# 2023 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

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. The season started on 15 January and concluded on 6 December 2023.

## Players

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 |
| 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |
| 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 |
| FW | Júnior Santos | Fortaleza | $200,000 | 31 March 2023 |
| FW | Diego Costa | Free agent | Free | 12 August 2023 |
| MF | Matías Segovia | Club Guaraní | €1,400,000 | 4 April 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Jeffinho | Lyon | €10,000,000 | 31 January 2023 | |
| 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.

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 70 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 109 | 61 | +48 | 048.57 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
* ↑ Fluminense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2023 Copa Libertadores.

#### 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Copa Sudamericana
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs |
| 3 | Magallanes | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Universidad César Vallejo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | |