# 2022 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

The 2022 season was Botafogo's 118th in existence and the first one back in the top flight. They are playing in the Série A and the Campeonato Carioca.

## Squad

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 | ARG | Renzo Saravia |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Joel Carli (captain) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Kanu |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Danilo |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Tchê Tchê |
| 7 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Patrick de Paula |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Tiquinho |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Gustavo Sauer |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Diego Gonçalves (on loan from Mirassol) |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Lucas Perri |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Gabriel (on loan from Benfica) |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Víctor Cuesta (on loan from Internacional) |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Hugo |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Lucas Fernandes (on loan from Portimonense) |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Daniel Borges |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Marçal |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Douglas Borges |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Romildo Del Piage |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Victor Sá |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Carlinhos |
| 32 | MF | USA | Jacob Montes |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Diego Loureiro |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Júnior Santos (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Lucas Mezenga |
| 43 | MF | BRA | Lucas Piazon (on loan from Braga) |
| 47 | MF | BRA | Jeffinho |
| 52 | GK | BRA | Igo Gabriel (on loan from CSA) |
| 62 | MF | BRA | Kayque (on loan from Nova Iguaçu) |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Matheus Nascimento |
| 94 | DF | BRA | Philipe Sampaio |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Luis Henrique (on loan from Marseille) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Jeffinho | Resende | Loan | 13 April 2022 |
| MF | Tiquinho Soares | Olympiacos | €1,000,000 | 12 August 2022 |
| MF | Danilo Barbosa | Nice | Undisclosed | 12 August 2022 |
| MF | Jeffinho | Resende | €300,000 | 26 August 2022 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Jeffinho | Resende | Loan return | 25 August 2022 | |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série A | 10 April 2022 | 13 November 2022 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 039.47 |
| Campeonato Carioca | 25 January 2022 | 27 March 2022 | Taça Guanabara | Semi-finals | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 053.85 |
| Copa do Brasil | 20 April 2022 | 14 July 2022 | Third round | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 043.64 |
Source: Competitions

### Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | São Paulo | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 54 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 10 | América Mineiro | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 11 | Botafogo | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 12 | Santos | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 13 | Goiás | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 46 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 17 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 |

#### Matches

The first round dates was announced on 30 March 2022.