Academica: European Champions

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February
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What a month and now we are into 6th which could mean Europa League depending on cup winners but now we are just 1 point behind 5th and now we are eliminated from all other competitions.

Estoril 0-0 Academica (League Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: None

Academica 0-4 Benfica
Scorers: None

Vitoria Setubal 1-4 Academica
Scorers: Marcelinho, Ivanildo (2), Coric

Academica 2-0 Estoril
Scorers: Ivanildo, Olascuaga

Pacos 1-4 Academica
Scorers: Ivanildo, Marcelinho, Paulo, Obiorah
 
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March/April
3 easy matches left so we can hopefully seal 4th and the Europa League Group Stage spot if Pacos slip up.

Academica 2-0 Gil Vicente
Scorers: Ivanildo, Olascuaga

Academica 4-1 Leixoes
Scorers: Ivanildo (3), Marcos Paulo

Braga 2-1 Academica
Scorers: Coric

Academica 4-0 Boavista
Scorers: Ivanildo (2), Boyata, Marcelinho

Penafiel 1-5 Academica
Scorers: Obiorah (2), Coric, Ivanildo, Olascuaga

Academica 3-1 Sporting Lisbon
Scorers: Marcos Paulo, Costea (2)

Vitoria Guimaraes 4-1 Academica
Scorers: Real
 
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Transfers/August/Europa League Draw/Coefficient News
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This was a really busy transfer window with a complete overhaul of the squad to try to challenge for the Champions League and by the way Portugal is now down to 8th in the ranking so there is only 2 champions league places which makes it way harder because now I have to break the Porto-Benfica duopoly.
Players In:
Mikael Ishak
23 year old Swedish striker who scored 20 goals for AaB in Denmark last season. 1.6 mil

Carlos Olascuaga
Was in the Team of the Year at RW for me on loan so brought him in permanently for free.

Dedryck Boyata
Another player brought in permanently after he was on loan. CB 425K

Bill Tuiloma
He is a 21 year old CDM but can play all over the back line and even CM. He was at Marseille last season. Free

Yarouba Cissako
Another hot prospect in France, this time at Monaco. He will be my starting RB. Free

Djalma
He was brought in for cover behind Olascuaga but Olascuaga got injured and Djalma started and he has been on fire since with 4 assists already. RW Free

Thomas Agyri
Brought in for cover at CM and CDM. Another hot prospect. Free

Patrick
Cover for all defensive positions. Free

Damir Maric
17 year old striker who was targeted by Marseille and Porto but eventually signed for us. Free

Marcos Lopes
After we couldn't bring Ante Coric back on loan we got another Man City starlet: Marcos Lopes who spent last season at Nantes in Ligue 1. CAM Loan

Joaozinho
Brought in for LB after Lino retired. Free

Bismarck Adjei-Boateng
Cover behind Marcos Paulo and Nwankwo Obiorah at CM. Loan

Out:
Marinho RW Free
Fernando Alexandre CDM Free
Oualembo RB Free
Hugo Seco RW Free
Damir Maric ST Loan to Aris
Federico Piovaccari ST 44K to Cittadella
Pedro Nuno CAM Loan to Omonia


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Brilliant start to the season with 3 wins out of 3 but we were handed a very tough Europa League draw with Inter, Dinamo Zagreb and Marseille.

Academica 4-1 Gil Vicente
Scorers: Mihai Costea, Rui Pedro (2), Joao Real

Olhanense 1-4 Academica
Scorers: Rui Pedro, Djalma, Thomas Agyri, Mikael Ishak

Academica 3-1 Nacional de Madeira
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2), Rui Pedro

Player of the Month: Rui Pedro
4 goals, 2 assists and 8.37 average rating
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September/October
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We had a winning streak of 8 in all competitions before losing to Sporting Lisbon and what an amazing start to the season we have had.

Academica 4-0 Penafiel
Scorers: Marcos Lopes, Rui Pedro, Mikael Ishak, Ivanildo

Academica 2-1 Inter Milan (Europa League Group Stage)
Scorers: Bismark Adjei-Boateng, Mikael Ishak

Vitoria Setubal 1-2 Academica
Scorers: Rui Pedro, Djalma

Vitoria Guimaraes 1-3 Academica
Scorers: Marcelinho (2), Ivanildo

Dinamo 3-4 Academica (Europa League Group Stage)
Scorers: Joao Real, Mikael Ishak, Ivanildo, Rui Pedro

Player of the Month for September:
It was hard to pick with so many good performances but I think Mikael Ishak deserves it with 3 goals and 1 assist
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Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Academica
Scorers: Rui Pedro

Academica 4-1 Ovarense (Portuguese Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: Marcos Paulo, Mikael Ishak, Ivanildo, Carlos Olascuaga

Marseille 2-1 Academica (Europa League Group Stage)
Scorers: Mikael Ishak

Academica 1-0 Boavista
Scorers: Nwankwo Obiorah

Benfica 2-0 Academica
Scorers: None

Player of the Month for October:
No standout performers but in the one game he did play Ivanildo had a 8.6 so why not give it to him
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November/December
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2 months of highs and lows as we lead the Primeira Liga by 3 points but we were also knocked out of the Europa League

