Académica de Coimbra (football) explained

Nickname:	Briosa
Ground:	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Capacity:	30,210
Current:	2023–24 Associação Académica de Coimbra season
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Clubname:	Académica de Coimbra
Fullname:	Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol
Chairman:	Miguel Ribeiro
Manager:	Tiago Moutinho
League:	Liga 3
Season:	2023–24
Position:	Liga 3 Serie B, 1st (First stage) 5th (Promotion Stage)
Website:	http://www.academica-oaf.pt

The Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (AAC-OAF), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (pronounced as /pt/) or simply Académica, is a professional football club based in Coimbra, Portugal.

As of the 2023–24 football season in Portugal, the club competes in the third division of the Portuguese football league system, and hosts home games at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra which is owned by the local municipal government. Although their main home stadium is Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Académica have also played at the Estádio Sérgio Conceição at the start of this current season, 23/24.^[1] ^[2]

It also has a futsal department with men's and women's teams. The club's name derives from the footballing division of the Associação Académica de Coimbra, officially known as the Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Futebol (AAC-SF), which fields its own amateur football teams as a second incarnation starting in 1977 and belongs to the student association of the University of Coimbra like the professional AAC-OAF which is however an autonomous organization inside the student association and owns the entire heritage and historical records formerly belonging to AAC-SF until 1974.^[3]

The club was created in 1887, with the merger of Clube Atlético de Coimbra (founded in 1861) and Academia Dramática (founded in 1837). The club have won the Taça de Portugal twice, in 1938–39 and 2011–12. In 1966–67, they achieved their highest position of runner-up in the Primeira Liga table.

History

The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol, hereinafter AAC-OAF, which dates back to November 3, 1887, the date of creation of the Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) which is the student association of the University of Coimbra, is the legal and legitimate successor of the extinct Section of Football of the Association Académica de Coimbra (Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Futebol (AAC-SF)) that, by resolution of June 10, 1974 of the General Assembly of Members of AAC after the events of the Carnation Revolution, was transformed into Clube Académico de Coimbra (CAC). The current name, AAC-OAF, was adopted on the joint initiative of the General Board of Academica de Coimbra (Direcção-Geral da Associação Académica de Coimbra (DG-AAC)) and the Board of the Academic Club of Coimbra (Clube Académico de Coimbra (CAC)), and it was approved by the General Board of Associação Académica de Coimbra (DG-AAC) and by the General Assembly of CAC in 1984. By these statutes, a legally-binding link to the student association AAC and its university, the University of Coimbra (UC), was preserved^[4] in favour of AAC-OAF. The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Futebol (AAC-SF) amateur football team, which also belongs to the Associação Académica de Coimbra students association (students union) of the University of Coimbra, was reinstated in 1977 operating as a sports section of AAC and has been in operation as a student-only football team, usually playing in the lower, regional non-professional football leagues.^[5] ^[6] The AAC-SF section, the non-professional football team made of students, and the AAC-OAF, the professional and autonomous football club, share the same crest and colors displayed on the clothes or uniforms of their sports players,^[7] as well as the same parent organization (which is the students' union or association Associação Académica de Coimbra that houses several sections for a multitude of other sports operating under the same name and crest as well).^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Académica de Coimbra won the 1938–39 Taça de Portugal, the inaugural staging of the competition; they defeated S.L. Benfica 4–3 in the final.^[11] In 1966–67, the club finished as Primeira Liga runners-up to Benfica (best-ever finish), and lost the cup final 3–2 after extra time to Vitória de Setúbal. Two years later, a cup-final defeat to Benfica meant that the team competed in Europe for the first time, entering the 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup and losing in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Manchester City via a single extra-time goal.^[12]

Académica de Coimbra moved frequently between the top two divisions in the years that followed. Under João Alves, they ended a three-year exile by winning promotion in 2001–02 as runners-up to Moreirense FC.^[13] Following a decade of almost exclusively bottom-half finishes, the team won its first silverware in 73 years when they took the cup in 2012, Marinho scoring the only goal after four minutes against Sporting CP.^[14] This allowed them entry into the group stage of the UEFA Europa League – a first European campaign in 30 years. Eliminated in third place in the group, they managed one win, 2–0 at home to holders Atlético Madrid with a brace from Wilson Eduardo.^[15]

A 14-year spell in the top division ended for Académica de Coimbra in 2015–16, when they finished in last place.^[16]

On 4 November 2017, in honour of their 130th birthday, they joined the Club of Pioneers, a worldwide network of the oldest continuing football clubs from each country in the world, originally founded by Sheffield FC.^[17] ^[18]

