2025 Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) season

The 2025 season is the 106th competitive season for Botafogo Futebol Clube. The team will compete in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B for the second consecutive season and the Campeonato Paulista.

Botafogo Futebol Clube

2025 season
Manager	Márcio Zanardi (until 18 May)
Stadium	Estádio Santa Cruz
Série B	18th
Campeonato Paulista	Pre-season
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2024

Exhibition matches

Ferroviária v Botafogo-SP

7 January 2025	Ferroviária	1–0	Botafogo-SP	Araraquara
	Cássio Gabriel	Report		Stadium: Fonte Luminosa

Botafogo-SP v Monte Azul

11 January 2025	Botafogo-SP	1–1	Monte Azul	Ribeirão Preto
				Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série B	5 April 2025	22 November 2025	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Campeonato Paulista	15 January 2025			2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total				2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00

Last updated: 20 January 2025
Source: Competitions

Série B

Main article: 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
16	América Mineiro	22	6	4	12	23	31	−8	22
17	Volta Redonda	22	5	7	10	14	24	−10	22	Relegation to 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
18	Botafogo-SP	22	5	7	10	15	31	−16	22
19	Paysandu	22	4	9	9	19	25	−6	21
20	Amazonas	22	4	9	9	23	31	−8	21

Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.^[1]

Matches

América Mineiro v Botafogo-SP

4 April 2025 1	América Mineiro	1–0	Botafogo-SP	Belo Horizonte
18:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Estadio Raimundo Sampaio

Botafogo-SP v Atlético Goianiense

13 April 2025 2	Botafogo-SP	1–1	Atlético Goianiense
19:00 UTC−3

Botafogo-SP v Remo

17 April 2025 3	Botafogo-SP	2–2	Remo
20:00 UTC−3

Vila Nova v Botafogo-SP

20 April 2025 4	Vila Nova	2–0	Botafogo-SP
16:00 UTC−3

Botafogo-SP v Goiás

28 April 2025 5	Botafogo-SP	v	Goiás
19:30 UTC−3

Avaí v Botafogo-SP

28 July 2025 19

Avaí

5–0

Botafogo-SP

Botafogo-SP v América Mineiro

2 August 2025 20

Botafogo-SP

2–1

América Mineiro

Atlético Goianiense v Botafogo-SP

10 August 2025 21

Atlético Goianiense

2–0

Botafogo-SP

Remo v Botafogo-SP

16 August 2025 22

Remo

1–1

Botafogo-SP

Campeonato Paulista

Main article: 2025 Campeonato Paulista

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	12	8	3	1	20	13	+7	27	Knockout stage
2	Mirassol	12	5	1	6	21	21	0	16
3	Botafogo-SP	12	2	5	5	8	13	−5	11
4	Inter de Limeira (R)	12	0	7	5	9	19	−10	7	Relegation to Série A2

Source: Soccerway
(R) Relegated

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
12	2	5	5	8	13	−5	11	2	2	2	4	4	0	0	3	3	4	9	−5

Last updated: 10 March 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Guarani v Botafogo-SP

15 January 2025 1	Guarani	2–0	Botafogo-SP	Campinas
19:30 UTC−3	7' (o.g.) 63'			Stadium: Estádio Brinco de Ouro Referee: Lucas Canetto Bellote

Botafogo-SP v São Paulo

20 January 2025 2	Botafogo-SP	0–0	São Paulo	Ribeirão Preto
20:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz

Noroeste v Botafogo-SP

24 January 2025 3	Noroeste	0–0	Botafogo-SP	Bauru
				Stadium: Estádio Alfredo de Castilho

Botafogo-SP v São Bernardo

26 January 2025 4	Botafogo-SP	0–1	São Bernardo	Ribeirão Preto
				Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz

Botafogo-SP v Água Santa

29 January 2025 5	Botafogo-SP	1–1	Água Santa	Ribeirão Preto
				Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz

Portuguesa v Botafogo-SP

1 February 2025 6	Portuguesa	3–2	Botafogo-SP	São Paulo
				Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium

Santos v Botafogo-SP

5 February 2025 7	Santos	1–1	Botafogo-SP	Santos
21:35 UTC-03:00	Tiquinho Soares 38' (pen.)	Report	67' Alexandre Jesus	Stadium: Vila Belmiro Attendance: 15,377 Referee: Matheus Delgado Candançan

Botafogo-SP v Velo Clube

8 February 2025 8	Botafogo-SP	1–0	Velo Clube	Ribeirão Preto
				Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz

Botafogo-SP v Red Bull Bragantino

11 February 2025 9	Botafogo-SP	1–0	Red Bull Bragantino	Ribeirão Preto
				Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz

Ponte Preta v Botafogo-SP

15 February 2025 10	Ponte Preta	0–0	Botafogo-SP	Campinas
				Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli

Palmeiras v Botafogo-SP

20 February 2025 11	Palmeiras	3–1	Botafogo-SP	São Paulo
19:30 UTC−3	Estêvão 29' Torres 76' Luighi 85'	Report	Alexandre Jesus 25'	Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 23,079 Referee: João Vitor Gobi

Botafogo-SP v Novorizontino

23 February 2025 12	Botafogo-SP	1–2	Novorizontino	Ribeirão Preto
				Stadium: Estádio Santa Cruz