Madeira Andebol S.A.D., known until 1998 as Academico Funchal, is a Portuguese handball club from Funchal. Its women's team has won the national championship a record 15 times since 1994,List of champions in the Portuguese Handball Federation's website and it is a regular in the EHF Cup and Cup Winners' Cup's early stages.1994–98 profile in EHF's website2002– profile in EHF's website The male team has won the national league 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 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, Nike, as Marítimo.
In 2023, Madeira Sad merged into C.S. Marítimo the senior teams.
Men's section Honours
Portuguese League: 1 2004–05 Portuguese Cup: 1 1998–99
Squad
João Antunes 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
Transfers Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining José Luciano Costa da Silva (LB) on loan from USAM Nîmes Gardhttps://www.dnoticias.pt/2025/7/20/456807-maritimo-andebol-sad-contrata-luciano-silva/
Leaving Melwin Beckman (LB) to US Ivry Handballhttps://www.hand-ivry.org/transfert-melwin-beckman-arrive/ Diogo Valério (GK) to Olympiacoshttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1380891010703547&set=a.534515688674421 Rúben Ribeiro (LB) to TV Möhlinhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DLZZ_NUCeTz/ Nuno Reis (RW) to JS Cherbourg
Women's section Honours
Portuguese Women's Championship: 19 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, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2023–24 Portuguese Women's Handball Cup: 20 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, 2020–21, 2023–24 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
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2016–17 EHF CupR1 Brest Bretagne Handball 16–30 18–31 34–61
Squad
Barbara Brauer Cilisia Camacho Carla Coimbra Ana Estacio Carla Ferreira Micaela Freitas Mariela Gonçalves Esmeralda Gouveia Sonia Leites Tanja Milanović Claudia Novais Ana Seabra Renata Tavares Maria Viana Cristina Vieira
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