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Associação Académica de Coimbra
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Associação Académica de Coimbra Information
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Rua
Infanta D. Maria, no.23, 3030-330 Coimbra |
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239-793890 |
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239-793881 |
| Founded: |
1876 |
| Stadium: |
Municipal de Coimbra |
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Associação Académica de Coimbra History
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The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students' union
of the University of Coimbra. Founded on November 3, 1887, it is
the oldest students' union in Portugal.
The AAC is governed by a "Direcção Geral" (General Direction)
composed exclusively by students of the University of Coimbra,
who are democratically elected through yearly elections open to
all students.
The modern complex which houses the Academic Association was
inaugurated in 1961 and includes a building where the offices of
many sports (football, rugby, handball, badminton, basketball,
roller hockey, canoing, competitive swimming, volleyball, tennis,
judo, karate, baseball, sport fishing, chess, etc.) and cultural
sections (theatre, cinema, radio - Rádio Universidade de
Coimbra, choral music, fado music, journalism, philately, etc.)
are to be found, as well as rehearsal halls, a medical centre,
academic services, extensive gardens in the interior, a theatre-cinema
(of approximately 1,000 seats) and a restaurant area serving a
large part of the student population. Many sport teams and
athletes of the AAC sport sections have a great competitiveness
and are present regularly in some of the main sport leagues and
tournaments in the country and abroad.
The AAC is responsible for the organization of the Queima das
Fitas, one of the biggest student parties in Europe.
The main football team of the AAC, usually known as "Académica"
or "Briosa", plays in the top Portuguese football leagues.
Nowadays, it is an autonomous football club, born within the AAC,
but whose formal connection with it is loose. It was the first
winner in the history of the Portuguese Football Cup, in 1939. |
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Associação Académica de Coimbra Honours, Trophies & Awards
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