AF Coimbra
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. 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. 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. 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Coimbra Municipality
Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest city of the Coimbra (district), district of Coimbra and the Centro Region, Portugal, Centro Region. About 460,000 people live in the Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and extending into an area of . Among the many archaeological structures dating back to the Roman Empire, Roman era, when Coimbra was the settlement of Aeminium, are its well-preserved aqueduct (watercourse), aqueduct and cryptoporticus. Similarly, buildings from the period when Coimbra was the capital of Portugal (from 1131 to 1255) still remain. During the late Middle Ages, with its decline as the political centre of the Kingdom of Portugal, Coimbra began to evolve into a major cultural centre. This wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Portuguese Football Competitions
Portuguese football is divided into divisions (''divisões'', singular — ''divisão''). The major teams play in the Primeira Liga. The other professional teams play against each other in the LigaPro. The other major competitions are the Portuguese Cup, Portuguese League Cup and Portuguese Super Cup. Early years Before 1922, the Portuguese teams played only local games with neighbouring clubs and later in the local championships as the Lisbon District Championship (''Campeonato Distrital de Lisboa'') or the Porto District Championship (''Campeonato Distrital do Porto''). Championship of Portugal The nation was urging for a nationwide competition and the clubs organized the Championship of Portugal for the most important District Associations (Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Madeira, Algarve, and Braga). Setúbal Football Association teams also participated instead of Lisbon clubs if they won the Campeonato de Lisboa. In the first championship, only Lisbon, Porto, Madeira, and Algarve w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Académica O , a fo ...
Académica may refer to: * Academica a Miami, Florida-based charter school operator * Associação Académica de Coimbra (Coimbra Academic Association), the students' union of the University of Coimbra * Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F., an autonomous professional football organization of the Associação Académica de Coimbra and Portuguese football club * Académica do Mindelo, a football organization in São Vicente Island, Cape Verde * Académica do Sal, a football organization in Espargos, Sal Island, Cape Verde * Academica (Gyldendal), a publisher in the Gyldendal Akademisk Group, a Danish publishing house * Académica da Praia, a football organization in Santiago Island, Cape Verde * Académica Maputo Associação Académica de Maputo, usually known as Académica, is a sports club from Maputo, Mozambique. It features teams in football (soccer), Roller hockey (quad) and volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six pl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Clube Desportivo Lousanense
Clube Desportivo Lousanense is a Portuguese sports club from Lousã. The men's football team last played in the I AF Coimbra, which they won in 2019–20. The team played on the Portuguese second tier until the 1989–90 Segunda Divisão, subsequently finding themselves in the new third tier Segunda Divisão B until being relegated in 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson .... Another relegation followed from the 1996–97 Terceira Divisão. Two more Terceira Divisão spells followed from 2000 to 2001 and 2007 to 2009. References Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in Portugal {{Portugal-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Clube Condeixa Associação Cultural E Desportiva
Clube de Condeixa Associação Cultural e Desportiva is a Portuguese football team based in Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra. The club presently competes in the Divisão de Honra da Associação de Futebol de Coimbra. It's stadium is Estadio Municipal de Condeixa-a-Nova. History The club was founded in 1900. In 2018, they won the Taça AF Coimbra and also won the Supertaça AF Coimbra. They repeated as champions of the Taça AF Coimbra the following season. In 2019, the club won the Divisão de Honra da Associação de Futebol de Coimbra, earning promotion to the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. In 2021, the club was nearly promoted to the new third tier Liga 3, after advancing to the promotion stage of the Campeonato de Portugal. League History * 2017-2018 - Divisão de Honra da Associação de Futebol de Coimbra * 2018-2019 - Divisão de Honra da Associação de Futebol de Coimbra * 2019-2020 - Campeonato de Portugal * 2020–21 - Campeonato de Portugal * 2021–22 Campeona ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
União Desportiva Da Tocha
União Desportiva da Tocha is a Portuguese sports club from Tocha. The men's football team last finished 2nd in the Honra A AF Coimbra of 2019–20. The team was a mainstay in the Terceira Divisão from 2002 to 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ..., when it contested the third-tier 2012–13 Segunda Divisão. From there, the team was relegated to the district league. In the Taça de Portugal, Tocha notably reached the fourth round in 2007–08. References Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Portugal {{Portugal-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Associação Académica De Coimbra
The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students' union of the University of Coimbra (UC). Founded in Coimbra on November 3, 1887, it is the oldest students' union in Portugal. It is also the biggest Portuguese students' union belonging to an independent institution, since it represents all the students of its university, who gain automatic membership into the AAC as students of the University of Coimbra (25,580 students as of 2021). In addition to several departments dedicated to culture and student life, ranging from theatre and musical groups to radio and cinematography, the AAC has several sports' departments based in Coimbra. All teams and athletes of the AAC sports departments bear the same name and logo with black uniforms. This is one of the largest sports clubs of Portugal. The Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. is one of its better known organizations across Portugal due to a historical presence on the main Portuguese Football Championships and the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Distritais
There are 22 district Football Associations in Portugal. These organizations are the governing bodies (alongside the Portuguese Football Federation) of football in each Districts of Portugal, Portuguese district. Overview Until the reform of Portuguese football in 1948, all clubs in a given district had to participate in the Portuguese District Championships, District Championship, even those in Primeira Liga and Segunda Divisão; after 1948, a Terceira Divisão was established for transition between the Portuguese District Championships, District Championship and national leagues and the top level clubs no longer had to play in their Portuguese District Championships, District Championship (the arrangement did not include clubs from the Azores and Madeira Islands, Madeira, which did not reach the top division until the 1970s). With the reform of Portuguese Football League system in 2013, the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores became the Portuguese third-level association football, f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
União De Coimbra
União is the Portuguese word for Union. It may refer to: *the Brazilian federal government *União do Vegetal, a church known for its usage of Hoasca as tea * Brazilian frigate ''União'' (F45), a general-purpose ''Niterói'' class frigate launched 1975 and completed 1980 ; Cities *União, Guinea-Bissau ; Places in Brazil *União dos Palmares, a city in the state of Alagoas *União da Vitória, a city in the state of Paraná *União, Piauí, a town in the state of Piauí ; Football (soccer) clubs * C.F. União, aka União Madeira, Portuguese football club that plays in the Madeira Islands *União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube, Brazilian football club *União São João Esporte Clube, Brazilian football club *União Bandeirante Futebol Clube, Brazilian football club *União Esporte Clube, Brazilian football club *União Futebol Clube, Brazilian football club *Sociedade Esportiva União Cacoalense, Brazilian football club *União de São Lourenço, Cape Verdean football club ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Campeonato Nacional De Seniores
The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for 'Championship of Portugal') is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. Together with the third-tier Liga 3, it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The Campeonato de Portugal was introduced in 2013 as the new third-level championship, under the name Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Seniors National Championship), replacing both the Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão (former third and fourth divisions, respectively). On 22 October 2015, it adopted its current naming. With the creation of the Liga 3 as the new third division from the 2021–22 season, the Campeonato de Portugal was demoted one level. Format The first season, 2013–14, was contested by a total of 80 clubs, which included 19 teams from the District Championships, 39 from the Segunda Divisão, 19 from the Terceira Divisão and three teams relegated from the Segunda Liga during the 2012–13 season. In 2017–18, the format consis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |