Académica de Coimbra (football)

History

The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (AAC-OAF) is the legal successor of the extinct Section of Football of the Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC-SF). That section was transformed into Clube Académico de Coimbra (CAC) by a resolution of the General Assembly of Members of AAC on 10 June 1974, following the Carnation Revolution. The current name AAC-OAF was adopted in 1984 on the joint initiative of the General Board of Academica de Coimbra and the Board of CAC, and was approved by the General Board of AAC and the General Assembly of CAC. This preserved a legally-binding link to the student association AAC and the University of Coimbra. The amateur AAC-SF team was reinstated in 1977 as a sports section of AAC, operating as a student-only football team in lower regional non-professional leagues. Both AAC-OAF and AAC-SF share the same crest and colors, and belong to the same parent organization, the Associação Académica de Coimbra. Académica won the 1938–39 Taça de Portugal, the competition's inaugural edition, defeating S.L. Benfica 4–3 in the final. In 1966–67, the club finished as Primeira Liga runners-up to Benfica and lost the cup final 3–2 after extra time to Vitória de Setúbal. Two years later, a cup-final defeat to Benfica led to the team's first European appearance, entering the 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup and losing in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Manchester City by a single extra-time goal.