After the 2021-22 Liga Portugal 2 season, the club was relegated for the first time to the third tier of the Portuguese football pyramid.^[19]

The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol filed for insolvency in September 2022. The club had overdue debts of more than 5.6 million euros, of which 1.9 million euros to the state, and had 3.1 million euros in defaults with suppliers and service providers.^[20] ^[21] By June 2023, an intricate creative accounting process had been initiated by Académica de Coimbra O.A.F.'s administration board in order to allow its emergence from bankruptcy avoiding the extinction of the football club.^[22] ^[23] ^[24] ^[25]

Grounds

See main article: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra. The home ground it uses is the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra which has a capacity of 29,622 and belongs to the municipality's local government authority.

Honours

Source: ^[26]

I Liga/I Divisão
- Runners-up (1): 1966–67
Taça de Portugal
- Winners: 1938–39, 2011–12
- Runners-up (3): 1950–51, 1966–67, 1968–69
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- Runners-up (1): 2012
Campeonato de Portugal
- Runners-up (1): 1922–23
II Divisão
- Winners: 1948–49, 1972–73

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Europe		Other competitions		Top-scorer(s)
1934–35	CL	align=right	8	14	1	1	12	14	49	3	Last 16						Rui Cunha (5)
1935–36	CL	align=right	8	14	1	1	12	13	51	3	Last 16						Rui Cunha (6)
1936–37	CL	align=right	5	14	5	1	8	24	30	11	Last 16						Alberto Gomes (6)
1937–38	CL	align=right	6	14	5	0	9	23	37	10	Quarter-finals						Mário Cunha (6)
1938–39	1D	align=right	5	14	4	3	7	27	39	11	bgcolor=gold	Winner						Arnaldo Carneiro (14)
1939–40	1D	align=right	6	18	7	3	8	42	54	17	Last 16						Alberto Gomes (8)
1940–41	1D	align=right	5	14	4	3	7	32	41	11	Quarter-finals						Peseta (9)
1941–42	1D	align=right	5	22	13	0	9	77	51	26	Last 16						Nini Conceição (9)
1942–43	1D	align=right	6	18	6	2	10	54	60	14	Last 16						Alberto Gomes (9)
1943–44	1D	align=right	9	18	3	0	15	35	68	6	Semi-finals						Alberto Gomes (6)
1944–45	1D	align=right	9	18	4	1	13	33	65	9	Last 16						Nini Conceição (4)
1945–46	1D	align=right	10	22	7	2	13	51	76	16	Last 16						Bentes (13)
1946–47	1D	align=right	11	26	8	4	14	49	96	20	not held						Bentes (16)
1947–48	1D	align=right bgcolor="#FF8080"	14	26	4	2	20	25	113	10	Last 16						Bentes (11)
1948–49	2D	align=right bgcolor="#80FF9F"	1	14	10	0	4	46	14	20	Last 16						Bentes (?)
1949–50	1D	align=right	7	26	8	8	10	56	57	24	not held						Macedo (21)
1950–51	1D	align=right	8	26	10	4	12	40	53	24	bgcolor=silver	Final						Macedo (10)
1951–52	1D	align=right	7	26	8	6	12	39	47	22	Last 16						Bentes (14)
1952–53	1D	align=right	11	26	7	5	14	39	57	19	Last 16						Bentes (14)
1953–54	1D	align=right	13	26	8	2	16	29	50	18	Last 16						Francisco André (11)
1954–55	1D	align=right	6	26	10	5	11	53	52	25	Semi-finals						Francisco André (15)
1955–56	1D	align=right	13	26	8	3	15	36	52	19	Last 16						Faia (15)
1956–57	1D	align=right	6	26	12	4	10	45	33	28	Quarter-finals						Francisco André (16)
1957–58	1D	align=right	9	26	10	4	12	45	40	24	Quarter-finals						Francisco André (17)
1958–59	1D	align=right	10	26	8	5	13	45	46	21	Last 16						Chipenda (11)
1959–60	1D	align=right	6	26	8	9	9	40	41	25	Last 64						Miranda (9)
1960–61	1D	align=right	7	26	10	6	10	31	29	26	Last 64						Jorge Humberto (10)
1961–62	1D	align=right	10	26	9	4	13	44	54	22	Last 16						Gaio (21)
1962–63	1D	align=right	10	26	8	3	15	49	50	19	Last 16						João Lourenço (24)
1963–64	1D	align=right	9	26	11	3	12	43	48	25	Last 32						Oliveira Duarte (9)
1964–65	1D	align=right	4	26	16	2	8	58	40	34	Last 32						Manuel António (20)
1965–66	1D	align=right	6	26	9	8	9	58	48	26	Last 64						Ernesto (17)
1966–67	1D	align=right bgcolor=silver	2	26	18	4	4	50	18	40	bgcolor=silver	Final						Artur Jorge (25)
1967–68	1D	align=right	4	26	15	5	6	53	24	35	Last 16						Artur Jorge (28)
1968–69	1D	align=right	6	26	12	6	8	48	32	30	bgcolor=silver	Final		FC	1st round			Manuel António (19)
