2023 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

Botafogo
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
	← 2022 2024 →

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.

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	Diego Costa	Free agent	Free	12 August 2023	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Luis Segovia	RWD Molenbeek	Loan	2 August 2023

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.^[3] ^[4]

Competitions

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	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

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	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
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	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
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.^[5]
Notes:

^ 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]}

Matches

15 April 2023 1	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

24 April 2023 2	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

30 April 2023 3	Flamengo	2–3	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 53,138 Referee: Edina Alves Batista

7 May 2023 4	Botafogo	2–0	Atlético Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Flavio Rodrigues De Souza

11 May 2023 5	Botafogo	3–0	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
19:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Anderson Daronco

14 May 2023 6

Goiás

2–1

Botafogo

20 May 2023 7	Botafogo	1–0	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

29 May 2023 8	Botafogo	2–0	América Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

3 June 2023 9

Athletico Paranaense

1–0

Botafogo

11 June 2023 10	Botafogo	2–0	Fortaleza	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

23 June 2023 11

Cuiabá

0–1

Botafogo

25 June 2023 12

Palmeiras

0–1

Botafogo

2 July 2023 13	Botafogo	2–0	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

9 July 2023 14

Grêmio

0–2

Botafogo

16 July 2023 15	Botafogo	2–0	Red Bull Bragantino	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

23 July 2023 16

Santos

2–2

Botafogo

30 July 2023 17	Botafogo	4–1	Coritiba	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

6 August 2023 18

Cruzeiro

0–0

Botafogo

13 August 2023 19	Botafogo	3–1	Internacional	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

19 August 2023 20	São Paulo	0–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
				Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi

27 August 2023 21	Botafogo	3–0	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

3 September 2023 22	Botafogo	1–2	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

17 September 2023 23

Atlético Mineiro

1–0

Botafogo

22 September 2023 24	Corinthians	1–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
20:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Neo Quimica Arena

2 October 2023 25	Botafogo	1–1	Goiás	Rio de Janeiro
20:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

8 October 2023 26	Fluminense	0–2	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Maracanã Referee: Leandro Vuaden

18 October 2023 27	América Mineiro	1–2	Botafogo	Belo Horizonte
20:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Arena Independência

21 October 2023 28	Botafogo	1–1	Athletico Paranaense	Rio de Janeiro
21:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

29 October 2023 30	Botafogo	0–1	Cuiabá	Rio de Janeiro
20:00 UTC−3			Pitta 52'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

1 November 2023 31	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

6 November 2023 32	Vasco da Gama	1–0	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
19:00 UTC−3				Stadium: São Januário

9 November 2023 33	Botafogo	3–4	Grêmio	Rio de Janeiro
20:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

12 November 2023 34	Red Bull Bragantino	2–2	Botafogo	Bragança Paulista
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid

23 November 2023 29	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

26 November 2023 35	Botafogo	1–1	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3	Danilo Barbosa 11'		Messias 90'	Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos Referee: Wilton Sampaio

29 November 2023 36	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

3 December 2023 37	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

6 December 2023 38	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

Copa do Brasil

2 March 2023 First round

Sergipe

1–1

Botafogo

15 March 2023 Second round

Botafogo

7–1

Brasiliense FC

Third round

12 April 2023 First leg

Ypiranga

0–2

Botafogo

27 April 2023 Second leg

Botafogo

2–0
(4–0 agg.)

Ypiranga

Round of 16

17 May 2023 First 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 Referee: Leandro Vuaden

31 May 2023 Second 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 Referee: Anderson Daronco
	Penalties
	Tiquinho Soares Tchê Tchê Marlon Freitas Lucas Fernandes		Thiago Heleno Vitor Bueno David Terans Alex Santana

Copa Sudamericana

References

^ "Chega mais, Carlos Alberto | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas".
^ [1]
^ "Botafogo cancela pré-temporada nos EUA por desentendimento com a Ferj". ge. 4 January 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 February 2023.

[table_note_res_LIB-CL0.82313869373088-5] Fluminense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2023 Copa Libertadores.

[1] "Chega mais, Carlos Alberto | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas".

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[3] "Botafogo cancela pré-temporada nos EUA por desentendimento com a Ferj". ge. 4 January 2023.

[4] "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.

[6] "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 February 2023.

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