Madeira Andebol S.A.D., known until 1998 as Academico Funchal, is a Portuguese

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club from

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. Its women's team has won the

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a record 15 times since 1994, and it is a regular in the

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and

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's early stages. The male team has won the

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and

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once, and it has also made several appearances in EHF competitions.Profile
in EHF's website In 2016, the club entered into a partnership with

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

and merged the senior teams. Since then, the club has been known as Académico Marítimo Madeira Andebol SAD and adopted the same sponsors and equipment supplier,

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, as Marítimo. In 2023, Madeira Sad merged into

the senior teams.

Men's section

Honours

* Portuguese League: 1 **2004–05 *

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: 1 **1998–99

Squad

* João Antunes * Mauro Aveiro * Bosko Bjelanovic * Luis Carvalho *

João Ferraz João Miguel Ferraz (born 8 January 1990) is a Portuguese handball player for HSC Suhr Aarau and the Portugal men's national handball team, Portuguese national team. He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. Refer ...

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* Jesus José * Luis Marques * João Mendes * Leandro Nunes * Pedro Pinheiro *

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* Daniel Santos * Nuno Silva *

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Women's section

Honours

* Portuguese Women's Championship: 19 **1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011–12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2017–18, 2020-21, 2023-24 * Portuguese Women's Handball Cup: 20 **1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020-21, 2023-24 * Supertaça de Portugal: 20 **1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

European record

Squad

* Barbara Brauer * Cilisia Camacho * Carla Coimbra * Ana Estacio * Carla Ferreira * Micaela Freitas * Mariela Gonçalves * Esmeralda Gouveia * Sonia Leites *

Tanja Milanović Tanja Milanović (born 15 June 1977) is a former handballer from Serbia, playing left back. She set her career in October 2010. Among the clubs she played for are ŽORK "Napredak" Kruševac, Madeira Andebol SAD, Randers HK, FC Midtjylland H� ...

* Claudia Novais * Ana Seabra * Renata Tavares * Maria Viana * Cristina Vieira

References

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