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This article is solely about the professional football club; for the parental institution, the university students' union, comprising several sports and cultural sections, see Coimbra Academic Association.

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Académica de Coimbra
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Full nameAssociação Académica
de Coimbra - Organismo
Autónomo de Futebol
Nickname(s)A Briosa (The proud one)
Os Estudantes (The students)
Founded1876
GroundEstádio Cidade de Coimbra
(City of Coimbra Stadium),
Coimbra, Portugal
Capacity30,210
ChairmanPortugal Eduardo Simões
ManagerPortugal Domingos Paciência
LeagueBWINLIGA
2007-08BWINLIGA, 12th

The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (A.A.C. - O.A.F.), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (IPA: [ɐkɐˈdɛmikɐ dɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]) or simply Académica, is an autonomous and professional football organization based in Coimbra, Portugal. The team was created inside of the students' union of the University of Coimbra - the Associação Académica de Coimbra, during a period of changing in the 1970s and 1980s, when football was professionalized in Portugal. But its foundation as a students amateur sports association backs to 1876, so it is effectively one of the oldest sports institutions in Portugal. The club is claimed by its fans to be the fourth in number of supporters (after Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal and FC Porto) although this is arguable since many other Portuguese clubs claim this as well. It is a sports club emotionally and historically related to the university life, so through generations, many students, even those born in farther regions, became lifelong supporters of the team. In general, the city's population identifies itself as Académicas's fan or sympathizer. The main football team uses the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (specially rebuilt and modernized for the Euro 2004) with 30.000 seats. In 1939, the football team of the A. Académica de Coimbra became the first winner of the Portuguese Football Cup. The Associação Académica de Coimbra, the mother institution of the professionalized A.A.C. - O.A.F. autonomous football organisation, has several sports branches performing under the same AAC logo and using the same black colors, being effectively one of the largest sports clubs of Portugal. The Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. has also a futsal department (Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (futsal)).

History and tradition

Being today the most important sports club of Coimbra, Académica was founded by students of the University of Coimbra in 1876, when Clube Atlético de Coimbra (founded in 1861) and Academia Dramática (founded in 1837) merged together. The equipment used is black shirt, shorts and socks, due to the relation to and origin in the local and famous University of Coimbra where students wear a typical all-black suit. In the beginning, Académica's footballers were all mostly university students, and very talented players were discovered in the pitch. This was the rule during many decades until the 1970s. Académica used to be a constant team in the Portuguese main division before 1974. After the "25 de Abril" revolution (1974) in Portugal, many changes took place in Portuguese society and the team experienced many changes. Between 1974/75 and 1983/84 football seasons, Académica was present in national competitions as C.A.C. - Clube Académico de Coimbra and after a period of uncertainty and several relegations to the Second Division, the Académica's football team and staff, were gradually professionalized aiming to achieve a stronger position in the modern times of fierce professional competition (although a small number of its modern players continue being students, and among them, a few at the University of Coimbra).


Training and Youth Facilities

Main article: Centro de Estágios da Académica

Founded in 2007, the Centro de Estágios da Académica is Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F.'s training center and youth academy. In addition, the club has a multiuse sports arena - the Pavilhão Jorge Anjinho.

Coimbra Stadium

Main article: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
A side view of the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra.

The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (Coimbra City Stadium) is the home ground of Académica de Coimbra football team, and belongs to Coimbra's municipality. The stadium has 30,210 seats, two-thirds of which are covered and offers several amenities and services. Until 2003 it used to be called Estádio Municipal de Coimbra (Coimbra's Municipality Stadium) or Estádio do Calhabé (Stadium of Calhabé), after the name of its location in Coimbra. It had a capacity of 15,000 seats, all seated, but just one small covered area. Then it was rebuilt, expanded and modernized to host some Euro 2004 matches. The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra was inaugurated with a Rolling Stones concert on 27 September 2003, attended by over 50,000 people. On 29 October 2003, Académica de Coimbra played at home to SL Benfica, in the first official match in the remodelled stadium.

