Botafogo's shield also emerged from the merger of the 2
Botafogo's shield also emerged from the merger of the 2 clubs. The format remained the one designed in ink by Basílio Viana Júnior, one of the founders of Botafogo Football Club, inspired by a Swiss coat of arms, but now has a white outline and a black one. The lone star came from the symbol of the Club de Regatas Botafogo. It was adopted because, when they started training at dawn, the rowers saw the planet Venus, which is also called Estrela D’Alva, shining in the sky... Did you know?