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

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.

Académica
2012–13 season
PresidentJosé Eduardo Simões
CoachPedro Emanuel
StadiumEstádio Cidade de Coimbra
Primeira Liga11th
Taça de PortugalQuarter-finals
Taça da LigaThird round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Edinho (9)
All: Edinho (13)
Highest home attendance8,270 vs Benfica (23 September)
Lowest home attendance920 vs Olhanense (30 December)

Review and events

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Académica 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

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Super Cup

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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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Vitória de Guimarães 30 11 7 12 36 47 −11 40[a] Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
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
13 Gil Vicente 30 6 7 17 31 54 −23 25[c]
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Nacional ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Nacional–Vitória de Guimarães 2–1, Vitória de Guimarães–Nacional 1–3
  2. ^ Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the group stage of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal.
  3. ^ Gil Vicente ahead of Olhanense on head-to-head record; Gil Vicente–Olhanense 2–0, Olhanense–Gil Vicente 2–2

Matches

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20 August 2012 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 Sousa
24 August 2012 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 Machado
2 September 2012 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 Almeida
23 September 2012 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 Xistra
30 September 2012 5 Marítimo 0–2 Académica de Coimbra Funchal
19:15 D. Dias   36'
Héldon   78'
Summary Eduardo   11',   68'
J. Dias   27'
Marinho   43',   60'
Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 3,429
Referee: Hugo Pacheco
7 October 2012 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 Gomes
29 October 2012 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 Esteves
4 November 2012 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 Ferreira
11 November 2012 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 Pacheco
25 November 2012 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 Capela
10 December 2012 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 Soares Dias
16 December 2012 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'
Afonso   37'
Edinho   43',   73'
Nivaldo   87'
Cissé   90+3'
Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 1,234
Referee: Luís Ferreira
5 January 2013 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 Machado
13 January 2013 14 Paços de Ferreira 1–0 Académica de Coimbra Paços de Ferreira
17:00 Hurtado   51'
Leão   52'
Tony   58'
Ricardo   71'   87'
Summary Real   44'
Ferreira   51'
Ricardo   70'
Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
Attendance: 1,378
Referee: Jorge Ferreira
21 January 2013 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
25 January 2013 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 Miguel
3 February 2013 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
10 February 2013 18 Académica de Coimbra 1–2 Rio Ave Coimbra
17:00 Cissé   50' Report Filipe Augusto   15'
Hassan   30'
Bébé   54',   70'
Lopes   56'
Edimar   65'
Oblak   84'
Lionn   88'
Marcelo   90+1'
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2250
Referee: Carlos Xistra
17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 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
25 February 2013 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
4 March 2013 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
9 March 2013 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 Pacheco
17 March 2013 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
30 March 2013 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 Esteves
7 April 2013 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 Ferreira
19 April 2013 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 Miguel
28 April 2013 27 Académica de Coimbra 1–0 Moreirense Coimbra
21:15 Marinho   18',   68'
Ferreira   60'
Reiner   62'
Cissé   75'
Galo   89'
Summary Gonçalves   90' Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 12,739
Referee: Pedro Proença
5 May 2013 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 Sousa
12 May 2013 29 Académica de Coimbra 1–1 Paços de Ferreira Coimbra
19:15 Ogu   25'
Edinho   72' (pen.)
Cleyton   75'
Makelele   90+2'
Summary Manuel José   55'
Poulson   71'
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 8,799
Referee: Duarte Gomes
19 May 2013 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

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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
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
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
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 Sousa

Taça da Liga

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Round 2

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8 September 2012 First leg Sporting da 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
14 October 2012 Second leg Académica de Coimbra 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
Sporting da 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 Costa

Group D

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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
19 December 2012 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 Paixão
30 December 2012 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 Ferreira
9 January 2013 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

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Group stage

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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
20 September 2012 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
4 October 2012 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
25 October 2012 Match 3   Atlético Madrid 2–1   Académica Madrid
21:05 Costa   48'
Belözoğlu   68'
Saúl   86'
Summary Lopes   62'
Cissé   85'
Bruno China   90+1'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 15,749
Referee:   Bobby Madden
8 November 2012 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
22 November 2012 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
6 December 2012 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

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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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Romuald Peiser
2 DF   POR João Dias
3 DF   BRA Júnior Lopes
4 MF   POR Flávio Ferreira
5 DF   ALG Rafik Halliche
6 MF   MLI Alphousseyni Keita
7 FW   POR Marinho
8 MF   BRA Makelele
9 FW   CMR Serge N'Gal
12 GK   POR Ricardo
13 DF   POR João Real
14 MF   POR Bruno China
20 MF   BRA Cleyton
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   BRA Marcos Paulo
22 DF   BRA Rodrigo Galo
24 GK   POR Fábio Santos
26 DF   CPV Nivaldo
28 FW   POR Wilson Eduardo (on loan from Sporting CP)
30 MF   NGA John Ogu
35 DF   BRA Reiner
36 FW   POR Edinho
39 FW   POR Carlos Saleiro
55 DF   POR Hélder Cabral
77 FW   BRA Afonso (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano)
88 MF   CIV Rodolph Amessan
92 FW   GUI Salim Cissé

References

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