Honours

Current squad

The official squal communicated to LPFP [1]

Nationality given from place of birth. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Rui Nereu
2 FW Brazil BRA Joeano
3 FW Ivory Coast CIV Gaossou Fofana
5 DF Austria AUT Markus Berger
6 DF Brazil BRA Irineu
8 MF Brazil BRA Paulo Sérgio
9 FW Portugal POR Traquina
10 MF Portugal POR Miguel Pedro
11 FW Cape Verde CPV Lito
12 GK Portugal POR Ricardo
13 DF Portugal POR Gonçalo
14 FW Portugal POR Pedro Ribeiro
15 DF Portugal POR Orlando
16 MF Portugal POR Licá
17 MF Portugal POR Cris
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Portugal POR Vítor Vinha
20 MF Portugal POR Silvio
22 DF Portugal POR Filipe Sarmento
23 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Pavlović
24 GK Portugal POR Pedro Roma
25 MF Portugal POR Ivanildo
27 FW Ivory Coast CIV Arsène Vouho
28 MF Portugal POR Nuno Piloto
29 FW Hungary HUN Szabolcs Gyánó
30 DF Portugal POR Pedro Costa
32 DF Portugal POR Ito
33 FW Ghana GHA William Tiero
78 FW Senegal SEN Ousmane N'Doye
82 DF Brazil BRA Cleber Manttuy
85 FW Uruguay URU Luis Aguiar

Squad Changes during 2007/08 season

In:

Out:

Young squads

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Bruno Quaresma
2 DF Portugal POR Rafael Pascoal
3 DF Portugal POR Galvão
4 DF Portugal POR Eduardo Elias
5 DF Portugal POR Makukula
6 DF Portugal POR João Pedro
7 MF Portugal POR Pedro Figueiredo
8 MF Portugal POR Cristiano
9 FW Portugal POR André Gonçalo
10 MF Portugal POR Garfo
11 MF Portugal POR Hugo Silva
12 DF Portugal POR Diogo Picanço
13 GK Portugal POR Francisco Correia
14 MF Portugal POR Vasco
16 DF Portugal POR Rodrigo
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Portugal POR Rafael Machado
18 MF Portugal POR Renan
19 FW Portugal POR Carlos Inácio
19 FW Portugal POR Aguinaldo
20 FW Portugal POR Fábio Colaço
21 FW Portugal POR Fachada
22 DF Portugal POR Hernani
23 GK Portugal POR Ricardo Bem-haja
24 MF Portugal POR Bruno Simões
25 MF Portugal POR Jota
26 MF Portugal POR Ivo
27 MF Portugal POR Luisinho
28 DF Portugal POR Joao Faro
— GK Venezuela VEN Jonathan Nunes

Notable former players

Former coaches

Highlights

  • The original sports section of the Associação Académica de Coimbra which gave birth to A.A.C. - O.A.F. still exists. This Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Futebol plays in the lower divisions and is a 100% amateur team where the large majority of its players are students of the University of Coimbra or then ex-students, as in the past. Many people claims that this is the "real" Académica de Coimbra football team, successor of the original team and owner of all the Académica's grass roots and heritage before the 1980s. After 25 de Abril democratic revolution of 1974, between 1974/75 and 1983/84 seasons, Académica was present in national competitions as C.A.C. - Clube Académico de Coimbra, being this period the turning point which lead to the creation of the current day professionalized autonomous team.
  • Some modern-day professional players signing for A.A.C. - O.A.F. are still university students at the University of Coimbra. Examples were Académica's famous goalkeeper Pedro Roma (sports sciences), defender Tó Sá (mathematics), or midfielder Nuno Piloto (biochemistry).
  • Académica's football team was the first winner in the history of the Portuguese Football Cup, in 1939.
  • The team has the nickname of "Briosa" (Full of «Brio») - «Brio» is a Portuguese word derived from the celtic «Brivos», which has a cross meaning between Pride and Excellence. They are also known as Equipa dos Estudantes (The Students Team).
  • The AAC-OAF has also a professional futsal department (Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (futsal)).

