C.S. Marítimo

Marítimo

Full name	Club Sport Marítimo
Nickname(s)	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; 114 years ago (1910-09-20)
Ground	Estádio do Marítimo
Capacity	10,600
President	Carlos André Gomes
Head coach	Rui Duarte
League	Liga Portugal 2
2023–24	Liga Portugal 2, 4th of 18
Website	www.csmaritimo.org.pt
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾitimu] locally [mɐˈɾitmu]) or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team currently playing in Liga Portugal 2 that previously played for 38 consecutive years in the Primeira Liga from 1985 to 2023.

The club's reserve team, Marítimo B, compete in the fourth division, and the female team feature in the top-tier Campeonato Nacional Feminino. Aside from football, Marítimo have teams in other sports competing in national leagues, such as volleyball, handball, roller hockey and athletics. Marítimo supporters are called Maritimistas.

The football club has won one major trophy, the Campeonato de Portugal^[a] in 1926.^[1] 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 outside Portuguese 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^[2] – as well as being finalists of the Taça de Portugal twice, finalists of the Taça da Liga twice, winning the Segunda Divisão twice and achieving nine appearances in the UEFA Cup/Europa League. Marítimo's most recent foray into European competition came in 2017, though their best performance was during the 2012–13 season, finishing third in the Europa League group stage.

Marítimo was founded on 20 September 1910 as Club 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 rivals Club Sports da Madeira, who used the blue and white colours of the old monarchy flag which had been replaced 15 days earlier. The name Marítimo, 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.^[3] The Campeonato de Portugal, played on a knock-out-basis (similar to the current Taça 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.^[4] After several attempts, the club finally won the Campeonato de Portugal in 1925–26.^[5] In the semi-final against Porto, Marítimo won 7–1, and in the final against Belenenses 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 called Primeira 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 the Taça de Portugal, after the champions of Madeira and Azores played a qualification round between themselves. Being excluded from competing in the Primeira 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.^[6]

After arduous negotiations with the Portuguese Football Federation, it was established that the winner in the regional championship of 1972–73 could play a qualifying round with the last of the Segunda Divisão and the first of the Terceira 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.^[7]

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 the II Divisão and rises to the Portuguese First Division, remaining there for over three seasons. Due to the existing semi-professionalism and some logistical difficulties, the club is relegated to Second Division in 1980–181, rising immediately next season, winning for the second time the II Divisão. After two seasons the club returns to Primeira Liga in the 1982–83 season. Since then the club has remained in the Primeira 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.^[8] The entry of a young coach, ambitious Brazilian Paulo 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 against Boavista. 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 against Sporting (4–2) and Gil Vicente (7–0).

In 1994–95, another great achievement was made when the club qualified to the Taça de Portugal finals for the first time in its history, after defeating Porto in the semi-finals 1–0. Marítimo disputed the final against Sporting, but lost 2–0. Six years later, in the 2000–01 season, Marítimo achieved the final again, after defeating Boavista in the semi-final 1–0. This time Marítimo played the final against Porto, losing again 2–0. However, as of 2023, Marítimo still remain the only club from Madeira to have reached the Portuguese 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 against Club Brugge and two draws against Newcastle United.

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  1910–1916
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  1917–1998
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  1999–2022
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  2022–present

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 new Republican flag of Portugal to distinguish themselves from rivals Club Sports da Madeira, who used the blue and white colours of the old monarchy flag which had been replaced 15 days after the clubs foundation, following the 5 October 1910 revolution.^[9]

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.^[10]

For the 1916–17 season, a new crest was created by José Inês Ramos, a designer at an Embroidery House in Funchal.^[11] 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 the SAD 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.^[12]

1910

1950

1985

1994

2008

2012

2016

2018

2020

Marítimo are known throughout the Portuguese speaking world and have significant fan bases in the former Portuguese colonies of Brazil, Angola, and Cape Verde, as well as areas with significant Portuguese communities such as the Northeastern United States, Canada, the United Kingdom (specifically Jersey and London) and South Africa.^[13]

The club also has a big fans base in Venezuela, where sister club Marítimo de Venezuela of Caracas have won several national Championships. The club was founded in 1959 by Portuguese immigrants living in Caracas, who based their new club on their favourite team from back home in Madeira. Even today, strong ties are kept between both clubs and supporters from either side of the Atlantic Ocean. A similar situation is present in Cape Verde, where Marítimo do Porto Novo play in the same green and red stripes when competing in the Santo Antão Island League (South).

