2015–16 Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. season

The 2015–16 season was Académica de Coimbra's 64th season in the Primeira Liga and 14th and final consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Briosa also participated in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. The club was initially managed by José Viterbo in what would have been his first full season as manager. Viterbo, however, resigned on 20 September 2015 and later replaced by Filipe Gouveia on 24 September. The club were relegated from the top flight of Portuguese football for the first time since the 1998–99 season, following a home draw with Braga on 7 May 2016.

Académica
2015–16 season
PresidentJosé Eduardo Simões
CoachJosé Viterbo
(until 20 September 2015)
Filipe Gouveia
(from 24 September 2015)[1]
StadiumEstádio Cidade de Coimbra
Primeira Liga18th
Taça de PortugalFifth round
Taça da LigaSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Pedro Nuno (4)
All: Rafael Lopes (6)
Highest home attendance26,444
Lowest home attendance2,170
Average home league attendance5,354

Competitions edit

Pre-season edit

15 July 2015 Friendly Académica 3–1 Académica U19 Quiaios, Figueira da Foz
17:30 Hwang   ?'
Lopes   ?'
Pedro Nuno   ?'
António Xavier   ?' Stadium: Centro de Estágio Rosa Náutica
18 July 2015 Friendly Académica 0–1 Feirense Quiaios, Figueira da Foz
10:30 ?   ?' Stadium: Centro de Estágio Rosa Náutica
25 July 2015 Friendly Tondela 1–2 Académica Anadia
10:30 Saldanha   68' Ivanildo   32', 66' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Anadia
29 July 2015 Friendly Académica 0–3 Nacional Coimbra
17:00 Soares   24', 44'
Peters   67'
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
1 August 2015 Friendly Académica 1–2 Benfica Castelo Branco Entroncamento
17:00 Rabiola   57' Rocha   38'
Cristiano Pascoal   88'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal do Entroncamento
8 August 2015 Friendly Académica 1–1 Rio Ave Coimbra
17:00 Paciência   15' Kizito   88'
9 August 2015 Friendly Anadia 1–2 Académica Anadia
16:00 Mendonça   89' Pedro Nuno   ?'
Lopes   ?'
Stadium: Municipal Engº Sílvio Henriques Cerveira

Primeira Liga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Boavista 34 8 9 17 24 41 −17 33
15 Vitória de Setúbal 34 6 12 16 40 61 −21 30[a]
16 Tondela 34 8 6 20 34 54 −20 30[a]
17 União da Madeira (R) 34 7 8 19 27 50 −23 29 Relegation to LigaPro
18 Académica (R) 34 5 10 19 32 60 −28 25
Source: Liga Portugal, Soccerway
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.)[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Vitória de Setúbal ahead of Tondela on head-to-head record; Tondela–Vitória de Setúbal 1–3, Vitória de Setúbal–Tondela 0–1

Results by round edit

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GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLLLLWDDDDLWLWLWDLLDDLLWDLLLDLLDL
Position15181818181818171717171717171616161717171717171717171717171717171818
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2016. Source: LPFP
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

