In the 1990s, the club was runners-up twice, thus being promoted twice in the national league pyramid: the Série C in 1996, and Série B in 1998. The game ended 0-0 giving the title to Botafogo, as the club have done better a campaign in the competition.

In the year 1977, Botafogo won the São Paulo City Cup (first stage of the São Paulo State Championship), playing the final against São Paulo Futebol Clube, and beating the opponent team after normal time and overtime. In the same year, the team was also champion of the Second Division of the São Paulo State Championship.Įstádio Santa Cruz, owned by Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto, a major stadium of Brazil Botafogo also won the Undefeated Cup after a series of 19 games unbeaten. In 1956, the club won the Ribeirão Preto Centennial Cup, beating Commercial in the final 4–2. The first title of Botafogo was the São Paulo State Countryside Championship in 1927. The match ended 1–0 in favor of the team from Ribeirão Preto. īotafogo's debut was in Franca, against local club Esporte Clube Fulgêncio. The proposal was accepted, and in 1918 the club was named Botafogo Futebol Clube (contrary to popular belief, Botafogo of Ribeirão Preto was not inspired by Botafogo Football Club of Rio de Janeiro, defunct in 1942). The threat of the incendiary leader ended up helping in the choice of name. ' Because of what that member said, the club's name discussion had an unexpected conclusion. After a heated discussion, one member was quoted as saying: 'Either you define the name or just 'put fire' (Bota Fogo) in everything and end this story. There was a consensus regarding the formation of a new club that would represent the neighborhood, but the choice of the name did not reach a conclusion.

Besides the members of the boards of the three clubs, employees from the old Mogiana Railroad, and employees from the Antarctica Paulista Company participated in the meeting. In 1918, representatives of Ideal, proposed a merger of the clubs in the neighborhood. In the beginning of the century, the city of Ribeirão Preto had at least three clubs: União, Paulistano Tiberense and Ideal Futebol Clube. The club's home colours are red, white and black and the team mascot is a panther. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top tier of the São Paulo state football league. Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.

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