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Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas logo.svg
Full name Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Nickname(s) Fogo (Fire)
Estrela Solitária (The Lone Star)
O Glorioso (The Glorious One)
Alvinegro Carioca (Rio's Black and White)
O Mais Tradicional (The Most Traditional) “Campeão da América”
Founded 12 August 1904; 120 years ago (1904-08-12), as a football club
Stadium Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Ground Capacity 46,831
SAF Owner John Textor (90%)
President Durcesio Mello
Head coach Artur Jorge
League Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Carioca

Copa Libertadores FIFA Intercontinental Cup FIFA Club World Cup

Recopa Sudamericana
2022
2022
Série A, 11th of 20
Carioca, 4th of 12
Third colors

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas ( Botafogo Football and Rowing) is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighborhood of Botafogo, in the city of 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 top 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. They have won the Brazilian championship two times, in 1968 and 1995.

In addition, the club has some of Brazilian football's most notable records, including most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978; the most unbeaten matches in the Brazilian Championship: 42, also between 1977 and 1978; and the most players called up to the Brazilian national team in World Cups. The club holds the record for the greatest victory ever recorded in Brazilian football: 24–0 against Sport Club Mangueira in 1909. Botafogo won the 2024 Copa Libertadores.

History

Formation and merger

On 1 July 1894, Club de Regatas Botafogo was founded in Rio de Janeiro.

Botafogo1906
The 1906 football team.

On 12 August 1904, another club was founded in the neighborhood: the Electro Club, the name first given to the Botafogo Football Club. The idea came during an algebra lesson at Alfredo Gomes College. The Electro Club was founded, but its name did not last. After a suggestion from Dona Chiquitota, Flávio's grandmother, the club finally became the Botafogo Football Club, on September 18 of the same year. The colors were black and white like those of Juventus FC, the team of Itamar Tavares, one of the club's founders. Its badge was drawn by Basílio Vianna Jr., in Swiss style with the BFC monogram. The Botafogo Football Club would soon become one of the strongest football teams in Rio de Janeiro, winning the championships of 1907, 1910, 1912 and more.

With the same name, the same location, the same colours and most importantly the same supporters, it seemed inevitable that the clubs would merge. They did so on 8 December 1942, after a basketball match between both clubs, when Botafogo Football Club player Armando Albano died suddenly, that the idea of a merger began. On this tragic occasion, the president of Club de Regatas Botafogo, Augusto Frederico Schmidt, spoke: "At this time, I declare to Albano that his last match ended with the victory of his team. We won't play the time left on the clock. We all want the young fighter to leave this great night as a winner. This is how we salute him." Eduardo Góis Trindade, Botafogo Football Club's president said: "Between the matches of our clubs, only one can be the winner: Botafogo!." And then Schmidt declared the fusion: "What else do we need for our clubs to become one?." Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas finally came into being. The Football Club's badge became black, and the monogram substituted by Clube de Regatas' lone star.

On the field

Time Botafogo 1907
The team that won its first Campeonato Carioca in 1907
Time Botafogo 1910
The team of 1910

The team won the Campeonato Carioca in 1907, 1910 and 1912. In 1909 the team beat Mangueira 24–0, which remains the highest score in Brazilian football. They won further state titles in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.

Botafogo 1930
In 1930 Botafogo won its 4th Carioca title.

In the 1940s, after the creation of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, the team's best player was Heleno de Freitas. However, Heleno did not win a championship for Botafogo. He scored 204 goals in 233 matches, but went to the Boca Juniors in 1948, the year Botafogo won its 9th state championship.

They won the Campeonato Carioca in 1957, 1961 and 1962, and in 1968 they won Serie A, becoming the first carioca club to win the Brazilian league.

1989 ended a period of 21 years without a title when the club won the state championship, retaining the trophy in 1990.

In the 1990s, Botafogo won Copa Conmebol (the precursor of the current Copa Sudamericana). And in 1995 they won the Brazilian League for the second time in club's history, after drawing 1–1 the second leg of the Final against Santos FC at São Paulo.

Botafogo would be relegated to the Second Division after ranking last in the Brazilian League of 2002. In 2003, Botafogo ranked second in Brazil's Second division (after Palmeiras) and returned to the First Division.

In 2006, the club won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship for the 18th time, and again in 2010 and 2013 with the iconic players Loco Abreu and Clarence Seedorf, respectively.