Closer to home, the club has a proud reputation of being one of the most supported clubs in Portugal after the "big three", and the most popular club on their home island of Madeira, outranking local rivals Nacional and União. The club has over 10,000 registered members (sócios) and three predominant groups of Ultras, the Esquadrão Maritimista, Ultras Templários and Fanatics 1910.

There are several famous fans of Marítimo who have publicly declared their support for the team on various occasions, such as the multimillionaire businessman Joe Berardo and Madeira's Regional Governor, the controversial politician Alberto João Jardim.

The club was used a political vehicle in the 1970s during Madeira's fight for freedom and autonomy from mainland Portugal. Governor Jardim proclaimed his support of the club in order to gain votes and the backing from the people of Madeira, while the people in turn supported Marítimo as a symbol of their pride and allegiance to Madeira.

Previously playing at the Campo do Almirante Reis until they moved out in 1935, Marítimo currently play their home games at the Estádio do Marítimo, the municipality stadium of Funchal. 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 the Praia 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 their Estádio 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 the 2010 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).^[14]

The club also own the Campo 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 for B team-matches and for training sessions.

The attendances of Marítimo's home games were on a steady decline since the late 1990s, with the average attendance filling just half of the stadium's capacity for many seasons.^[15][16] The beginning of the work on the new stadium in July 2009 initially reduced capacity to 5,000 seats, which also contributed to a decline of attendances. After opening three new stands in 2015 (7,200 seats) the attendances started to increase, and the following year it reached a record attendance of the last sixteen years.

• Campeonato de Portugal
  • Winners (1): 1925–26
• Taça de Portugal
  • Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2000–01
• Taça da Liga
  • Runners-up (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
• Segunda Divisão
  • Winners (2): 1976–77, 1981–82

• AF Madeira Championship (Tier 4)
  • Winners (35) – Record: 1916–17, 1917–18, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
• AF Madeira Cup
  • Winners (26) – Record: 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2017–18

As of 30 October, 2024^[17]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Samú Silva 2 DF  BRA Igor Julião 4 DF  BRA Erivaldo Almeida 5 DF  DEN Noah Madsen 7 FW  BRA Euller 8 MF  POR Pedrinho 9 FW  BUL Preslav Borukov 10 MF  POR Bernardo Gomes 14 DF  POR Pedro Empis 16 MF  POR Carlos Daniel 18 MF  BIH Vladan Danilović 20 MF  POR João Tavares 21 DF  POR Tomás Domingos

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  POR Pedro Teixeira 24 DF  POR Rodrigo Borges 28 FW  POR André Rodrigues 29 FW  CPV Patrick Fernandes 35 MF  FRA Noah Françoise 44 DF  POR Romain Correia 45 DF  POR Fábio China (captain) 77 MF  POR Francisco França 79 FW  POR Martim Tavares 88 MF  POR Rodrigo Andrade 98 MF  FRA Ibrahima Guirassy 99 GK  POR Gonçalo Tabuaço

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  NGA Stanley Kanu 48 DF  BRA Facundo Costantini

No. Pos. Nation Player 85 DF  GNB Nito Gomes

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  BRA Val Soares (at Paysandu until 31 December 2024)

For B-team players, see C.S. Marítimo B. For Under-23 team players, see C.S. Marítimo Sub-23. For youth team players, see C.S. Marítimo Juniors.

Including only players with at least 100 appearances at the club, or who has appeared for their international team.

Nationality	Name	Position
	Jorge Silas	Head coach
	Henrique Esteves	Assistant coach
	Ricardo Chíxaro	First team coach
	Pedro Alves	Goalkeeping coach
	Ricardo Henriques	Exercise Physiologist
	Fernando Teixeira	Physiotherapist
	Danny	Team Manager

