In the 2014 season, Bahia continued to start his season at Botafogo on the substitute bench in a number of matches. It wasn't until on 22 May 2014 when he made his first league appearances of the season, in a 2–1 loss against Grêmio. Bahia then received a handful of first team appearances throughout May following an absent of Dória but returned to the substitute bench at the beginning of July. Bahia then returned to the starting line-up on 17 August 2014 against Fluminense, in a 2–0 win. Following this, he was subjected of a transfer move to Fluminese but the move was no success and Bahia stayed at Botafogo. Since returning to the starting line-up, Bahia received a handful of first team appearances for the side following the departure of Dória. It wasn't until on 11 September 2014 when Bahia scored his first goal for Botafogo, in a 4–2 loss against São Paulo. Despite being sidelined on two occasions later in the 2014 season, Bahia went on to make 26 appearances and scoring once in all competitions.