Associação Académica de Coimbra (rugby union)

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 and 1997.

References

↑ 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"

External links

AAC Secção de Rugby (official website)

Campeonato Português de Rugby · 2015–16 clubs

CDUL Agronomia Direito Académica Belenenses CDUP Cascais Técnico CRAV RC Lousã

Associação Académica de Coimbra

Sports teams	Football Futsal Amateur football Basketball Handball Rink hockey Rugby union Volleyball

Sports facilities	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Coimbra University Stadium Centro de Estágios da Académica Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra

Other sports	Athletics Judo Rowing

Culture	Coimbra University Radio A Cabra (newspaper) Orfeon Académico de Coimbra Teatro dos Estudantes da Universidade de Coimbra Tuna Académica da Universidade de Coimbra Coro Misto da Universidade de Coimbra Praxe Queima das Fitas

Parent institutions	Coimbra Academic Association University of Coimbra

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