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| Full name | Club Sport Marítimo | |||
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| Nicknames | Maritimistas O Maior das Ilhas (The Greatest of the Islands) Os Verde-Rubros (The Green-and-Reds) Os Leões do Almirante Reis (The Lions of Almirante Reis) | |||
| Founded | 20 September 1910; 115 years ago (1910-09-20) | |||
| Ground | Estádio do Marítimo | |||
| Capacity | 10,600 | |||
| President | Carlos André Gomes | |||
| Head coach | vacant | |||
| League | Liga Portugal 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | Liga Portugal 2, 12th of 18 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Club Sport MarítimoMH M (Portuguese pronunciation:[mɐˈɾitimu]), commonly known asMarítimo orMarítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professionalsports club based in the city ofFunchal, on the island ofMadeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for itsfootball team currently playing inLiga Portugal 2 that previously played for 38 consecutive years in thePrimeira Liga from 1985 to 2023.
The club'sreserve team,Marítimo B, compete in thefourth division, and thefemale team feature in the top-tierCampeonato Nacional Feminino. Aside from football, Marítimo have teams in other sports competing in national leagues, such asvolleyball,handball,roller hockey andathletics. Marítimo supporters are calledMaritimistas.
The football club has won one major trophy, theCampeonato de Portugal[a] in 1926.[citation needed] After a long period of being restricted to regional competitions, Marítimo made their inaugural appearance in the national league in 1973[b] and four years later became the first club based outsidePortuguese continental territory to achieve promotion to the top division in 1977. Since then the club has played 43 seasons in the highest tier of Portuguese league football – ranking 10th on the all-time list[citation needed] – as well as being finalists of theTaça de Portugal twice, finalists of theTaça da Liga twice, winning theSegunda Divisão twice and achieving nine appearances in theUEFA Cup/Europa League. Marítimo's most recent foray into European competition came in 2017, though their best performance was during the2012–13 season, finishing third in theEuropa League group stage.
Marítimo was founded on 20 September 1910 asClub Português de Sport Marítimo, by Cândido Fernandes de Gouveia. The club adopted the red and green colours of the new Republican flag of Portugal to distinguish themselves from rivalsClub Sports da Madeira, who used the blue and white colours of the old monarchy flag which had been replaced 15 days earlier. The nameMarítimo, meaning Maritime in English, was used to reflect the fact that many of the team's players were workers of the nearby Funchal docks, a prominent employer at the time. The first ever match for Marítimo was a 2–1 win against Santa Clara, a select team composed of workers of the Western Telegraph Company. Soon after they began playing teams of sailors from visiting British ships. José Rodrigues Barrinhas, an old-fashioned attacking centre-half, made a name for himself in these games and in matches against rivals CS Madeira.
In 1921–22, the Portuguese clubs started playing a new national competition.[citation needed] TheCampeonato de Portugal, played on a knock-out-basis (similar to the currentTaça de Portugal), was the first national competition. After competing in the regional championships, the regional winners competed together to pick the Champion of Portugal. Marítimo make 13 appearances in the 17 editions of the competition.[1] After several attempts, the club finally won theCampeonato de Portugal in 1925–26.[2] In the semi-final againstPorto, Marítimo won 7–1, and in the final againstBelenenses Marítimo won 2–0. It was after this great achievement that Marítimo was called "The Greatest of the Islands".
In the early 1930s, the club faced a serious financial crisis, although this did not affect its supremacy in the regional competitions. However, in 1934, a new national competition calledPrimeira Liga was created, in which teams outside the continental territory were excluded. Nevertheless, in 1938–39 the teams from the islands started to participate in theTaça de Portugal, after the champions ofMadeira andAzores played a qualification round between themselves.Being excluded from competing in thePrimeira Liga, the club continued playing in regional competitions. It was in this period that Marítimo won many of the Regional Championships. In 1950, the team went through an amazing tour of Africa in which they made some great achievements.[3]
After arduous negotiations with thePortuguese Football Federation, it was established that the winner in the regional championship of 1972–73 could play a qualifying round with the last of theSegunda Divisão and the first of theTerceira Divisão. Marítimo won that regional championship and started to participate in the national championships. They therefore became the first team from a Portuguese island to participate in the national championship. Maritimo's record of 35 Madeira Championships won between 1916 and 1973 still stands.[4]
The consequences of long years without being able to compete regularly in national competitions were visible in the beginning. The fact that the island was not able to put teams in national competitions showed the discrepancies in terms of infrastructures and organization between the regional and national reality. Yet in the 1976–77 season the club wins theII Divisão and rises to thePortuguese First Division, remaining there for over three seasons. Due to the existing semi-professionalism and some logistical difficulties, the club is relegated toSecond Division in 1980–181, rising immediately next season, winning for the second time theII Divisão. After two seasons the club returns toPrimeira Liga in the 1982–83 season. Since then the club has remained in thePrimeira Liga, consolidating its status as a team that consistently finishes in the top ten and competes for European qualification.
