page_title: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
section_title: Stadium
hierarchical_section_title: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas / Stadium
caption_attribution_description: Foto do Estádio da Rua Voluntários da Pátria no ano 1909. O local era sede do Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas.
context_page_description: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, also known as Botafogo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Botafogo is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league. In 2000, Botafogo finished 12th in a vote by subscribers of FIFA Magazine for the FIFA Club of the Century.
  In addition, the club has some of Brazilian football's most notable records, as the largest number of unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978; the most unbeaten matches record in the Brazilian Championship games: 42, also between 1977 and 1978; the largest number of player participations in total matches of the Brazil national football team: 1,094 participations and the largest number of players assigned to the Brazilian national team for World Cup. The club is still responsible for the greatest victory ever recorded in Brazilian football: 24-0 against Sport Club Mangueira in 1909.
context_section_description: The team's home ground is the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, named in honor of Nilton Santos, a former club player and two time world champion with the Brazilian national football team, and some feel the greatest left back of all time,  .
  Other stadiums used by the club during its history are:
  Voluntários da Pátria Street Field, the club's first pitch at their origins neighborhood.
  Estádio General Severiano, the club's first own stadium.
  Marechal Hermes Stadium, less important matches during 1978-1986.
  Estádio Caio Martins, at the neighboring city of Niterói.
  Estádio Luso Brasileiro during the 2005 and 2016 seasons.
caption: Voluntários da Pátria Street Stadium (1909)
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