In the 2020 edition of the Série A, Botafogo performed poorly and ended the championship in the last position, causing the club's relegation to the Série B for their third time in history.

Nowadays, Botafogo is the only club to have won titles in three different centuries, including the state championship for rowing in 1899.

The SAF Era

At the beginning of 2020, Botafogo underwent a series of internal audits to spin off its football division as a for-profit corporate entity, owned by the club, but which could be portioned and sold to investors. This was due to unprecedented legislation allowing for football clubs to be operated as corporations, and would be a solution to the severe financial crisis the club had faced for decades. Relegation to the Série B, however, delayed these plans.

The year 2021 saw Botafogo's debt reach one billion real. They placed 6th in the Rio de Janeiro State Championship, after a penalty decision lost to the also relegated Vasco da Gama. The club was off to a middling start to the Série B season, but bounced back after the hiring of manager Enderson Moreira, who was able to bring Botafogo back to the top tier of Brazilian football, as champions of the 2021 edition of Série B. It was Botafogo's second Série B title.

Meanwhile, the incoming administration had begun internal restructuring, hiring executive Jorge Braga for the brand-new post of CEO and downsizing its workforce considerably. Botafogo entered into a partnership with the investment firm XP Inc. to seek out potential buyers for its football division, which was in the process of becoming its own corporate entity. Congress had recently passed the Sociedade Anônima de Futebol (SAF) law, allowing foreigners to purchase shares in Brazilian football clubs for the first time in history.

Having averted complete financial disaster by returning to Série A, the country's top competitive tier, Botafogo finalized its transition into the SAF legal structure. The social club remained as an entity, owning 100% of Botafogo SAF's shares. In January 2022, it came to light that American investor John Textor, owner of a majority stake in Premier League club Crystal Palace F.C., was in talks to purchase a majority share of Botafogo. In February 2022, the club announced the acquisition of 90% of the shares of Botafogo's football division by Textor's holding company Eagle Holdings, and the start of a new era for the club.

Textor's first major move in charge of the club was the dismissal of Enderson Moreira in favor of Portuguese manager Luís Castro. Castro signed with Botafogo in March 2022, and the team had to hurry to build their squad for the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro. Botafogo finished that year's league edition in 11th place, guaranteeing a spot in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.

At the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro, Botafogo, then thought of as a team that at most would fight for a spot in the top 6, shocked everyone by coming in first place after only 3 rounds,leading the league by 13 points after 19 matches and on course to have the greatest first half of a season in Brazilian football history. In June 2023, coach Luís Castro accepted an offer from Al Nassr (Saudi Pro League), paving the way for the arrival of Portuguese manager Bruno Lage. However, due to poor results and controversies, Lage was dismissed after almost 3 months. For the remainder of the 2023 season, with the coaching position vacant, Botafogo's SAF leadership decided to promote two fan favorites to key positions in the team's management: former coach of Botafogo's U-23 team, Lúcio Flávio, was appointed interim coach, with former Argentine defender Joel Carli as his assistant.

Constant change of managers caused Botafogo to have the biggest title collapse in football history as the team only won 2 of their last 17 fixtures, not only losing the title to Palmeiras but dropping to 5th in the table and losing the automatic qualification spot for the Copa Libertadores. A Round of 16 exit in the Copa do Brasil, a Quarter-final exit in the Copa Sudamericana and a disappointing Campeonato Carioca, made the year one of the most painful seasons in the club's history.

The total debt owned by the club has been reduced and now sits at around 730 million reais.

Stadium

Estádio da Rua Voluntários da Pátria (1909)
Voluntários da Pátria Street Stadium (1909)
General Severiano
General Severiano entrance

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 Brazil National Football Team, regarded as one of the greatest left-backs of all time. The stadium is commonly called Engenhão by fans, in reference to the neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro, where it is located. The stadium was built for the 2007 Pan American Games and it also hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Other stadiums used by the club during its history are:

  • Voluntários da Pátria Street Field, the club's first pitch at their neighborhood of origin.
  • Estádio General Severiano, the club's first own stadium.
  • Marechal Hermes Stadium, for less important matches during 1978–1986.
  • Estádio Caio Martins, at the neighboring city of Niterói.
  • Estádio Luso Brasileiro, during the 2005 and 2016 seasons.
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Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, home of Botafogo

Rivals

Its biggest rivals are the other most important Rio clubs: Fluminense, Flamengo, and Vasco da Gama.

