Coimbra Football Association

Associação de Futebol de Coimbra
Abbreviation AF Coimbra
Formation 1922
Purpose District Football Association
Headquarters Rua Ferreira Borges, 155 - 2º
Location
President
 Apolino Manuel dos Santos Pereira
Website afCoimbra.com
Estádio Efapel Cidade de 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.[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] while Associação Naval 1º de Maio competes in Campeonato Nacional de Seniores.[5]

Below 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.[6]

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.[7]

Notable clubs affiliated to AF Coimbra

Current Divisions - 2013–14 Season

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

Honra
  • Febres Sport Clube
  • Grupo Desportivo Pampilhosense
  • Grupo Recreativo O Vigor da Mocidade
  • Real Clube Brasfemes
  • Touring Clube da Praia de Mira
  • União Clube Eirense
  • União Desportiva da Tocha

1ª divisão – série A

  • Associação Desportiva de São Mamede
  • Associação Desportiva e Cultural da Adémia
  • Associação Desportiva e Cultural de S. Pedro de Alva
  • Clube Académico das Gândaras - Recreativo Cultural Social
  • Clube Condeixa Associação Cultural e Desportiva
  • Clube Desportivo Lousanense
  • Clube Recreativo Agrário Desportivo de Lamas
  • Grupo Desportivo dos Moínhos
  • Mocidade Futebol Clube

1ª divisão – série B

  • Académica O.A.F. B
  • Associação Cultural Desportiva e Solidariedade de Vinha da Raínha
  • Clube de Futebol Marialvas
  • Esperança Atlético Clube
  • Futebol Clube de S. Silvestre
  • Grupo Desportivo Cova-Gala
  • Grupo Desportivo de Sepins
  • Grupo Desportivo Os Águias
  • Sporting Clube Ribeirense

Historic champions

Year Champions
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
Year Champions
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

References

  1. ↑ "Associação de Futebol de Coimbra" (in Portuguese). AF Coimbra. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Associações Distritais - Associação Portuguesa de Árbitros de Futebol - apaf.pt" (in Portuguese). APAF. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Associação de Futebol de Coimbra - História" (in Portuguese). AF Coimbra. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  4. ↑ "Associação Académica de Coimbrar - futebol365.pt" (in Portuguese). futebol365.pt. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Liga de Honra 2011-12 - futebol365.pt" (in Portuguese). futebol365.pt. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  6. ↑ "Futebol Total - Coimbra". Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  7. ↑ "Associação de Futebol de Coimbra - zerozero.pt". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  8. ↑ "Portugal - Regional Championships - RSSSF". Paulo Martins and João Nunes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
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