Associação Desportiva de Machico, or simply Machico is a sports club based in the city of
Machico
Machico () is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast part of the island of Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third-most populous area with a population of 21,828 in ...
, on the
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
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** Portu ...
island of
Madeira.
They are notable mainly for their professional
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
team (''See:
A.D. Machico (volleyball)'') and for their
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
semi-professional
football team, who play their home games at the brand-new 3,300-seat capacity
Estádio Municipal do Machico. The club also compete in others sports at amateur level in
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
,
karate and
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
.
Honours
*
AF Madeira Championship: 2
**1975–76, 1989–90
*
AF Madeira Cup: 2
** 1972–73, 1998–99
See also
*
A.D. Machico (volleyball)
External links
* (in Portuguese)
UltrasTricolor official website(in Portuguese)
Football clubs in Portugal
Sports clubs and teams established in 1969
Sport in Madeira
1969 establishments in Portugal
Machico
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