C.F. União

União da Madeira
Full name Clube de Futebol União
Nickname(s) União da Bola
(Union of the ball)
Unionistas (Unionists)
Founded 1 November 1913
Ground Centro Desportivo da Madeira,
Ribeira Brava, Madeira
Ground Capacity 2,500
Chairman Filipe Abreu Silva
Manager Norton de Matos
League Primeira Liga
2014–15 Segunda Liga, 2nd (promoted)
Website Club home page

Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, is a Portuguese football club from , Ribeira Brava, Madeira[1] The club was founded on 1 November 1913, thus being one of the oldest football clubs in Portugal.[2] The club's home ground is the Estádio do Centro Desportivo da Madeira, located in Ribeira Brava, approximately 20 minutes drive from the capital Funchal.

The club won promotion back to the Primeira Liga after a 20-year absence in 2015 with a 3-0 away victory at Oriental Lisboa. The players upon arrival at Santa Cruz airport in Madeira were surrounded by fans and automatically gained hero status. Celebrations and a parade carried on upon arrival for the small Madeiran outfit. União da Madeira has played in the Primeira Liga on five occasions between the 1989–90 and 1991–92 seasons and the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.[3][4][5][6][7] As a sports club, União da Madeira has sports departments for Basketball, Fencing, Football, Handball, Roller hockey, Rugby and Volleyball.[8][9][10] União da Madeira are currently sponsored by Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron.[11]

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.

Stadium

Whilst the União's history and headquarter's are based in the city of Funchal, the club currently play their home games at the Centro Desportivo da Madeira, 20 km away in the village of Ribeira Brava. 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 their current base 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 have an agreement with top division rivals C.D. Nacional to play it's high profile home games at their larger stadium, the Estádio da Madeira. The stadium previously hosted several cup

Current squad

As of 14 July 2015[12]

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

No. Position Player
2 Portugal DF Paulinho
3 Brazil MF Soares
5 Portugal DF Joãozinho (on loan from Braga)
6 Portugal DF Tiago Ferreira
7 Portugal MF Rúben Andrade
8 Portugal DF Carlos Manuel
9 Portugal FW Miguel Fidalgo
10 Venezuela MF Breitner
12 Portugal GK Rafa Alves
14 Nigeria MF Shehu Abdullahi
15 Brazil FW Danilo Dias
16 Cape Verde DF Nilson
18 Venezuela FW Jhonder Cádiz (on loan from Caracas)
19 Portugal DF Rúben Lima
No. Position Player
20 Portugal FW Toni Silva
21 Angola DF Genséric Kusunga
23 Brazil FW Amilton
25 Portugal MF Miguel Cardoso (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña)
27 Venezuela FW Edder Farías (on loan from Caracas)
28 Brazil MF Marcos Túlio
29 Portugal FW Élio Martins
37 Portugal DF Paulo Monteiro
44 Brazil DF Diego Galo
71 Mexico GK Raúl Gudiño (on loan from Porto)
77 Brazil MF Wanderson
88 Brazil MF Gian
90 Cape Verde FW Kisley
95 Portugal GK André Moreira (on loan from Atlético Madrid)

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
— Portugal DF Jaime (on loan to Apollon Limassol)

Honours

Notable former players

Managerial history

  • Victor Stansel (1927–28)
  • Portugal Niculau Rodriguez (1940–41)
  • Portugal Medina (1950–51)
  • Portugal Ruperto Garcia (1958–59)
  • Portugal Serafim Neves (1961–62)
  • Portugal Lourenço (1973–74)
  • Portugal Quim Teixeira (1974–75)
  • Portugal Rosário (1977–78)
  • Portugal Fernando Casaca (1980–82)
  • Portugal Miguel Diogo (1982–83)
  • Czechoslovakia Alexander Horváth (1984–85)
  • Portugal Mário Morais (1985)
  • Portugal Mourinho Félix (1985–86)
  • Portugal Carlos Cardoso (1986–87)
  • Portugal Rui Mâncio (1987–93)
  • Brazil Ernesto Paulo (1993–97)
  • Portugal Vítor Urbano (1997–98)
  • Portugal Jorge Jesus (1998)
  • Portugal Fernando Festas (1998–99)
  • Portugal Rui Mâncio (1999)
  • Portugal Eduardo Luís (1999)
  • Portugal Manuel Balela (1999–00)
  • Portugal Vítor Urbano (2000–01)
  • Portugal Manuel Balela (2001–02)
  • Portugal Horácio Gonçalves (2002–03)
  • Portugal Vitor Manuel (2003–04)
  • Portugal Bruno Cardoso (2004)
  • Brazil Ernesto Paulo (2004–06)
  • Portugal José Rachão (2006)
  • Portugal Bruno Cardoso (2006–07)
  • Portugal Carlos Condeço (2007–08)
  • Brazil Edson Porto (2008–09)
  • Portugal Daniel Quintal (2009–10)
  • Portugal Daniel Ramos (2010–11)
  • Portugal João Abel (2011)
  • Serbia Predrag Jokanović (2011–2013)
  • England Robin Weller (2013-2014)
  • Portugal Vitor Oliveira (2014–2015)
  • Portugal Norton de Matos (2015–present)

