Ground Capacity 7,000 Head Coach Gerson Vieira Ground Guará, Federal District | President Walter Thodoro Website Club home page Founded 2009 | |
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Full name Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube | ||
Associação Botafogo Futebol Clube, also known as Botafogo or Botafogo-DF, is a Brazilian football club based in Guará, in Distrito Federal. The club was formerly known as Clube Esportivo Guará.
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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 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, adopting the colors and symbols from the Rio de Janeiro 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, in 2010, even after being defeated 2–1 in the final to Ceilandense.
Achievements
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.