The Club Sport Marítimo, usually just Marítimo for short, is a football team from Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. The club was founded in 1959 by Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 immigrants living in Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

, who based their new club on their favourite team from back home, CS Marítimo

CS Marítimo

Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as just Marítimo , is a Portuguese sports club, founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. The club is regarded as an important club in Portugal, and are widely known throughout the Portuguese speaking world, in countries such as Brazil, Angola, and Cape...

 from the island of Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

, who today compete in the Superliga

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

. Even today, strong ties are kept between both clubs and their supporters from either side of the Atlantic ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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.

Achievements

• Primera División Venezolana
  Primera División Venezolana
  The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...
  
  : 4

1986/87, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1992/93

• Segunda División Venezolana: 2

1985, 2003/04

• Copa de Venezuela
  Copa de Venezuela
  The Copa Venezuela is the national cup football competition of Venezuela. Organized by the Venezuelan Football Federation, is it disputed in the first half of the season by the teams in the Primera División, Segunda División A, and Segunda División B....
  
  : 2

1987, 1989

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 5 appearances

1988: First Round

1989: First Round

1991: First Round

1992: Round of 16

1994: First Round

• Copa CONMEBOL
  Copa CONMEBOL
  The Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...
  
  : 1 appearance

1992: First Round

External links

• Unofficial CS Marítimo de Venezuela website