Highlights
- The original sports section of the Associação Académica de Coimbra which gave birth to A.A.C. – O.A.F. still exists. This Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Futebol plays in the lower divisions and is a 100% amateur team where the large majority of its players are students of the University of Coimbra or then ex-students, as in the past. Many people claim that this is the "real" Académica de Coimbra football team, successor of the original team and owner of all the Académica's grass roots and heritage before the 1980s. After 25 de Abril democratic revolution of 1974, between 1974/75 and 1983/84 seasons, Académica was present in national competitions as C.A.C. – Clube Académico de Coimbra, this period being the turning point which lead to the creation of the current day professionalized autonomous team.
- Some modern-day professional players signing for A.A.C. – O.A.F. are still university students at the University of Coimbra. Examples were Académica's famous goalkeeper Pedro Roma (sports sciences), defender Tó Sá (mathematics), or midfielder Nuno Piloto (biochemistry).
- Académica's football team was the first winner in the history of the Portuguese Football Cup, in 1939.
- The team has the nickname of "Briosa" (Full of «Brio») – «Brio» is a Portuguese word derived from the celtic «Brivos», which has a cross meaning between Pride and Excellence. They are also known as Equipa dos Estudantes (The Students Team).
- The AAC-OAF has also a professional futsal department (Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (futsal)).
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