1969–70	1D	align=right	10	26	8	6	12	42	46	22	Last 16		CWC	Quarter-finals			Nene (11)
1970–71	1D	align=right	5	26	13	7	6	38	24	33	Last 32						Manuel António (9)
1971–72	1D	align=right bgcolor="#FF8080"	15	30	7	7	16	29	38	21	Last 32		UC	1st round			Manuel António (12)
1972–73	2D	align=right bgcolor="#80FF9F"	1	30	22	5	3	66	14	49	Last 16						Manuel António (23)
1973–74	1D	align=right	10	30	8	7	15	29	45	23	5th round						Vala (9)
1974–75	1D	align=right	14	30	7	6	17	33	47	20	5th round						Manecas (7)
1975–76	1D	align=right	11	30	7	9	14	32	47	23	5th round						Vala (8)
1976–77	1D	align=right	5	30	14	6	10	29	25	34	Last 64						Joaquim Rocha (13)
1977–78	1D	align=right	8	30	11	4	15	41	49	26	Last 128						Joaquim Rocha (15)
1978–79	1D	align=right bgcolor="#FF8080"	15	30	5	8	17	20	41	18	Quarter-finals						Gregório Freixo (4)
1979–80	2D	align=right bgcolor="#80FF9F"	1	30	19	9	2	57	13	47	Last 32						Eldon (16)
1980–81	1D	align=right bgcolor="#FF8080"	16	30	4	6	20	16	58	14	last 32						Eldon (8)
1981–82	2D	align=right	2	30	18	10	2	59	13	46	Last 128						Eldon (21)
1982–83	2D	align=right	2	30	21	6	3	74	32	48	Semi-finals						Eldon (42)
1983–84	2D	align=right bgcolor="#80FF9F"	1	30	19	7	4	58	22	45	Last 128						Camegim (12)
1984–85	1D	align=right	7	30	12	5	13	45	47	29	Last 16						Pedro Xavier (13)
1985–86	1D	align=right	10	30	9	7	14	28	38	25	Quarter-finals						Pedro Xavier (9)
1986–87	1D	align=right	10	30	7	12	11	22	34	26	Last 128						Reinaldo Silva (5)
1987–88	1D	align=right bgcolor="#FF8080"	16	38	9	15	14	32	42	33	3rd round						Quinito (6)
1988–89	2D	align=right	2	34	21	10	3	66	23	52	Last 32						Rúbens Feijão (22)
1989–90	2D	align=right	4	34	19	5	10	55	34	43	1st round						Eldon (11)
1990–91	2H	align=right	6	38	17	10	11	41	32	44	Last 32						Lewis (13)
1991–92	2H	align=right	6	34	13	11	10	37	25	37	4th round						Lewis (11)
1992–93	2H	align=right	4	34	19	7	8	56	39	45	5th round						Latapy (12)
1993–94	2H	align=right	5	34	17	4	13	39	30	38	4th round						Lewis (7)
1994–95	2H	align=right	7	34	13	9	12	41	39	35	5th round						Febras (9)
1995–96	2H	align=right	15	34	11	8	15	38	48	41	5th round						Febras (8)
1996–97	2H	align=right bgcolor="#80FF9F"	3	34	17	7	10	39	21	58	6th round						Miguel Bruno (12)
1997–98	1D	align=right	15	34	8	12	14	27	41	36	4th round						João Tomás (7)
1998–99	1D	align=right bgcolor="#FF8080"	18	34	4	9	21	30	71	21	4th round						Dário (8)
1999–00	2H	align=right	5	34	16	9	9	55	37	57	6th round						João Tomás (19)
2000–01	2H	align=right	8	34	14	6	14	51	48	48	4th round						Dário (21)
2001–02	2H	align=right bgcolor="#80FF9F	2	34	17	11	6	60	49	62	6th round						Dário (17)
2002–03	1D	align=right	15	34	8	13	13	38	48	37	Quarter-finals						Dário (11)
2003–04	1D	align=right	13	34	11	5	18	40	42	38	5th round						Joeano (6)
2004–05	1D	align=right	14	34	9	11	14	29	41	38	6th round						Dário (6)
2005–06	1D	align=right	14	34	10	9	15	37	48	39	Quarter-finals						Joeano (13)
2006–07	1D	align=right	13	30	6	8	16	28	46	26	Quarter-finals						Lino (5)
2007–08	1D	align=right	12	30	6	14	10	31	38	32	3rd round	2nd round					Lito (9)
2008–09	1D	align=right	7	30	10	09	11	28	32	39	4th round	3rd round					Lito (7)
2009–10	1D	align=right	11	30	08	09	13	37	42	33	4th round	Semi-finals					Sougou (9)
2010–11	1D	align=right	14	30	07	09	14	32	48	30	Semi-finals	2nd round					Miguel Fidalgo (8)
2011–12	1D	align=right	13	30	7	8	15	27	38	29	bgcolor=gold	Winner	2nd round					Edinho (5)
2012–13	1D	align=right	11	30	6	10	14	33	45	28	Quarter-finals	3rd round	EL	Group stage	Supertaça	bgcolor=silver	RU	Edinho (13)
2013–14	1D	align=right	8	30	9	10	11	25	35	37	Quarter-finals	2nd round					Marcos Paulo (5)
2014–15	1D	align=right	15	34	4	17	13	26	46	29	3rd round	3rd round					Rui Pedro (6)
2015–16	1D	align=right bgcolor="#FF8080"	18	34	5	10	19	32	60	25	5th round	2nd round					Pedro Nuno (4)
2016–17	2H	align=right	6	42	17	11	14	42	35	62	Quarter-finals	First round					Rui Miguel (10)
2017–18	2H	align=right	4	38	19	6	13	59	40	63	5th round	First round					Donald Djoussé (11)
2018–19	2H	align=right	5	34	15	6	13	36	37	51	2nd round	First round					Hugo Almeida (10)

