# Coimbra Football Association > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coimbra_Football_Association > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coimbra_Football_Association.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbra_Football_Association > Source revision: 1348460561 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football association in Portugal Associação de Futebol de Coimbra Abbreviation AF Coimbra Formation 1922 Purpose District Football Association Headquarters Rua Ferreira Borges, 155 – 2º Location(s) 3000–180 Coimbra ou Apartado 6077–301 Coimbra Portugal 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](/source/Portuguese_District_Football_Associations) that are affiliated to the [Portuguese Football Federation](/source/Portuguese_Football_Federation). The AF Coimbra administers lower tier [football](/source/Football_(soccer)) in the [district of Coimbra](/source/District_of_Coimbra).[1] ## Background Associação de Futebol de Coimbra, commonly referred to as AF Coimbra,[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] is the governing body for football in the [district of Coimbra](/source/District_of_Coimbra). The football association is based in [Coimbra](/source/Coimbra_Municipality). 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](/source/Portuguese_football_league_system) in competitions run by the [Portuguese League for Professional Football](/source/Portuguese_League_for_Professional_Football) ([Primeira Liga](/source/Primeira_Liga) and [Segunda Liga](/source/Segunda_Liga)) and [Portuguese Football Federation](/source/Portuguese_Football_Federation) ([Campeonato Nacional de Seniores](/source/Campeonato_Nacional_de_Seniores)). [Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.](/source/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Acad%C3%A9mica_de_Coimbra_%E2%80%93_O.A.F.) play in the Primeira Liga[4] and [União de Coimbra](/source/Uni%C3%A3o_de_Coimbra) competes in honor division, of Coimbra Football Association. The [Campeonato Nacional de Seniores](/source/Campeonato_Nacional_de_Seniores) the competitions are organised at a district level (known in Portuguese as [distritais](/source/Distritais)) with each [district association](/source/Portuguese_District_Football_Associations) 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.[5] 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.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*][*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] ## Notable clubs affiliated to AF Coimbra This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) - [Académica de Coimbra](/source/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Acad%C3%A9mica_de_Coimbra_%E2%80%93_O.A.F.) - [União de Coimbra](/source/Uni%C3%A3o_de_Coimbra) ## Divisions – 2013–14 season This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The AF Coimbra runs the following divisions covering the fourth and fifth tiers of the [Portuguese football league system](/source/Portuguese_football_league_system). ### Honra Ançã Futebol Clube Associação Académica de Coimbra Associação Atlética de Arganil Associação Desportiva de Lagares da Beira Associação Desportiva de Poiares Associação Educativa e Recreativa de Góis Clube Desportivo e Recreativo Penelense F.C. Oliveira do Hospital União de Coimbra 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 1922/23 Académica 1923/24 Académica 1924/25 Académica 1925/26 União de Coimbra 1926/27 União de Coimbra 1927/28 Académica 1928/29 União de Coimbra 1929/30 União de Coimbra 1930/31 União de Coimbra 1931/32 União de Coimbra 1932/33 Académica 1933/34 Académica 1934/35 Académica Year Champions 1935/36 Académica 1936/37 Académica 1937/38 Académica 1938/39 Académica 1939/40 Académica 1940/41 Académica 1941/42 Académica 1942/43 Académica 1943/44 Académica 1944/45 Académica 1945/46 Académica 1946/47 União de Coimbra **Titles** - [Académica](/source/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Acad%C3%A9mica_de_Coimbra_%E2%80%93_O.A.F.) – 18 - [União de Coimbra](/source/C.F._Uni%C3%A3o_de_Coimbra) – 7 [6] ## See also - [Portuguese football competitions](/source/Portuguese_football_competitions) - [List of football clubs in Portugal](/source/List_of_football_clubs_in_Portugal) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Associação de Futebol de Coimbra"](http://www.afcoimbra.com/) (in Portuguese). AF Coimbra. Retrieved 2012-04-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Associações Distritais – Associação Portuguesa de Árbitros de Futebol – apaf.pt"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120622173352/http://www.apaf.pt/apaf/entidades/?p=2) (in Portuguese). APAF. Archived from [the original](http://www.apaf.pt/apaf/entidades/?p=2) on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-04-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Associação de Futebol de Coimbra – História"](http://www.afcoimbra.com/portal/page/portal/PORTAL_FUTEBOL/COIMBRA/COIMBRA_ASSOCIACAO/HISTORIA) (in Portuguese). AF Coimbra. Retrieved 2012-04-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Associação Académica de Coimbrar – futebol365.pt"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120426121553/http://www.futebol365.pt/equipas/info_equipa.asp?equipa=Acad%E9mica&comp=SuperLiga&edicao=2011) (in Portuguese). futebol365.pt. Archived from [the original](http://www.futebol365.pt/equipas/info_equipa.asp?equipa=Acad%E9mica&comp=SuperLiga&edicao=2011) on April 26, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Futebol_Total_5-0)** ["Futebol Total – Coimbra"](http://futeboltotal-victor.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/AF%20Coimbra). Retrieved 2012-04-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Portugal – Regional Championships – RSSSF"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portregchamp.html). *Paulo Martins and João Nunes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation*. Retrieved 2014-06-09. v t e Football in Portugal FPF • LPFP • League system Men's National teams Portugal B U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 Futsal Beach League system Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional Primeira Liga Liga Portugal 2 Liga 3 Campeonato de Portugal Domestic cups Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Women's National teams Portugal U-19 U-17 Futsal Beach League system Campeonato Nacional Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Campeonato Nacional III Divisão Domestic cups Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça de Portugal District Associations Algarve Angra do Heroísmo Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo Branco Coimbra Évora Guarda Horta Leiria Lisbon Madeira Ponta Delgada Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana do Castelo Vila Real Viseu Defunct competitions Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão Taça Ribeiro dos Reis Taça Federação Portuguesa de Futebol Liga Intercalar Clubs • Clubs in international competitions • Club honours • Silver ball • Venues • Derbies • Ultras • Foreign players • Footballers • Managers Authority control databases VIAF --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Coimbra Football Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbra_Football_Association) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbra_Football_Association?action=history)). 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