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Botafogo
Full name	Botafogo Futebol Club
Founded	July 7, 1968
Ground	Estádio 5 de Julho; São Filipe, Fogo Island; Cape Verde; (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Manuel Anatólio Dias Fonseca
League	Fogo Island League
2008-09	3rd Fogo Island League
Home colours	Away colours

For other uses, see Botafogo (disambiguation).

Botafogo Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Botafogu Futibol Klubi, Djarfogo: Botafogu Futebol Klubi) is sports club that its football (soccer) team had played in the Premier division and plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of São Filipe in the island of Fogo and plays in its stadium. It is one of many teams that only a few titles before (including one in the 1960s) and since independence including one in 1980.

Apart from football (soccer) there are also in the club basketball, volleyball and athletics departments.

The team was inspired by Botafogo in Brazil for its creation, adopted its name and uniform according to the South American team.

[edit] Logo

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 anniversary of the foundation.