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

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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
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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.

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 *

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* João Mendes *

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* Daniel Santos * Nuno Silva *

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Women's section

Honours

* Portuguese Women's Championship: 14 **1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2015-16, 2017-18 *

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: 18 **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 * 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 June 15, 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 ...

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

References

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