# 2024 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

The 2024 season was Botafogo's 120th in existence and the third consecutive year in the top flight. They played in the Série A, the Campeonato Carioca, the Copa Libertadores and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 20 September 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | PAR | Gatito Fernández (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Lucas Halter |
| 4 | DF | URU | Mateo Ponte |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Danilo Barbosa |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Tchê Tchê (captain) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Luiz Henrique |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Tiquinho Soares |
| 10 | FW | VEN | Jefferson Savarino |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Júnior Santos |
| 12 | GK | BRA | John |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Alex Telles |
| 15 | DF | ANG | Bastos |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Hugo |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Marlon Freitas |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Alexander Barboza |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Marçal |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Thiago Almada |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Kauê |
| 26 | MF | BRA | Gregore |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Carlos Alberto |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Allan |
| 30 | GK | BRA | Lucas Barreto |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Eduardo |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Adryelson (on loan from Lyon) |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Matheus Martins |
| 38 | DF | BRA | Jefferson Maciel |
| 47 | FW | BRA | Jeffinho (on loan from Lyon) |
| 66 | DF | BRA | Cuiabano |
| 67 | FW | BRA | Yarlen |
| 70 | MF | PAR | Óscar Romero |
| 79 | FW | BRA | Fabiano |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Matheus Nascimento |
| 91 | DF | BRA | Pablo (on loan from Flamengo) |
| 97 | GK | BRA | Raul |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Igor Jesus |

### Botafogo B and Youth Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 48 | MF | BRA | Rhuan |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Sapata |
| 63 | DF | BRA | Serafim |
| 72 | DF | BRA | Luís Octávio |
| 76 | DF | BRA | Devid |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | USA | Esteban Espinosa |
| — | MF | BRA | Bernardo Valim |
| — | MF | BRA | JP Galvão |
| — | FW | TRI | Darius Lewis |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BRA | Igo Gabriel (to Confiança until 30 November 2024) |
| — | GK | BRA | João Fernando (to São Bento until 31 October 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Daniel Borges (to América Mineiro until 31 December 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Henrique Vermudt (to Ferroviário until 30 November 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Kawan (to Estrela da Amadora until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | ECU | Luis Segovia (to CRB until 30 November 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Philipe Sampaio (to Atlético Goianiense until 31 December 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Vitor Marinho (to ABC until 30 November 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Breno (to São Bernardo until 30 November 2024) |
| — | MF | URU | Diego Hernández (to León until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Luís Oyama (to Juventude until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Newton (to Criciúma until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Patrick de Paula (at Criciúma until 31 December 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Raí (to CRB until 30 November 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Chay (to CRB until 30 November 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Emerson Urso (to Vila Nova until 30 November 2024) |
| — | FW | BRA | Gustavo Sauer (to Cuiabá until 31 December 2024) |
| — | FW | PAR | Matías Segovia (to Al-Ain until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | URU | Valentín Adamo (to Union Española until 31 December 2024) |

