2022 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas season

Botafogo
2022 season
Manager	Luís Castro; (from 29 March)
Stadium	Estádio Nilton Santos
Série A	11th
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 season was Botafogo's 118th in existence and the first one back in the top flight. They are playing in the Série A and the Campeonato Carioca.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	PAR	Gatito Fernández (vice-captain)
2	DF	ARG	Renzo Saravia
3	DF	ARG	Joel Carli (captain)
4	DF	BRA	Kanu
5	MF	BRA	Danilo
6	MF	BRA	Tchê Tchê
7	DF	BRA	Rafael
8	MF	BRA	Patrick de Paula
9	FW	BRA	Tiquinho
10	FW	BRA	Gustavo Sauer
11	FW	BRA	Diego Gonçalves (on loan from Mirassol)
12	GK	BRA	Lucas Perri
14	MF	BRA	Gabriel (on loan from Benfica)
15	DF	ARG	Víctor Cuesta (on loan from Internacional)
16	DF	BRA	Hugo
18	MF	BRA	Lucas Fernandes (on loan from Portimonense)
20	DF	BRA	Daniel Borges


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	BRA	Marçal
22	GK	BRA	Douglas Borges
23	MF	BRA	Romildo Del Piage
29	FW	BRA	Victor Sá
30	DF	BRA	Carlinhos
32	MF	USA	Jacob Montes
33	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo
34	DF	BRA	Diego Loureiro
37	FW	BRA	Júnior Santos (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
40	DF	BRA	Lucas Mezenga
43	MF	BRA	Lucas Piazon (on loan from Braga)
47	MF	BRA	Jeffinho
52	GK	BRA	Igo Gabriel (on loan from CSA)
62	MF	BRA	Kayque (on loan from Nova Iguaçu)
90	FW	BRA	Matheus Nascimento
94	DF	BRA	Philipe Sampaio
99	FW	BRA	Luis Henrique (on loan from Marseille)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Série A	10 April 2022	13 November 2022	Matchday 1	11th	38	15	8	15	41	43	−2	039.47
Campeonato Carioca	25 January 2022	27 March 2022	Taça Guanabara	Semi-finals	13	7	2	4	26	18	+8	053.85
Copa do Brasil	20 April 2022	14 July 2022	Third round	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	050.00
Total					55	24	10	21	73	66	+7	043.64

Source: Competitions

Série A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	São Paulo	38	13	15	10	55	42	+13	54	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
10	América Mineiro	38	15	8	15	40	40	0	53
11	Botafogo	38	15	8	15	41	43	−2	53
12	Santos	38	12	11	15	44	41	+3	47
13	Goiás	38	11	13	14	40	53	−13	46

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	8	15	41	43	−2	53	6	4	9	18	19	−1	9	4	6	23	24	−1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L
Position	17	10	13	14	7	3	4	6	10	15	17	14	7	10	9	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The first round dates was announced on 30 March 2022.^[1]

10 April 2022 1	Botafogo	1–3	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

17 April 2022 2	Ceará	1–3	Botafogo	Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Castelão

24 April 2022 3	Atlético Goianiense	1–1	Botafogo	Goiânia
18:30 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Antônio Accioly

1 May 2022 4	Botafogo	1–1	Juventude	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

8 May 2022 5	Flamengo	0–1	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro
11:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Maracanã Stadium

15 May 2022 6	Botafogo	3–1	Fortaleza	Rio de Janeiro
18:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

22 May 2022 7	América Mineiro	1–1	Botafogo	Belo Horizonte
				Stadium: Mineirão

29 May 2022 8

Coritiba

1–0

Botafogo

Curitiba

7 June 2022 9	Botafogo	1–2	Goiás	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

10 June 2022 10

Palmeiras

4–0

Botafogo

São Paulo

13 June 2022 11	Botafogo	0–1	Avaí	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

16 June 2022 12	Botafogo	1–0	São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

19 June 2022 13	Internacional	2–3	Botafogo	Porto Alegre
				Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio

26 June 2022 14	Botafogo	0–1	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

5 July 2022 15	Red Bull Bragantino	0–1	Botafogo	Bragança Paulista
				Stadium: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid

11 July 2022 16	Cuiabá	2–0	Botafogo	Cuiabá
				Stadium: Arena Pantanal

17 July 2022 17	Botafogo	0–1	Atlético Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

21 July 2022 18	Santos	2–0	Botafogo	Santos
				Stadium: Vila Belmiro

24 July 2022 19	Botafogo	2–0	Athletico Paranaense	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

31 July 2022 20	Corinthians	1–0	Botafogo	São Paulo
				Stadium: Neo Quimica Arena

6 August 2022 21	Botafogo	1–1	Ceará	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

14 August 2022 22	Botafogo	0–0	Atlético Goianiense	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

21 August 2022 23	Juventude	2–2	Botafogo	Caxias do Sul
				Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

28 August 2022 24	Botafogo	0–1	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

4 September 2022 25	Fortaleza	1–3	Botafogo	Fortaleza
				Stadium: Castelão

11 September 2022 26	Botafogo	0–0	América Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

18 September 2022 27	Botafogo	2–0	Coritiba	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

29 September 2022 28	Goiás	0–1	Botafogo
11:00 UTC−3

4 October 2022 29	Botafogo	1–3	Palmeiras	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

7 October 2022 30	Avaí	1–2	Botafogo
11:00 UTC−3

10 October 2022 31	São Paulo	0–1	Botafogo
11:00 UTC−3

16 October 2022 32	Botafogo	0–1	Internacional	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

23 October 2022 33	Fluminense	2–2	Botafogo
11:00 UTC−3

27 October 2022 34	Botafogo	2–1	Red Bull Bragantino	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

1 November 2022 35	Botafogo	0–2	Cuiabá	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

7 November 2022 36	Atlético Mineiro	0–2	Botafogo
11:00 UTC−3

10 November 2022 37	Botafogo	3–0	Santos	Rio de Janeiro
16:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Estádio Nilton Santos

13 November 2022 38	Athletico Paranaense	3–0	Botafogo
11:00 UTC−3

Campeonato Carioca

Taça Guanabara

Copa do Brasil

Third round

21 April 2022 First leg

Ceilândia

0–3

Botafogo

13 May 2022 Second leg

Botafogo

3–0
(6–0 agg.)

Ceilândia

Round of 16

1 July 2022 First leg

América Mineiro

3–0

Botafogo

15 July 2022 Second leg

Botafogo

0–2
(0–5 agg.)

América Mineiro

References

^ "Brasileirão 2022: CBF detalha tabela das cinco primeiras rodadas; veja datas e horários". 31 March 2022.

[1] "Brasileirão 2022: CBF detalha tabela das cinco primeiras rodadas; veja datas e horários". 31 March 2022.

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