The Madeira Football Association (Associação de Futebol da Madeira, abrv. AF Madeira) is the regional governing body for the all football competitions in the former Portuguese district of Funchal, including both Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the autonomous region.

The association was founded as the Funchal Football Association (Associação de Futebol do Funchal) in 1916, before being renamed as the Madeira Football Association in 1996.

Notable clubs affiliated to AF Madeira Clubs featuring in national league competition for the 2024–25 season: Liga Portugal (tier 1) Nacional

Liga Portugal 2 (tier 2) Marítimo Campeonato de Portugal (tier 4) Camacha Marítimo B Machico

Current Divisions: 2024–25 season

The AF Madeira runs the following divisions covering the fifth and sixth tiers of the Portuguese football league system.

Divisão de Honra 1º Maio Funchal Andorinha Câmara de Lobos Caniçal Cruzado Canicense Estrela da Calheta Nacional B Pontassolense Portosantense Ribeira Brava São Vicente Santacruzense

1ª Divisão 1º Maio Funchal B Caniçal B Carvalheiro Choupana Estrela da Calheta B Juventude de Gaula Machico B Os Xavelhas Porto da Cruz São Vicente B Sporting da Madeira União da Bola

Cup Competitions Regional Championship

YearChampions1916–17Marítimo1917–18Marítimo1918–19Not Held1919–201920–21União da Madeira1921–22Marítimo1922–23Marítimo1923–24Marítimo1924–25Marítimo1925–26Marítimo1926–27Marítimo1927–28União da Madeira1928–29Marítimo1929–30Marítimo1930–31Marítimo1931–32União da Madeira1932–33Marítimo1933–34União da Madeira1934–35Nacional da Madeira1935–36Marítimo1936–37Nacional da Madeira1937–38União da Madeira1938–39Nacional da Madeira1939–40Marítimo1940–41Marítimo1941–42Nacional da Madeira1942–43Nacional da Madeira1943–44Nacional da Madeira1944–45Marítimo1945–46Marítimo1946–47Marítimo1947–48Marítimo1948–49Marítimo1949–50Marítimo1950–51Marítimo1951–52Marítimo1952–53Marítimo1953–54Marítimo1954–55Marítimo1955–56Marítimo1956–57União da Madeira1957–58Marítimo1958–59União da Madeira1959–60União da Madeira1960–61União da Madeira1961–62União da Madeira1962–63União da Madeira1963–64União da Madeira1964–65União da Madeira1965–66Marítimo1966–67Marítimo1967–68Marítimo1968–69Nacional da Madeira1969–70Marítimo1970–71Marítimo1971–72Marítimo1972–73Marítimo1973–74União da Madeira1974–75Nacional da Madeira1975–76Machico1976–77Santacruzense1977–78União da Madeira1978–79Santacruzense1979–80União da Madeira1980–81Portosantense1981–82Portosantense1982–83Santacruzense1983–84Portosantense1984–85Portosantense1985–86Portosantense1986–87Portosantense1987–88Portosantense1988–89Câmara de Lobos1989–90Machico1990–91Camacha1991–92São Vicente1992–93Ribeira Brava1993–94Santacruzense1994–951º de Maio1995–96Santana1996–97Caniçal1997–98Ribeira Brava1998–99Pontassolense1999–2000Choupana2000–01Santana2001–02Santacruzense2002–03Santana2003–04Estrela da Calheta2004–05Caniçal2005–06Cruzado Canicense2006–07Cruzado Canicense2007–08Andorinha2008–09União da Madeira B2009–10Santacruzense2010–11Porto Moniz2011–12Os Xavelhas2012–13Câmara de Lobos2013–14Pontassolense2014–15Caniçal2015–16Caniçal2016–17Câmara de Lobos2017–18Pontassolense2018–19Câmara de Lobos2019–20Not Held2020–212021–22Pontassolense2022–23Portosantense2023–24Machico2024–25Ribeira Brava

Source:

Titles Marítimo - 35 União da Madeira - 16 Nacional da Madeira - 8 Portosantense - 8 Pontassolense - 6 Santacruzense - 6 Caniçal - 4 Câmara de Lobos - 3 Machico - 3 Ribeira Brava - 3 Santana - 3 Cruzado Canicense - 2 1º de Maio - 1 Andorinha - 1 Camacha - 1 Choupana - 1 Estrela da Calheta - 1 Os Xavelhas - 1 Porto Moniz - 1 São Vicente - 1 União da Madeira B - 1

Taça da Madeira

YearChampions1943–44Nacional da Madeira1944–45Nacional da Madeira1945–46União da Madeira1946–47Marítimo1947–48Marítimo1948–49Not Held1949–50Marítimo1950–51Marítimo1951–52Marítimo1952–53Marítimo1953–54Marítimo1954–55Marítimo1955–56Marítimo1956–57União da Madeira1957–58União da Madeira1958–59Marítimo1959–60Marítimo1960–61União da Madeira1961–62União da Madeira1962–63União da Madeira1963–64União da Madeira1964–65União da Madeira1965–66Marítimo1966–67Marítimo1967–68Marítimo1968–69Marítimo1969–70Marítimo1970–71Marítimo1971–72Marítimo1972–73Machico1973–74Nacional da Madeira1974–75Nacional da Madeira1975–76 Not held1976–771977–781978–79Marítimo1979–80Not Held1980–81Marítimo

YearChampions1981–82Marítimo1982–83União da Madeira1983–84União da Madeira1984–85Marítimo1985–86Andorinha1986–87União da Madeira1987–88União da Madeira1988–89União da Madeira1989–90Camacha1990–91São Vicente1991–92Camacha1992–93União da Madeira1993–94Portosantense1994–95União da Madeira1995–96Câmara de Lobos1996–97Câmara de Lobos1997–98Marítimo1998–99Machico1999–2000Ribeira Brava2000–01Camacha2001–02Nacional da Madeira2002–03União da Madeira2003–04Camacha2004–05União da Madeira2005–06Portosantense2006–07Marítimo2007–08Nacional da Madeira2008–09Marítimo2009–10Portosantense2010–11Camacha2011–12Pontassolense2012–13Bairro da Argentina2013–14Câmara de Lobos2014–15Pontassolense2015–16Cruzado Canicense2016–17Câmara de Lobos2017–18Marítimo C2019–2020Final not played

YearChampions2020–21Machico2021–22Caniçal2022–23Pontassolense

Titles Marítimo - 25 União da Madeira - 17 Nacional da Madeira - 6 Camacha - 5 Câmara de Lobos - 4 Machico - 3 Portosantense - 3 Pontassolense - 3 Marítimo C - 1 Andorinha - 1 Ribeira Brava - 1 São Vicente - 1 Bairro da Argentina - 1 Cruzado Canicense - 1 AD Porto da Cruz - 1 Caniçal - 1

See also Portuguese District Football Associations Portuguese football competitions List of football clubs in Portugal

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