17 August 2015 1 Paços de Ferreira 1–0 Académica Paços de Ferreira
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Christian   39'
Roniel   42'   43'
Pelé   60'
Baixinho   75'
Cícero   85'
Jota   90+2'
Report Rui Pedro   21'
Bouadla   83'
Nascimento   90+2'
Obiora   90+4'
Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
Attendance: 3,077
Referee: João Capela
24 August 2015 2 Académica 0–4 Vitória de Setúbal Coimbra
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Suk   17', 55'
Claro   57'
Costinha   81'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 3,062
Referee: Cosme Machado
30 August 2015 3 Académica 1–3 Sporting CP Coimbra
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Rabiola   33' (pen.) Report Mané   6'
Slimani   24'
Aquilani   83' (pen.)
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 12,903
Referee: Bruno Esteves
13 September 2015 4 Nacional 2–0 Académica Funchal
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Soares   19'
Agra   64'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
Attendance: 1,793
Referee: Luís Ferreira
20 September 2015 5 Académica 0–2 Boavista Coimbra
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Zé Manuel   1'
Carvalho   87'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 3,507
Referee: João Pinheiro
28 September 2015 6 Rio Ave 1–0 Académica Vila do Conde
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Bressan   36' Report Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave
Attendance: 2,558
Referee: Nuno Almeida
3 October 2015 7 Académica 1–0 Marítimo Coimbra
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Rui Pedro   63' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2,559
Referee: Bruno Paixão
24 October 2015 8 Vitória de Guimarães 1–1 Académica Guimarães
20:45 WET (UTC+00:00) Tomané   16'
Alex   23'   48'
Moreno   48'   59'
Dalbert   51'
Alves   90+4'
Report Emídio Rafael   11'
Lopes   58',   66'
Rui Pedro   62'
Paciência   90+2'
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 10,036
Referee: Manuel Oliveira
1 November 2015 9 Académica 1–1 Moreirense Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Obiora   16'
Seco   45'
Lopes   74'
Marinho   82'
Plange   90+1'
Report Evaldo   18'
Gomes   27'
André Micael   30'
Medeiros   40'
Stefanović   85'
Fati   90+5'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Hugo Miguel
6 November 2015 10 Estoril 1–1 Académica Estoril
20:30 WET (UTC+00:00) Babanco   23'
Bonatini   34'
Diego Carlos   56'
Summary Seco   43'
Rabiola   71'
Obiora   83'
Alexandre   86'
Paciência   90+4'
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 1,283
Referee:   Jorge Sousa
29 November 2015 11 Académica 1–1 Arouca Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Paciência   11'
Piloto   69'
Santos   78'
L. Silva   78'
Ivanildo   80'
Marinho   90+2'
Summary Maurides   37'
Simão   45+2'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2,752
Referee:   João Capela
4 December 2015 12 Benfica 3–0 Académica Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC+00:00) Fejsa   18'
Jonas   35' (pen.), 69' (pen.)
Sanches   85'
Summary Trigueira   34'
A. Silva   44'
Ofori   69'
Rabiola   80'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 34,752
Referee:   Luís Ferreira
14 December 2015 13 Académica 4–3 Belenenses Coimbra
21:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Paciência   21' (pen.)
Alexandre   34',   80'
Pedro Nuno   42',   44'
Ivanildo   46'
Santos   85'
Summary João Afonso   21'
Sturgeon   37'
Nascimento   45+1' (o.g.)
Dias   48'
Caeiro   58'
G. Silva   73'
Ferreira   76'
T. Silva   90+1'
Pinto   90+3'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2,659
Referee:   Carlos Miguel Taborda Xistra
20 December 2015 14 Porto 3–1 Académica Porto
21:30 WET (UTC+00:00) D. Pereira   7',   89'
Aboubakar   53'
Herrera   72'
Summary Lopes   34'
Alexandre   53'
Rui Pedro   84'
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 32,122
Referee:   Bruno Esteves
2 January 2016 15 Académica 3–1 União da Madeira Coimbra
17:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Nascimento   8'
Trigueira   20'
Ivanildo   22'
Alexandre   67',   87'
Real   85'
Rabiola   90'
Summary Monteiro   21' (pen.)
Gian   44'
Martins   63'
Amilton   81'
Paulinho   84'
Soares   86'
Joãozinho   88'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2,387
Referee:   Fábio Veríssimo
6 January 2016 16 Braga 3–0 Académica Braga
19:15 WET (UTC+00:00) Kouka   31', 85'
Santos   42'
Stojiljković   45'
Summary Piloto   20'   26' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 4,169
Referee:   Nuno Almeida
10 January 2016 17 Académica 2–1 Tondela Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) William Gustavo   52'
L. Silva   57'
Lopes   67'
Alexandre   76'
Seco   84'
Summary Murillo   10'
Ramos   39'
Luís Alberto   45'
Souza   79'
Wágner   84'
