Coimbra
Team Sport League Venue
Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F Football Portuguese Liga Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Basquetebol Basketball Portuguese Basketball League ( LCB ) Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra
Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Rugby Rugby Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock Estádio Universitário de Coimbra
Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Voleibol Volleyball Portuguese Volleyball League A1 Estádio Universitário de Coimbra
C.F . União de Coimbra Football Portuguese Third Division Estádio Sérgio Conceição
Agrária Rugby Campeonato Nacional de Rugby I Divisão Campo da Escola Agrária
Sport
Coimbra is home to Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F . ( known simply as Académica ) , a professional football autonomous organism of the University of Coimbra students ' union Associação Académica de Coimbra , founded in 1872 and having its current statute of autonomous football organization since the 1980s . Académica football team plays in the Portuguese Liga at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra . Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra , another sports club with tradition in the city , owner of a football team which plays in the Portuguese Second Division , is other important club of Coimbra . Coimbra also has one of the largest multisports clubs in Portugal : the University of Coimbra 's students ' union Associação Académica de Coimbra , includes sections dedicated to a wide array of sports such as rugby , volleyball , handball , rink hockey , basketball , baseball , tennis , swimming , rowing , among many others . The 30,210-seater Estádio Cidade de Coimbra ( Coimbra City Stadium ) . The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra ( 30,000 seats ) , which was a site of 2004 European Football Championship and includes olympic swimming pools ( Piscinas Municipais ) , as well as a multiuse sports facility ( Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra ) , located both near the stadium ; the Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição ; and the Estádio Universitário de Coimbra , an extensive sports complex of the university on Mondego 's left bank , are the main athletics and sports venues in Coimbra . The Pavilhão Jorge Anjinho sports arena ( headquarters of Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F . ) , Pavilhão dos Olivais , and Pavilhão do C.F . União de Coimbra , are other places where some of the most important indoor sports clashes involving teams of Coimbra are played . Major sports teams based in Coimbra include :
Coimbra (/koʊˈɪmbrə/, also US: /kuˈ-, ˈkwɪmbrə/, UK: /ˈkɔɪmbrə/, Portuguese: [kuˈĩbɾɐ] (listen) or [ˈkwĩbɾɐ]) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of 319.40 square kilometres (123.3 sq mi). The fourth-largest urban centre in Portugal (after Lisbon, Porto and Braga), it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. About 460,000 people live in the Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and extending into an area of 4,336 square kilometres (1,674 sq mi). Among the many archaeological structures dating back to the Roman era, when Coimbra was the settlement of Aeminium, are its well-preserved aqueduct and cryptoporticus. Similarly, buildings from the period when Coimbra was the capital of Portugal (from 1131 to 1255) still remain. During the late Middle Ages, with its decline as the political centre of the Kingdom of Portugal, Coimbra began to evolve into a major cultural centre. This was in large part helped by the establishment of the University of Coimbra in 1290, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world. Apart from attracting many European and international students, the university is visited by many tourists for its monuments and history. Its historical buildings were classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2013: Coimbra offers an outstanding example of an integrated university city with a specific urban typology as well as its own ceremonial and cultural traditions that have been kept alive through the ages.