Botafogo

Reasons To Adopt

Here is the argument for Botafogo: Brazil, Brazil Serie A, and a ground called Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Easy weekend

  Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG) is about 10km from the ground, and Olímpica de Engenho de Dentro Station is 0km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

• The calendar you inherit

  Brazil Serie A runs on a rhythm most European fans never see, heat, humidity and kick-off times that will reorganise your weekend. Adopting a club from Brazil is a genuine change of climate.

• Old enough to matter

  1904 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

• Loaded cabinet

  12 distinct honours on record, including Recopa Sudamericana (2): 1994, 2025. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.