The Portuguese team, which was largely composed of Benfica players, including veterans Eusébio and Jaime Graça, and youngsters Humberto Coelho and Jordão, lost the final only at the 89th minute, when Jairzinho finally scored.
During the 1966 World Cup it was used by the Portuguese national team as a training ground and has also had the honour of hosting a soccer school run by Brazilian legend Jairzinho during the summer of 1993.
Jairzinho is currently the manager of Esprof Atletico futebol Clube, a team based in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro state who play in the Campeonato Carioca.
Most prominent team member there was the World Cup 1970 winning player Jairzinho, and also Mário Zagallo coach of Brazil 1970 worked in Botafogo for some time in that period.
His new signings included former Watford and Kaizer Chiefs striker Mike Mangena for R50 000 from Bush Bucks similar to Jairzinho to Kaizer Chiefs in 1975 for R70 000, Pitso Mosimane, Mike Mangena, Sam Kambule and Mark Anderson.