ABC/UMinho

ABC Braga
Founded	1933
Arena	Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite, Braga, Portugal
President	João Luís Nogueira
Head coach	Jorge Rito
League	Andebol 1
Home Away
Website Official site

ABC Braga is a professional Handball team based in Braga, Portugal. It plays in LPA. It was founded on December 29, 1933. Despite the practice of handball as a primary sport, the club plays on other sports such as roller hockey, basketball, athletics, volleyball, chess, skating, and Taekwondo. It is the third most club with trophies in Andebol 1 behind Porto e Sporting.

It is the sole Portuguese club to have played in an EHF Champions League final, which happened in the season 1993–1994. Furthermore, it is considered the best Portuguese team and one of the best at the European level.

Honours

Men's

Women's

List of ABC Braga seasons

Men's

Women's

Keys

European record

Season [23]	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1987–88	European Cup	R1	Amicitia Zürich	22–16	14–26	36–42
1988–89	European Cup	R1	USAM Nîmes	18–15	21–27	39–42
1990–91	Cup Winners Cup	R1	Elgorriaga Bidasoa	18–23	21–30	39–53
1991–92	European Cup	R1	TEKA Santander	20–15	17–27	37–42
1992–93	European Cup	L32	Pfadi Winterthur	20–18	23–23	43–41
		L16	SSV Forst Brixen	25–16	20–22	45–38
		QF	Badel 1862 Zagreb	22–21	21–26	43–47
1993–94	EHF Champions League	R1	Initia Hasselt	26–13	17–14	43–27
		L16	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	28–22	30–31	58–51
		GS	USAM Nîmes	26–26	22–22	1st
			Sandefjord TIF	28–22	18–28
			Badel 1862 Zagreb	24–19	21–18
		F	TEKA Santander	22–22	21–23	43–45
1994–95	EHF City Cup	L32	Komlói Bányász SK	14–18	21-14	35-32
		L16	HC Banik Karvina	23–17	19-16	42–33
		QF	Haukar Hafnarfjörður	28–16	25-28	53–44
		SF	Cadagua Galdar	28–26	21-26	49–52
1995–96	EHF Champions League	L32	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	34–17	30–22	64–39
		L16	Valur Reykjavik	29–25	23–25	52–50
		GS	Elgorriaga Bidasoa	18–27	16–27	4th
			THW Kiel	22–26	26–25
			Fotex Veszprém SE	27–24	20–24
1996–97	EHF Champions League	L32	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	17–21	24–19	41–40
		GS	FC Barcelona	20–23	26–34	2nd
			Shakhtar Donetsk	21–15	27–28
			Granitas Kaunas	25–20	22–16
		QF	Badel 1862 Zagreb	24–23	22–26	46–49
1997–98	EHF Champions League	L32	Horn Sittardia	19–16	29–18	48–34
		GS	FC Barcelona	21–21	18–32	2nd
			Hapoel Rishon LeZion	26–18	23–24
			Virum Sorgenfri	29–24	22–21
		QF	TBV Lemgo	25–29	26–26	51–55
1998–99	EHF Champions League	L32	Kaustik Volgograd	31–30	21–30	52–60
1999–00	EHF Cup	L32	SO Chambéry	22–24	25–21	47–45
		L16	SC Magdeburg	26–23	23–24	49–47
		QF	Lovćen Cetinje	26–21	24–25	50–46
		SF	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	27–23	18–23	45–46
2000–01	EHF Champions League	R2	Haukar Hafnarfjörður	25–22	30–28	55–50
		GS	THW Kiel	22–21	17–30	1st
			GOG Gudme	26–25	25–26
			Pallamano Trieste	33–24	28–27
		QF	Portland San Antonio	21–24	16–25	37–49
2001–02	EHF Cup	R2	A.C. Doukas School	26–22	20–31	46–53
2004–05	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	Pallamano Trieste	31–25	31-28	62-53
		L16	Milli Piyango SK	36–31	38-28	74–59
		QF	HC Minaur Baia Mare	32–22	27-31	59–53
		SF	HC Superfund Hard	33–17	27-23	60–40
		F	Wacker Thun	29–26	24-29	53–55
2005–06	EHF Cup	R1	Union Beynoise	24–19	31–24	55–43
		R2	Filippos Verias	27–28	25–21	52–49
		R3	US Ivry Handball	26–21	21–23	47–44
		L16	Bidasoa Irún	25–25	31–30	56–55
2006–07	EHF Champions League	QR	RK Metalurg Skopje	27–32	28–30	55–62
2006–07	EHF Cup	R2	RK Mladost Bogdanci	39–15	31–31	70–46
		R3	Bidasoa Irún	27–27	27–30	54–57
2007–08	EHF Champions League	QR	FC Barcelona	26–28	28–37	54–65
2007–08	EHF Cup	R2	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	29–21	31–33	60–54
		R3	RK Cimos Koper	27–20	25–34	52–54
2008–09	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R2	HC Gumárny Zubří	28–25	26-25	44–50
		R3	HCM Constanța	24–28	18-21	42–49
2009–10	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R3	Cyprus College	27–26	29-26	56–52
		R4	VfL Gummersbach	27–28	26-30	53–58
2010–11	EHF Challenge Cup	R3	RK Radnički Kragujevac	17–20	25-27	42–47
2014–15	EHF Challenge Cup	L16	Dukla Prague	42–27	32-30	74–57
		QF	Riihimäki Cocks	38-27	27–22	65–49
		SF	Stord	25–18	25-27	50–45
		F	Odorheiu Secuiesc	32–28	25-32	57–60
2015–16	EHF Challenge Cup	R2	Ruislip Eagles	46–19	51–18	97–37
		R3	Odorheiu Secuiesc	25–22	24-25	50-46
		L16	HC Kehra	40–29	45-14	85–43
		QF	Wacker Thun	30–23	34-34	64–57
		SF	Dukla Prague	34–33	32-29	67–62
		F	S.L. Benfica	25–29	28-22	53–51
2016–17	EHF Champions League	QT	Maccabi Tel Aviv	34–27
			Bregenz Handball	33–32
		GS	HBC Nantes	29–34	33–35	6th
			Team Tvis Holstebro	32–27	29–34
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	22–35	23–27
			Beşiktaş	27–28	31–33
			Dinamo București	34–32	29–35
2023–24	EHF European League	QR	RK Trimo Trebnje	29–26	29–31	58–57
		GS	RK	–	–
			MŠK Považská Bystrica	–	–
			Skjern Håndbold	–	–

References

External links

• Official website

This page was last edited on 2 November 2023, at 04:54