 For the 2016–17 season, Botafogo finished a little better with 31 points and 9 wins and 4 draws.Botafogo started off the 2017–18 season with a 5–0 victory over Cutelinho from the island's northeast and as of November 1, the highest scoring match of the region to date in the season, the club was first place for just a round before Vulcânicos took it during the second round, their positions at the fourth round slumped to sixth, behind Vulcânicos, Nova Era and Valência, the two lesser clubs of the island.Botafogo defeated Nova Era 3–0 on November 25 and gained a position to fifth.