Note

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Records and statistics

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute included in total.

	Name	Career	Appearances
1	Pedro Rocha	1986–04	455
2	Vasco Gervásio	1962–79	430
3	Pedro Roma	1990–92 / 1994–09	386
4	Augusto Rocha	1956–71	373
5	Mário Torres	1950–66	373
6	Vítor Campos	1963–76	345
7	Bentes	1945–60	328
8	Rui Rodrigues	1962–71 / 1976–79	310
9	Tomás Fernandes	1980–90	298
10	Mito	1985–90 / 1993–98	288

^[27]

Most goals

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute included in total.

	Name	Career	Goals
1	Bentes	1945–60	167
2	Manuel António	1964–65 / 1968–77	153
3	Eldon	1978–83 / 1987–90	134
4	Artur Jorge	1965–69	94
5	Dário	1996–05	91
6	Francisco André	1953–59	81
7	Alberto Gomes	1936–44 / 1947–49	67
8	Gaio	1959–64	65
9	Ernesto de Sousa	1965–68	64
10	Augusto Rocha	1956–71	59

^[28]

Coaches

Artur Jorge (16 December 2002 – 28 August 2003)
Vítor Oliveira (29 August 2003 – 26 January 2004)
João Carlos Pereira (1 February 2004 – 22 December 2004)
Nelo Vingada (23 December 2004 – 6 May 2006)
Manuel Machado (15 May 2006 – 10 September 2007)
Domingos Paciência (12 September 2007 – 31 May 2009)
Rogério Gonçalves (9 June 2009 – 4 October 2009)
André Villas-Boas (14 October 2009 – 2 June 2010)
Jorge Costa (8 June 2010 – 21 December 2010)
José Guilherme (26 December 2010 – 21 February 2011)
Ulisses Morais (23 February 2011 – 17 May 2011)
Pedro Emanuel (14 June 2011 – 7 April 2013)
Sérgio Conceição (8 April 2013 – 26 May 2014)
Paulo Sérgio (2 June 2014 – 15 February 2015)
José Viterbo (16 February 2015 – 20 September 2015)
Filipe Gouveia (24 September 2015 – 31 May 2016)
Costinha (20 June 2016 – 21 May 2017)
Ivo Vieira (30 May 2017 – 13 November 2017)
Ricardo Soares (14 November 2017 – 31 March 2018)
Quim Machado (1 April 2018 – 13 May 2018)
Carlos Pinto (30 May 2018 – 1 October 2018)
João Alves (10 October 2018 – 31 May 2019)
César Peixoto (19 June 2019 – 14 November 2019)
João Carlos Pereira (18 November 2019 – 10 July 2020)
Rui Borges (11 July 2020 – 22 September 2021)
João Carlos Pereira (22 September 2021 – 21 November 2021)
Pedro Duarte (25 November 2021 – 3 March 2022)
José Gomes (4 March 2022 – 14 May 2022)