The derby with Fluminense is known as the "Clássico Vovô" (Grandfather Derby) for it being the oldest derby in the whole of Brazilian football. Both teams faced each other for the first time in 1905.

The matches with Vasco are known as the "Clássico da Amizade" (Friendship Derby) because the supporters of both clubs have been friends historically. It is the only derby in the city that tends to be nonviolent.

The derby against Flamengo, "The Rivalry Derby", is the biggest one for the club, and one of the most important and violent in Brazil. The clubs strongly dislike each other and the rivalry goes from the players on the pitch, to the fans, to both clubs' boardrooms. Players who participate in these matches usually become club idols. Some examples include: Garrincha, Manga, Jairzinho, Túlio Maravilha, and more recently Loco Abreu and Jefferson. Manga is known for a remarkable quote about this derby when he used to say that the player's prize money was already guaranteed because it was easy to beat Flamengo. Flamengo's biggest star Zico once said that at his childhood, Botafogo was the club he hated more because of the Glorioso's dominance in the derby.

From outside the city, the club also has a historic rivalry with Santos FC since the 1960s.

Symbols

Bota badges
Historical badges

Lone Star

The Lone Star (Estrela Solitária) is currently present in Botafogo's flag and crest. This star was the principal symbol of Club de Regatas Botafogo. After the two Botafogos merged, the Lone Star became one of the most important symbols of Botafogo's football team. It was originally meant to represent the planet Venus, also known as the Morning Star, which was often seen at sunrise by the rowing squad as they practiced very early in the morning.

Flag

Flag of Kindler (1943)
Flag of Botafogo Football Club since its foundation, in 1904.
When merged with Club de Regatas Botafogo, in 1943, the flag of the football club was adopted in new Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas.


The old flag of Club de Regatas Botafogo was white with a small black square which contained the Lone Star. The Football Club had a flag with nine black and white stripes with the club's crest localized in the center. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas then based its flag on that of the two old clubs. The flag has five black and four white stripes, with a black square at the upper left side with the Lone Star.

Uniform

Their primary uniform consists of a black jersey with vertical white stripes, black shorts and grey socks. Their secondary uniform is all white. An all black uniform may also be used. The socks, although traditionally grey, may also be black or even white on rare occasions.

Mascots

Manequinho 2
Manequinho, the mascot of the club

Botafogo's mascot is Manequinho, a boy originating from a replica of Brussels' Manneken Pis statue that stands near Botafogo's headquarters, which on occasion had a Botafogo jersey put onto by supporters of the team. In 1948 a stray dog named Biriba was the mascot that led them to the Campeonato Carioca. The first mascot was Donald Duck, who cartoonist Lorenzo Mollas drew in the early 1940s wearing Botafogo's jersey, but was never officially adopted due to rights issues.

Honours

Trofeu do Campeonato Brasileiro(1995)
The Brazilian Championship trophy won by Botafogo in 1995.

The club has some of Brazilian football's top records, including most unbeaten matches: 52 games between 1977 and 1978, most unbeaten games in the Brazilian Championship: 42, also between 1977 and 1978, most player participations in total matches of the Brazil national team (considering official and unofficial games): 1,094 participations, and the most players assigned to the Brazil national team for the World Cup.

Continental
Competitions Titles Seasons
Copa Libertadores 1 2024
Copa CONMEBOL 1 1993
National
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2 1968, 1995
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2s 2015, 2021
Inter-state
Competitions Titles Seasons
Torneio Rio–São Paulo 4 1962, 1964, 1966, 1998
State
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Carioca 21 1907, 1910, 1912, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1948, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2018
  •      record
  • s shared record

Others

Inter-state

  • Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio–São Paulo (2): 1930, 1961

State

  • Taça Guanabara (8): 1967, 1968, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015
  • Taça Rio (9): 1989, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2023, 2024
  • Other Campeonato Carioca rounds (2): 1975, 1976
  • Campeonato da Capital do Rio de Janeiro Copa Rio stage (1): 1995
  • Torneio Municipal (2): 1951, 1996
  • Torneio Extra (1): 1958
  • Torneio Início (8): 1916, 1924 (AMEA), 1925, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1954, 1956, 1965

