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.

Associação Académica
de Coimbra – Organismo
Autónomo de Futebol
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

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Super Cup
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
Main article: 2012–13 Primeira Liga

League table
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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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
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
Main article: 2012–13 Taça de Portugal
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
Main article: 2012–13 Taça da Liga

Round 2
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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 321064+27
Moreirense 30303303
Académica 302145-12
Olhanense 302112-12
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
Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Viktoria Plzeň 6411114+713
Atlético Madrid 640274+312
Académica 612369−35
Hapoel Tel Aviv 6114411−74
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

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
  1. http://www.lpfp.pt/liga_zon_sagres/pages/classificacao_resultados.aspx
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