The Rio de Janeiro team also won the Copa Libertadores and accumulated R$ 241.1 million in prizes with titles in 2024
Botafogo beat São Paulo this Sunday (Dec 8, 2024) 2-1 and won the Brazilian Football Championship. The game was at the Nilton Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio team won R$48.1 million with the title, which will be added to the . In total, it accumulated R$241.1 million in awards for achievements in 2024.
Glorious joins Santos (1962 and 1963) and Flamengo (2019) as the only clubs to have won the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Championship in the same year. Botafogo hasn’t won the Brasileirão since 1995 and now has 3 national titles.
With the victory, the Rio team ends the championship with 79 points. The only team that could overcome them in the 38th round of the Brasileirão was Palmeiras, who lost to Fluminense 1-0 and ended the table with 73 points.
Botafogo players will travel to Doha, Qatar, to participate in the Intercontinental 2024. Real Madrid is in the final of the tournament. To play against the Spanish team, the black and white team will have to beat Pachuca, from Mexico, and Al-Ahly, from Egypt. The 1st game will be on Wednesday (Dec 11, 2024) at 2pm Brasília time. The winner of the duel will face Al-Ahly on Saturday (14.Dec.2024). The grand final is on December 18th.
The prize for the Intercontinental is US$5 million for the champion, which is equivalent to R$30.35 million when considering the exchange rate of R$6.07 in the dollar.
Botafogo also qualified for the Super World Cup, which will take place from June 15 to July 13, 2025 in the United States. There will be 32 global teams that will participate. In Brazil, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Palmeiras will go. Botafogo will be in group B and will face PSG (Paris Saint-Germain), from France, Atlético de Madrid, from Spain, and the Seattle Sounders, from the United States.
Botafogo fans at the Nilton Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro
