leckuno
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Since the Portuguese top flight started in 1934 its amazingly only ever been won by 5 teams with 2 of them only having won it once. The rest of the time its been won by just the big 3 teams, Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. The other two teams were Belenenses in 1945/46 and then by Boavista in 2000/01. Whats amazing though is that each of those 5 teams come from Porto and Lisbon. With this we are going to have a long term challenge to break the monopoly and take the title away from those cities and give fans elsewhere in Portugal the bragging rights.
The team I have chosen is Académica de Coimbra. Académica, once competed in the Champions League but has now fallen to the third tier of Portuguese football. This club almost went bankrupt in 2022, and bringing them back to their former status will be a challenge. The club does have a rich history with winning the Taça de Portugal Placard twice the first being the very first competition in in 1939 and their latest being 11 years ago in 2012.
The club were releagated from the top division in 2016 and still boast facilities good enough to compete there as well. They have one of the larger stadiums in the country and play at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra which has a capacity of 29,744 which if we can fill will help fill the bank account to help us compete at the top. The club also boasts great training and youth facilities. They have have good junior coaching along above average youth recruitment. The youth facilities and recruitment is going to be key for us over the next few seasons as we are going to have to look to our youth intakes to help us get there and beef out the squads.
Bank Balance
With the team hitting financial difficulties a couple of years ago the bank balance is actually pretty good for us with just under £1,000,000 in it and hopefully it will only go up over the course of the season if the projection is correct.
Board Vision
The board aren't expecting much of us this season with just wanting a top half finish in the league but I'm expecting a lot more from the team and want to challenge at the top for promotion.
Supporter Profile
The fans just want the same as the board which is always good and its also great to see that they have a low influence on the board as well
The Squad
The most important part here is the squad and it looks like we have a decent squad for this level but one thing you will notice when looking at them is that we only have 2 players who have a contract past the end of the season so its going to be interesting to see how we get on over the years until we can build an established squad
The team I have chosen is Académica de Coimbra. Académica, once competed in the Champions League but has now fallen to the third tier of Portuguese football. This club almost went bankrupt in 2022, and bringing them back to their former status will be a challenge. The club does have a rich history with winning the Taça de Portugal Placard twice the first being the very first competition in in 1939 and their latest being 11 years ago in 2012.
The club were releagated from the top division in 2016 and still boast facilities good enough to compete there as well. They have one of the larger stadiums in the country and play at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra which has a capacity of 29,744 which if we can fill will help fill the bank account to help us compete at the top. The club also boasts great training and youth facilities. They have have good junior coaching along above average youth recruitment. The youth facilities and recruitment is going to be key for us over the next few seasons as we are going to have to look to our youth intakes to help us get there and beef out the squads.
Bank Balance
With the team hitting financial difficulties a couple of years ago the bank balance is actually pretty good for us with just under £1,000,000 in it and hopefully it will only go up over the course of the season if the projection is correct.
Board Vision
The board aren't expecting much of us this season with just wanting a top half finish in the league but I'm expecting a lot more from the team and want to challenge at the top for promotion.
Supporter Profile
The fans just want the same as the board which is always good and its also great to see that they have a low influence on the board as well
The Squad
The most important part here is the squad and it looks like we have a decent squad for this level but one thing you will notice when looking at them is that we only have 2 players who have a contract past the end of the season so its going to be interesting to see how we get on over the years until we can build an established squad