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Association football club in Coimbra, Portugal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (AAC-OAF), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐkɐˈðɛmikɐ ðɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]) or simply Académica, is a professional football club based in Coimbra, Portugal.
Full name | Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol | ||
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Nickname(s) | Briosa | ||
Founded | 3 November 1887 | ||
Ground | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | ||
Capacity | 29,622 | ||
Chairman | Miguel Ribeiro | ||
Manager | Pedro Machado | ||
League | Liga 3 | ||
2023–24 | Liga 3 Serie B, 1st (First stage) 5th (Promotion Stage) | ||
Website | http://www.academica-oaf.pt | ||
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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.
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]
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.[26]
Source: [27]
Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other competitions | Top-scorer(s)[n 1] | |||
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1934–35 | CL | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 3 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Rui Cunha (5) |
1935–36 | CL | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 3 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Rui Cunha (6) |
1936–37 | CL | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 11 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Alberto Gomes (6) |
1937–38 | CL | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 37 | 10 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Mário Cunha (6) |
1938–39 | 1D | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 39 | 11 | Winner | — | — | — | — | — | Arnaldo Carneiro (14) |
1939–40 | 1D | 6 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 54 | 17 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Alberto Gomes (8) |
1940–41 | 1D | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 41 | 11 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Peseta (9) |
1941–42 | 1D | 5 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 77 | 51 | 26 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Nini Conceição (9) |
1942–43 | 1D | 6 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 54 | 60 | 14 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Alberto Gomes (9) |
1943–44 | 1D | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 68 | 6 | Semi-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Alberto Gomes (6) |
1944–45 | 1D | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 65 | 9 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Nini Conceição (4) |
1945–46 | 1D | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 51 | 76 | 16 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Bentes (13) |
1946–47 | 1D | 11 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 96 | 20 | not held | — | — | — | — | — | Bentes (16) |
1947–48 | 1D | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 113 | 10 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Bentes (11) |
1948–49 | 2D | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 14 | 20 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Bentes (?) |
1949–50 | 1D | 7 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 57 | 24 | not held | — | — | — | — | — | Macedo (21) |
1950–51 | 1D | 8 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 53 | 24 | Final | — | — | — | — | — | Macedo (10) |
1951–52 | 1D | 7 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 22 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Bentes (14) |
1952–53 | 1D | 11 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 57 | 19 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Bentes (14) |
1953–54 | 1D | 13 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 18 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Francisco André (11) |
1954–55 | 1D | 6 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 52 | 25 | Semi-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Francisco André (15) |
1955–56 | 1D | 13 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 52 | 19 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Faia (15) |
1956–57 | 1D | 6 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 28 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Francisco André (16) |
1957–58 | 1D | 9 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 40 | 24 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Francisco André (17) |
1958–59 | 1D | 10 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 21 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Chipenda (11) |
1959–60 | 1D | 6 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 25 | Last 64 | — | — | — | — | — | Miranda (9) |
1960–61 | 1D | 7 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 26 | Last 64 | — | — | — | — | — | Jorge Humberto (10) |
1961–62 | 1D | 10 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 54 | 22 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Gaio (21) |
1962–63 | 1D | 10 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 49 | 50 | 19 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | João Lourenço (24) |
1963–64 | 1D | 9 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 25 | Last 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Oliveira Duarte (9) |
1964–65 | 1D | 4 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 40 | 34 | Last 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Manuel António (20) |
1965–66 | 1D | 6 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 48 | 26 | Last 64 | — | — | — | — | — | Ernesto (17) |
1966–67 | 1D | 2 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 40 | Final | — | — | — | — | — | Artur Jorge (25) |
1967–68 | 1D | 4 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 24 | 35 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Artur Jorge (28) |
1968–69 | 1D | 6 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 32 | 30 | Final | — | FC | 1st round | — | — | Manuel António (19) |
1969–70 | 1D | 10 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 46 | 22 | Last 16 | — | CWC | Quarter-finals | — | — | Nene (11) |
1970–71 | 1D | 5 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 33 | Last 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Manuel António (9) |
