Clássico Vovô
The Clássico Vovô (English: Grandpa Derby or Grandfather Derby) is the name given to Botafogo and Fluminense association football derby, both teams from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the oldest rivalry among the major clubs in Brazil, and the third oldest in the Americas.
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| Location | Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Teams | Botafogo Fluminense |
| First meeting | Fluminense 6–0 Botafogo Exhibition game October 22, 1905 |
| Latest meeting | Fluminense 2–4 Botafogo 2024 Campeonato Carioca March 2, 2024 |
| Stadiums | Maracanã (Fluminense) Nilton Santos (Botafogo) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 390 |
| Top scorer | Heleno de Freitas (16) Waldo (16) |
| All-time series | Botafogo: 129 Fluminense: 143 Draw: 118 |
| Largest victory | Fluminense 8–0 Botafogo 1906 Campeonato Carioca May 16, 1906 |
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Botafogo and Fluminense are two of the four big clubs in Rio de Janeiro, alongside Flamengo and Vasco da Gama.
Matches usually take place at the Maracanã, with 78 thousand seats, and at the Nilton Santos Stadium, with 45 thousand seats, located in the Engenho de Dentro neighborhood.
The most contested tournament by teams is the Carioca Championship, with Botafogo winning the competition 21 times, and Fluminense 33. In the Brazilian Championship, Botafogo won two titles and Fluminense has won four, in addition to one Brazil Cup title.
At international level, Botafogo has won the CONMEBOL Cup once, and Fluminense has won a Copa Libertadores and a Copa Rio, which it claims to be equivalent to a Club World Cup. Fluminense is the only football team in the world to hold the IOC Olympic Cup ("Coupe Olympique"), a non-competitive award for distinguished service in defending the ideals of the Olympic Movement and for considering the particular merits of institutions or associations and their services provided to sport, achieved in 1949.