Académico Futebol Clube, or more commonly known as Académico do Porto, was a Portuguese
football
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club from
Paranhos,
Porto
Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
. The club was founded on 15 September 1911. Académico was one of the eight teams taking part in the first
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
season, the main division in the
Portuguese football league system
The Portuguese football league system consists of several leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. Reserve teams are allowed to compete in the main league system, as is the case with most of Europe. However, they are not ...
, in the
1934–35 season. They went to play in the league an additional four times. Later Académico lost its ground and ended the professional football team.
Instead of favouring the return of the football team, they invested in other sports, namely in basketball,
roller hockey
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and
team handball
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, a policy that still remains. As a sports club, Académico has won over one hundred different trophies in the respective sports it competes in.
Honours
*
Campeonato do Porto: 1
** 1941–42
References
External links
Official websiteZeroZero profileForaDeJogo.net profile
Football clubs in Portugal
Association football clubs established in 1911
1911 establishments in Portugal
Football clubs in Porto
Primeira Liga clubs
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