Chairmen history

  • Ângelo Olim Marote (1913–1914)
  • Simeão Vieira (1914–1915)
  • Luís Inácio Ferreira (1915–1916)
  • Luis da Costa (1916–1919)
  • José Julião de Freitas (1919–1921)
  • Luís Inácio Ferreira (1921–1922)
  • Alferes Couto Vaz (1922–1924)
  • Elmano Augusto Vieira (1924–1927)
  • Luís Inácio Ferreira (1927–1928)
  • Alferes Filipe de Freitas (1928–1929)
  • Ernesto Acciaioly (1929–1930)
  • Juvenal de Carvalho (1930–1931)
  • Alvaro Castro Fagundes (1931–1932)
  • Agostinho Dias (1932–1933)
  • José da Silva Coelho (1933–1935)
  • Raul Simões Dias Paquete (1935–1936)
  • Carlos Passos Pestana (1936–1938)
  • Luís Sequeira (1938–1939)
  • César Augusto Pestana (1939–1941)
  • Leonel Silva (1941–1943)
  • José da Silva (1943–1944)
  • Elmano Augusto Vieira (1944–1945)
  • Luis da Costa (1945–1946)
  • Francisco Parente (1946–1947)
  • Abel Correia (1947–1952)
  • Mateus da Silva (1952–1954)
  • João Nepomuceno (1954–1955)
  • Vasco Andrade (1955–1956)
  • Luis Sotero Gomes (1956–1958)
  • Mateus da Silva (1958–1959)
  • Luis Sotero Gomes (1959–1961)
  • Leonel de Mendonça (1961–1963)
  • Mateus da Silva (1963–1964)
  • Mateus da Silva (1965–1966)
  • Luis Sotero Gomes (1966–1967)
  • João Edmundo Faria (1967–1968)
  • Rui Firmino Neponuceno (1972–1974)
  • Luis Sotero Gomes (1974–1975)
  • Jaime Ernesto Ramos (1975–1976)
  • Ramiro dos Santos Lopes (1983–1984)
  • Jaime Ernesto Ramos (1986–2000)
  • Roberto Marote (2002–2010)
  • Jaime Lucas (2010–)

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Notes
1989–90 1D 16 3451415 244524 Round 6
1990–91 1D 12 3891514 305133 Round 5
1991–92 1D 18 349619 305824 Round 5 Relegated
1992–93 2H 2 3418115 603447 Round 5 Promoted
1993–94 1D 12 3411914 364231 Round 5
1994–95 1D 16 3471017 305424 Round 4 Relegated
1995–96 2H 7 3414911 433751 Round 4
1996–97 2H 11 34111013 404543 Round 5
1997–98 2H 12 3411815 364841 Round 3
1998–99 2H 17 348917 345033 Round 3 Relegated
1999–00 2DS 3 382198 653772 Round 4
2000–01 2DS 2 3818911 463763 Round 2
2001–02 2DS 1 382495 692481 Round 3 Promoted
2002–03 2H 15 34101014 311840 Round 4
2003–04 2H 18 3441515 395327 Round 4 Relegated
2004–05 2DS 3 3818911 463763 Round 3
2005–06 2DS 2 261367 452245 Round 2
2006–07 2DS 1 261736 532154 Round 4
[A]
2007–08 2DS 1 261565 431751 Round 2
[A]
2008–09 2DS 2 221453 381547 Round 4
2009–10 2DS 1 302352 702574 Round 4
[A]
2010–11 2DS 1 302073 531867 Round 5 Promoted
2011–12 2H 10 3091011 354037 Round 2 Round 2
2012–13 2H 10 42131712 474656 Round 3 Round 2
2013–14 2H 13 42141018 504652 Round 2 Round 1
2014–15 2H 2 46221410 693980 Round 2 Round 3 Promoted
A. ^A Reached the playoffs.

Last updated: 18 July 2012
Div. = Division; 2H = Liga de Honra; 2DS = Portuguese Second Division;
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points

References

  1. ↑ "Funchal". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 "O Club" [The Club]. uniaodamadeira.com (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão 1989/90" [National Championship of the I Division 1989/90]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão 1994/95" [National Championship of the I Division 1994/95]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Modalidades". uniaodamadeira.com (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "CLUBE FUTEBOL UNIÃO RUGBY". uniaorugby.blogspot.co.uk/ (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Instituto do Desporto da RAM" [Institute of Sport of RAM] (PDF). idram.pt (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Macron Store" (PDF). Macron. p. 8. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Clube Futebol União". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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