C.F. União

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União da Madeira
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Full nameClube de Futebol União
Nickname(s)União da Bola
(Union of the ball)
Unionistas (Unionists)
Founded1 November 1913; 107 years ago (1913-11-01)
GroundCampo do Adelino Rodrigues,
Funchal
Capacity3,000
ChairmanFilipe Abreu Silva
ManagerPredrag Jokanović
LeagueCampeonato de Portugal (2021/2022)
WebsiteClub website

Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, Madeira, currently playing in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth highest league in the portuguese football.[1] The club was founded on 1 November 1913, thus being one of the oldest football clubs in Portugal.[2] The club is the fourth oldest club in Madeira Island being only surpassed by Clube Sports Madeira (that was created on 1909; Marítimo and Nacional that were founded on 1910. The club's current home stadium is the Campo do Adelino Rodrigues. The club plays in yellow and blue, the official colours of the archipelago of Madeira. Their current head coach is Duarte Correia and the second coach is Bruno Fernandes.[3]

União da Madeira has played in the Primeira Liga on six occasions, between the 1989–90 and 1991–92 seasons, the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons[4][5][6][7][8] and most recently in the 2015–16 season.[9]

As a sports club, União da Madeira has sports departments for Basketball, Fencing, Football, Handball, Roller hockey, Rugby and Volleyball.[10][11][12] União da Madeira are currently sponsored by Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron[13] and the Museu CR7, the local museum dedicated to Cristiano Ronaldo who was born in Funchal.[14]

History[]

The club was founded on 1 November 1913 initially as União Futebol Clube by, among others, César da Silva, João Fernandes Rosa, Alexandre Vasconcelos, José Anastácio do Nascimento and José Fernandes. The founding members shortly after its establishment decided to change the club's name to Clube de Futebol União.[2]

Shortly after Ângelo Olim Marote was appointed as the very first chairman of the club. A few years later the club was a founding member of the Madeira Football Association which it is still a part of today as well as competing in its annual AF Madeira Cup.

União won the third-tier championship in 2010–11, thereby returning to the professional leagues after seven years away.[15] In 2014–15, managed by promotion specialist Vítor Oliveira, the club came runners-up in Segunda Liga behind C.D. Tondela and reached the Primeira Liga for the first time in two decades.[16]

The club's spell in the top flight lasted only one season, and União were relegated in 2016.[17] Two years later, they fell into the third tier again, with two games left to play of the season.[18][19] In 2020–21, the club and fellow Madeirans A.D. Camacha and withdrew at the halfway point due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, but were not relegated.[20]

Stadium[]

Main article: Campo do Adelino Rodrigues
Since leaving the Estádio dos Barreiros in 2008, União have played at a variety of home grounds

União's current home ground is the Campo do Adelino Rodrigues. The club have led a rather nomadic existence since leaving the Estádio dos Barreiros in 2008 when the stadium was purchased by joint tenants and local rivals Marítimo from the local municipality.

They played at the Campo do Adelino Rodrigues for a short period before winning promotion back to the Segunda Liga in 2011 rendered that stadium as inadequate. União returned to Barreiros for the 2011–12 season before relocating to the 3,300-capacity municipal stadium in Machico for the 2012–13 campaign and then again to the Centro Desportivo da Madeira at Ribeira Brava in 2014. Whilst remaining at the modest 2,500-seat venue after winning promotion to the Primeira Liga in 2015, the club had an agreement with top division rivals Nacional to play its high-profile home games at their larger stadium, the Estádio da Madeira. The stadium previously hosted several cup matches. In 2018, União were relegated from the Segunda Liga and in December 2018, they returned to Campo do Liceu.

