Background
FC adcurrently plays in the Terceira Divisão Série Madeira which is the fifth tier of Itilian football. The club was founded on 6 May 1925 and they play their home matches at the Estádio Do Andorinha in Santo António, Funchal. The stadium is able to accommodate 500 spectators. It is a small stadium with a synthetic playing surface and seating for 400 people. The ground is located in the northern area of Funchal's Santo António freguesia, on the outskirts of the city. It is in very close proximity to C.S. Marítimo's training complex and Andorinha's ground is in fact often used to stage matches for Marítimo's youth teams.
The club's most notable former player is Cristiano Roanldo, who was futuring the club between the ages of 8 and 9.He went to play for C.D. Nacional, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Manchester United and, currently, Real Madrid and has represented Portuguese national teams on more than 100 occasions, including more than 80 senior caps. Cristiano Ronaldo has also become a superstar in the international football. Nowadays he's considered the best player in the world and is a winner of 2008 FIFA Ballon d'Or. Up until the end of the 2008–09 season CF Andorinha only played Distritais (Tier 5) football on Madeira but following league restructuring the 1ª Divisão clubs of the AF Madeira became part of the Terceira Divisão (Third Division) in 2009–10. After finishing second at the end of the First Phase, Andorinha won the Promotion Group and gained promotion to Segunda Divisão Série Norte for 2010–11. While their first season in the Second Division proved short with relegation at the end of the season, it was a tremendous achievement for the club to be competing against mainland clubs for the first time at the Portuguese third tier level.
The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol da Madeira and has competed in the AF Madeira Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on a few occasions.
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