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 national championship 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 national cup 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 ( locally ), is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Li ...

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

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* Mauro Aveiro * Bosko Bjelanovic * Luis Carvalho * João Ferraz * Telmo Ferreira * Jesus José * Luis Marques * João Mendes * Leandro Nunes * Pedro Pinheiro * Hugo Rosário * Daniel Santos * Nuno Silva * Gonçalo Vieira

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 * Portuguese Women's Handball Cup: 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 Midtjylla ...

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

References

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