2012–13 Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. season

Associação Académica
de Coimbra – Organismo
Autónomo de Futebol

2012–13 season
President	José Eduardo Simões
Coach	Pedro Emanuel
Stadium	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Primeira Liga	11th
Taça de Portugal	Quarter-Final
Taça da Liga	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Supertaça	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Edinho (9) All: Edinho (13)
Highest home attendance	8,270 vs Benfica (23 September)
Lowest home attendance	920 vs Olhanense (30 December)
Home colours Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season is Académica de Coimbra's 11th season in the top flight, the Primeira Liga since returning to first division in the 2002–03 season. As the title holders of the Taça de Portugal, Académica faced Porto in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, losing 1–0. Also, by winning the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal, the club entered directly to the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League for the first time.

Review and events

Académica de Coimbra signed Rafik Halliche, Serge N’Gal, Bruno China, Cleyton, Marcos Paulo, Rodrigo Galo, Wilson Eduardo, John Ogu, Carlos Saleiro, Afonso, Salim Cissé and Lassana Camará.

Competitions

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Super Cup

Porto v Académica de Coimbra

11 August 2012 Final	Porto	1 - 0	Académica de Coimbra	Aveiro
20:45	Defour  53' Otamendi  88' Martínez  90',  90'	Summary	Cabral  61'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Marítimo	30	9	11	10	34	45	−11	38
11	Académica	30	6	10	14	33	45	−12	28
12	Vitória de Setúbal	30	7	5	18	30	55	−25	26

Updated to games played on 11 May 2013.
Source: LPFP (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of matches won; 7th number of goals scored
¹ The winner of 2012–13 Taça de Portugal qualify to group stage of Europa League
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Beira-Mar v Académica de Coimbra

20 August 2012 Match 1	Beira-Mar	3–3	Académica de Coimbra	Aveiro
21:15	Balboa  7' (pen.),  36' Camará  42', 56' Collet  67' Fleurival  73' Ribeiro  79' Joãozinho  88'	Summary	Real  7' Reiner  58' Makelele  62' Cissé  69' Ogu  73' Edinho  81', 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa

Académica de Coimbra v Olhanense

24 August 2012 Match 2	Académica de Coimbra	1–1	Olhanense	Coimbra
21:15	Ogu  47' Edinho  53',  90+2' Makelele  61' Cissé  79'	Summary	Ivanildo  41' Silva  68' Ricardo  83' Luís Filipe  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Cosme Cunha Machado

Rio Ave v Académica de Coimbra

2 September 2012 Match 3	Rio Ave	0–0	Académica de Coimbra	Vila do Conde
19:00	Nivaldo  66'	Summary		Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Nuno Miguel Serrano Almeida

Académica de Coimbra v Benfica

23 September 2012 Match 4	Académica de Coimbra	2–2	Benfica	Coimbra
21:15	Cissé  26' (pen.) Galo  50' Dias  54' Reiner  61' Eduardo  69' (pen.) Ogu  77'	Summary	Pereira  25' Cardozo  51' (pen.) Melgarejo  54' Garay  69' Lima  85'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 8,270 Referee: Carlos Miguel Taborda Xistra

Marítimo v Académica de Coimbra

30 September 2012 Match 5	Marítimo	0–2	Académica de Coimbra	Funchal
19:15	Dias  36' Héldon  78'	Summary	Eduardo  11',  68' Dias  27' Marinho  43',  60'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 3,429 Referee: Hugo Rodrigues Pacheco

Académica de Coimbra v Vitória de Guimarães

7 October 2012 Match 6	Académica de Coimbra	1–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Coimbra
19:30	Marinho  23' Reiner  55' Dias  74' Ogu  88', 88' Keita  90+1' Ferreira  90+2'	Summary	Soudani  67', 87' Defendi  76'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,444 Referee: Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes

Sporting CP v Académica de Coimbra

29 October 2012 Match 7	Sporting CP	0–0	Académica de Coimbra	Lisbon
21:15	A. Silva  43' Rinaudo  72' Pranjić  78' Viola  81' Van Wolfswinkel  87' Izmailov  89'	Summary	Ferreira  15' Galo  33' Lopes  88'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,056 Referee: Bruno Alexandre da Silva Esteves

Académica de Coimbra v Estoril

4 November 2012 Match 8	Académica de Coimbra	0–2	Estoril	Coimbra
19:00	Keita  73' Edinho  86', 90' Bruno China  88' Eduardo  89'	Summary	Evandro  51' Nascimento  84' Licá  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Marco Bruno dos Santos Ferreira