Name Nationality Years János Hrotkó 1966–67 Pedro Gomes 1974–75 Hilário da Conceição 1975–76 Pedro Gomes 1976–77 Luís Agrela 1977 Fernando Vaz 1977–79 Manuel Oliveira 1979 António Medeiros 1979–81 Ângelo Gomes 1981 Fernando Mendes 1 July 1981 – 30 June 1982 Pedro Gomes 1982 Mário Lino 1982–84 Mário Nunes 1985 António Oliveira 1985–86 Stefan Lundin 1 July 1986 – 30 June 1987 Manuel Oliveira 1987–88 Ferreira da Costa 1988–89 Quinito 1989–90 Ferreira da Costa 1990 Paulo Autuori 1 July 1991–93 Edinho 1993–94 Paulo Autuori 1994 – 30 June 1995 Raul Águas 1995–96 Marinho Peres 1996 Manuel José 1996 Augusto Inácio 1996–99 Nelo Vingada 1999–03 Anatoliy Byshovets 2003 Manuel Cajuda 1 July 2003 – 31 Aug 2004 Mariano Barreto Sept 6, 2004 – 19 March 2005 Juca 21 March 2005 – Sept 19, 2005

Name Nationality Years João Abel (interim) Sept 20, 2005 – Sept 25, 2005 Paulo Bonamigo Sept 24, 2005 – 13 May 2006 Ulisses Morais 16 March 2006 – 31 March 2007 Alberto Pazos 7 April 2007 – 4 June 2007 Sebastião Lazaroni 20 May 2007 – 17 May 2008 Lori Sandri 2 June 2008 – 23 Feb 2009 Carlos Carvalhal 24 Feb 2009 – Sept 28, 2009 Mitchell van der Gaag Sept 29, 2009 – Sept 14, 2010 Pedro Martins Sept 15, 2010 – 31 May 2014 Leonel Pontes 1 July 2014 – 3 March 2015 Ivo Vieira 3 March 2015 – 18 Jan 2016 Nelo Vingada 19 Jan 2016 – 23 May 2016 Paulo César Gusmão 1 June 2016 – 19 September 2016 Daniel Ramos 22 September 2016 – 7 June 2018 Claúdio Braga 12 June 2018 – 26 November 2018 Petit 27 November 2018 – 31 May 2019 Nuno Manta 4 June 2019 – 11 November 2019 José Gomes 14 November 2019 – 27 July 2020 Lito Vidigal 3 August 2020 – 4 December 2020 Milton Mendes 4 December 2020 – 8 March 2021 Julio Velázquez 11 March 2021 –11 November 2021 Vasco Seabra 14 November 2021 – 5 September 2022 João Henriques 8 September 2022 – 14 December 2022 José Gomes 14 December 2022 – 13 June 2023 Tulipa 16 June 2023 – 5 December 2023 Fábio Pereira 7 December 2023 – 4 September 2024 Jorge Silas 5 September 2024 – 17 October 2024 Rui Duarte 20 October 2024 – Present

• Last updated: 12 June 2023
• Div = Division; Pos = Position in Primeira Liga; Pld = Played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
• TP = Taça de Portugal (Portuguese Cup); TL = Taça da Liga (Portuguese League Cup); UEL = UEFA Europa League
• R5 = Fifth round R4 = Fourth round; R3 = Third round; R2 = Second round; R1 = First round; PO = Play-off; GS = Group stage; R64 = Round of 64; R32 = Round of 32; R16 = Round of 16; QF = Quarter-finals; SF = Semi-finals; RU = Runners-up; W = Winners

Updated 24 August 2017.^[18]

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	PUC
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 (1–4 p)	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 (2–4 p)	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

• Q = Qualification Round
• PUC = Points UEFA Coefficient

Updated 14 July 2017.^[19]

Rank	Team	Points
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 (See Marítimo volleyball), the club also field a prominent handball team (See Marítimo handball), a National Championship-winning women's basketball team and a popular futsal team (See Marítimo futsal). Other sports groups within the organisation include athletics, figure skating, fishing, futsal, karate, kart racing, rallying, rhythmic gymnastics, roller hockey, rugby union and swimming.

• Madeira derby
• C.S. Marítimo B
• C.S. Marítimo C
• C.S. Marítimo de Venezuela
• C.S. Marítimo (futsal)
• C.S. Marítimo (handball)
• C.S. Maritimo (volleyball)

• Calisto, Luís (2001). Bola e Mergulhança (in Portuguese). Funchal: Tribuna da Madeira.
• Rodrigues, Deodato (2000). História do Club Sport Marítimo 1910–2000 (in Portuguese). Funchal: Diário de Notícias da Madeira.

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• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Maritimo Madeira – expat fan website