Nascimento   87'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2,170
Referee:   André Moreira
16 January 2016 18 Académica 1–1 Paços de Ferreira Coimbra
16:15 WET (UTC+00:00) Marinho   26'
Real   45+1'
Qualembo   64'
L. Silva   83'
Summary Rocha   16'   84'
Jota   17'
Andrezinho   24'
Góis   56'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 3,372
Referee:   Sérgio Sousa
22 January 2016 19 Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 Académica Setúbal
20:30 WET (UTC+00:00) Hassan   38'
Venâncio   40'
Horta   81'
Issoko   84'
Ricardo   90+4'
Summary Ivanildo   31'
Rafa   31'
Lopes   36'
Piloto   59'
Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 2,288
Referee:   Manuel Oliveira
30 January 2016 20 Sporting CP 3–2 Académica Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC+00:00) Adrien Silva   30',   41'
Ruiz   43'
Ewerton   50'
Zeegelaar   82'
Montero   84'
Summary Rafa   8',   22'
Aderlan Silva   19'   80'
L. Silva   40'
Alexandre   47'
Ewerton   58' (o.g.)
Seco   80'
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 40,319
Referee:   Cosme Cunha Machado
7 February 2016 21 Académica 2–2 Nacional Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Plange   45'
Ivanildo   66'
Real   90'
Summary Oualembo   46' (o.g.)
Nascimento   50' (o.g.)
Gottardi   85'
Fofana   90+1'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 2,879
Referee:   Luis Ferreira
14 February 2016 22 Boavista 0–0 Académica Porto
17:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Figueiredo   27'
Sampaio   85'
Mandiang   90+4'
Summary Nascimento   24'
Real   60'
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Referee:   Luis Godinho
20 February 2016 23 Académica 0–2 Rio Ave Coimbra
20:45 WET (UTC+00:00) Summary Kuca   38'
Yazalde   69'
Edimar   85'
Roderick   90+3'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 3,397
Referee:   Manuel Mota
28 February 2016 24 Marítimo 1–0 Académica Funchal
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Soares   41'
Diawara   49'
Fransérgio   88'
Summary L. Silva   15'
Santos   19'
Alexandre   55'
Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 6,756
Referee:   Artur Soares Dias
6 March 2016 25 Académica 2–0 Vitória de Guimarães Coimbra
18:15 WET (UTC+00:00) Alexandre   45+2'
Marinho   50', 52'
L. Silva  63'
Summary Pedrão   48'
Cafú   48'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 4,889
Referee:   Manuel Oliveira
13 March 2016 26 Moreirense 2–2 Académica Moreira de Cónegos
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Gonçalves   36'
Boateng   54'
Martins   85' (pen.),   90'
Summary Plange   32'
Santos   34'
Seco   70'
L. Silva   78'
Real   84'
Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 2,712
Referee:   Fábio Veríssimo
20 March 2016 27 Académica 0–3 Estoril Coimbra
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Marinho   55' Summary Mattheus   21', 55'
Tavares   66'
Gerso   26',   69'
Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 5,194
Referee:   Rui Costa
2 April 2016 28 Arouca 3–2 Académica Arouca
16:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Jubal   18'
Lima   39'
Artur   43'
Rodrigues   51'
Coelho   63'
Adilson   74'
Summary Pedro Nuno   11'
Rabiola   46'
Piloto   49'
L. Silva   52'
Seco   66'
Paciência   62',   86'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Referee:   Carlos Xistra
9 April 2016 29 Académica 1–2 Benfica Coimbra
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Pedro Nuno   17',   28'
Nascimento   21'
Santos   45'
Plange   90+1'
Summary Mitroglou   39'
Jiménez   84'
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 26,444
Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)
17 April 2016 30 Belenenses 1–1 Académica Lisbon
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Ortuño   32' Summary Lopes   37' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 3,928
Referee: Sérgio Piscarreta
23 April 2016 31 Académica 1–2 Porto Coimbra
16:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Pedro Nuno   25' Summary Neves   38'
Brahimi   66'
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 5,085
Referee: Nuno Almeida
1 May 2016 32 União da Madeira 3–1 Académica Ribeira Brava
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Martins   42', 62'
Gian   90+4'
Summary Alexandre   68' Stadium: Centro Desportivo da Madeira
Attendance: 2,423
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
7 May 2016 33 Académica 0–0 Braga Coimbra
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Summary Stadium: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 4,898
Referee: Manuel Mota
14 May 2016 34 Tondela 2–0 Académica Tondela
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Pica   12'
Luís Alberto   54'
Summary Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso
Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Rui Costa

Taça de Portugal edit

Third round edit

18 October 2015 Sanjoanense 1–5 Académica São João da Madeira
15:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Bruno Almeida   49' Report Lopes   7', 51'
Rui Pedro   36' (pen.)
Paciência   85'
Marinho   90+3' (pen.)
Stadium: Estádio Conde Dias Garcia
Referee: André Moreira

Fourth round edit

21 November 2015 Trofense 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
Académica Trofa
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Serginho   35'
João Viana   63'
Miguel Ângelo   73'
Summary Piloto   51'
Ofori   52'   68'
Nascimento   56'
A. Silva   76'
Obiora   85'
Paciência   105'
Stadium: Estádio CD Trofense
Referee:   Jorge Ferreira

Fifth round edit

17 December 2015 Boavista 1–0 Académica Porto
19:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Mandiang   42'
Santos   86'
Summary A. Silva   84' Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Referee:   Rui Costa

Taça da Liga edit

Second round edit

23 September 2015 Marítimo 2–1 Académica Funchal
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Costa   47'
João Diogo   57'
Report Lopes   33' (pen.) Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Referee: Vasco Santos

Players edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   POR João Gomes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK   BRA Lee Oliveira 6 0 1+1 0 3 0 1 0
88 GK   POR Pedro Trigueira 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   BRA Aderlan Silva 27 0 23+2 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF   POR Emídio Rafael 11 0 9 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF   BRA Ricardo Nascimento 26 1 24+1 1 1 0 0 0
6 DF   FRA Tripy Makonda 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF   POR João Real 30 3 24+2 3 3 0 0+1 0
14 DF   BRA Iago Santos 19 0 17 0 1 0 1 0
22 DF   COD Christopher Oualembo 15 0 12+1 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF   BRA William Gustavo 8 0 3+3 0 1 0 1 0
37 DF   GHA Richard Ofori 7 0 4+1 0 2 0 0 0
55 DF   POR Rafa 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF   NGA Nwankwo Obiora 12 1 10+1 1 1 0 0 0
8 MF   FRA Selim Bouadla 8 0 5+2 0 0 0 1 0
20 MF   POR Rui Pedro 24 3 16+5 2 3 1 0 0
21 MF   POR Leandro Silva 30 1 23+4 1 2+1 0 0 0
24 MF   KOR Hwang Mun-ki 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF   POR Pedro Nuno 12 4 12 4 0 0 0 0
28 MF   POR Nuno Piloto 21 1 13+5 1 3 0 0 0
48 MF   POR Artur Taborda 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
65 MF   POR Fernando Alexandre 29 3 27 3 0+1 0 1 0
Forwards
7 FW   POR Marinho 21 3 10+8 2 2+1 1 0 0
9 FW   POR Rabiola 25 2 9+14 2 1+1 0 0 0
10 FW   GNB Ivanildo 23 1 18+2 1 1+1 0 0+1 0
17 FW   CIV Inters Gui 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   POR Gonçalo Paciência 30 4 17+10 3 0+2 1 1 0
30 FW   POR Rafael Lopes 29 6 13+13 3 2 2 1 1
43 FW   BFA Nii Plange 31 2 28 2 1+2 0 0 0
77 FW   POR Hugo Seco 30 1 7+20 1 2 0 1 0

Last updated: 21 May 2016
Source: Equipa

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Winter edit

Technical staff edit

Position Name
Head coach Filipe Gouveia
Assistant coach Miguel Pinto
Sérgio Carvalho
João Veloso
Goalkeeping coach Ricardo Fonseca

Source: Académica

References edit

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  2. ^ "Regulamento de Competições 2015-16" [Regulation of Competitions] (pdf) (in Portuguese). LPFP. p. 10. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Académica 2015/2016 - Emídio Rafael" (in Portuguese). Académica. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Académica 2015/2016 - Rabiola" (in Portuguese). Académica. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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