The threat of the incendiary leader ended up helping in the choice of name.
' Because of what that member said, the club's name discussion had an unexpected conclusion. After a heated discussion, one member was quoted as saying: 'Either you define the name or just 'put fire' (Bota Fogo) in everything and end this story. There was a consensus regarding the formation of a new club that would represent the neighborhood, but the choice of the name did not reach a conclusion. Besides the members of the boards of the three clubs, employees from the old Mogiana Railroad, and employees from the Antarctica Paulista Company participated in the meeting. In 1918, representatives of Ideal, proposed a merger of the clubs in the neighborhood.
In the beginning of the century, the city of Ribeirão Preto had at least three clubs: União, Paulistano Tiberense and Ideal Futebol Clube. The club's home colours are red, white and black and the team mascot is a panther. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top tier of the São Paulo state football league. Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.
