União Madeira
União Madeira | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Clube de Futebol União | ||
Seat | Funchal , Madeira , Portugal | ||
founding | November 1, 1913 | ||
Colours | blue yellow | ||
president | Filipe Silva | ||
Website | uniaodamadeira.pt | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Ricardo Chéu | ||
Venue | Campo do Adelino Rodrigues | ||
Places | 3,300 | ||
league | Campeonato Nacional de Seniores | ||
2018/19 | 11th place | ||
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The Clube de Futebol União , or CF União for short and known in German-speaking countries as União Madeira , is a football club from Funchal , the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira . It was founded on November 1st, 1913 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Portugal. In the seasons 1989-1992 and 1993-1995, the club played in the Primeira Divisão . After relegation since 2011, he has been back in the Segunda League . In the 2014/15 season, with second place behind CD Tondela , the promotion to the highest Portuguese league, the Primeira Liga, was achieved . After only a year, however, the decline followed again.
The club played its home games on Campo do Adelino Rodrigues until its promotion to the Primeira Divisão . Since the 2015/16 season, the club has played its home games at the Estadio Centro Desportivo da Madeira in Ribeira Brava (Madeira) .
player
- Aleksandar Sarić (1997-1999)