   BRA Júnior Santos 39 FW   BRA Janderson 43 DF   BRA David Sousa 52 GK   BRA Igo Gabriel 57 MF   BRA JP Galvão 71 FW   URU Valentín Adamo 75 MF   BRA Raí 77 FW   URU Diego Hernández 90 FW   BRA Matheus Nascimento 94 DF   BRA Philipe Sampaio

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   BRA Daniel Borges (to América Mineiro until 31 December 2024) — DF   BRA Ewerton (to Juventude until 30 November 2023) — DF   BRA Jefinho (to ABC until 30 November 2023) — DF   ECU Luis Segovia (to RWD Molenbeek until 30 June 2024) — DF   BRA Vitor Marinho (to Resende until 30 November 2023) — MF   BRA Breno (to Ceará until 31 December 2023) — MF   BRA Caio Vitor (to Volta Redonda until 30 November 2023) — MF   BRA Fabinho (to Sport Recife until 30 November 2023) — MF   BRA Kayque (to RWD Molenbeek until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   BRA Luís Oyama (to Goiás until 31 December 2023) — FW   BRA Chay (to Ceará until 31 December 2023) — FW   BRA Emerson Urso (to Ituano until 30 November 2023) — FW   BRA Erison (to São Paulo until 31 December 2023) — FW   BRA Gabriel (to CRB until 30 November 2023) — FW   BRA Vinícius Lopes (to Santa Clara until 30 June 2024) — FW   BRA Gustavo Sauer (to Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2024) — FW   BRA Rikelmi (to RWD Molenbeek until 30 June 2024) — FW   BRA Ronald (to Vila Nova until 30 November 2023)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Marlon Freitas	Atlético Goianiense	Free	6 January 2023
DF	Luis Segovia	Independiente	Free	11 January 2023
FW	Carlos Alberto	América Mineiro	Loan	12 January 2023	[1]
FW	Júnior Santos	Fortaleza	$200,000	31 March 2023	[2]
FW	Diego Costa	Free agent	Free	12 August 2023	[3]
MF	Matías Segovia	Club Guaraní	€1,400,000	4 April 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Jeffinho	Lyon	€10,000,000	31 January 2023	[4]
DF	Luis Segovia	RWD Molenbeek	Loan	2 August 2023	[5]

Pre-season

On 4 January, the team canceled its scheduled pre-season tour in Florida, United States due to the regulations of the Rio de Janeiro State Federation (FERJ) regarding the necessity of the participation of key players in the Campeonato Carioca. ^{[6] [7]}

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	15 April 2023	6 December 2023	Matchday 1	5th	38	18	10	10	58	37	+21	047.37
Campeonato Carioca	15 January 2023	9 April 2023	Taça Guanabara	5th Taça Rio winners	15	9	2	4	20	9	+11	060.00
Copa do Brasil	2 March 2023	17 May 2023	First round	Round of 16	5	3	1	1	14	5	+9	060.00
Copa Sudamericana	6 April 2023	30 August 2023	Group stage	Quarter-finals	12	4	7	1	17	10	+7	033.33
Total					70	34	20	16	109	61	+48	048.57

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Main article: 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Atlético Mineiro	38	19	9	10	52	32	+20	66	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
4	Flamengo	38	19	9	10	56	42	+14	66
5	Botafogo	38	18	10	10	58	37	+21	64	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Red Bull Bragantino	38	17	11	10	49	35	+14	62
7	Fluminense	38	16	8	14	51	47	+4	56	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage [a]

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

1. Fluminense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2023 Copa Libertadores.

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	18	10	10	58	37	+21	64	11	4	4	36	17	+19	7	6	6	22	20	+2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	L
Position	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				2	3	2	5	5

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Botafogo v São Paulo

15 April 20231	Botafogo	2–1	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro
18:30  UTC−3	Tiquinho Soares 4' Carlos Eduardo 88'		Calleri 15'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Ramon Abatti

Bahia v Botafogo

24 April 20232	Bahia	1–2	Botafogo	Salvador
20:00  UTC−3	Vítor Jacaré 41'		Júnior Santos 29' Tchê Tchê 78'	Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova Referee: Raphael Claus

Flamengo v Botafogo

30 April 20233	Flamengo	2–3	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 53,138 Referee: Edina Alves Batista

Botafogo v Atlético Mineiro

7 May 20234	Botafogo	2–0	Atlético Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
18:30  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Flavio Rodrigues De Souza

Botafogo v Corinthians

11 May 20235	Botafogo	3–0	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
19:30  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Anderson Daronco

Goiás v Botafogo

14 May 20236	Goiás	2–1	Botafogo	Goiânia
	Bruno Ferreira Melo 45+5' Maguinho 57'		Tiquinho Soares 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Serra Dourada

