Botafogo Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Botafogu Futibol Klubi, Djarfogo: Botafogu Futebol Klubi) is football club that plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde.
As that club is based in the neighborhood of Botafogo in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Overall, Botafogo was the second club in Cape Verde to win eight straight titles, one year after Mindelense which lasted from 1975 to 1982.
Recently its streak is now being shared with Santo Antão South's Académica do Porto Novo who won eight straight titles from 2011 to 2018.
In recent years at the regional championships, Botafogo finished 3rd for the 2013–14 season with 32 points, 4th in 2015 with 34 points, 10 wins, 4 draws and scored 44 goals, their last highest scoring match to date was a 10–1 win over Baxada on January 11, one of the least powerful clubs of the island's Premier Division.
The unexpected came as they lost 1–0 to Nova Era, Botafogo recently made a win with the scored 3–2 over ABC Patim and also removed that club from participation in the division in the following season.
Botafogo is playing in the 2017–18 regional cup, they defeated Spartak d'Aguadinha 2–0 in the semis and will made their next appearance at the finals in eight years, they faced Académica on March 31, it ended in a 2–1 loss in extra time and failed to win another cup title for Botafogo.
It led to the cancellation of the championships and no finals took place which would feature the winner of the Barlavento Islands Mindelense.
Five years later in 2006,[5] Botafogo took part in Group A and finished 2nd behind FC Derby of the island of São Vicente with 8 points, the club had 2 wins and draws, Botafogo had draws at the 2nd and 3rd rounds and the last two ended in victory with the largest being a 5–0 win over Sporting Porto Novo in the final round, Botafogo headed to the semis and scored two goals and lost to Académico do Aeroporto from Sal eight goals in two semis matches, the latter lost to six.
Their last appearance was in 2010 and played in Group A once more, not as successful as they did four years earlier, they just had 5 points, a win and two draws.
Batuque's last two national championship matches were a single goal draw, first with Marítimo Porto Novo of Santo Antão South on May 30, then with Brava's SC Morabeza on June 6.
Other clubs playing at the stadium but not based are União FC from São Lourenço and Valência from As Hortas.
Its logo contains a shield colored in black with the abbreviated form on the top and the date July 7, 1993 at the bottom representing the 25th anniversary of the foundation.