The 2025 season was the 101st year of competition for Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, a Brazilian football club based in Rio de Janeiro. The team competed in the Série A, Campeonato Carioca, Copa do Brasil, Copa Libertadores, Recopa Sudamericana, and, for the first time, the Supercopa do Brasil and FIFA Club World Cup. Botafogo were the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores.
Squad First team squad
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource Luís Oyama JuventudeLoan return Luis Segovia CRBLoan return Patrick de Paula CriciúmaLoan return Raí CRBLoan return Breno São BernardoLoan return Emerson Urso Vila NovaLoan return Chay CRBLoan return Diego Hernández LeónLoan return Philipe Sampaio Atlético GoianienseLoan return Daniel Borges América MineiroLoan return Valentín Adamo Unión EspañolaLoan return Newton CriciúmaLoan return Gustavo Sauer CuiabáLoan return Jeffinho Lyon€5,300,000 Artur Zenit Saint Petersburg€10,000,000 Léo Linck Athletico Paranaense€1,700,000 Jair Santos€10,000,000 Nathan Fernandes GrêmioUndisclosed Santiago Rodríguez New York City FC Undisclosed MarçalUnattachedFree Gonzalo Mastriani Athletico ParanaenseLoan Raí BoavistaLoan return Álvaro Montoro Vélez SarsfieldUS€9,000,000 Kaio Fernando Krasnodar€2,000,000 Cristhian Loor Independiente del ValleUndisclosed Arthur Cabral Benfica€15,000,000 Joaquín Correa Inter MilanFree Matías Segovia Al AinLoan return Thiago Almada Olympique LyonnaisLoan return Jordan Barrera Junior BarranquillaUS$4,000,000 Danilo Nottingham Forest€22,000,000 Neto BournemouthUndisclosed Chris Ramos CádizLoan Gabriel Bahia Volta RedondaLoan
Transfers Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource Pablo FlamengoEnd of loan Óscar Romero InternacionalReleased Gabriel Toebe Studt Avenida Emerson Urso Vila NovaReleased Chay Volta RedondaReleased RafaelRetiredEnd of contract MarçalEnd of contract Gatito Fernández Cerro PorteñoEnd of contract Tchê Tchê Vasco da GamaEnd of contract Eduardo CruzeiroEnd of contract Daniel Borges MirassolFree Hugo VitóriaLoan Raí BoavistaLoan Thiago Almada Olympique LyonnaisLoan Luiz Henrique Zenit Saint Petersburg€33,000,000 Tiquinho Soares SantosUndisclosed Valentín Adamo Boston RiverLoan Matheus Nascimento LA GalaxyLoan Raí Volta RedondaLoan Hugo Al WaslUndisclosed Igor Jesus Nottingham Forest£10,000,000 Jair Nottingham Forest€12,000,000 Thiago Almada Atlético Madrid€21,000,000 Diego Hernández RemoLoan Elias Manoel Santa ClaraLoan Yarlen TondelaLoan Patrick de Paula EstorilLoan Matías Segovia RWDM BrusselsLoan Rwan Cruz Real Salt LakeLoan Danilo Barbosa Al-UlaUndisclosed Kayke FortalezaLoan John Nottingham Forest€9,000,000 Cuiabano Nottingham Forest€6,000,000
Friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
League table
Matches
Campeonato Carioca
Taça Guanabara Taça Guanabara table
Results by round
Matches
Copa do Brasil
Third round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Supercopa do Brasil
Copa Libertadores
Group Stage
Final stages
The draw for the round of 16 will be held on 2 June 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3) at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.
Round of 16
Recopa Sudamericana
FIFA Club World Cup
Group stage
Knockout stage
References