Coimbra Football Association

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Associação de Futebol de Coimbra
President
Apolino Manuel dos Santos Pereira
WebsiteafCoimbra.com
Estádio Efapel Cidade de Coimbra

The Associação de Futebol de Coimbra (Coimbra Football Association) is one of the 22

district of Coimbra.[1]

Background

Associação de Futebol de Coimbra, commonly referred to as AF Coimbra,[

Coimbra. 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

União de Coimbra
competes in honor division, of Coimbra Football Association.

The

district association 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.[6][clarification needed]

Notable clubs affiliated to AF Coimbra

  • Académica de Coimbra
  • União de Coimbra

Divisions – 2013–14 season

The AF Coimbra runs the following divisions covering the fourth and fifth tiers of the Portuguese football league system.

Honra

Historic champions

Titles

[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Associação de Futebol de Coimbra" (in Portuguese). AF Coimbra. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  2. ^ "Associações Distritais – Associação Portuguesa de Árbitros de Futebol – apaf.pt" (in Portuguese). APAF. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  3. ^ "Associação de Futebol de Coimbra – História" (in Portuguese). AF Coimbra. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  4. ^ "Associação Académica de Coimbrar – futebol365.pt" (in Portuguese). futebol365.pt. Retrieved 2012-04-17.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Futebol Total – Coimbra". Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  6. ^ "Associação de Futebol de Coimbra – zerozero.pt". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  7. ^ "Portugal – Regional Championships – RSSSF". Paulo Martins and João Nunes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
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