Associação Académica de Coimbra (rugby union)

Associação Académica de Coimbra
UnionFPR
Nickname(s)Académica
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
LocationCoimbra, Portugal
RegionCoimbra
Ground(s)Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição (Capacity: 2,500)
ChairmanJoaquim Neto Murta
Coach(es)Rui Rodrigues
League(s)Campeonato Português de Rugby
Official website
rugbyaac.com

Associação Académica de Coimbra, Rugby is one of the leading teams of rugby union in Portugal.[1] It is currently one of Portugal's top 8 clubs and plays in the Super Bock above the 1st Division. The club is one of the most successful of the sports sections of the Associação Académica de Coimbra, and is based at the same Estadio Municipal as the fully independent football team.

The club was founded in 1936 and won the Campeonato Português de Rugby in 1977, 1979, 1997 and 2004, and the Portuguese Rugby Cup in 1974, 1980, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2018.

Honors

Squad 2023/24

According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[2]

The Académica squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 season
Props
  • Brazil Alexandre Alves
  • South Africa Mzo Buthelezi
  • Portugal André Gonçalves
  • Portugal Afonso Machado
  • Portugal João Claúdio Dos Santos

Hookers

  • Portugal João Mateus
  • Argentina Santiago Bonavento
  • Portugal João Aguiar
  • Portugal Guilherme Coelho

Locks

  • Brazil Matheus Wolf
  • Brazil Diogo Paixão Santos
  • Portugal Sérgio Duarte Franco
  • Brazil Artur Lima
  • Portugal Gonçalo Costa
  • Portugal Daniel Almeida
  • Portugal Rafael Espirito Santo
Backrow
  • South Africa Ntokozo Vidima
  • Argentina Genaro Fissore
  • Portugal João Tavares
  • Portugal Edmundo Ferreira
  • Portugal Francisco Curica
  • Portugal Antonio Salgueiro
  • Portugal Gonçalo Breda
  • Portugal Miguel André

Scrum-halves

  • Argentina Tomás Cornejo
  • Portugal Silvio Costa

Fly-halves

  • Argentina Geronimo Boccazzi
  • Australia Blake Rixon
Centres
  • Brazil Moisés Duque
  • Australia Marcus Arrindell
  • Portugal Francisco Migueis
  • Portugal Gonçalo Ramos

Wingers

  • Portugal João Diogo Silva
  • Portugal João Dinis
  • Portugal Rodrigo Barradas
  • Portugal Afonso Monteiro
  • Portugal João Cunha
  • Portugal António Costa

Fullbacks

  • Portugal Nuno Cardoso
  • Portugal Joaquim Couto
  • Portugal Tiago Pintão
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

References

  1. ^ Julia Wilkinson, John King Lonely Planet Portugal 2003 -- Page 324 "Académica is the name of Coimbra's second-division football team and its first-division rugby team, both of which play at the Estadio Municipal"
  2. ^ "Registered players on FPR".