Botafogo v Fluminense

20 May 20237	Botafogo	1–0	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro
	Victor Cuesta 74'			Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Botafogo v América Mineiro

29 May 20238	Botafogo	2–0	América Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Athletico Paranaense v Botafogo

3 June 20239

Athletico Paranaense

1–0

Botafogo

Botafogo v Fortaleza

11 June 202310	Botafogo	2–0	Fortaleza	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Cuiabá v Botafogo

23 June 202311

Cuiabá

0–1

Botafogo

Palmeiras v Botafogo

25 June 202312

Palmeiras

0–1

Botafogo

Botafogo v Vasco da Gama

2 July 202313	Botafogo	2–0	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Grêmio v Botafogo

9 July 202314

Grêmio

0–2

Botafogo

Botafogo v Red Bull Bragantino

16 July 202315	Botafogo	2–0	Red Bull Bragantino	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Santos v Botafogo

23 July 202316

Santos

2–2

Botafogo

Botafogo v Coritiba

30 July 202317	Botafogo	4–1	Coritiba	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Cruzeiro v Botafogo

6 August 202318

Cruzeiro

0–0

Botafogo

Botafogo v Internacional

13 August 202319	Botafogo	3–1	Internacional	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

São Paulo v Botafogo

19 August 202320	São Paulo	0–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
				Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi

Botafogo v Bahia

27 August 202321	Botafogo	3–0	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Botafogo v Flamengo

3 September 202322	Botafogo	1–2	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Atlético Mineiro v Botafogo

17 September 202323

Atlético Mineiro

1–0

Botafogo

Corinthians v Botafogo

22 September 202324	Corinthians	1–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
20:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Neo Quimica Arena

Botafogo v Goiás

2 October 202325	Botafogo	1–1	Goiás	Rio de Janeiro
20:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Fluminense v Botafogo

8 October 202326	Fluminense	0–2	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Maracanã Referee: Leandro Vuaden

América Mineiro v Botafogo

18 October 202327	América Mineiro	1–2	Botafogo	Belo Horizonte
20:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Arena Independência

Botafogo v Athletico Paranaense

21 October 202328	Botafogo	1–1	Athletico Paranaense	Rio de Janeiro
21:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Botafogo v Cuiabá

29 October 202330	Botafogo	0–1	Cuiabá	Rio de Janeiro
20:00  UTC−3			Pitta 52'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Botafogo v Palmeiras

1 November 202331	Botafogo	3–4	Palmeiras	Rio de Janeiro
21:30  UTC−3	Carlos Eduardo 21' Tchê Tchê 30',  80' Victor Cuesta  33' Júnior Santos 36' Tiquinho Soares  69', 83' Adryelson  76' Fernando Marçal  83' Marlon Freitas  90+7'		Mayke  11' Endrick 49', 84' Rony  80' Gustavo Gómez  80' Artur Victor Guimaraes  87' José Manuel López 89' Di Plácido  90+7' Murilo Cerqueira 90+9',  90+10'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 34,913 Referee: Braulio da Silva Machado

Vasco da Gama v Botafogo

6 November 202332	Vasco da Gama	1–0	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
19:00  UTC−3				Stadium: São Januário

Botafogo v Grêmio

9 November 202333	Botafogo	3–4	Grêmio	Rio de Janeiro
20:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Red Bull Bragantino v Botafogo

12 November 202334	Red Bull Bragantino	2–2	Botafogo	Bragança Paulista
16:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid

Fortaleza v Botafogo

23 November 202329	Fortaleza	2–2	Botafogo	Fortaleza
19:00  UTC−3	Yago Pikachu 8' Guilherme 41'		Brítez 20' (o.g.) Danilo Barbosa 78'	Stadium: Castelão Referee: Ramon Abatti

Botafogo v Santos

26 November 202335	Botafogo	1–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:00  UTC−3	Danilo Barbosa 11'		Messias 90'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Wilton Sampaio

Coritiba v Botafogo

29 November 202336	Coritiba	1–1	Botafogo	Curitiba
21:30  UTC−3	Thalisson Gabriel  18' Robson  34' Jamerson Bahia  45+4' Andrey Ramos do Nascimento  63' Kuscevic  90+7' Edu 90+9'		Carlos Eduardo  32' Tiquinho Soares  7', 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Couto Pereira Referee: Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima

Botafogo v Cruzeiro

3 December 202337	Botafogo	0–0	Cruzeiro	Rio de Janeiro
18:30  UTC−3	Danilo Barbosa  32' Gabriel  45+1' Adryelson  47' Costa  89'		Palacios  21' Hueglo Neris  45+3' Luciano Castán  90+5'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Wilton Sampaio

Internacional v Botafogo

6 December 202338	Internacional	3–1	Botafogo	Porto Alegre
21:30  UTC−3	Enner Valencia 19' Alan Patrick 50' Pedro Henrique 53',  54'		Danilo Barbosa  45+1' Janderson 47' Matheus Nascimento  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio Referee: Flavio Rodrigues De Souza