Until the early 1990s, the club's best result was 9th in the 1987–88 season.[5] The entry of a young coach, ambitious BrazilianPaulo Autuori, allied to greater internal organization and attractive attacking football, so that in the 1991–92 campaign the club reached seventh place, staying just outside European qualification. The 1992–93 season saw a "wonder-trio" (Ademir, Edmilson and Jorge Andrade) drive the club to have the third best attack of the league, with 56 goals. European qualification came in the final round, with a 3–2 victory againstBoavista. Again the club was a pioneer, being the first island team to achieve qualification for European competitions, under the 5th place achieved. That same season is also notable for the home wins againstSporting (4–2) andGil Vicente (7–0).
In 1994–95, another great achievement was made when the club qualified to theTaça de Portugal finals for the first time in its history, after defeatingPorto in the semi-finals 1–0. Marítimo disputed the final againstSporting, but lost 2–0. Six years later, in the 2000–01 season, Marítimo achieved the final again, after defeatingBoavista in the semi-final 1–0. This time Marítimo played the final againstPorto, losing again 2–0. However, as of 2023, Marítimo still remain the only club fromMadeira to have reached thePortuguese Cup final.
From the 2001–02 to the 2014–15 season, the club has finished in the top ten of the table, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, where they finished eleventh. In the 2014–15 season, Maritimo reached the League Cup final for the first time ever, beating Porto in the semi-final but then losing to Benfica 2–1. The following season they repeated this feat, playing against Benfica again, but losing 6–2. The best ever league finish Maritimo have obtained was 5th place, first obtained in 1992–93, and since then they have finished another five times in that position, most recently in the 2011–12 season. In the 2012–13 season, Marítimo qualified for the Europa League group stages for the first time ever, finishing third with a win againstClub Brugge and two draws againstNewcastle United.
Since the very beginning of the club's history, red and green have been the official colours. In 1910, the club adopted the red and green colours of the newRepublican flag of Portugal to distinguish themselves from rivalsClub Sports da Madeira, who used the blue and white colours of theold monarchy flag which had been replaced 15 days after the club's foundation, following the5 October 1910 revolution.[6]
Although there is no date or author, the first crest clearly refers to the maritime origins of the club, which is stated in the paddle, the float, the harpoon, and the anchor. The ball in the badge represents the sport played in the club.[7]
For the 1916–17 season, a new crest was created by José Inês Ramos, a designer at an Embroidery House inFunchal.[8] The new crest maintains the maritime roots of the club, expressed in the ship's wheel. However a Lion was included in the new crest, which was to symbolize the strength of the new Champion of Madeira. Since then the crest has remained the same, with only some minor graphical changes over the years. The crest was updated again in 1999 to a modern version, following the formation of theSAD organisation, however the classic logo remained on the team jerseys until 2008. In 2022, the club announced the return of the classic crest, used from 1916 to 1999, as the primary logo.[9]
        1910 |     1950 |   1985 |      1994 |  2008 |  2012 |    2016 |  2018 |  2020 |
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Principle sponsor[c] |
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| 1987–1988 | Umbro | Madeira Tourism |
| 1988–1989 | Hummel | |
| 1989–1991 | Banif Financial Group Madeira Tourism | |
| 1991–1992 | Diadora | Banco BCI |
| 1992–1993 | O Madeirense | |
| 1993–1994 | Hummel | Grupo Sá Madeira Tourism |
| 1994–1995 | Olympic | Banif Financial Group |
| 1995–1996 | Saillev | |
| 1996–2001 | Grupo Sá | |
| 2001–2002 | Lotto | |
| 2002–2005 | Banif Financial Group | |
| 2005–2008 | Tepa | |
| 2008–2015 | Lacatoni | |
| 2015[d] | Nike | |
| 2015–2019 | Santander | |
| 2019–2022 | Betano | |
| 2022– | Puma | Coral Cerveja Madeira Tourism |
Supporters of Marítimo are known asMarítimistas.[10][11] The club has around 12,000[12] registered members (known assócios), ranking Marítimo as the 6th most supported club in Portugal; in theirmost recent season in the Primeira Liga, Marítimo also had the 6th highest average home match attendance.[13] The club has three predominant supporter groups, theClaque Esquadrão Marítimista, theUltras Templários and the Ultras Fanatics 13.
