Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (basketball)

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Botafogo Basquete
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas logo.svg
Nickname
  • Fogão (The Great Fire)
  • A Estrela Solitária (The Lone Star)
  • O Glorioso (The Glorious One)
  • O Mais Tradicional (The Most Traditional)
Leagues NBB
Founded1894 (Rowing Club)
1904 (Football Club)
1933 (Basketball Club)
1942 (merger)
HistoryBotafogo Basquete
(1933–present)
ArenaGinásio Oscar Zelaya
Carioca Arena 1
Capacity1,500
(fan seating)
6,000
(fan seating)
Location Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Team colorsBlack, Silver and White
   
PresidentMufarrej
Head coach Léo Figueiró
Championships1 Brazilian Championship
1 Liga Ouro
1 South American League
Website botafogo.com.br

Botafogo Basquete, or Botafogo Basquetebol (English: Botafogo Basket or Botafogo Basketball) is the men's professional basketball team of the major multi-sports club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Botafogo Football and Rowing), which is abbreviated as Botafogo F.R. The club is based in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The club's full name is Basquete do Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, which is abbreviated as Botafogo F.R. Basquete.

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History

The multi-sport Club de Regatas Botafogo (Botafogo Rowing Club), abbreviated as C.R. Botafogo, was founded in 1894. The club's basketball section was founded in 1933, and were finalists of the Rio de Janeiro State Championship, in 1934 and 1937. The multi-sport club Botafogo Football Club, abbreviated as Botafogo F.C., was founded in 1904. Its basketball section won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1939 and 1942.

Basketball played a major role in the development of Botafogo F.R.'s multi-sports athletic club. In 1942, a basketball game was played between the two sports clubs of the Botafogo neighborhood, C.R. Botafogo and Botafogo F.C., respectively. During the game, just after halftime, Armando Albano, a player of Botafogo F.C., died on the court, after suffering a heart attack. In his honor, the presidents of each club decided to merge their clubs, and become Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Botafogo Football and Rowing), abbreviated as Botafogo F.R. The club also took a new flag and a new crest, mixing both club's originals. [1] After that, Botafogo F.R.'s basketball club won several local Rio de Janeiro State Championships, including the three-peat of 1943, 1944, and 1945.

Botafogo F.R. also won the Brazilian Cup (Brazilian Championship) title in 1967, and became the first and only club from Rio to win the top-tier level Brazilian league. Another club from Rio did not do so until 2000. They also competed in the 1968 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. At the beginning of the 2000s decade, the club's basketball department became amateur, and only became professional again in 2015.

In the 2017 season, Botafogo F.R. played in the Brazilian Gold League, the second-tier level of Brazilian pro club basketball. The club finished the regular season in first place, [2] and went on to win the league title. They beat Blumenau in the playoffs, and then won the league's finals, after beating AAB Joinville in the 5th and decisive game, at home, by a score of 90–68. [3] The team's main star, Jamaal Smith, was named the league's Finals MVP, after a great performance during the series.

In the 2018–19 NBB season, with Léo Figueiró already as head coach, the team reached the semifinals, losing to Flamengo Basketball that would go to win the league's title. Coach Léo Figueiró was named NBB's Coach of the Year. With this campaign, Botafogo finished 4th and secured a place at the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol's next season.

At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, the team debuted at the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, in a group hosted in San Andres, Colombia, that had the home team Warriors de San Andrés, Nacional de Montevideo and Salta Basket. After finishing 2–1, the team advanced to the semifinals stage. The next stage was played in La Banda, and Botafogo faced, once again, Salta and Nacional, and the home team Ciclista Olímpico. At the first game, Botafogo beat Salta 62–61 with a buzzer-beater shot from Arthur Bernardi. The next day the team beat Nacional by a 10 points margin and, at the final and decisive game, Jamaal Smith put on a show and helped Botafogo come from a 17 point deficit against Ciclista Olímpico to advance to the Finals to face Corinthians. [4] After losing the first game of the finals in Rio, the team counted with amazing performances of Jamaal Smith and Cauê Borges in game 2 and 3 respectively to win back to back games in São Paulo to conquer its first international trophy. [5] The next day, a huge crowd of fans showed up to receive the players and celebrate the title at the club's Ginásio Oscar Zelaya. [6]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Botafogo Basquete roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F/C Flag of Brazil.svg Sommer, Dú 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)105 kg (231 lb)29 – (1994-12-29)29 December 1994
C Flag of Brazil.svg Mariano, Lucas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)128 kg (282 lb)31 – (1993-09-24)24 September 1993
C Flag of Brazil.svg Sena, Wesley 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)118 kg (260 lb)28 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996
G 0 Flag of Brazil.svg Coelho, Henrique 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (198 lb)31 – (1993-02-17)17 February 1993
G 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Ceccato, Guga 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)90 kg (198 lb)29 – (1995-02-22)22 February 1995
G 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Borges, Cauê 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (198 lb)32 – (1991-12-13)13 December 1991
PG 5 Flag of the United States.svg Smith, Jamaal 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)85 kg (187 lb)39 – (1985-02-25)25 February 1985
SG 7 Flag of Brazil.svg da Silva, Jackson 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)93 kg (205 lb)28 – (1996-11-22)22 November 1996
C 10 Flag of Brazil.svg Ansaloni, Ralfi 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)113 kg (249 lb)36 – (1987-12-26)26 December 1987
SF 11 Flag of Brazil.svg Verrissimo, Fabrício 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)95 kg (209 lb)26 – (1998-03-30)30 March 1998
F/C 12 Flag of Brazil.svg Lima, Erike 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)100 kg (220 lb)25 – (1999-08-08)8 August 1999
PG 13 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigues, Pedro 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)74 kg (163 lb)24 – (2000-09-01)1 September 2000
F 14 Flag of Brazil.svg de Freitas, Yan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)93 kg (205 lb)24 – (2000-07-08)8 July 2000
F 15 Flag of Brazil.svg Conceição, Diego 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)98 kg (216 lb)37 – (1987-05-08)8 May 1987
C 21 Flag of Brazil.svg Becker, Murilo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)110 kg (243 lb)41 – (1983-07-14)14 July 1983
PF 36 Flag of Brazil.svg Bernardi, Arthur 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)102 kg (225 lb)34 – (1990-03-16)16 March 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    Updated: 9 July 2019

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench
C Lucas MarianoDú Sommer
PF Arthur BernardiWesley Senna
SF Cauê BorgesDiego Conceição
SG Jamaal SmithFreddie McSwain Jr
PG Henrique CoelhoPaulinho Boracini

Honours and titles

International

National

Regional

Individual awards

Brazilian 2nd Division Season MVP:

Brazilian 2nd Division Finals MVP:

NBB Coach of The Year:

South American League MVP:

Head coaches

Women's team

Botafogo's women's basketball team has won the most state championships, with seven titles. They won the state championship in 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1995, and 2006.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Basquete". Botafogo FR. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alerta e Alivio". Liga Nacional de Basquete. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Botafogo Campeão". Liga Nacional de Basquete. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Botafogo consegue virada épica, vence o Ciclista Olímpico e vai à final da Liga Sul-Americana". Globoesporte.com. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Botafogo domina no início, segura o Corinthians no fim e vence a Liga Sul-Americana pela primeira vez". Globoesporte.com. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Torcida do Botafogo celebra título da Sul-Americana de basquete em General Severiano". Globoesporte.com. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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  8. ↑ "O cara das finais". Liga Nacional de Basquete. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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  10. ↑ "Botafogo vence o Corinthians e é campeão da Liga Sul-Americana". Amo Basquete. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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