A Botafogo Samba School He closed in 11th place and got rid of relegation at Rio de Janeiro Carnival. The stay in the Gold series in the debut year was celebrated by alvinegros who accompanied the parade.
A Niterói Academics It was the title of the Gold series, while the São Clemente and tradition schools were demoted to the third division, which parades on the Intendente Magalhães road.
In all, sixteen samba schools participate in the Gold seriesequivalent to the second division of the carnival of Rio de Janeiro. In this edition, only 13 schools were judged as a result of the fire in a costume factory in early February, which affected the Samba Serrano samba schools, Unidos de Bangu and Unidos da Ponte. Thus, they will not be able to be demoted or champions.
Six of the thirteen samba schools received punishments for errors during the parade.
- Botafogo samba cube: 1 minus 1 tenth by mechanical failure for disrespect to the maximum allegory limit;
- Tradition: lost 1 tenth for the use of instruments with a logo of another association;
- Union of Maricá: lost 1 tenth for advancement in the concentration area;
- Innocent of Purple Belford: lost 1 tenth because it exceeds 1 minute;
- On top of the time: lost 2 tenths because it exceeds 2 minutes;
- UNION OF THE ACARI PARK: Lost 1 tenth because it exceeds 1 minute.
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Gold series classification
| Placing | Samba school | Score |
| 1º | Niterói Academics | 269.5 |
| 2º | Stadium | 269.3 |
| 3º | Porto da Pedra | 269.1 |
| 4º | Union of the island | 268.9 |
| 5º | Union of Maricá | 268.8 |
| 6º | Vicar | 268.6 |
| 7º | I start | 267.7 |
| 8º | Acari Park | 267.5 |
| 9º | On top | 267.2 |
| 10º | Innocent | 267.1 |
| 11º | Botafogo | 267.0 |
| 12º | São Clement | 266.0 |
| 13º | Tradition | 265.4 |
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.
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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.