The club's official anthem, "Marcha do Marítimo", was sung for the first time in 1950 following the successful Tour of Africa.[14] Additional club anthems include "Maritimo, o Glorioso!", written by João Luís Mendonça,[15] and "Duas Vezes Madeirense".[16]
Famous persons who have publicly shown their support for Marítimo include businessmanJoe Berardo, international footballerCristiano Ronaldo - both are registeredsócios of the club[17][18] - and former President of the Regional Government of Madeira,Alberto João Jardim.[19] Musician and2017 Eurovision Song Contest winnerSalvador Sobral has occasionally been seen wearing a Marítimo shirt during performances,[20][21] and a viral video of indie bandNAPA showed the group singing the club's anthem,Marcha do Marítimo, prior to their appearance at the2025 Eurovision Song Contest.[22]
Marítimo are known throughout thePortuguese-speaking world and have fan bases in formerPortuguese colonies and regions with significantPortuguese communities; supporter clubs exist inLondon,[23]Jersey,[24]California,[25]Angola[26] andSouth Africa.[27][28] The club maintains strong ties to a largeMadeiran expat community inVenezuela and with affiliate clubC.S. Marítimo de La Guaira; the four-time national champions were founded in 1959 by Madeiran fans of Marítimo.[29] Similarly, Marítimo enjoys a presence inCape Verde, where affiliate clubMarítimo do Porto Novo compete in theSanto Antão South Island Championships.[30][31] Since 2015, the club has also operated more than 70 youth football academies inBrazil, primarily in the states ofRio Grande do Sul andSanta Catarina,[32] along with further academies inArgentina, theUnited States andUruguay.[33]
Marítimo has held long-established rivalries with fellow Madeira-based teamsNacional andUnião; matches between the sides are referred to as theMadeira derby. Additionally, Marítimo also has a rivalry withAzores-based teamSanta Clara; matches between the twoarchipelago-based teams are classified as thedérbi insular (Islands derby),[34][35] with the first competitive game between the two teams (a 0-0 draw) taking place o 29 August 1999.[36]
Previously playing at theCampo do Almirante Reis until they moved out in 1935, Marítimo currently play their home games at theEstádio do Marítimo, the municipality stadium ofFunchal. The stadium was originally built by rival club Nacional but came into the hands of the local Government after the club fell into a financial crisis. Although uniquely picturesque the stadium was rapidly aging, despite numerous face lifts over the years.
In October 2006, it was announced that the club would construct a new state-of-the-art stadium in thePraia Formosa area of West Funchal. However, after several delays and a political war over funding and planning, the stadium plans were put on hold indefinitely, adding to a list of set-backs that stretch well over a decade. The fact that archrivals Nacional were allowed to construct a new stand and training facility at theirEstádio da Madeira (with government backing) angered Marítimo's fans even more.
A year later, on 14 September 2007, an agreement between the club's directors and the Madeiran government (of whom own a 40% share of the club) was reached to use the site of the current Estádio dos Barreiros as the location of a brand new, reconstructed commercial stadium. Work began on the new stadium on 20 July 2009, with the realigning of the pitch and demolition of the Bancada Nascente, reducing the capacity to 5,000 seats in the Bancada Central stand. Initial plans indicated that the stadium would be completed by 2011 but following the2010 flooding disaster, the local government withdrew its funding and construction was halted. The club continued to use the stadium with only the Bancada Central (main stand) usable as the other three sides of the pitch were incomplete. On 25 March 2013, the club opened a new museum and club shop adjacent to the stadium.
After a four-year hiatus, the local government pledged €12 million towards the project and construction of the stadium resumed in May 2014. The initial work focused on finishing the three stands that had been left incomplete from the previous work and so a further reduction in capacity was made, bringing the number of usable seats to just 4,000. The new stands were finished and open to the public in January 2015, with the first game being played in front of 7,000 spectators on 18 January against Braga. The following week, demolition started on the main stand to make way for the completion of the stadium project. The current capacity of the stadium is 9,500, which will be boosted to 10,600 once the construction of the stands is complete (2 December).[37]
The club also own theCampo da Imaculada Conceição, a small stadium in the north of Funchal. The land it stands on was purchased by supporters and donated to the club who thus constructed the stadium, which was officially inaugurated on 3 October 1965. Situated adjacent to the club's Complexo Desportivo, the ground is used forB team-matches and for training sessions.
Marítimo have consistently been one of the most attended teams in the Portuguese League and throughout the 1990s were often ranked as having the fourth-highest attendance and support after thebig three clubs.[38][39] A reduction in stadium capacity in the late 1990s, due to seating replacing all-standing areas, saw attendance numbers decline. From 2009 works to reconstruct the stadium saw a further temporary reduction in capacity to just 5,000 seats, until the newly-renovated project was completed in 2016, raising the capacity to over 10,600 seats.