Porto v Académica de Coimbra

11 November 2012 Match 9	Porto	2–1	Académica de Coimbra	Porto
19:00	Rodríguez  50' Moutinho  62' Ba  75'	Summary	Reiner  77' Eduardo  79' Ogu  83'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 31,910 Referee: Hugo Rodrigues Pacheco

Académica de Coimbra v Gil Vicente

25 November 2012 Match 10	Académica de Coimbra	2–2	Gil Vicente	Coimbra
19:00	Ferreira  49' Edinho  84'	Summary	Éder  27' Amaral  40' Araújo  42',  68' Cláudio  73' P. Pereira  85'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,258 Referee: João Carlos Santos Capela

Académica de Coimbra v Braga

10 December 2012 Match 11	Académica de Coimbra	1–4	Braga	Coimbra
19:15	Cissé  82',  86'	Summary	Ismaily  8' Amorim  16' Mossoró  64' Barbosa  77' Carlão  80'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,741 Referee: Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias

Moreirense v Académica de Coimbra

16 December 2012 Match 12	Moreirense	2–2	Académica de Coimbra	Moreira de Cónegos
17:00	Fernandes  4' Ghilas  27' Wagner  30' Espinho  62'	Summary	Makelele  21' Cleyton  32' Manuel Afonso Júnior  37' Edinho  43',  73' Nivaldo  87' Cissé  90+3'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 1,234 Referee: Luís Ferreira

Académica de Coimbra v Vitória de Setúbal

5 January 2013 Match 13	Académica de Coimbra	4–2	Vitória de Setúbal	Coimbra
19:00	Cissé  12' Edinho  15', 27', 84' Reiner  76'	Summary	Tavares  23' Meyong  62',  78' (pen.) Cristiano  67'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,287 Referee: Cosme Cunha Machado

Paços de Ferreira v Académica de Coimbra

13 January 2013 Match 14	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Académica de Coimbra	Paços de Ferreira
17:00	Hurtado  51' Leão  52' Tony  58' Ricardo  71'	Summary	Real  44' Ferreira  51' Ricardo  70'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 1,378 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

Académica de Coimbra v Nacional

21 January 2013 Match 15	Académica de Coimbra	2–1	Nacional	Coimbra
17:00	Makelele  46' Cleyton  55' Reiner  57' Edinho  59',  81' Bruno China  72'	Summary	Rondón  21' Da Costa  38' Aurélio  39' Mexer  72' Revson  76', 83'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,664 Referee: Vasco Santos

Académica de Coimbra v Beira-Mar

25 January 2013 Match 16	Académica de Coimbra	3–1	Beira-Mar	Coimbra
17:00	Marinho  15',  84' Edinho  35',  83' Cleyton  37' Reiner  81'	Summary	Dias  27' Moreira  55' Ribeiro  84' (pen.) Camará  84'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,521 Referee: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel

Olhanense v Académica de Coimbra

3 February 2013 Match 17	Olhanense	0–0	Académica de Coimbra	Olhão Municipality
17:00	Luís Filipe  85'	Report	Bruno China  16' Edinho  38' Marinho  66'	Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo Attendance: 1329 Referee: Pedro Proença

Académica de Coimbra v Rio Ave

10 February 2013 Match 18	Académica de Coimbra	1–2	Rio Ave	Coimbra
17:00	Cissé  50'	Report	Filipe Augusto  15' Koka  30' Bébé  54',  70' Lopes  56' Edimar  65' Oblak  84' Lionn  88' Marcelo  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2250 Referee: Carlos Miguel Taborda Xistra

Benfica v Académica de Coimbra

17 February 2013 19	Benfica	1–0	Académica de Coimbra	Lisbon
20:15	Lima  90+4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 32,206 Referee: Nuno Almeida

Académica de Coimbra v Marítimo

25 February 2013 Match 20	Académica de Coimbra	2–3	Marítimo	Coimbra
21:00	Edinho  45+2' Eduardo  90+4'	Summary	Dias  6' Artur  25',  45+1' Rosário  37' Simão  45+1' Sami  48' Salin  61' Briguel  67'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 2,807 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Vitória de Guimarães v Académica de Coimbra