## Kits

| Home | Alt. Home | Away | Third | Fourth | Home (R1-4) | Away (R1-21) | Third (R1-24) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Carlos Alberto | América Mineiro | R$5 million | 1 January 2024 |
| MF | Jeffinho | Lyon | Loan | 5 January 2024 |
| DF | Alexander Barboza | Libertad | Free | 8 January 2024 |
| MF | Jefferson Savarino | Real Salt Lake | $2,700,000 | 11 January 2024 |
| MF | Luiz Henrique | Real Betis | €16,000,000 | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Matías Segovia | RWD Molenbeek | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Damián Suárez | Unattatched | Free | 9 February 2024 |
| MF | Gregore | Inter Miami | €2,500,000 | 19 February 2024 |
| MF | Óscar Romero | Unattached | Free | 18 March 2024 |
| GK | João Fernando | Boavista | Loan return | 16 April 2024 |
| DF | Cuiabano | Grêmio | €1,400,000 | 19 April 2024 |
| GK | Gabriel Toebe Studt | Avenida | Loan return | 1 May 2024 |
| FW | Carlos Alberto | RWD Molenbeek | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Matías Segovia | RWD Molenbeek | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Allan | Al Wahda | Free | 10 July 2024 |
| FW | Igor Jesus | Shabab Al Ahli | Free | 10 July 2024 |
| MF | Thiago Almada | Atlanta United FC | $21,000,000 | 10 July 2024 |
| MF | Matheus Martins | Udinese | €10,000,000 | 30 July 2024 |
| MF | Mohamed El Arouch | Lyon | Undisclosed | 21 August 2024 |
| DF | Vitinho | Burnley | Undisclosed | 30 August 2024 |
| DF | Adryelson | Lyon | Loan | 2 September 2024 |
| DF | Alex Telles | Unattached | Free | 3 September 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Diego Costa | Grêmio | End of contract | 1 January 2024 |
| GK | João Fernando | Boavista | Loan | 1 January 2024 |
| GK | Gabriel Toebe Studt | Avenida | Loan | 1 January 2024 |
| FW | Carlos Alberto | RWD Molenbeek | Loan | 10 January 2024 |
| MF | Matías Segovia | Al Ain | Loan | 27 July 2024 |
| MF | Diego Hernández | Club León | Loan | 29 July 2024 |
| MF | Jacob Montes | RWD Molenbeek | Free | 30 July 2024 |
| MF | Patrick de Paula | Criciúma | Loan | 22 August 2024 |
| DF | Jefferson Maciel | Portimonense | Undisclosed | 24 August 2024 |
| DF | Luis Segovia | CRB | Loan | 29 August 2024 |
| DF | Damián Suárez | Peñarol | Contract termination | 2 September 2024 |
| MF | Mohamed El Arouch | | Released | 20 September 2024 |

## 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 | 14 April 2024 | 8 December 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winner | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 060.53 |
| Campeonato Carioca | 17 January 2024 | 31 March 2024 | Taça Guanabara | Taça Rio winners | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 066.67 |
| Copa do Brasil | 2 May 2024 | 7 August 2024 | Third round | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Copa Libertadores | 22 February 2024 | 30 November 2024 | Second stage | Winners | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 047.06 |
| FIFA Intercontinental Cup | 11 December 2024 | 11 December 2024 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 75 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 123 | 65 | +58 | 057.33 |
Source: Soccerway

### Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Botafogo (C) | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 79 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 73 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Flamengo | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 70 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 68 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Internacional | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 65 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
* ↑ Botafogo and Flamengo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2024 Copa Libertadores and the 2024 Copa do Brasil, respectively.

#### Results summary

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

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 29 February.

### Campeonato Carioca
#### Taça Guanabara

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 22 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | Fluminense | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 21 | Advance to semifinals |
| 5 | Botafogo | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 20 | Advance to Taça Rio semifinals |
| 6 | Boavista | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 18 | Advance to Taça Rio semifinals |
| 7 | Portuguesa | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 14 | Advance to Taça Rio semifinals |

#### Taca Rio
##### Final
### Copa do Brasil
#### Round of 16
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group stage

The draw was held on 18 March 2024.

##### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUN | BOT | LDQ | UNI |
| 1 | Junior | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Copa Sudamericana | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Universitario | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |

#### Final stages
##### Final
### FIFA Intercontinental Cup
#### Second round

FIFA Derby of the Americas

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

As of 8 December 2024
| Position | Players | Série A | Campeonato Carioca | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores | Total |
| FW | Júnior Santos | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| MF | Jefferson Savarino | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| FW | Luiz Henrique | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| MF | Tiquinho Soares | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| MF | Carlos Eduardo | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| FW | Igor Jesus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| FW | Jeffinho | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| DF | Bastos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| DF | Cuiabano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | Thiago Almada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| MF | Danilo Barbosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | Gregore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DF | Mateo Ponte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | Carlos Alberto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Hugo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| MF | Kauê | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Marlon Freitas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Matheus Martins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Lucas Halter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | Yarlen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Adryelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Alexander Barboza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | Emerson Urso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Diego Hernández | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Janderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Fernando Marçal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Jacob Montes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Raí | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Óscar Romero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Sapata | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Alex Telles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Tchê Tchê | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |