Teamname: | Associação Académica de Coimbra |
Union: | FPR |
Nickname: | Académica |
Motto: | Nunquam Dormio Never Sleep --> |
Location: | Coimbra, Portugal |
Region: | Coimbra |
Ground: | Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição |
Capacity: | 2,500 |
Chairman: | Joaquim Neto Murta |
Coach: | Rui Rodrigues |
League: | Campeonato Português de Rugby |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Url: | http://rugbyaac.com/ |
Associação Académica de Coimbra, Rugby is one of the leading teams of rugby union in Portugal.[1] It is currently one of Portugal's top 8 clubs and plays in the Super Bock above the 1st Division. The club is one of the most successful of the sports sections of the Associação Académica de Coimbra, and is based at the same Estadio Municipal as the fully independent football team.
The club was founded in 1936 and won the Campeonato Português de Rugby in 1977, 1979, 1997 and 2004, and the Portuguese Rugby Cup in 1974, 1980, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2018.
According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[2]
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. |