Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, is a Portuguese

Portugal

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 football club

Football team

A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...

 from Funchal

Funchal

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, Madeira

Madeira

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, currently playing in the Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

. União was founded on 1 November 1913, thus being one of the oldest clubs in Portugal. It spent five years in the elite Portuguese Liga

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...

 between 1989 and 1995 before being relegated, where they have never reached the top-flight again.

União da Madeira currently play their home games at the Campo do Adelino Rodrigues

Campo do Adelino Rodrigues

Campo de Futebol Adelino Rodrigues, also known as Campo do Liceu, is a multi-use stadium, mainly used for football, which is located in the city centre of Funchal, on the Portuguese island of Madeira....

, having returned there in 2008, following a nomadic existence that saw them travel between their previous official home, the Estádio dos Barreiros

Estádio dos Barreiros

Estádio dos Barreiros is a multi-purpose stadium in Funchal, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of Club Sport Marítimo and although much larger in its hey-day, the stadium is now able to hold just 8,922 people....

, and regional stadiums spread across the island of Madeira. The current chairman is Diogo Ramos Andrade and the current manager is João Abel.

Current squad

As of 30 July, 2011.

Notable former players

Rui Borges

Rui Fernando Nascimento Borges

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 Rios

Pedro Fernando Rios Soares Ramos

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 Paulo Teixeira

Paulo Teixeira (footballer)

Paulo Alexandre Esteves Teixeira is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder.-External links:**...

 Adriano Rúben Micael

Rúben Micael

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 Miguel Fidalgo

Miguel Fidalgo

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 Toni Lima

Antoni Lima Solá

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 Marco Abreu

Marco Abreu

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 Brian Diego Fuentes

Brian Diego Fuentes

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 Walter Otta

Walter Otta

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 Ismet Štilić

Ismet Štilic

Ismet Štilić is a retired Bosnian footballer who played as a midfielder.-Football career:...

 Leonardo Sciammarella Neto

Leonardo Sciammarella Neto

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 Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos

Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos

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 Hólger Quiñónez Lukács Tihamér

Lukács Tihamér

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 Josephus Yenay

Josephus Yenay

Josephus Yenay is a former Liberian football striker.-Career:Yenay had a spell with Associação Naval 1º de Maio in the Portuguese Liga de Honra.-International career:...

 Predrag Jokanović

Predrag Jokanovic

Predrag Jokanović is a retired Serbian professional footballer and a current manager....

 Jovo Bosančić

Jovo Bosancic

Jovo Bosančić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a right midfielder.-Club career:...

 Aleksandar Šarić

Aleksandar Šaric

Aleksandar Sarić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also held Austrian citizenship.-Club career:...

 Danilo Belić

Danilo Belic

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 Zeljko Gavrilović

Zeljko Gavrilovic

Željko Gavrilović is a veteran Serbian footballer who plays for FK Radnik Bijeljina as midfielder.-External sources:* at Worldfootball.* in Ligadehonra....

 Goran Stevanović

Goran Stevanovic

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 Miguel Mora

Miguel Mora Morales

Miguel Mora Morales is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1989–90	1D	16	34	5	14	15	24	45	24
1990–91	1D	12	38	9	15	14	30	51	33
1991–92	1D	18	34	9	6	19	30	58	24
1992–93	2H	2	34	18	11	5	60	34	47		Promoted
1993–94	1D	12	34	11	9	14	36	42	31
1994–95	1D	16	34	7	10	17	30	54	24
1995–96	2H	7	34	14	9	11	43	37	51
1996–97	2H	11	34	11	10	13	40	45	43
1997–98	2H	12	34	11	8	15	36	48	41
1998–99	2H	17	34	8	9	17	34	50	33		Relegated
1999–00	2DS	3	38	21	9	8	65	37	72
2000–01	2DS	2	38	18	9	11	46	37	63
2001–02	2DS	1	38	24	9	5	69	24	81	Round 3	Promoted
2002–03	2H	15	34	10	10	14	31	18	40
2003–04	2H	18	34	4	15	15	39	53	27		Relegated
2004–05	2DS	3	38	18	9	11	46	37	63	Round 3
2005–06	2DA	2	26	13	6	7	45	22	45
2006–07	2DB	1	26	17	3	6	53	21	54	Round 4	Play-off
2007-08	2DA	1	26	15	6	5	43	17	51	Round 2	Play-off
2008-09	2DB	2	22	14	5	3	38	15	47	Round 4
2009-10	2DS	1	30	23	5	2	70	25	74	Round 4	Play-off
2010-11	2DN	1	30	20	7	3	53	18	67	Last 16	Promoted

External links

• União da Madeira at ZeroZeroFootball.com União da Madeira Official Site