Botucatu Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Botucatu, was a
Brazilian women's football team, from
Botucatu
Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has an estimated population of 148,130 (as of 2020) in an area of . It lies on the top of a plateau ( high). Botuca ...
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São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
state.
History
On February 16, 1996, Botucatu Futebol Clube was founded by Edson Castro after an invitation of the Federação Paulista de Futebol Feminino (''São Paulo State's Women's Football Federation''), which was the organizer of the Campeonato Paulista Feminino do Interior (''Countryside Paulista State Championship'').
In 2006, the club won the
Brazil Trophy beating
CEPE-Caxias
Clube dos Empregados da Petrobrás - Duque de Caxias, usually known as CEPE-Caxias, is a Brazilian women's football team, from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state.
History
CEPE-Caxias was founded on March 29, 1999.
In 2006, and in 2007, t ...
in the final. The competition's top goalscorer was
Grazielle, of Botucatu, who scored 11 goals.
In the same year, the club also won the
Paulista Women's Football Championship, beating
Saad in the final.
In 2008, Botucatu won the state championship for the second time, after beating again Saad in the final.
Achievements
*
Taça Brasil
The Taça Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) was the Brazilian national football championship contested from 1959 to 1968.
Bahia, Cruzeiro and Botafogo were the only champions to have played all phases of the tournament, because until the 1968 edition tea ...
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** Winners (1): 2006
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Paulista Feminino:
** Winners (3): 2006, 2008, 2009
Current squad (some players)
According to the
CBF official website
Former players
''For details of all current and former players with a Wikipedia article, see
:Botucatu Futebol Clube players.''
Other sports
Besides football, the club also has a women's
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
section.
References
External links
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Official website
Association football clubs established in 1996
Association football clubs disestablished in 2010
Defunct football clubs in São Paulo (state)
Defunct women's football clubs in Brazil
1996 establishments in Brazil
2010 disestablishments in Brazil