Coimbra Football Association Explained

Associação de Futebol de Coimbra
Size:200
Abbreviation:AF Coimbra
Formation:1922
Purpose:District Football Association
Headquarters:Rua Ferreira Borges, 155 – 2º
Location:3000–180 Coimbra ou Apartado
6077–301 Coimbra
Portugal
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Apolino Manuel dos Santos Pereira
Website:afCoimbra.com

The Associação de Futebol de Coimbra (Coimbra Football Association) is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Coimbra administers lower tier football in the district of Coimbra.[1]

Background

Associação de Futebol de Coimbra, commonly referred to as AF Coimbra, is the governing body for football in the district of Coimbra. The football association is based in Coimbra. The association's president is Apolino Manuel dos Santos Pereira.[2]

The organisation was founded on 22 October 1922 following meetings held at Sport Clube Conimbricense. The provisional constitution was prepared by Dr. Mário Machado, Manuel Camões, João Barata and Lt. Ribeiro da Costa.[3]

Competitions

Coimbra clubs compete in two of the three national levels of the Portuguese football league system in competitions run by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (Primeira Liga and Segunda Liga) and Portuguese Football Federation (Campeonato Nacional de Seniores). Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. play in the Primeira Liga[4] and União de Coimbra competes in honor division, of Coimbra Football Association.

The Campeonato Nacional de Seniores the competitions are organised at a district level (known in Portuguese as distritais) with each district association organising its competitions according to geographical and other factors. The AF Coimbra runs two league competitions known as the Division of Honour (honra) at the fourth level of the league system and two series below, 1ª divisão (série A) and 1ª divisão (série B), at the fifth level.[5]

In more general terms the AF Coimbra currently organises district championships for football and futsal for men and women for all age groups including senior, junior, youth, beginners, infants, and schools.[6]

Notable clubs affiliated to AF Coimbra

Divisions – 2013–14 season

The AF Coimbra runs the following divisions covering the fourth and fifth tiers of the Portuguese football league system.

Honra

1ª divisão – série A

1ª divisão – série B

Historic champions

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1922/23Académica
1923/24Académica
1924/25Académica
1925/26União de Coimbra
1926/27União de Coimbra
1927/28Académica
1928/29União de Coimbra
1929/30União de Coimbra
1930/31União de Coimbra
1931/32União de Coimbra
1932/33Académica
1933/34Académica
1934/35Académica
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1935/36Académica
1936/37Académica
1937/38Académica
1938/39Académica
1939/40Académica
1940/41Académica
1941/42Académica
1942/43Académica
1943/44Académica
1944/45Académica
1945/46Académica
1946/47União de Coimbra
Titles

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Associação de Futebol de Coimbra . AF Coimbra . pt . 2012-04-17.
  2. Web site: Associações Distritais – Associação Portuguesa de Árbitros de Futebol – apaf.pt . APAF . pt . 2012-04-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120622173352/http://www.apaf.pt/apaf/entidades/?p=2 . 2012-06-22 .
  3. Web site: Associação de Futebol de Coimbra – História . AF Coimbra . pt . 2012-04-17.
  4. Web site: Associação Académica de Coimbrar – futebol365.pt . futebol365.pt . pt . 2012-04-17 .
  5. Web site: Futebol Total – Coimbra . 2012-04-17 .
  6. Web site: Associação de Futebol de Coimbra – zerozero.pt . zerozero.pt . 2012-04-17 .
  7. Web site: Portugal – Regional Championships – RSSSF . Paulo Martins and João Nunes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 2014-06-09 .