Botafogo Fixtures

The State Championship for Rio State is known as the Carioca. It runs from late January to April, has two distinct phases and finals – one the Taça Rio, the other Taça Guanabara (Taça means cup in Portuguese) and verily your taça will overfloweth with football since after two phases there is another play-off between the winners of each phase.

This year the teams are divided into two groups of six – in the first phase each team plays the five others; in the second phase they play the six teams from the other group.

Group A: Botafogo, Vasco , Americano, Bangu, Olaria, Portuguesa.
Group B: Flamengo, Fluminense, América, Cabofriense, Madureira, Friburgense.

Botafogo’s games are as follows:

January 25 Botafogo 1 Olaria 0
January 28 Americano 2 Botafogo 1
January 31 Portuguesa 1 Botafogo 2

February

Sun 8: BOTAFOGO 1 VASCO 1 (Maracanã)
Wed 11: Botafogo 4 Bangu 1 – Caio Martins

TG Semi – Finals

Sat 14 / Sunday 15 . Top two teams from each group play top two from other group. – ie Winner of Group A v Runner-up Group B

TG  Final – SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY (Flamengo v Vasco) – see separate notice in events section of site.

Taça Rio

Sun 29 BOTAFOGO 0  FLUMINENSE  0 – GRANDDAD’S DERBY
TR FINAL: Flamengo 3 Fluminense 2

Flamengo qualify for the Carioca State Championship Final to be played over two legs on April 11 and April 18.
 

March

Wed 3 Botafogo 2 Friburgense  2 – Caio Martins
Sun 7 Botafogo 3 América 1 – Caio Martins  Match Report here
Thurs 11 Cabofriense 2 Botafogo 0   Match Report
Sunday 14 FLAMENGO 0 BOTAFOGO 1 Match Report (sort of!) here
Sunday 21 Madureira 2 Botafogo 4

TR Semi-Finals - Sat 27 / Sun 28

TR Final - Sun 4 April
 

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL - Winner of TG v Winner of TR

Sun 11: 1^st leg
Sun 18: 2^nd leg

'Fogo for the cup

In addition to the above championships there is also the Copa da Brasil

Wed 4th Feb Maranhão 0 Botafogo 5
Wed 18th Feb Botafogo vs Maranhão - Caio Martins
March 24th Gama 4 Fogo 4 (Brasilia)
April 7th: Botafogo 2 Gama 3 (Maracana)  Gama go through on aggregate Match Report here
 

National Championship – the Brasileirão

With Botafogo back in the big time their national championship season has home and away fixtures against the 23 other teams. Four teams will be relegated. The top four into the Libertadores. The winner decided by the "pontos corridos" – aggregate points system which was adopted for 2003.

April

Wed 21st Botafogo 1  Goiás 4
Sun 25th Santos 2  Botafogo 0
Wed 28 Botafogo 2 Atlético MG 2

May

Sun 2 Criciúma 1 Botafogo 0
Sun 9 Botafogo 2 Paysandu 2
Sun 16 Grêmio 2 Botafogo 2
Sun 23 Botafogo 1 Figueirense 1 Match Report here
Sun 30 Vasco 4 Botafogo 0 Match Report here

June

Sun 13 Parana 1 Botafogo 1
Sun 20 Botafogo 0 Ponte Preta 1
Sun 27 Fluminense 3 Botafogo 3 Match Report here (courtesy of Gary McVeigh)

July

Sun 4 Sao Caetano 1 Botafogo 2
Wed 7 Botafogo 5 Internacional 1Match Report and photos here (courtesy of Gary McVeigh)
Sun 11 Vitoria 1 Botafogo 0 Match Report here
Wed 14 Botafogo 1 Palmeiras 1 Match report from Gary McVeigh
Sun 18 Cruzeiro 3 Botafogo 2
Wed 21 Botafogo 1 Sao Paulo 0 Match Report from Gary (well worth a read)
Sun 25 Coritiba 1 Botafogo 0
Wed 28 Botafogo 0 Flamengo 0 Match Report from Gary - very readable as ever!

August

Sun 1 Guarani 0 Botafogo 2
Wed 4 Botafogo 0 Juventude 1
Sun 8 Corinthians 2 Botafogo 2
Wed 11 Botafogo 1 Atletico PR 1 Match Report and top pictures from Gary
Sun 15 Goias 3 Botafogo 1
Wed 18 Botafogo 2 Santos 0
Sun 22 Atletico MG 1 Botafogo 1
Sun 29 Botafogo 1 Criciuma 1

September

Wed 1 Paysandu 2 Botafogo 0
Wed 8 Botafogo 2 Grêmio 1 Match report courtesy of Gary McVeigh
Sun 12 Figueirense 3 Botafogo 1
Sun 19 BOTAFOGO 2 VASCO 2 Another stonking Match Report from Gary
Sun26 Botafogo 4 Paraná 3 Match Report and photos courtesy of Gary
Wed 29 Ponte Preta 1 Botafogo 1

October

Sat 2 Fluminense 1 Botafogo 4 Match report
Wed 6 Botafogo 1 São Caetano 1
Sun 17 Inter 3 Botafogo 1
Sun 24 Botafogo 1 Vitória 1
Wed 27 Palmeiras 2 Botafogo 1
Sat 30 Botafogo 2 Cruzeiro 1

November

Thurs 11 São Paulo 5 Botafogo 2
Wed 14 Botafogo 4 Coritiba 1
Sun 21 Flamengo 0 Botafogo 0
Sun 28 Botafogo 1 Guarani 0

December

Sun 5 Juventude 1 Botafogo 0
Sun 12 Botafogo 1 Corinthians 2 Match Report
Sun 19 Atlético PR 1 Botafogo 1 Match Report