C.F. União de Coimbra

Clube União 1919, usually known as União de Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: [uniˈɐ̃w dɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]), is a sports club in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. The club was founded on June 2, 1919 and has a large array of sports departments which includes football, futsal, basketball, aikido, volleyball and swimming.

União de Coimbra

Full name	Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra
Founded	1919, June 2
Ground	Campo da Arregaça, Coimbra
Capacity	1500
Chairman	Fernando Soares
Manager	Tiago Felgar
League	Campeonato de Portugal Taça de Portugal
Home colours Away colours

The main football team of União de Coimbra played one single season in the Portuguese First Division in 1972-1973, among big clubs like FC Porto, Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal. However this season coincided with hometown big club Académica de Coimbra being in Segunda Divisão as a result of being relegated the previous season, so a top division Coimbra derby never took place.^[1]

In 2016, for legal reasons, the club from Coimbra was forced to change its name and was renamed Clube União 1919. The team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal. It played in the Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição, in Taveiro, Coimbra, which was named after the football player Sérgio Conceição and has 2500 seats.

Football: league history

The club has a single presence at the top level of Portuguese football.^{[citation needed]}

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Notes
1972–1973	1D	14	30	5	7	18	22	54	17	relegated
1992–93	3	1	34	21	13	0	62	15	55	Promoted

In popular culture

Bruno Aleixo, a fictional character, popular in Portugal and Brazil, created by the comedy group GANA is a supporter of União de Coimbra.

Honours

• Campeão Nacional 2ªDiv.: 1
• Campeão Nacional 3ªDiv.: 1
• Campeão Distrital da Associação de Futebol de Coimbra: 1
• Winner of the Taça da Associação de Futebol de Coimbra: 1

References

1. "União de Coimbra. Há 50 anos, daquela única vez..." Jornal SOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-06.

External links

• Official website