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Adelino NunesAntónio OliveiraAriza MakukulaBruno FernandesCarlos JorgeDanilo PereiraDannyDyego SousaEduardo LuísFernando SantosJorge CostaJorge SilvaJosé RamosJosé SáNuno ValentePaulo AlvesPaulo MadeiraPepePingaVadoZeca
Djalma
Gevorg Ghazaryan
ChristianDanilo DiasEdmilsonEwertonKléberLéo LimaManducaMarcinhoRoberto SousaSerginho ChulapaSouza
Ilian Iliev
Héldon Ramos
Alex BunburyFernando Aguiar
Alex von Schwedler
Abdel Sattar Sabry
John Richards
Nanu
Amir Abedzadeh
Daizen Maeda
Moussa Marega
Mitchell van der Gaag
Moussa Maâzou
Sylvanus Okpala
Colin Hill
Baba Diawara
Suk Hyun-Jun
Selim Benachour
Collins Mbesuma| Nationality | Name | Position |
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| Head coach | |
| Bruno Abreu | Assistant coach |
| João Nunes | First team coach |
| Nelson Santos | |
| Pedro Alves | Goalkeeping coach |
| Ricardo Chíxaro | Exercise Physiologist |
| Fernando Teixeira | Physiotherapist |
| João Moura | Team Manager |
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| Season | Div | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top league scorer | Goals | TP | TL | UEL |
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| 2014–15 | 1D | 9 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 45 | 44 | Maâzou | 9 | QF | RU | — |
| 2015–16 | 1D | 13 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 63 | 35 | Dyego Sousa | 12 | R4 | RU | — |
| 2016–17 | 1D | 6 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 50 | Raul Silva | 7 | R4 | R3 | — |
| 2017–18 | 1D | 7 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 47 | Joel Tagueu | 9 | R5 | R3 | PO |
| 2018–19 | 1D | 11 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 44 | 39 | Joel Tagueu | 8 | R4 | R3 | — |
| 2019–20 | 1D | 11 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 39 | Rodrigo Pinho | 9 | R3 | R3 | — |
| 2020–21 | 1D | 15 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 47 | 35 | Rodrigo Pinho Joel Tagueu | 9 | QF | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 1D | 10 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 44 | 38 | Joel Tagueu | 9 | R3 | R1 | — |
| 2022–23 | 1D | ↓16 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 63 | 26 | André Vidigal | 8 | R3 | R1 | — |
| 2023–24 | 2D | 4 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 29 | 64 | Lucas Silva | 13 | R4 | R1 | — |
| 2024–25 | 2D | 12 | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 48 | 43 | Martim Tavares | 7 | R1 | — | — |
Updated 24 August 2017.[41]
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | PUC |
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| 1993–94 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  | Royal Antwerp | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1.0 |
| 1994–95 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  | Aarau | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3.0 |
| 2 |  | Juventus | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup | 1 | | Leeds United | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (1–4p) | 2.0 |
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | Q |  | FK Sarajevo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | | Leeds United | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |||
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  | Rangers | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (2–4p) | 2.0 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  | Valencia | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0.0 |
| 2010–11 | Europa League | 2 Q |  | Sporting Fingal | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–4 | 4.0 |
| 3 Q |  | Bangor City | 8–2 | 2–1 | 10–3 | |||
| Play-off |  | BATE Borisov | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | |||
| 2012–13 | Europa League | 3 Q |  | Asteras Tripolis | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) | 8.0 |
| Play-off |  | Dila Gori | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||
| Group stage |  | Bordeaux | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3rd | |||
| Newcastle United | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||||
| Club Brugge | 2–1 | 0–2 | |||||
| 2017–18 | Europa League | 3 Q | | Botev Plovdiv | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2.0 |
| Play-off |  | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
Updated 14 July 2017.[42]
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 159 | FC Oleksandriya | 7.786 |
| 160 | FC Metalurh Donetsk | 7.786 |
| 161 | C.S. Marítimo | 7.783 |
| 162 | Vitesse Arnhem | 7.549 |
| 163 |  Gabala FK | 7.525 |
Like many other Portuguese clubs, Marítimo operates several sports teams outside of the football team. Although they are most recognisably successful in professional volleyball (SeeMarítimo volleyball), the club also field a prominenthandball team (SeeMarítimo handball), a National Championship-winning women's basketball team and a popularfutsal team (SeeMarítimo futsal). Other sports groups within the organisation includeathletics,figure skating, fishing,futsal,karate,kart racing,rallying,rhythmic gymnastics,roller hockey,rugby union and swimming.
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