Notes and References

Web site: DigitalRM . 2023-06-06 . Manutenção da Académica de Coimbra na Liga 3 para 2023/2024! - Campeão das Províncias . 2023-11-07 . Campeão das Províncias - Website Campeão das Províncias . pt . 7 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107233839/https://www.campeaoprovincias.pt/noticia/manutencao-da-academica-de-coimbra-na-liga-3-para-2023-2024 . live .
Web site: Câmara negoceia acordo com Académica para ter maior tutela do estádio de Coimbra . 2023-11-07 . www.record.pt . pt-PT . 7 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107233837/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-3/detalhe/camara-negoceia-acordo-com-academica-para-ter-maior-tutela-do-estadio-de-coimbra . live .
Web site: SAPO . Em Coimbra, há uma outra Académica feita de estudantes, sem salários nem prémios . 2023-11-05 . SAPO . pt . 5 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105114920/https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/atualidade/em-coimbra-ha-uma-outra-academica-feita-de_56c9fe30ba5cf0f72bd3f544 . live .
Web site: ESTATUTOS DA ASSOCIAÇÃO ACADÉMICA DE COIMBRA ORGANISMO AUTÓNOMO DE FUTEBOL . www.academica-oaf.pt/ . 26 February 2023 . 12 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230312223405/https://www.academica-oaf.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/estatutos_aac-oaf_-2010.pdf . live .
Web site: SAPO . Em Coimbra, há uma outra Académica feita de estudantes, sem salários nem prémios . 2023-11-05 . SAPO . pt . 5 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105114920/https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/atualidade/em-coimbra-ha-uma-outra-academica-feita-de_56c9fe30ba5cf0f72bd3f544 . live .
Web site: Secção de Futebol – AAC . 2023-02-26 . en-US . 26 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226172026/https://academica.pt/orgaos/seccoes-desportivas/seccao-de-futebol/ . live .
Web site: Oliveira . Nuno . 5 February 2015 . Opinião – Académica contra Académica? . 7 November 2023 . . 7 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107152854/https://www.asbeiras.pt/2015/02/opiniao-academica-contra-academica/ . live .
Web site: 2022-12-15 . Filipe Rosa: "Há secções desportivas maiores que muitos clubes" . 2023-11-07 . Diário As Beiras . pt-PT . 7 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107152854/https://www.asbeiras.pt/2022/12/filipe-rosa-ha-seccoes-desportivas-maiores-que-muitos-clubes/ . live .
Web site: Pina . Gonçalo . Episódio 3: Secções Desportivas De A a C RUC . 2023-11-07 . Rádio Universidade de Coimbra . pt . 7 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107151349/https://www.ruc.pt/podcast/de-a-a-c/episodio-3-seccoes-desportivas . live .
Web site: Coimbra . Universidade de . Informação para candidatos internacionais . 2023-11-07 . Informação para candidatos internacionais . pt . 15 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315164413/https://www.uc.pt/candidatos-internacionais/estudar-viver-coimbra/experiencia-unica . live .
News: Taça de 1939 já tem exposição própria . 1939 Taça now has own exposition . 4 July 2020 . Record . 3 May 2012 . pt . 4 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200704182228/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/academica/detalhe/taca-de-1939-ja-tem-exposicao-propria-754797 . live .
News: Bevan . Chris . The strange tale of how Man City conquered Europe - 50 years on . 4 July 2020 . BBC Sport . 29 April 2020 . 4 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200704203337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52455182 . live .
News: Santa Maria sobe ao plantel de elite . Santa Maria promoted to first team . 4 July 2020 . Record . 23 May 2002 . pt . 5 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200705130323/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/sporting/detalhe/santa-maria-sobe-ao-plantel-de-elite . live .
News: Ruela . João . Académica conquista a Taça de Portugal 73 anos depois . Académica win the Taça de Portugal after 73 years . 4 July 2020 . Diário de Notícias . 21 May 2012 . pt . 4 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200704175115/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/academica-conquista-a-taca-de-portugal-73-anos-depois-2533668.html . live .
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