Friendly tournaments

  • Brazil-Colombia Trophy (1): 1954
  • Colombia International Tournament (1): 1960
  • Costa Rica Triangular Tournament (1): 1961
  • Mexico City International Tournament (2): 1962, 1968
  • Tournoi de Paris (1): 1963
  • La Paz Football Association Golden Jubilee Tournament (1): 1964
  • Ibero-American Tournament (1): 1964
  • Panamaribo Cup (1): 1964
  • Sports Newspapers Circle Cup (1): 1966
  • Carranza Cup of Buenos Aires (1): 1966
  • Lima City Cup (1): 1967
  • Caracas Triangular Trophy (3): 1967, 1968, 1970
  • Geneva Tournament (1): 1984
  • Bern Tournament (1): 1985
  • Costa Rica Pentagonal Tournament (1): 1986
  • Troféu Ciudad de Palma de Mallorca (1): 1988
  • Vera Cruz Friendship Tournament (1): 1990
  • Xerox Super Cup (1): 1991
  • Torneio Internacional Triangular Eduardo Paes (1): 1994
  • Nippon Ham Cup (1): 1996
  • III Tournament of President of Russia (1): 1996
  • Teresa Herrera Trophy (1): 1996
  • Copa Peregrino (1): 2008

Runners-up

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Paraguay GK Gatito Fernández (vice-captain)
2 Brazil DF Rafael
3 Brazil DF Lucas Halter
4 Uruguay DF Mateo Ponte
5 Brazil MF Danilo Barbosa
6 Brazil MF Tchê Tchê (captain)
7 Brazil FW Luiz Henrique
9 Brazil FW Tiquinho
10 Venezuela FW Jefferson Savarino
11 Brazil FW Júnior Santos
12 Brazil GK John
13 Brazil DF Alex Telles
15 Angola DF Bastos
16 Brazil DF Hugo
17 Brazil MF Marlon Freitas
20 Argentina DF Alexander Barboza
21 Brazil DF Marçal
22 Brazil DF Vitinho
23 Argentina MF Thiago Almada
No. Position Player
25 Brazil MF Kauê
26 Brazil MF Gregore
27 Brazil FW Carlos Alberto
28 Brazil MF Allan
30 Brazil GK Lucas Barreto
33 Brazil MF Carlos Eduardo
34 Brazil DF Adryelson (on loan from Lyon)
37 Brazil FW Matheus Martins
38 Brazil DF Jefferson Maciel
47 Brazil FW Jeffinho (on loan from Lyon)
66 Brazil DF Cuiabano
67 Brazil FW Yarlen
70 Paraguay MF Óscar Romero
79 Brazil FW Fabiano
90 Brazil FW Matheus Nascimento
91 Brazil DF Pablo (on loan from Flamengo)
97 Brazil GK Raul
99 Brazil FW Igor Jesus

Botafogo B and Youth Academy

No. Position Player
48 Brazil MF Rhuan
49 Brazil FW Sapata
63 Brazil DF Serafim
72 Brazil DF Luís Octávio
76 Brazil DF Devid
No. Position Player
United States DF Esteban Espinosa
Brazil MF Bernardo Valim
Brazil MF JP Galvão
Trinidad and Tobago FW Darius Lewis

Out on loan

No. Position Player
Brazil GK Igo Gabriel (to Confiança until 30 November 2024)
Brazil GK João Fernando (to São Bento until 31 October 2024)
Brazil DF Daniel Borges (to América Mineiro until 31 December 2024)
Brazil DF Henrique Vermudt (to Ferroviário until 30 November 2024)
Brazil DF Kawan (to Estrela da Amadora until 30 June 2025)
Ecuador DF Luis Segovia (to CRB until 30 November 2024)
Brazil DF Philipe Sampaio (to Atlético Goianiense until 31 December 2024)
Brazil DF Vitor Marinho (to ABC until 30 November 2024)
Brazil MF Breno (to São Bernardo until 30 November 2024)
Uruguay MF Diego Hernández (to León until 30 June 2025)
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Luís Oyama (to Juventude until 31 December 2024)
Brazil MF Newton (to Criciúma until 31 December 2024)
Brazil MF Patrick de Paula (at Criciúma until 31 December 2024)
Brazil MF Raí (to CRB until 30 November 2024)
Brazil FW Chay (to CRB until 30 November 2024)
Brazil FW Emerson Urso (to Vila Nova until 30 November 2024)
Brazil FW Gustavo Sauer (to Cuiabá until 31 December 2024)
Paraguay FW Matías Segovia (to Al-Ain until 30 June 2025)
Uruguay FW Valentín Adamo (to Union Española until 31 December 2024)