Campeonato Carioca

Main article: 2023 Campeonato Carioca

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2023 Copa do Brasil

Sergipe v Botafogo

2 March 2023First round	Sergipe	1–1	Botafogo	Aracaju
				Stadium: Batistão Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Braulio Da Silva Machado

Botafogo v Brasiliense FC

15 March 2023Second round	Botafogo	7–1	Brasiliense FC	Cariacica
				Stadium: Estádio Kleber Andrade Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Anderson Daronco

Third round

Ypiranga v Botafogo

12 April 2023First leg	Ypiranga	0–2	Botafogo	Erechim
				Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Colosso da Lagoa Attendance: 4,964 Referee: Paulo Cezar Zanovelli Da Silva

Botafogo v Ypiranga

27 April 2023Second leg	Botafogo	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Ypiranga	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 11,088 Referee: Denis Da Silva Ribeiro Serafim

Round of 16

Athletico Paranaense v Botafogo

17 May 2023First leg	Athletico Paranaense	3–2	Botafogo	Curitiba
21:30  UTC−3	Vitor Roque 56' Vitor Bueno 62' Fernandinho 82'		Tiquinho Soares 39' Luis Henrique 41'	Stadium: Arena da Baixada Attendance: 22,278 Referee: Leandro Vuaden

Botafogo v Athletico Paranaense

31 May 2023Second leg	Botafogo	1–0 (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	Athletico Paranaense	Rio de Janeiro
21:30  UTC−3	Tiquinho Soares 17'			Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 37,682 Referee: Anderson Daronco
	Penalties
	Tiquinho Soares Tchê Tchê Marlon Freitas Lucas Fernandes		Thiago Heleno Vitor Bueno David Terans Alex Santana

Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2023 Copa Sudamericana

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LDU Quito	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to round of 16
2	Botafogo	6	2	4	0	10	5	+5	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	Magallanes	6	0	4	2	8	13	−5	4
4	Universidad César Vallejo	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.

Magallanes v Botafogo

6 April 20231	Magallanes	2–2	Botafogo	Rancagua, Chile
20:00  UTC−4	Canales 16' Villanueva  50' Contreras 75'		Tiquinho 6' Carlos Eduardo 58'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente

Botafogo v Universidad César Vallejo

20 April 20232	Botafogo	4–0	Universidad César Vallejo	Rio de Janeiro
21:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Botafogo v LDU Quito

4 May 20233	Botafogo	0–0	LDU Quito	Rio de Janeiro
21:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Universidad César Vallejo v Botafogo

25 May 20234	Universidad César Vallejo	2–3	Botafogo	Trujillo, Peru
19:00  UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Mansiche

LDU Quito v Botafogo

6 June 20235	LDU Quito	0–0	Botafogo	Quito, Ecuador
19:00  UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Botafogo v Magallanes

29 June 20236	Botafogo	1–1	Magallanes	Rio de Janeiro
21:00  UTC−3	Marlon Freitas 19',  67'		Zapata 80' Espinoza  43'  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

Final stages

Knockout round play-offs

Patronato v Botafogo

12 July 2023First leg	Patronato	0–2	Botafogo	Paraná, Argentina
19:00  UTC−4				Stadium: Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Attendance: 3,759

Botafogo v Patronato

19 July 2023Second leg	Botafogo	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	Patronato	Rio de Janeiro
19:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 20,509

Round of 16

Botafogo v Guaraní

2 August 2023First leg	Botafogo	2–1	Guaraní	Rio de Janeiro
19:00  UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 23,916

Guaraní v Botafogo

9 August 2023Second leg	Guaraní	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Botafogo	Asunción, Paraguay
18:00  UTC−4				Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Attendance: 4,273

Quarter-finals

Botafogo v Defensa y Justicia

23 August 2023First leg	Botafogo	1–1	Defensa y Justicia	Rio de Janeiro
19:00  UTC−3	Pires 56'		Tripichio 78'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Attendance: 25,255

Defensa y Justicia v Botafogo

30 August 2023Second leg	Defensa y Justicia	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Botafogo	Banfield, Argentina
19:00  UTC−3	Fernández 15', 72'		Bologna 45+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Florencio Sola Attendance: 16,648

References

1. "Chega mais, Carlos Alberto | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas".
4. Official | Jeffinho signs for Olympique Lyonnais
6. "Botafogo cancela pré-temporada nos EUA por desentendimento com a Ferj". ge. 4 January 2023.
7. "Regulamento do Carioca prevê multa de pelo menos R$ 15 milhões ao Botafogo se não usar time principal a partir da 4ª rodada; entenda". FogãoNET. 4 January 2023.
8. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 February 2023.