ABC/UMinho

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.

ABC Braga
Full name	Académico Basket Clube
Founded	December 29, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-12-29)
Arena	Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite, Braga, Portugal
Capacity	1000
President	Carlos Matos
Head coach	Filipe Magalhães
League	Andebol 1
2023-24	4th
Home Away
Website Official site

ABC Braga in the Trofeo Concello do Rosal 2013

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.

Honours

Men's

Internacional competitions
EHF Challenge Cup	1	2015–16
Domestic competitions
First Division / Andebol 1	13	1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2015–16
Taça de Portugal	12	1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17
Supertaça	7	1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2015, 2017

Women's

Domestic competitions
Second Division	1	2018–19

List of ABC Braga seasons

Men's

Season	League										TP	ST	European Competitions		Notes		References
	Div.		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2009–10	A1	1st	4th	32	18	3	11	797	758	45	L16	4th	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	QF	-		[1]
2010–11	A1	1st	5th	32	21	2	9	801	748	47	QF	6th	EHF Challenge Cup	Q1	-		[2]
2011–12	A1	1st	6th	32	16	1	15	820	803	41	L16	-	-		-		[3]
2012–13	A1	1st	5th	32	14	2	16	809	793	37	QF	-	-		-		[4]
2013–14	A1	1st	3rd	32	22	2	8	809	793	51	RU	-	-		-		[5]
2014–15	A1	1st	4th	30	19	1	10	943	846	3/4	W	-	EHF Challenge Cup	RU	-		[6]
2015–16	A1	1st	1st	34	26	0	8	1048	961	F	QF	W	EHF Challenge Cup	W	-		[7]
2016–17	A1	1st	5th	36	21	2	13	1115	1012	48	W	RU	EHF Champions League	GS	-		[8]
2017–18	A1	1st	4th	36	22	4	10	999	895	53	L16	W	-		-		[9]
2018–19	A1	1st	7th	36	24	4	12	1127	983	64	QF	-	-		-		[10]
2019–20	A1	1st	6th	26	13	2	11	679	667	54	L16	-	-		Torneio Luís Gonçalves	W	[11]
2020–21	A1	1st	9th	30	10	4	16	796	808	54	QF	-	-		-		[12]
2021–22	A1	1st	10th	30	12	2	16	825	845	56	L16	-	-		Torneio Luís Gonçalves	W	[13]
2022–23	A1	1st	4th	26	16	0	10	791	773	58	QF	-	-		Torneio Luís Gonçalves Torneo Internacional Pontevedra	4th 3th	[14]
2023–24	A1	1st	4th	26	13	3	12	787	810	33	QF	-	EHF European League	GS	-		[15]

Women's

Season	League										TP	ST	European Competitions		Notes		References
	Div.		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2017–18	IID	2nd	10th	20	1	0	19	439	638	22	L32	-	-		-		[16]
2018–19	IID	2nd	1st	14	12	0	2	437	331	38	QF	-	-		-		[17]
2019–20	ID	1st	8th	22	6	5	11	541	578	39	L16	-	-		-		[18]
2020–21	ID	1st	7th	26	11	2	13	654	685	50	L16	-	-		-		[19]
2021–22	ID	1st	8th	26	10	3	23	616	638	49	L16	-	-		-		[20]
2022–23	ID	1st	6th	22	11	1	10	571	633	45	QF	-	-		-		[21]
2023–24	ID	1st	TBA	-	-	-	-	-	-	TBA	QF	-	-		-		[22]

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   Winners / 1st Place   Runners-up / 2nd Place   Semi-finals / 3rd Place   Promotion   Relegation

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	–	–