Club staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Portugal Artur Jorge
Assistant Head Coach Argentina Joel Carli (interim)
Fitness Coach Brazil Diogo Missena
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach Brazil Marcelo Grimaldi
Brazil Ricardo Herrera
Analysis and observation Brazil Alfie Assis
Brazil Rodrigo Mira
Brazil Vinícius Bispo

Records

World Best Players
# Name Year
1. Brazil Didi 1958
2. Brazil Garrincha 1962
World Cup Champions
# Name Year
1. Brazil Nílton Santos 1958, 1962
2. Brazil Didi 1958, 1962
3. Brazil Garrincha 1958, 1962
4. Brazil Amarildo 1962
5. Brazil Zagallo 1962
6. Brazil Jairzinho 1970
7. Brazil Paulo Cezar Caju 1970
8. Brazil Roberto Miranda 1970
Carvalho Leite
Carvalho Leite, one of the greatest players of the 1930s and the 2nd. topscorer in club history with 261 goals.
Most appearances
# Name Matches Goals Year
1. Brazil Nílton Santos 723 11 1948–64
2. Brazil Garrincha 612 243 1953–65
3. Brazil Jefferson 459 * 2003–2005 and 2009–2018
4. Brazil Valtencir 453 6 1967–76
5. Brazil Quarentinha 444 306 1954–64
6. Brazil Manga 442 * 1959–68
7. Brazil Carlos Roberto 442 15 1967–76
8. Brazil Geninho 422 115 1940–54
9. Brazil Jairzinho 413 186 1962–74, 1981
10. Brazil Wágner 412 * 1993–02
11. Brazil Osmar 387 4 1970–79
12. Brazil Juvenal 384 12 1946–57
13. Brazil Gérson dos Santos 371 2 1945–56
14. Brazil Wilson Gottardo 354 13 1987–90, 1994–96
15. Brazil Roberto Miranda 352 154 1962–73
16. Brazil Pampolini 347 27 1955–62
17. Brazil Mendonça 340 116 1975–82
* goalkeeper.
Garrincha in Botafogo 2-0 Barcelona, 1964, Monumental de Núñez
Garrincha playing for Botafogo in a 2–0 win against Barcelona in the 1964 Copa Iberoamericana at Buenos Aires.
Most goals
# Name Goals Matches G/M
1. Brazil Quarentinha 306 444 0,68
2. Brazil Carvalho Leite 261 303 0,86
3. Brazil Garrincha 243 612 0,39
4. Brazil Heleno de Freitas 209 235 0,88
5. Brazil Nilo 190 201 0,94
6. Brazil Jairzinho 186 413 0,45
7. Brazil Octávio Moraes 171 200 0,85
8. Brazil Túlio Maravilha 159 223 0,71
9. Brazil Roberto Miranda 154 352 0,43
10. Brazil Italy Dino da Costa 144 176 0,81
11. Brazil Amarildo 136 231 0,58
12. Brazil Paulinho Valentim 135 206 0,65
13. Brazil Nílson Dias 127 301 0,42
14. Brazil Mendonça 116 340 0,34
15. Brazil Geninho 115 422 0,27
16. Brazil Didi 114 313 0,36
17. Brazil Zezinho 110 174 0,63
18. Brazil Paschoal 105 158 0,66
19. Brazil Patesko 102 242 0,42
20. Brazil Gérson 96 248 0,39
  • Note: numbers do not count matches played in Torneio Início.
  • Source: RSSSF Brasil – Botafogo

