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
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Filipe Abreu Silva
Manager	Norton de Matos
League	Primeira Liga
2014–15	Segunda Liga, 2nd (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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 Nacional to play it's high profile home games at their larger stadium, the Estádio da Madeira. The stadium previously hosted several cup matches.

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 DF Paulinho 3 MF Soares 5 DF Joãozinho (on loan from Braga) 6 DF Tiago Ferreira 7 MF Rúben Andrade 8 DF Carlos Manuel 9 FW Miguel Fidalgo 10 MF Breitner 12 GK Rafa Alves 14 MF Shehu Abdullahi 15 FW Danilo Dias 16 DF Nilson 18 FW Jhonder Cádiz (on loan from Caracas) 19 DF Rúben Lima

No. Position Player 20 FW Toni Silva 21 DF Genséric Kusunga 23 FW Amilton 25 MF Miguel Cardoso (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) 27 FW Edder Farías (on loan from Caracas) 28 MF Marcos Túlio 29 FW Élio Martins 37 DF Paulo Monteiro 44 DF Diego Galo 71 GK Raúl Gudiño (on loan from Porto) 77 MF Wanderson 88 MF Gian 90 FW Kisley 95 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 — DF Jaime (on loan to Apollon Limassol)

Honours

• Portuguese Second Division: 3
  • 1988–89, 2001–02, 2010–11
• AF Madeira Championship: 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

Notable former players

Samir Amirèche Toni Lima Marco Abreu Fernando Ávalos Brian Fuentes Walter Otta Ismet Štilić David Hermes Leonardo Neto Marco Aurélio Serginho Zé Carlos Valentin Ignatov Hernâni Borges Hólger Quiñónez

Khalid Chalqi Lukács Tihamér Josephus Yenay Žarko Tomašević Chaly Jones António Caldas Carlos Jorge Chico Silva Hugo Morais Jorge Ferreira Lord Joãozinho Marco Paiva Miguel Fidalgo Paulo Teixeira Pedro Franco Pedro Rios

Rúben Micael Rui Borges Tozé Marreco Vítor Valente Ludgério Silva Danilo Belić Jovo Bosančić Zeljko Gavrilović Predrag Jokanović Nikola Jokišić Aleksandar Šarić Goran Stevanović Justo Ruiz Miguel Mora Alexander dos Santos

Managerial history

Victor Stansel (1927–28) Niculau Rodriguez (1940–41) Medina (1950–51) Ruperto Garcia (1958–59) Serafim Neves (1961–62) Lourenço (1973–74) Quim Teixeira (1974–75) Rosário (1977–78) Fernando Casaca (1980–82) Miguel Diogo (1982–83) Alexander Horváth (1984–85) Mário Morais (1985) Mourinho Félix (1985–86)

Carlos Cardoso (1986–87) Rui Mâncio (1987–93) Ernesto Paulo (1993–97) Vítor Urbano (1997–98) Jorge Jesus (1998) Fernando Festas (1998–99) Rui Mâncio (1999) Eduardo Luís (1999) Manuel Balela (1999–00) Vítor Urbano (2000–01) Manuel Balela (2001–02) Horácio Gonçalves (2002–03) Vitor Manuel (2003–04)

Bruno Cardoso (2004) Ernesto Paulo (2004–06) José Rachão (2006) Bruno Cardoso (2006–07) Carlos Condeço (2007–08) Edson Porto (2008–09) Daniel Quintal (2009–10) Daniel Ramos (2010–11) João Abel (2011) Predrag Jokanović (2011–13) Robin Weller (2013–14) Vitor Oliveira (2014–15) Norton de Matos (2015–present)

Chairmen history

Ângelo Olim Marote (1913–14) Simeão Vieira (1914–15) Luís Inácio Ferreira (1915–16) Luis da Costa (1916–19) José Julião de Freitas (1919–21) Luís Inácio Ferreira (1921–22) Alferes Couto Vaz (1922–24) Elmano Augusto Vieira (1924–27) Luís Inácio Ferreira (1927–28) Alferes Filipe de Freitas (1928–29) Ernesto Acciaioly (1929–30) Juvenal de Carvalho (1930–31) Alvaro Castro Fagundes (1931–32) Agostinho Dias (1932–33) José da Silva Coelho (1933–35)

Raul Simões Dias Paquete (1935–36) Carlos Passos Pestana (1936–38) Luís Sequeira (1938–39) César Augusto Pestana (1939–41) Leonel Silva (1941–43) José da Silva (1943–44) Elmano Augusto Vieira (1944–45) Luis da Costa (1945–46) Francisco Parente (1946–47) Abel Correia (1947–52) Mateus da Silva (1952–54) João Nepomuceno (1954–55) Vasco Andrade (1955–56) Luis Sotero Gomes (1956–58) Mateus da Silva (1958–59)

Luis Sotero Gomes (1959–61) Leonel de Mendonça (1961–63) Mateus da Silva (1963–64) Mateus da Silva (1965–66) Luis Sotero Gomes (1966–67) João Edmundo Faria (1967–68) Rui Firmino Neponuceno (1972–74) Luis Sotero Gomes (1974–75) Jaime Ernesto Ramos (1975–76) Ramiro dos Santos Lopes (1983–84) Jaime Ernesto Ramos (1986–00) Roberto Marote (2002–10) 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	34	5	14	15	24	45	24	Round 6
1990–91	1D	12	38	9	15	14	30	51	33	Round 5
1991–92	1D	18	34	9	6	19	30	58	24	Round 5		Relegated
1992–93	2H	2	34	18	11	5	60	34	47	Round 5		Promoted
1993–94	1D	12	34	11	9	14	36	42	31	Round 5
1994–95	1D	16	34	7	10	17	30	54	24	Round 4		Relegated
1995–96	2H	7	34	14	9	11	43	37	51	Round 4
1996–97	2H	11	34	11	10	13	40	45	43	Round 5
1997–98	2H	12	34	11	8	15	36	48	41	Round 3
1998–99	2H	17	34	8	9	17	34	50	33	Round 3		Relegated
1999–00	2DS	3	38	21	9	8	65	37	72	Round 4
2000–01	2DS	2	38	18	9	11	46	37	63	Round 2
2001–02	2DS	1	38	24	9	5	69	24	81	Round 3		Promoted
2002–03	2H	15	34	10	10	14	31	18	40	Round 4
2003–04	2H	18	34	4	15	15	39	53	27	Round 4		Relegated
2004–05	2DS	3	38	18	9	11	46	37	63	Round 3
2005–06	2DS	2	26	13	6	7	45	22	45	Round 2
2006–07	2DS	1	26	17	3	6	53	21	54	Round 4		^[A]
2007–08	2DS	1	26	15	6	5	43	17	51	Round 2		^[A]
2008–09	2DS	2	22	14	5	3	38	15	47	Round 4
2009–10	2DS	1	30	23	5	2	70	25	74	Round 4		^[A]
2010–11	2DS	1	30	20	7	3	53	18	67	Round 5		Promoted
2011–12	2H	10	30	9	10	11	35	40	37	Round 2	Round 2
2012–13	2H	10	42	13	17	12	47	46	56	Round 3	Round 2
2013–14	2H	13	42	14	10	18	50	46	52	Round 2	Round 1
2014–15	2H	2	46	22	14	10	69	39	80	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

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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.
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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.

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at LPFP (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at NationalFootballTeams
• Club Profile at Zerozero

Coordinates: 32°41′25.130″N 17°2′56.558″W / 32.69031389°N 17.04904389°W