Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube, also known as Botafogo or Botafogo-DF, is a Brazilian

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club based in

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, in

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. The club was formerly known as Clube Esportivo Guará.

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, after celebrating its five-year birthday and joining a partnership with

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, adopting the colors and symbols from the

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club. 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 Campeonato Brasiliense is the football league of the Federal District, Brazil. It is organized by the Distrito Federal Football Federation. Teams from other states can be affiliated to the Distrito Federal Football Federation (FFDF) as long as t ...

, in 2010, even after being defeated 2–1 in the final to Ceilandense. In 2022, the club moved to the city of Cristalina, at the state of Goiás, leaving the city of

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Achievements

* Campeonato Brasiliense Second Level: ** Winners (1): 2006 ** Runners-up (1): 2009

Stadium

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

References

External links

Official website
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