Sport
Coimbra is home to Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (known simply as Académica), a professional football autonomous organism of the University of Coimbra students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra, founded in 1872 and having its current statute of autonomous football organization since the 1980s. Académica football team plays in the Portuguese Liga at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra. Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra, another sports club with tradition in the city, owner of a football team which plays in the Portuguese Second Division, is other important club of Coimbra. Coimbra also has one of the largest multisports clubs in Portugal: the University of Coimbra's students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra, includes sections dedicated to a wide array of sports such as rugby, volleyball, handball, rink hockey, basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, rowing, among many others.
The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (30,000 seats), which was a site of 2004 European Football Championship and includes olympic swimming pools (Piscinas Municipais), as well as a multiuse sports facility (Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra), located both near the stadium; the Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição; and the Estádio Universitário de Coimbra, an extensive sports complex of the university on Mondego's left bank, are the main athletics and sports venues in Coimbra. The Pavilhão Jorge Anjinho sports arena (headquarters of Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F.), Pavilhão dos Olivais, and Pavilhão do C.F. União de Coimbra, are other places where some of the most important indoor sports clashes involving teams of Coimbra are played.
Major sports teams based in Coimbra include:
| Team | Sport | League | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. | Football | Portuguese Liga | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra |
| Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Basquetebol | Basketball | Portuguese Basketball League (LCB) | Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra |
| Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Rugby | Rugby | Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock | Estádio Universitário de Coimbra |
| Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Voleibol | Volleyball | Portuguese Volleyball League A1 | Estádio Universitário de Coimbra |
| C.F. União de Coimbra | Football | Portuguese Third Division | Estádio Sérgio Conceição |
| Agrária | Rugby | Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão | Campo da Escola Agrária |
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