Sport in Coimbra - Associa O Acad Mica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (Paperback)

Chapters: Associa o Acad mica de Coimbra - O.a.f.. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Associa o Acad mica de Coimbra Organismo Aut nomo de Futebol (A.A.C. O.A.F.), also referred to as Acad mica de Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: ) or simply Acad mica, 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 Associa o Acad mica 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 Acad micas's fan or sympathizer. The main football team uses the Est dio Cidade de Coimbra (specially rebuilt and modernized for the UEFA Euro 2004) with 30,000 seats. In 1939, the football team of the A. Acad mica de Coimbra became the first winner of the Portuguese Football Cup. The Associa o Acad mica 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 Associa o Acad mica de Coimb...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=624849