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The Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (A.A.C. – O.A.F.), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra ((:ɐkɐˈðɛmikɐ ðɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ)) or simply Académica, is an autonomous and professional football organization based in Coimbra, Portugal. Founded in 1887, it is the oldest Portuguese club, the 4th in number of supporters (after Benfica, Sporting and FC Porto), and the 7th in presences on the first tier of Portuguese football. Académica won the first edition of the Portuguese Football Cup, in 1939. The club was created in 1887, when ''Clube Atlético de Coimbra'' (founded in 1861) and ''Academia Dramática'' (founded in 1837) merged. This makes the club the oldest among all the professional football clubs in Portugal, and also the Iberic Peninsula. The "OAF", an autonomous organism especially dedicated to professional football, has been created in the 80s, inside of the students' union of the University of Coimbra – the Associação Académica de Coimbra, during a period of changing in the 1970s and 1980s, when football was professionalized in Portugal. The club is the fourth Portuguese club in number of supporters (after Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal and FC Porto). 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, much of the city's population identifies itself as Académicas' fans or sympathisers. The main football team uses the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (specially rebuilt and modernized for the UEFA Euro 2004) with 30,000 seats. The Associação Académica 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 Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. has also a futsal department (Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. (futsal)). In 1938–39, the football team won their first Portuguese Football Cup, the first under the tournament's current name and a feat they would repeat in 2011–12. In 1966–67, they achieved their highest position of runner-up in the Primeira Liga table. In the 2012–13 season, Académica qualified for the group stage of the Europa League for the first time. ==History and tradition== Being today the most important sports club of Coimbra, Académica was founded by students of the University of Coimbra in 1876, when ''Clube Atlético de Coimbra'' (founded in 1861) and ''Academia Dramática'' (founded in 1837) merged. The equipment used is black shirt, shorts and socks, due to the relation to and origin in the local and famous University of Coimbra where students wear a typical all-black suit. In the beginning, Académica's footballers were all mostly university students, and very talented players were discovered in the pitch. This was the rule during many decades until the 1970s. Académica used to be a constant team in the Portuguese main division before 1974. After the 25 de Abril Revolution (1974) in Portugal, many changes took place in Portuguese society and the team experienced many changes. Between 1974–75 and 1983–84 football seasons, Académica was present in national competitions as ''C.A.C. – Clube Académico de Coimbra'' and after a period of uncertainty and several relegations to the Second Division, the Académica's football team and staff, were gradually professionalized aiming to achieve a stronger position in the modern times of fierce professional competition (although a small number of its modern players continue being students, and among them, a few at the University of Coimbra). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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