Managers

  • Brazil Carvalho Leite (1941–42), (1942–43)
  • Brazil Martim Silveira (1944), (1946)
  • Uruguay Ondino Viera (1947)
  • Brazil Zezé Moreira (1 January 1948 – 31 December 1948)
  • Brazil Carvalho Leite (1950–51), (1951–52)
  • Brazil Sylvio Pirillo (1952)
  • Brazil Martim Silveira (1952–53)
  • Brazil Zezé Moreira (1954–55), (1955–56)
  • Brazil João Saldanha (1957–59)
  • Brazil Paulo Amaral (1959–61)
  • Brazil Danilo Alvim (1963)
  • Brazil Mário Zagallo (1966–70)
  • Brazil Paulinho de Almeida (1971)
  • Brazil Paulo Amaral (1973)
  • Brazil Mário Zagallo (1975)
  • Brazil Telê Santana (1976)
  • Brazil Paulo Amaral (1976)
  • Brazil Othon (1976–78)
  • Brazil Mário Zagallo (1978)
  • Brazil Othon (1980)
  • Brazil Paulinho de Almeida (1981)
  • Brazil Zé Mário (1 January 1982 – 30 June 1982)
  • Brazil Mário Zagallo (1986–87)
  • Brazil Jair Pereira (1988), (1996)
  • Brazil Valdir Espinosa (1989), (1990–91)
  • Brazil Othon (1993)
  • Brazil Valdir Espinosa (1998–99)
  • Brazil Mauro Fernandes (5 July 1999 – 12 August 1999)
  • Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres (16 August 1999 – 12 September 1999)
  • Brazil Antônio Clemente (14 September 1999 – 30 November 1999)
  • Brazil Joel Santana (1 January 2000 – 7 September 2000)
  • Brazil Antônio Clemente (8 September 2000 – 21 November 2000)
  • Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni (27 November 2000 – 11 April 2001)
  • Brazil Dé Aranha (12 April 2001 – 12 May 2001)
  • Brazil Paulo Autuori (1 June 2001 – 13 October 2001)
  • Brazil Abel Braga (14 October 2001 – 8 July 2002)
  • Brazil Arthur Bernardes (9 July 2002 – 22 August 2002)
  • Brazil Abel Braga (22 August 2002 – 22 September 2002)
  • Brazil Ivo Wortmann (22 September 2002 – 9 November 2002)
  • Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres (9 November 2002 – 19 November 2002)
  • Brazil Levir Culpi (27 December 2002 – 25 April 2004)
  • Brazil Mauro Galvão (19 May 2004 – 16 August 2004)
  • Brazil Paulo Bonamigo (17 August 2004 – 23 March 2005)
  • Brazil Paulo César Gusmão (26 March 2005 – 30 June 2005)
  • Brazil Péricles Chamusca (1 July 2005 – 28 August 2005)
  • Brazil Celso Roth (30 August 2005 – 4 December 2005)
  • Brazil Carlos Roberto (4 December 2005 – 21 May 2006)
  • Brazil Cuca (22 May 2006 – 27 September 2007)
  • Brazil Mário Sérgio (28 September 2007 – 6 October 2007)
  • Brazil Cuca (7 October 2007 – 29 May 2008)
  • Brazil Geninho (30 May 2008 – 11 June 2008)
  • Brazil Ney Franco (11 July 2008 – 10 August 2009)
  • Brazil Estevam Soares (12 August 2009 – 25 January 2010)
  • Brazil Joel Santana (26 January 2010 – 22 March 2011)
  • Brazil Caio Júnior (23 March 2011 – 17 November 2011)
  • Brazil Oswaldo de Oliveira (2 January 2012 – 9 December 2013)
  • Brazil Eduardo Hungaro (2 January 2014 – 11 April 2014)
  • Brazil Vágner Mancini (15 April 2014 – 10 December 2014)
  • Brazil René Simões (14 December 2014 – 15 July 2015)
  • Brazil Ricardo Gomes (22 July 2015 – 12 August 2016)
  • Brazil Jair Ventura (10 May 2016 – 18 December 2017)
  • Brazil Felipe Conceição (1 January 2018 – 28 February 2018)
  • Brazil Alberto Valentim (3 March 2018 – 19 June 2018)
  • Brazil Marcos Paquetá (26 June 2018 – 2 August 2018)
  • Brazil Zé Ricardo (4 August 2018 – 12 April 2019)
  • Brazil Eduardo Barroca (15 April 2019 – 6 October 2019)
  • Brazil Alberto Valentim (14 October 2019 – 9 February 2020)
  • Brazil Paulo Autuori (13 February 2020 – 1 October 2020)
  • Brazil Bruno Lazaroni (1 October 2020 – 28 October 2020)
  • Argentina Ramón Díaz (5 November 2020 – 27 November 2020)
  • Brazil Eduardo Barroca (27 November 2020 – 6 February 2021)
  • Brazil Marcelo Chamusca (26 February 2021 – 13 July 2021)
  • Brazil Enderson Moreira (20 July 2021 – 11 February 2022)
  • Portugal Luís Castro (25 March 2022 – 30 June 2023)
  • Portugal Bruno Lage (8 July 2023 – October 2023)

Other sports

Basketball

See also

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