Despite technical problems during the parade, the Botafogo Samba Club guaranteed the permanence in the second division of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival. THE Niterói Academics He was champion of the Gold 2025 series and is classified for the special group.
The Alvinegro samba school lost 1 tenth due to a mechanical failure in the allegory, which had a mechanical failure and disrespected the maximum allegory limit. In the end, the note was 267.0 and Botafogo Samba Clube ended in 11th placethe first outside the relegation zone.
Only the champion, academics of Niterói, climbed to the special group, the first division. The last two places, St. Clement and Tradition, were demoted to the third division, which parades on the Intendente Magalhães road.
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Due to the tragic fire in a costume factory in early February, which affected the Samba Empire Serrano samba schools, United from Bangu and Unidos da Ponte, these schools were not judged. Thus, they could not be demoted or champions. Therefore, Only 13 of the 16 schools had grades.
The schools that will be voted on are: Botafogo Samba Club, Tarning, Innocents of Belford Roxo, Estácio de Sá, União de Maricá, on Hora, Union of Island, Tradition, Union of Acari, Vicar General, Porto da Pedra, São Clemente and Academics of Niterói.
In total, 36 judges evaluated nine questions from each samba school, with four jurors for each item. The requirements are: master room and flag bearer, front commission, evolution, plot, fantasies, allegories and props, harmony, samba-plot and drums.
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Botafogo Samba Club: How was the parade
With the plot “a glorious black and white story,” Botafogo told the club’s story. In description of the site “Carnival”, “the school did not shy on the avenue, even though it was the first to parade. With a samba that excited the public, a well -choreographed and didactic commission, the school made a hot and fearless debut.” The association ended its parade with 55 minutes, to the limit of the allowed.
Already according to “Lance!”, Botafogo “had some problems in allegories and costumes”. The school may lose points by complication in the open-class, which consisted of two chassis. In the first jurors module, the parties declared and the division should generate a penalty to the school, as the allowed limit is three allegories. With separation, a new car can be configured, totaling four allegories.
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Botafogo Samba Club: Whose school is it?
Created in July 2018 by Botafogo fans, The school has institutional support from the club, but not financial. So, she is not officially part of Botafogo Football and Regatta. The president of Botafogo Samba Clube is Sandro Lima.
The school has a court in the Engenho de Dentro neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). It arose from the purchase of the CNPJ belonging to the Tupy of Brás de Pina. Therefore, he began to parade in the fourth division of Rio de Janeiro Carnival. In his first parade, in 2019, he honored former player Túlio Maravilha.
With a meteoric rise, Botafogo was champion of Tuesday of the third division in 2024 and gained the chance to be the first school linked to a soccer crowd to parade in Sapucaí, which did in 2025, opening the second division parade.
Rio de Janeiro still has three other samba schools linked to fans: Fla Manguaça (third division), red-black emperors (fourth division) and Força Jovem (fourth division). The first two are fans of Flamengo. The third is from Vasco fans.
Botafogo Samba Club: Can textor invest?
American businessman John Textor, owner of Botafogo’s SAF, accompanied the Botafogo Samba Clube parade in Sapucaí. In an interview with “Band”, he made himself available to invest in school for 2026:
– I invest in Botafogo. If they want investment in football, the answer is yes. If they want me to put money in samba, the answer is yes. I invest in Botafogo’s samba.
Textor lived the experience of Rio Carnival for the first time this year:
– It’s my first time at Brazil’s Carnival. I always heard it was the biggest party in the world and I had never come. So I wanted to see, watch, feel the people. This is a country of great love.
Botafogo Samba Club: Carnivals
| Yet | Placing | Group | Plot | Carnival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Runner-up | Series D (Fourth Division) | Túlio, the glorious | Tom Santos |
| 2020 | 10th place | Special of the Intendant (Third Division) | It would be unfair not to talk about you, Beth Carvalho. This is Botafogo I like! | David Gbanna |
| 2021 | – (Canceled) | – | (Parades canceled due to covid-19 pandemic) | – |
| 2022 | 8th place | Silver Series (Friday) (Third Division) | A lover of the truth walking in times of illusion | Marcelo Adnet and Ricardo Hessez |
| 2023 | 4th place | Silver Series (Saturday) (Third Division) | For the tracks of the story: Ingenue from within fights, drums and glories | Marcelo Adnet and Thiago Borges |
| 2024 | Champion | Silver Series (Tuesday) (Third Division) | Taina-Kan: The Lone Star | Marcelo Adnet, Ricardo Hessez and Allan Barbosa |
| 2025 | 11th place | Gold Series (Second Division) | A glorious black and white story | Alex de Souza |
