Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, was a Portuguese

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based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six season in the Portuguese top-flight

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, between the 1989–90 and 1991–92 seasons, the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons and most recently in the 2015–16 season. The club was originally founded on 1 November 1913, thus being one of the oldest football clubs in Portugal, and maintained a strong local rivalry with neighbours Marítimo and Nacional da Madeira throughout much of its history. After building mounting debts, and failing to fulfil consecutive matches leading to disqualification from competing in the Campeonato de Portugal – the country's fourth-tier league – União da Madeira were forcibly dissolved on 23 November 2021. As a sports club, União da Madeira had sports departments for

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. The professional football team were notably sponsored by the Museu CR7, the local museum dedicated to

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, who was born in Funchal. A new phoenix club, União da Bola Futebol Clube was founded in 2022, with the aim of "honouring the legacy" of the demised club. The club entered a senior football team into the 1ª Divisão of the Madeira Football Association.

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 in 1916. 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

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, thereby returning to the professional leagues after seven years away. In 2014–15, managed by promotion specialist Vítor Oliveira, the club came runners-up in Segunda Liga behind C.D. Tondela and reached the

for the first time in two decades. The club's spell in the top flight lasted only one season, and União were relegated in 2016. Two years later, they fell into the third tier again, with two games left to play of the season. In 2020–21, the club and fellow Madeirans A.D. Camacha and CSD Câmara de Lobos withdrew at the halfway point due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, but were not relegated. União da Madeira were forcibly dissolved and the club officially closed on 23 November 2021.

Stadium

União's most recent home ground was the

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. The club led a 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

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

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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

in 2015, the club had an agreement with top division rivals

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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 Adelino Rodrigues.

Current squad

''Updated 27 September 2017''

Honours

National

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: 3 ** 1988–89, 2001–02,

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

* 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) *

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(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) * José Barros (2013–14) * Mário Nunes (2014) * Rui Mâncio (2014) * Vítor Oliveira (2014–15) *

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(2015–16) * Filó (2016) * José Viterbo (2017) * Jorge Casquilha (2017) * Paulo Alves (2017) * José Viterbo (2017–18) * Ricardo Chéu (2018) * Nuno Pinto Gomes (2018–19) * Marco Camacho (2019) * Fábio Pereira (2019–)

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–)