Current squad[]

As of 27 September 2017[21]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Edgar Mendonça
3 DF Republic of the Congo CGO Dorvel Dibékou
6 MF Burundi BDI Christophe Nduwarugira (on loan from Chibuto)
7 FW Brazil BRA Danilo Dias
8 MF Senegal SEN Pathé Ciss
9 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Flávio
10 MF Portugal POR Mica
11 FW Portugal POR Betinho
13 DF Senegal SEN Alhassane Sylla
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Romaric
17 FW Cape Verde CPV Júnior
19 MF Senegal SEN Nestor Mendy
20 DF Portugal POR Tiago Moreira
22 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Morais
24 DF Cape Verde CPV Tiago Almeida
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 DF Portugal POR Nuno Lopes
33 DF Portugal POR Paulo Vasconcelos
44 DF Portugal POR Miguel Lourenço
52 MF Cape Verde CPV Rudy
70 FW Brazil BRA Moicano
72 FW Brazil BRA Rodrigo Henrique
77 MF Portugal POR André Carvalhas
83 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Donato
91 FW Nigeria NGA Bolaji Oyetii
93 DF Brazil BRA Laércio
94 GK Brazil BRA Raví
98 MF Brazil BRA Peterson
99 GK Venezuela VEN Mário Pellicer

Honours[]

National[]

Regional[]

  • AF Madeira Championship (tier 4): 16
    • 1920–21, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80
  • AF Madeira Cup: 17
    • 1945–46, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2004–05

Managerial history[]

Chairmen history[]

League and cup history[]

Season League Cup League Cup Notes
Tier Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1988–89 2 promoted 1 34 20 9 5 54 22 49 Round 1 Promoted
1989–90 1 16 34 5 14 15 24 45 24 Round 6
1990–91 12 38 9 15 14 30 51 33 Round 5
1991–92 relegated 18 34 9 6 19 30 58 24 Round 5 Relegated
1992–93 2 promoted 2 34 18 11 5 60 34 47 Round 5 Promoted
1993–94 1 12 34 11 9 14 36 42 31 Round 5
1994–95 relegated 16 34 7 10 17 30 54 24 Round 4 Relegated
1995–96 2 7 34 14 9 11 43 37 51 Round 4
1996–97 11 34 11 10 13 40 45 43 Round 5
1997–98 12 34 11 8 15 36 48 41 Round 3
1998–99 relegated 17 34 8 9 17 34 50 33 Round 3 Relegated
1999–00 3 3 38 21 9 8 65 37 72 Round 4
2000–01 2 38 18 9 11 46 37 63 Round 2
2001–02 promoted 1 38 24 9 5 69 24 81 Round 3 Promoted
2002–03 2 15 34 10 10 14 31 18 40 Round 4
2003–04 relegated 18 34 4 15 15 39 53 27 Round 4 Relegated
2004–05 3 3 38 18 9 11 46 37 63 Round 3
2005–06 2 26 13 6 7 45 22 45 Round 2
2006–07 1 26 17 3 6 53 21 54 Round 4
[A]
2007–08 1 26 15 6 5 43 17 51 Round 2
[A]
2008–09 2 22 14 5 3 38 15 47 Round 4
2009–10 1 30 23 5 2 70 25 74 Round 4
[A]
2010–11 promoted 1 30 20 7 3 53 18 67 Round 5 Promoted
2011–12 2 10 30 9 10 11 35 40 37 Round 2 Round 2
2012–13 10 42 13 17 12 47 46 56 Round 3 Round 2
2013–14 13 42 14 10 18 50 46 52 Round 2 Round 1
2014–15 promoted 2 46 22 14 10 69 39 80 Round 2 Round 3 Promoted
2015–16 1 relegated 17 34 7 8 19 27 50 29 Round 4 Round 2 Relegated
2016–17 2 3 42 17 13 12 52 43 64 Round 3 Round 2
2017–18 relegated 17 38 12 8 18 44 53 44 Round 5 Round 3 Relegated
2018–19 3 11 34 12 8 14 28 32 44 Round 4
2019–20 - 34 - - - - - - Round 2

A. ^A Reached the playoffs.

Last updated: 15 January 2020

References[]

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  5. ^ "Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão 1990/91" [National Championship of the I Division 1990/91]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão 1991/92" [National Championship of the I Division 1991/92]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão 1993/94" [National Championship of the I Division 1993/94]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
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  13. ^ "Macron Store" (PDF). Macron. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Museu CR7 patrocina União da Madeira por mais uma época" (in Portuguese). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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  16. ^ Gomes de Andrade, Miguel (24 May 2015). "Vítor Oliveira: o campeão das subidas só quer "um projeto sólido" na Liga" [Vítor Oliveira: the promotion champion only wants "a solid project" in the Liga] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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