4 March 2013 Match 21	Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	Académica de Coimbra	Guimarães
19:15	Rodrigues  4',  78' Soudani  20',  27' Olímpio  46' Oliveira  58'	Summary	Halliche  42' Makelele  60' Edinho  82'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 7,302 Referee: Vasco Santos

Académica de Coimbra v Sporting CP

9 March 2013 Match 22	Académica de Coimbra	1–1	Sporting CP	Coimbra
21:15	Eduardo  26' (pen.) Cabral  74' Marcos Paulo  78' Ricardo  90+2'	Summary	Fokobo  25' Cédric  44' Van Wolfswinkel  78'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 6,086 Referee: Hugo Rodrigues Pacheco

Estoril v Académica de Coimbra

17 March 2013 Match 23	Estoril	2–0	Académica de Coimbra	Estoril
17:00	Licá  8' Carlos Eduardo  9',  26' Gerso  60' Vitória  62'	Summary	Marcos Paulo  17' Edinho  85' Cleyton  85'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Jorge Ferreira

Académica de Coimbra v Porto

30 March 2013 Match 24	Académica de Coimbra	0–3	Porto	Coimbra
19:15	Bruno China  24'	Summary	Mangala  16',  34' Danilo  52' Otamendi  61' Moutinho  88' Castro  89'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 5,832 Referee: Bruno Alexandre da Silva Esteves

Gil Vicente v Académica de Coimbra

7 April 2013 Match 25	Gil Vicente	2–1	Académica de Coimbra	Barcelos, Portugal
17:00	Cunha  33' Halisson  41' Brito  62' Peixoto  65' Bruno China  69' (o.g.)	Summary	Real  31' Eduardo  42',  64'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 4,728 Referee: João Lopes Ferreira

Braga v Académica de Coimbra

19 April 2013 Match 26	Braga	1–0	Académica de Coimbra	Braga
21:00	Rúben Micael  45'	Summary	Cabral  41' Reiner  71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 18,401 Referee: Hugo Filipe Ferreira de Campos Moreira Miguel

Académica de Coimbra v Moreirense

28 April 2013 Match 27	Académica de Coimbra	1–0	Moreirense	Coimbra
21:15	Marinho  18',  68' Ferreira  60' Reiner  62' Cissé  75' Galo  89'	Summary	Filipe Gonçalves  90'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 12,739 Referee: Pedro Proença

Vitória de Setúbal v Académica de Coimbra

5 May 2013 Match 28	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1	Académica de Coimbra	Setúbal
17:00	Santos  32', 85' Queirós  60'	Summary	Galo  27' Marinho  34' Bruno China  72' Ogu  78'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 3,779 Referee: Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa

Académica de Coimbra v Paços de Ferreira

12 May 2013 Match 29	Académica de Coimbra	1–1	Paços de Ferreira	Coimbra
19:15	Ogu  25' Edinho  72' (pen.) Cleyton  75' Makelele  90+2'	Summary	Vieira  55' Poulson  71'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 8,799 Referee: Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes

Nacional v Académica de Coimbra

19 May 2013 Match 30	Nacional	2–1	Académica de Coimbra	Funchal
19:30	Candeias  41' Keita  64'	Report	Edinho  48' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 2.784 Referee: João Ferreira

Taça de Portugal

Ponte da Barca v Académica de Coimbra

21 October 2012 Round 3	Ponte da Barca	1–3	Académica de Coimbra	Ponte da Barca
15:00		Summary		Stadium: Campo Municipal Ponte da Barca

Académica de Coimbra v Penalva do Castelo

18 November 2012 Round 4	Académica de Coimbra	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Penalva do Castelo	Coimbra
17:00	Real  54' Dias  88' Edinho  108' (pen.)	Summary	Gamarra  90' Gui  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 1,218 Referee: João Lopes Ferreira

Académica de Coimbra v Tourizense

1 December 2012 Round 5	Académica de Coimbra	3–0	Tourizense	Coimbra
18:00	Nivaldo  13',  90+4' Dias  25' Edinho  37' Ogu  39' Afonso  47' Reiner  49' Eduardo  56',  81' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 1,239 Referee: Rui Manuel Gomes Costa

Académica de Coimbra v Benfica

17 January 2013 Quarter Final	Académica de Coimbra	0–4	Benfica	Coimbra
21:45	Keita  32' Ferreira  80'	Summary	John  5' Lima  9', 27' Jardel  40' Salvio  71'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 7,498 Referee: Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa

League Cup

Round 2

Covilhã v Académica de Coimbra

8 September 2012 First Leg	Covilhã	2–0	Académica de Coimbra	Covilhã
22:00	Fabrício  28' Silva  65',  74' Fernandes  90+2'	Summary	Ferreira  7' Cleyton  41' Reiner  90'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã Attendance: 535 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Académica de Coimbra v Covilhã

14 October 2012 Second Leg	Académica de Coimbra	2–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Covilhã	Coimbra
19:00	Edinho  32', 73' Bruno China  45+2' Cleyton  80'	Summary	Silva  35' Grilo  58' Araújo  79' José Gaspar  81'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 951 Referee: Rui Manuel Gomes Costa

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benfica	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
Moreirense	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Académica	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
Olhanense	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2

Moreirense v Académica

19 December 2012 Match 1	Moreirense	2–2	Académica	Moreira de Cónegos
17:00	Augusto  63' Ghilas  84', 90+3'	Summary	Keita  12' Eduardo  51' Nivaldo  58', 74'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 438 Referee: Bruno Miguel Duarte Paixão

Académica de Coimbra v Olhanense

30 December 2012 Match 2	Académica de Coimbra	0–0	Olhanense	Coimbra
17:00	Halliche  55', 66' Saleiro  63'	Summary	Jander  25' Piloto  59' Brandão  66'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 920 Referee: João Lopes Ferreira

Benfica v Académica de Coimbra

9 January 2013 Match 3	Benfica	3–2	Académica de Coimbra	Lisbon
20:45	Lima  40', 66' Alan Kardec  62' Martins  90'	Summary	Makelele  44',  69' Saleiro  50' Reiner  52', 69' Keita  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 13,872 Referee: Manuel Mota

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Viktoria Plzeň	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
Atlético Madrid	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12
Académica	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4

Viktoria Plzeň v Académica

20 September 2012 Match 1	Viktoria Plzeň	3 - 1	Académica	Plzeň
19:00	Horváth  46',  49' Ďuriš  58' Rajtoral  80' Kozáčik  88'	Summary	Eduardo  19' Halliche  21' Cissé  50' Edinho  78' Ogu  82'	Stadium: Stadion města Plzně Attendance: 10,848 Referee: Hannes Kaasik

Académica v Hapoel Tel Aviv

4 October 2012 Match 2	Académica	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Coimbra
21:05	Cissé  47'	Summary	Gordana  60' Badir  89' Damari  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 5,676 Referee: Stephan Studer

Atlético Madrid v Académica

25 October 2012 Match 3	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Académica	Madrid
21:05	Costa  48' Belözoğlu  68' Saúl  86'	Summary	Lourival  62' Cissé  85' Bruno China  90+1'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 15,749 Referee: Bobby Madden

Académica v Atlético Madrid

8 November 2012 Match 4	Académica	2–0	Atlético Madrid	Coimbra
19:00	Eduardo  13',  28', 70' (pen.) Nivaldo  41' Cleyton  58' Real  84' Makelele  90+1'	Summary	Sílvio  47' García  54' Díaz  76'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Lee Probert

Académica v Viktoria Plzeň

22 November 2012 Match 5	Académica	1–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Coimbra
21:05	Dias  57' Ricardo  66' Eduardo  77' Marinho  79' Edinho  88' (pen.) Ferreira  90'	Summary	Štípek  48' Darida  54' Horváth  57' (pen.) Hora  63'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 3,717 Referee: Marcin Borski

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Académica

6 December 2012 Match 6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	Académica	Tel Aviv
19:00	Merey  56' Hutba  64' Maman  80'	Summary		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Current squad

As of December 30, 2012.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Romuald Peiser 2 DF João Dias 3 DF Júnior Lopes 4 MF Flávio Ferreira 5 DF Rafik Halliche 6 MF Alphousseyni Keita 7 FW Marinho 8 MF Makelele 9 FW Serge N'Gal 12 GK Ricardo 13 DF João Real 14 MF Bruno China 20 MF Cleyton

No. Position Player 21 MF Marcos Paulo 22 DF Rodrigo Galo 24 GK Fábio Santos 26 DF Nivaldo 28 FW Wilson Eduardo (on loan from Sporting CP) 30 MF John Ogu 35 DF Reiner 36 FW Edinho 39 FW Carlos Saleiro 55 DF Hélder Cabral 77 FW Afonso (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano) 88 MF Rodolph Amessan 92 FW Salim Cissé

References