The victorious year of Botafogo it was also exhausting in terms of the number of games. Glorioso was the team on the planet that took the field the most times in 2024.
According to a survey by the SofaScorethe Rio team played 75 games in 12 months.
For comparison purposes, Real Madrid, champion of the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup that Botafogo played in, played only 57 games, being the 28th club with the most matches played in the world.
The Brazilian calendar is the main target of criticism from the country’s clubs due to the number of matches per season. In the survey, the first 17 are Brazilians, all of whom competed in Series A, won by .
Glorioso also won the Copa Libertadores title, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Intercontinental Cup, against Pachuca-MEX. Mexicans don’t even appear in the top 40 list.
Finalist of the Copa Libertadores and Copa do Brasil, in addition to the final of the Campeonato Mineiro, it is the second team with the most games, alongside Flamengo, Fortaleza and Athletico-PR, with 73 matches.
The first team outside Brazil with the most duels played in 2024 is PAOK, from Greece, with 61 matches.
The number of games is the same as Vitória and Atlético-GO, which only played Copa do Brasil and Brasileiro in the second semester.
See the ranking of the clubs that played the most
- Botafogo – 75 games
- Atlético-MG – 73 games
- Athletico-PR – 73 games
- Fortaleza – 73 games
- Flamengo – 73 games
- Corinthians – 72 games
- Red Bull Bragantino – 70 games
- Bahia – 69 games
- Cuiabá – 68 games
- São Paulo – 68 games
- Fluminense – 67 games
- Grêmio – 67 games
- Palmeiras – 67 games
- Cruzeiro – 64 games
- International – 64 games
- Youth – 62 games
- Vasco – 61 games
- Atlético-GO – 61 games
- Victory – 61 games
- PAOK, Greece – 61 games
- Criciúma – 60 games
- America, Mexico – 59 games
- Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgium – 58 matches
- Atalanta, Italy – 58 games
- Boca Juniors, Argentina – 58 games
- Club Brugge, Belgium – 58 games
- Gent, Belgium – 58 games
- Manchester City, England – 57 games
- Liverpool, England – 57 games
- Real Madrid, Spain – 57 games
- Fiorentina, Italy – 57 games
- River Plate, Argentina – 57 games
- Celtic, Scotland – 57 games
- Atlético de Madrid, Spain – 56 games
- Al-Ahly, Egypt – 56 games
- Racing, Argentina – 56 games
- Olympiakos, Greece – 56 games
- Sporting, Portugal – 56 games
- Rangers, Scotland – 56 games
- Chelsea, England – 56 games
