ABC/UMinho
Portuguese handball club
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::summary Portuguese handball club ::
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| Field | Value |
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| clubname | ABC Braga |
| fullname | Académico Basket Clube |
| founded | |
| ground | Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite, |
| Braga, Portugal | |
| capacity | 1000 |
| chairman | Carlos Matos |
| manager | Filipe Magalhães |
| league | Andebol 1 |
| season | 2023–24 |
| position | 4th |
| website | https://www.abcdebraga.com/ |
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ABC Braga is a professional handball team based in Braga, Portugal. It plays in LPA. It was founded on 29 December 1933. Despite the practice of handball as a primary sport, the club plays other sports such as roller hockey, basketball, athletics, volleyball, chess, skating, and taekwondo. It is the club with the third most trophies in Andebol 1 behind Porto and Sporting.
It is the sole Portuguese club to have played in an EHF Champions League final, which happened in the 1993–1994 season. Furthermore, it is considered the best Portuguese team and one of the best at the European level.
Kits
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Team
Current squad
:Squad for the 2025–26 season ;Goalkeepers
- POR Diogo Alexandre Coutinho Ribeiro ;Left Wingers ;Right Wingers ;Line players
- CUB Claudio Molis Morales ;Left Backs ;Central Backs ;Right Backs
- POR Tomás Teixeira
Transfers
:Transfers for the 2025–26 season ;Joining [[Image:Arrow-up.png]]
- CUB Claudio Molis Morales (LP) from POR Póvoa AC
- POR Tomás Teixeira (RB) from POR Póvoa AC
- POR Diogo Alexandre Coutinho Ribeiro (GK) from POR Águas Santas
;Leaving [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]]
- BRA Asaph Ching (GK) to ESP Club Balonmano Nava
- POR Filipe Monteiro (CB) to POR Sporting CP
Honours
Men's
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| Internacional competitions | Domestic competitions |
|---|---|
| EHF Challenge Cup | 1 |
| **[First Division / | |
| Andebol 1](portuguese-handball-first-division)** | 13 |
| Taça de Portugal | 12 |
| Supertaça | 7 |
| :: |
International competitions
- EHF Champions League
- Runner-up (1): 1993–94
- EHF Cup :
- Last 4 (1): 1999–2000
- EHF Challenge Cup :
- Winner (1): 2015–16
- Runner-up (2): 2004–04, 2014–15
List of ABC Braga seasons
Men's
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| Season | League | TP | ST | European Competitions | Notes | References | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| Div. | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 4th | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 797 | 758 | 45 | L16 | 4th | EHF Cup Winners' Cup | QF | – | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 5th | 32 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 801 | 748 | 47 | QF | 6th | EHF Challenge Cup | Q1 | – | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 6th | 32 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 820 | 803 | 41 | L16 | – | – | – | |||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 5th | 32 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 809 | 793 | 37 | QF | – | – | – | |||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 3rd | 32 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 809 | 793 | 51 | RU | – | – | – | |||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 4th | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 943 | 846 | 3/4 | W | – | EHF Challenge Cup | RU | – | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 1st | 34 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1048 | 961 | F | QF | W | EHF Challenge Cup | W | – | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 5th | 36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 1115 | 1012 | 48 | W | RU | EHF Champions League | GS | – | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 4th | 36 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 999 | 895 | 53 | L16 | W | – | – | |||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 7th | 36 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 1127 | 983 | 64 | QF | – | – | – | |||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 6th | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 679 | 667 | 54 | L16 | – | – | Torneio Luís Gonçalves | W | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 9th | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 796 | 808 | 54 | QF | – | – | – | |||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 825 | 845 | 56 | L16 | – | – | Torneio Luís Gonçalves | W | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 4th | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 791 | 773 | 58 | QF | – | – | Torneio Luís Gonçalves Torneo Internacional Pontevedra | 4th 3th | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 4th | 26 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 787 | 810 | 33 | QF | – | EHF European League | GS | – | ||||||||
| A1 | 1st | 5th | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 843 | 826 | 37 | SF | – | EHF European League | QR | – | ||||||||
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Women's
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| Season | League | TP | ST | European Competitions | Notes | References | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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| Div. | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |||||
| IID | 2nd | 10th | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 439 | 638 | 22 | L32 | – | – | – |
| IID | 2nd | 1st | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 437 | 331 | 38 | QF | – | – | – |
| ID | 1st | 8th | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 541 | 578 | 39 | L16 | – | – | – |
| ID | 1st | 7th | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 654 | 685 | 50 | L16 | – | – | – |
| ID | 1st | 8th | 26 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 616 | 638 | 49 | L16 | – | – | – |
| ID | 1st | 6th | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 571 | 633 | 45 | QF | – | – | – |
| ID | 1st | TBA | – | – | – | – | – | – | TBA | QF | – | – | – |
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Keys
- Div. = Division
- Pos. = Position
- Pld = Matches played
- W = Matches won
- D = Matches drawn
- L = Matches lost
- GF = Goals for
- GA = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- QR = Qualifying round
- Q1 = 1st qualifying round
- Q2 = 2nd qualifying round
- Q3 = 3rd qualifying round
- PO = Play-off round
- GS = Group stage
- 2nd GS = 2nd group stage
- L32 = Last Thirty-Two
- L16 = Eight-Finals
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runner-up
- W = Winner
- R1 = 1st round
- R2 = 2nd round
- R3 = 3rd round
- R4 = 4th round
- R5 = 5th round
- n/a = competition not yet started or canceled
European record
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Team
Current squad 2016-2017
;Goalkeepers
- POR Humberto Gomes
- POR Emanuel Ribeiro
- POR Cláudio Silva ;Wingers
- POR Dário Andrade
- POR Diogo Branquinho
- POR Carlos Martins
- POR Miguel Pereira
- POR Carlos Bandeira ;Line players
- POR José Costa
- POR João Pedro Gonçalves
- POR Ricardo Pesqueira ;Back players ;LB
- POR Hugo Rocha
- POR André Gomes
- POR Nuno Pereira ;CB
- POR Tomás Albuquerque
- POR Pedro Marques
- POR Gonçalo Areias ;RB
- POR Pedro Spínola --
References
References
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