Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube

Not to be confused with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas or Sobradinho Esporte Clube.

Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube, also known as Botafogo or Botafogo-DF, is a Brazilian football club based in Cristalina, in Goiás. The club was formerly known as Clube Esportivo Guará.

Botafogo-DF

Full name	Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Alvinegro candango Fogão DF
Founded	July 14, 2004 (as Guará) July 14, 2009 (as Botafogo)
Ground	CAVE Guará, DF,
Capacity	7,000
President	Walter Thodoro
Head Coach	Gerson Vieira
Website	http://botafogo-df.com/
Home colours Away colours colours

History

The club was founded on July 14, 2004 as Clube Esportivo Guará. The club won the Campeonato Brasiliense Second Level in 2006. It was founded again as Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube on July 14, 2009,^[1] after celebrating its five-year birthday and joining a partnership with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, adopting the colors and symbols from the Rio de Janeiro club.^[2][3][4] In its first season, Botafogo-DF finished as runners-up in the Campeonato Brasiliense Second Level gaining promotion to the First Level of the Campeonato Brasiliense, in 2010,^[5] even after being defeated 2–1 in the final to Ceilandense. ^[6]

In 2022, the club moved to the city of Cristalina, at the state of Goiás, leaving the city of Guará.

Achievements

• Campeonato Brasiliense Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 2006
  • Runners-up (1): 2009

Stadium

Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Antônio Otoni Filho, nicknamed CAVE.^[1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people.^[7]