League and cup history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
1934-1935 CL 8 14 1 1 12 14 49 3
1935-1936 CL 8 14 1 1 12 13 51 3
1936-1937 CL 5 14 5 1 8 24 30 11
1937-1938 CL 6 14 5 0 9 23 37 10
1938-1939 1D 5 14 4 3 7 27 39 11 winner
1939-1940 1D 6 18 7 3 8 42 54 17 last 16
1940-1941 1D 5 14 4 3 7 32 41 11 quarter-final
1941-1942 1D 5 22 13 0 9 77 51 26 last 16
1942-1943 1D 6 18 6 2 10 54 60 14 last 16
1943-1944 1D 9 18 3 0 15 35 68 6 semi-final
1944-1945 1D 9 18 4 1 13 33 65 9 last 16
1945-1946 1D 10 22 7 2 13 51 76 16 last 16
1946-1947 1D 11 26 8 4 14 49 96 20 not held
1947-1948 1D 14 26 4 2 20 35 13 10 last 16 relegated
1948-1949 2D ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? last 16 promoted
1949-1950 1D 7 26 8 8 10 56 57 24 not held
1950-1951 1D 8 26 10 4 12 40 53 24 final
1951-1952 1D 7 26 8 6 12 39 47 22
1952-1953 1D 11 26 7 5 14 39 57 19
1953-1954 1D 13 26 8 2 16 29 50 18
1954-1955 1D 6 26 10 5 11 53 52 25
1955-1956 1D 13 26 8 3 15 36 52 19
1956-1957 1D 6 26 12 4 10 45 33 28
1957-1958 1D 9 26 10 4 12 45 40 24
1958-1959 1D 10 26 8 5 13 45 46 21
1959-1960 1D 6 26 8 9 9 40 41 25
1960-1961 1D 7 26 10 6 10 31 29 26
1961-1962 1D 10 26 9 4 13 44 54 22
1962-1963 1D 10 26 8 3 15 49 50 19
1963-1964 1D 9 26 11 3 12 43 48 25
1964-1965 1D 4 26 16 2 8 58 40 34
1965-1966 1D 6 26 9 8 9 58 48 26
1966-1967 1D 2 26 18 4 4 50 18 40 final best classification ever
1967-1968 1D 4 26 15 5 6 53 24 35
1968-1969 1D 6 26 12 6 8 48 32 30 final FC 1st round
1969-1970 1D 10 26 8 6 12 42 46 22 CWC quarter-final
1970-1971 1D 5 26 13 7 6 38 24 33
1971-1972 1D 15 30 7 7 16 29 38 21 UC 1st round relegated
1972-1973 2D ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? promoted
1973-1974 1D 10 30 8 7 15 29 45 23
1974-1975 1D 14 30 7 6 17 33 47 20
1975-1976 1D 11 30 7 9 14 32 47 23
1976-1977 1D 5 30 14 6 10 29 25 34
1977-1978 1D 8 30 11 4 15 41 49 26
1978-1979 1D 15 30 5 8 17 20 41 18 relegated
1979-1980 2DC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? promoted
1980-1981 1D 16 30 4 6 20 16 58 14 relegated
...
1984-1985 1D 7 30 12 5 13 45 47 29
1985-1986 1D 10 30 9 7 14 28 38 25
1986-1987 1D 10 30 7 12 11 22 34 26
1987-1988 1D 16 38 9 15 14 32 42 33 relegated
1988-1989 2DC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1989-1990 2DC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1990-1991 2H 6 38 17 10 11 41 32 44
1991-1992 2H 6 34 13 11 10 37 25 37
1992-1993 2H 4 34 19 7 8 56 39 45
1993-1994 2H 5 34 17 4 13 39 30 38
1994-1995 2H 7 34 13 9 12 41 39 35
1995-1996 2H 15 34 11 8 15 38 48 41
1996-1997 2H 3 34 17 7 10 39 21 58 last 16 promoted
1997-1998 1D 15 34 8 12 14 27 41 36 last 64
1998-1999 1D 18 34 4 9 21 30 71 21 last 64 relegated
1999-2000 2H 5 34 16 9 9 55 37 57 last 16
2000-2001 2H 8 34 14 6 14 51 48 48 last 64
2001-2002 2H 2 34 17 11 6 60 49 62 last 16 promoted
2002-2003 1D 15 34 8 13 13 38 48 37 quarter-final
2003-2004 1D 13 34 11 5 18 40 42 38 last 32
2004-2005 1D 14 34 9 11 14 29 41 38 last 16
2005-2006 1D 14 34 10 9 15 37 48 39 quarter-final
2006-2007 1D 13 30 6 8 16 28 46 26 last 32
2007-2008 1D ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ongoing
  • CL = Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions)
  • 1D = First Division/League
  • 2D = Second Division/League (zone Centre)
  • 2H = Liga de Honra
  
  • CWC = Cup Winner's Cup
  • UC = UEFA Cup
  • FC = Fairs

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