1971–72 | 1D | 15 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 38 | 21 | Last 32 | — | UC | 1st round | — | — | Manuel António (12) |
1972–73 | 2D | 1 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 14 | 49 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Manuel António (23) |
1973–74 | 1D | 10 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 23 | 5th round | — | — | — | — | — | Vala (9) |
1974–75 | 1D | 14 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 47 | 20 | 5th round | — | — | — | — | — | Manecas (7) |
1975–76 | 1D | 11 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 23 | 5th round | — | — | — | — | — | Vala (8) |
1976–77 | 1D | 5 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 25 | 34 | Last 64 | — | — | — | — | — | Joaquim Rocha (13) |
1977–78 | 1D | 8 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 26 | Last 128 | — | — | — | — | — | Joaquim Rocha (15) |
1978–79 | 1D | 15 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 41 | 18 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Gregório Freixo (4) |
1979–80 | 2D | 1 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 47 | Last 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Eldon (16) |
1980–81 | 1D | 16 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 58 | 14 | last 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Eldon (8) |
1981–82 | 2D | 2 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 59 | 13 | 46 | Last 128 | — | — | — | — | — | Eldon (21) |
1982–83 | 2D | 2 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 32 | 48 | Semi-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Eldon (42) |
1983–84 | 2D | 1 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 22 | 45 | Last 128 | — | — | — | — | — | Camegim (12) |
1984–85 | 1D | 7 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 29 | Last 16 | — | — | — | — | — | Pedro Xavier (13) |
1985–86 | 1D | 10 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 38 | 25 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Pedro Xavier (9) |
1986–87 | 1D | 10 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 26 | Last 128 | — | — | — | — | — | Reinaldo Silva (5) |
1987–88 | 1D | 16 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 42 | 33 | 3rd round | — | — | — | — | — | Quinito (6) |
1988–89 | 2D | 2 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 23 | 52 | Last 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Rúbens Feijão (22) |
1989–90 | 2D | 4 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 55 | 34 | 43 | 1st round | — | — | — | — | — | Eldon (11) |
1990–91 | 2H | 6 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 32 | 44 | Last 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Lewis (13) |
1991–92 | 2H | 6 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 25 | 37 | 4th round | — | — | — | — | — | Lewis (11) |
1992–93 | 2H | 4 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 39 | 45 | 5th round | — | — | — | — | — | Latapy (12) |
1993–94 | 2H | 5 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 30 | 38 | 4th round | — | — | — | — | — | Lewis (7) |
1994–95 | 2H | 7 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 39 | 35 | 5th round | — | — | — | — | — | Febras (9) |
1995–96 | 2H | 15 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 48 | 41 | 5th round | — | — | — | — | — | Febras (8) |
1996–97 | 2H | 3 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 21 | 58 | 6th round | — | — | — | — | — | Miguel Bruno (12) |
1997–98 | 1D | 15 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 36 | 4th round | — | — | — | — | — | João Tomás (7) |
1998–99 | 1D | 18 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 71 | 21 | 4th round | — | — | — | — | — | Dário (8) |
1999–00 | 2H | 5 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 37 | 57 | 6th round | — | — | — | — | — | João Tomás (19) |
2000–01 | 2H | 8 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 48 | 48 | 4th round | — | — | — | — | — | Dário (21) |
2001–02 | 2H | 2 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 49 | 62 | 6th round | — | — | — | — | — | Dário (17) |
2002–03 | 1D | 15 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 48 | 37 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Dário (11) |
2003–04 | 1D | 13 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 42 | 38 | 5th round | — | — | — | — | — | Joeano (6) |
2004–05 | 1D | 14 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 38 | 6th round | — | — | — | — | — | Dário (6) |
2005–06 | 1D | 14 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 39 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Joeano (13) |
2006–07 | 1D | 13 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 46 | 26 | Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | Lino (5) |
2007–08 | 1D | 12 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 3rd round | 2nd round | — | — | — | — | Lito (9) |
2008–09 | 1D | 7 | 30 | 10 | 09 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 4th round | 3rd round | — | — | — | — | Lito (7) |
2009–10 | 1D | 11 | 30 | 08 | 09 | 13 | 37 | 42 | 33 | 4th round | Semi-finals | — | — | — | — | Sougou (9) |
2010–11 | 1D | 14 | 30 | 07 | 09 | 14 | 32 | 48 | 30 | Semi-finals | 2nd round | — | — | — | — | Miguel Fidalgo (8) |
2011–12 | 1D | 13 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 38 | 29 | Winner | 2nd round | — | — | — | — | Edinho (5) |
2012–13 | 1D | 11 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 28 | Quarter-finals | 3rd round | EL | Group stage | Supertaça | RU | Edinho (13) |
2013–14 | 1D | 8 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 37 | Quarter-finals | 2nd round | — | — | — | — | Marcos Paulo (5) |
2014–15 | 1D | 15 | 34 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 29 | 3rd round | 3rd round | — | — | — | — | Rui Pedro (6) |
2015–16 | 1D | 18 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 60 | 25 | 5th round | 2nd round | — | — | — | — | Pedro Nuno (4) |
2016–17 | 2H | 6 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 35 | 62 | Quarter-finals | First round | — | — | — | — | Rui Miguel (10) |
2017–18 | 2H | 4 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 40 | 63 | 5th round | First round | — | — | — | — | Donald Djoussé (11) |
2018–19 | 2H | 5 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 51 | 2nd round | First round | — | — | — | — | Hugo Almeida (10) |
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