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'''Botafogo Sport Club''', commonly known as '''Botafogo''', is a Brazilian football club based in Salvador, Bahia state. They won the Campeonato Baiano seven times.
==History== The club was founded on August 14, 1919.<ref name="Book">{{cite book|title=Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro|publisher=Panda Books|author=Rodolfo Rodrigues|year=2009|page=97}}</ref> They won the Campeonato Baiano in 1919, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1930, 1935, and in 1938.<ref name="Guia">{{Cite journal|journal=Placar Guia 2011|issue=1350-C|date=January 2011|page=72}}</ref> The club participated in the Taça de Prata in 1980, when it finished in 62nd among 64 clubs. The club closed its football department in 1990, but reopened it in 2011 to compete in the Campeonato Baiano Second Level, when they were eliminated in the First Stage of the competition. The first game after their return was played on April 10, 2011, and the club was defeated 3–0 by Ypiranga.<ref name="fbf">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbfweb.org/arquivos/tabela_sumulas/149/ARQUIVO_SUMULA.pdf|title=Súmula|publisher=Federação Baiana de Futebol|accessdate=July 24, 2011|language=Portuguese|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011255/http://www.fbfweb.org/arquivos/tabela_sumulas/149/ARQUIVO_SUMULA.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Stadium== Since the club reopened its activities in 2011, they play their home games at Estádio Roberto Santos, located in Pituaçu neighborhood, Salvador. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 32,157 people.<ref name="cbfstadium">{{Cite web|url=http://www2.cbf.com.br/cnef/cnef.pdf |title=CNEF – Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol |publisher=Confederação Brasileira de Futebol |accessdate=April 26, 2011 |language=Portuguese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510210022/http://www.cbf.com.br/cnef/cnef.pdf |archivedate=May 10, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref>
Until they folded in 1990, Botafogo Sport Club played their home games at Estádio Campo da Pólvora, located in Salvador.<ref name="Book"/> The stadium had a maximum capacity of 2,000 people.<ref name="Book"/>
==Honours== * '''Campeonato Baiano''' ** '''Winners (7):''' 1919, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1938 ** Runners-up (8): 1918, 1929, 1932, 1943, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1965, 1977 * '''Campeonato Baiano Second Division''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 2012 * '''Torneio Início da Bahia''' ** '''Winners (6):''' 1924, 1925, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1963
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Football clubs in Bahia Category:Association football clubs established in 1919 Category:1919 establishments in Brazil Category:Sport in Salvador, Bahia