{{Short description|Portuguese handball club}} {{Infobox handball club | clubname = AC Alavarium <br> {{flagicon|POR}} | image = | fullname = Andebol Clube Alavarium Aveiro | founded = 1989 | ground = Pavilhão Alavarium | capacity = | league = 1ª Divisão | season = 2023-24 | position = 1st(Honor Division) | website = http://www.alavarium.pt }}
'''Alavarium - Andebol Clube de Aveiro''', also known as '''Alavarium/Love Tiles''' due to the team's sponsorship, is a women's handball club from Aveiro in Portugal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madeira SAD defronta Alavarium a abrir 'final four' feminina da Taça|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/andebol/artigo/2017/04/27/madeira-sad-defronta-alavarium-a-abrir-final-four-feminina-da-taca-de-andebol|publisher=Sapo Desporto|accessdate=3 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IL EN EST OÙ LE HANDBALL FÉMININ AU PORTUGAL?|date=9 September 2016 |url=http://handnews.fr/2016/ehfcup-1er-tour-handball-portugal/|publisher=HandNews|accessdate=3 May 2017}}</ref> AC Alavarium competes in the 1ª Divisão.
== Honours == * '''1ª Divisão''' ** '''Winners (3)''' : 2013, 2014, 2015
==European record ==
{| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- | colspan="7" bgcolor=white| |- | rowspan="3" | 2011–12 | rowspan="3" | Challenge Cup | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Group B | {{flagicon|GRE}} Panetolikos AC | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 10–0 (w/o) | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''2nd''' |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Olympia HC | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 34–16 |- | {{flagicon|CRO}} RK Zelina | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 26–34 |- | colspan="7" bgcolor=white| |- | 2013–14 | EHF Cup | style="text-align:center;"|R3 | {{flagicon|GER}} TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | style="text-align:center;"| 28–43 | style="text-align:center;"| 27–38 | style="text-align:center;"| '''55–81''' |- | colspan="7" bgcolor=white| |- | 2014–15 | EHF Cup | style="text-align:center;"|R3 | {{flagicon|ROM}} HC Dunărea Brăila | style="text-align:center;"| 21–40 | style="text-align:center;"| 22–34 | style="text-align:center;"| '''43–74''' |- | colspan="7" bgcolor=white| |- | rowspan="2" | 2015–16 | rowspan="2" | EHF Cup | style="text-align:center;"|R2 | {{flagicon|BIH}} ŽRK Ilidža | style="text-align:center;"| 30–15 | style="text-align:center;"| 25–21 | style="text-align:center;"| '''55–36''' |- | style="text-align:center;"|R3 | {{flagicon|HUN}} Siófok KC | style="text-align:center;"| 21–39 | style="text-align:center;"| 25–40 | style="text-align:center;"| '''46–79''' |- | colspan="7" bgcolor=white| |- | 2016–17 | EHF Cup | style="text-align:center;"|R1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nantes | style="text-align:center;"| 16–47 | style="text-align:center;"| 11–34 | style="text-align:center;"| '''27–81''' |- | colspan="7" bgcolor=white| |- | rowspan="2" | 2017–18 | rowspan="2" | Challenge Cup | style="text-align:center;"|R3 | {{flagicon|SRB}} ŽRK Bor RTB | style="text-align:center;"| 26–26 | style="text-align:center;"| 29–26 | style="text-align:center;"| '''55–52''' |- | style="text-align:center;"|1/8 | {{flagicon|TUR}} Ardesen GSK | style="text-align:center;"| 27–41 | style="text-align:center;"| 22–34 | style="text-align:center;"| '''49–75''' |}
== Team ==
=== Current squad ===
:''Squad for the 2016–17 season'' {{Col-begin|width=60%}} {{Col-2}} ;Goalkeepers *{{flagicon|POR}} Isabel Gois *{{flagicon|POR}} Andreia Madail *{{flagicon|POR}} Inès Rocha
;Wingers ;RW: * {{flagicon|POR}} Soraia Domingues * {{flagicon|POR}} Rebecca Freitas * {{flagicon|POR}} Ines Moleiro ;LW: * {{flagicon|POR}} Bruna Ferreira * {{flagicon|POR}} Filipa Fontes ;Line players * {{flagicon|POR}} Soraia Fernandes * {{flagicon|POR}} Joana Ferreira * {{flagicon|POR}} Barbara Henriques {{Col-2}} ;Back players ;LB: * {{flagicon|POR}} Ana Silva * {{flagicon|POR}} Mónica Soares ;CB: * {{flagicon|POR}} Maria Coelho * {{flagicon|POR}} Ana Rita Neves * {{flagicon|POR}} Rita Vieira ;RB: * {{flagicon|POR}} Patricia Fernandes * {{flagicon|POR}} Sara Sousa {{Col-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.alavarium.pt}} * [http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/women/2016-17/clubs/16569/Alavarium+%2F+Love+Tiles EHF Club profile]
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