About Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos is a stadium located in the neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nilton Santos is the home stadium of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, where games from the Copa Libertadores, Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil and other championships take place. It is used mostly for football matches and it hosted the athletics competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The stadium was built from 2003 through to 2007, opening in time for the 2007 Pan American Games. The stadium was one of the five venues for the 2021 Copa América.
46,831
seats
Brazil
country
1
resident club
242
matches tracked
Home of (1)
Matches at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos — 242 home games in our dataset
Biggest home wins
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-21 | Botafogo FR vs EC Juventude | 5–1 |
| 2026-04-30 | Botafogo RJ vs Capital DF | 4–0 |
| 2021-09-11 | Botafogo RJ vs Londrina PR | 4–0 |
| 2026-03-11 | Botafogo PB vs Concórdia SC | 4–0 |
| 2026-05-11 | Botafogo FR vs SC Internacional | 4–0 |
| 2027-01-29 | Botafogo FR vs Cruzeiro EC | 4–0 |
| 2024-08-18 | Botafogo FR vs CR Flamengo | 4–1 |
| 2019-10-05 | Botafogo SP vs Ponte Preta | 4–1 |
Highest-scoring matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-09 | Botafogo FR vs Grêmio FBPA | 3–4 |
| 2023-11-01 | Botafogo FR vs SE Palmeiras | 3–4 |
| 2021-02-08 | Botafogo RJ vs Grêmio Porto Alegre | 2–5 |
| 2025-12-07 | Botafogo FR vs Fortaleza EC | 4–2 |
| 2025-09-17 | Botafogo FR vs Mirassol FC | 3–3 |
| 2025-04-21 | Botafogo FR vs EC Juventude | 5–1 |
| 2021-07-10 | Botafogo RJ vs Cruzeiro | 3–3 |
| 2027-04-01 | Botafogo FR vs Mirassol FC | 3–2 |
Recent matches
| Date | Comp | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-05-17 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 3–1 | SC Corinthians Paulista |
| 2027-05-02 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 1–2 | Clube do Remo |
| 2027-04-25 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 2–2 | SC Internacional |
| 2027-04-12 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 2–2 | Coritiba FBC |
| 2027-04-01 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 3–2 | Mirassol FC |
| 2027-03-14 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 0–3 | CR Flamengo |
| 2027-01-29 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 4–0 | Cruzeiro EC |
| 2026-06-04 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 3–2 | Ceará SC |
| 2026-05-11 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 4–0 | SC Internacional |
| 2026-05-01 | BRC |
Botafogo PB | 0–1 | Flamengo RJ |
| 2026-04-30 | BRC |
Botafogo RJ | 4–0 | Capital DF |
| 2026-04-28 | BRA2 |
Botafogo SP | 0–1 | Goiás GO |
| 2026-04-26 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 2–0 | Fluminense FC |
| 2026-04-17 | BRA2 |
Botafogo SP | 2–2 | Remo PA |
| 2026-04-16 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 2–2 | São Paulo FC |
| 2026-04-13 | BRA2 |
Botafogo SP | 1–1 | Atlético Goianiense |
| 2026-04-05 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 2–0 | EC Juventude |
| 2026-03-11 | BRC |
Botafogo PB | 4–0 | Concórdia SC |
| 2025-12-07 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 4–2 | Fortaleza EC |
| 2025-11-22 | BRA1 |
Botafogo FR | 3–2 | Grêmio FBPA |
Most-hosted competitions
BRA1 · 140
BRA2 · 98
BRC · 3
CWC · 1