A.D. Camacha
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Associação Desportiva da Camacha known as A.D.Camacha is a Portuguese football club from Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

 and founded in 1978. They currently play in the Portuguese Second Division Zona Norte
Portuguese Second Division
The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

 and last season which was 2007/08 they finished 9th place in the division. They currently play their home games in Campo Municipal da Nogueira with a capacity of 3,300. Their current chairman is Celso Almeida E Silva and their manager is José Barros.

History

AD Camacha were founded on the 1st August,1978 and started off in the regional premier league and have done quite well in 30 years of existence and have won many promotions to get to the Portuguese Second Division Serie A
Portuguese Second Division
The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

, one before 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...

. Their home ground stadium Campo Municipal da Nogueira has been there ever since their existence in 1978 and normally has a sell out of tickets for the home games which the stadium has a capacity of 3,300 people a game. In the 2007/08 season they finished 9th and had a disant season just missing out on the play offs to 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...

 but also survived the relegation with manager José Barros.

Current squad

Notable former players

Luís Alves
Luís Alves
Luís Manuel Rodrigues Alves , best known as Luís Alves, is a retired Portuguese football forward.-Career:Luís Alves spent the majority of his career playing for Portuguese third level clubs....

 Bruno
Bruno Fernandes (born 1974)
Bruno Marcelo Pereira Fernandes, simply Bruno , is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central midfielder....

 Marcio Abreu
Marcio Abreu
Márcio Nuno Ornelas Abreu is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Krasnodar in Russian Premier League, as a winger.-Football career:...

 Nuno Viveiros
Nuno Viveiros
Nuno Filipe Vasconcelos Viveiros is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Braşov in Romania, mainly as a winger.-External links:** **...

 Paulo Figueiredo
Paulo Figueiredo
Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo , nicknamed Figueiredo , is an Angolan football midfielder, who plays for C.R.D. Libolo in the Girabola.-Biography:...

 Geufer
Geufer
Geufer Rafael Hallmann known as Geufer born on 6 December 1980 in Estância Velha, Brazil is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguese team Camacha as a striker in the Portuguese Second Division Serie A. His previous clubs include Juventude, São Bento, União Leiria, União Madeira, Fortaleza,...


The Club

The club was founded in 1978 and the club has the name of the club on its only stand in blue with a white background and has a capacity of 3,300. The current badge shows half blue and half white on the badge which is the same of the home kit. Their current kit sponsors are Desportreino and Café Relógio. Their club badge signifies the club's locale which is Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Madeira
Santa Cruz is a municipality, a parish and a city in the eastern part of the island of Madeira. Much of the municipality is mountainous and apart from residential areas, farmlands and orchards cover the remainder of the land...

, Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

.

Stadium

Their current stadium is Campo Municipal da Nogueira and is located in Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

. Its home games are played to AD Camacha were they normally have a capacity of 3,300 to every game. The current stadium has one stand around the stadium which is on the west side of the stadium and has engraved on the spectators seats the name of the club in blue. The stadium was built when the club was founded in 1978.

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