Academica 1-2 Marseille (Europa League Group Stage)
Scorers: Ivanildo

Academica 2-0 Maritimo
Scorers: Djalma (2)

Academica 2-2 Gil Vicente (Portuguese Cup 4th Round Gil Vicente win on penalties)
Scorers: Ivanildo, Mikael Ishak

Inter 2-1 Academica (Europa League Group Stage)
Scorers: Djalma

Estoril 1-2 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak, Ivanildo

Player of the Month:
Ivanildo scored 3 goals in 5 games
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Acdemica 4-1 Dinamo Zagreb (Europa League Group Stage)
Scorers: Djalma, Rui Pedro, Dedryck Boyata, Ivanildo

Belenenses 1-3 Academica
Scorers: Bill Tuiloma, Mikael Ishak (2)

Academica 1-0 Braga
Scorers: Rui Pedro

Academica 1-3 Porto
Scorers: Mikael Ishak

Academica 4-0 Gil Vicente (League Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: Mihai Costea (3), Dedryck Boyata

Player of the Month:
Dedryck Boyata got 2 goals from defense and earned 2 clean sheets.
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January 2017
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We win all 6 games this month and have a 5 point lead atop the table.

Pacos de Ferreira 0-3 Academica
Scorers: Guti (o.g.), Djalma, Mihai Costea

Academica 5-1 Oliveirense
Scorers: Marcos Lopes (3), Mikael Ishak, Bismark Adjei-Boateng

Oliveirense 1-4 Academica (League Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: Dedryck Boyata, Abel Pereira (o.g.), Glaycon (o.g.), Ivanildo

Rio Ave 0-3 Academica
Mikael Ishak, Ivanildo, Carlos Olascuaga

Academica 2-0 Belenenses (League Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: Djalma, Nwankwo Obiorah

Gil Vicente 1-3 Academica
Scorers: Ivanildo, Mikael Ishak, Manasse Enza-Yamissi (o.g.)
 
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February
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We are through to the League Cup final and we could have a 7 point lead atop the table if we win our game in hand!
Vitoria Setubal 2-1 Academica (League Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: Anibal Capela

Academica 2-0 Olhanense
Scorers: Thomas Agyiri, Dedryck Boyata

Academica 3-2 Vitoria Setubal
Scorers: Mikael Ishak, Dedryck Boyata, Rui Pedro

Nacional Madeira 1-2 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak, Djalma

Academica 0-0 Sporting CP (League Cup Semi-Final Academica win on penalties)

Academica 1-1 Vitoria Guimaraes
Scorers: Ivanildo
 
Fantastic work so far! You are really dominating the portuguese league right now, too bad about the Europa League but it takes time to build up a good squad that can seriously mount a challenge in Europe.
 
TheOtherSpecialOne said:
Fantastic work so far! You are really dominating the portuguese league right now, too bad about the Europa League but it takes time to build up a good squad that can seriously mount a challenge in Europe.
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Thank you! It does look like we could be the first side besides Porto or Benfica since 2002 to win the Primeira Liga! Hopefully we can get a good draw next season to progress farther into Europe.
 
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March/April
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We have won the League Cup and with one more win we clinch the title!

March
Academica 1-1 Sporting Lisbon
Scorers: Djalma

Penafiel 2-4 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2), Rui Pedro, Ivanildo

Boavista 3-5 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2), Bismark Adjei-Boateng (2), Djalma

Academica 2-0 Benfica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak, Mihai Costea

Maritimo 0-3 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (3)

April
Academica 2-2 Estoril
Scorers: Mikael Ishak, Joaozinho

Braga 1-2 Academica
Scorers: Ivanildo, Marcos Lopes

Academica 5-1 Belenenses
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2), Djalma, Joao Meira (o.g.), Tony (o.g.)

Academica 4-2 Vitoria Guimaraes (League Cup final)
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2), Ivanildo, Rui Pedro

Porto 1-1 Academica
Scorers: Nwankwo Obiorah
 
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May
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We have won the title my a massive 9 points!

Academica 4-2 Pacos de Ferreira
Scorers: Mikael Ishak(3), Dedryck Boyata

Academica 5-1 Rio Ave
Scorers: Ivanildo (2), Mikael Ishak (3)

Oliveirense 0-3 Academica
Scorers: Ivanildo (3)

Player of the Season:
Mikael Ishak
He scored 30 goals in 34 appearances in the league with 13 assists and 37 goals in 47 appearances in all comps
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I won the Manager of the Year and Mikael Ishak won the player of the year and golden boot award. Ivanildo won the Academica Player of the Year.
 
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Transfer Window 2017/18
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In:
Bismark Adjei-Boateng: A 23 year old CM that spent last season on loan with us.
Anibal Capela: 25 year old CB that had been on loan with us for the last 4 seasons.
Jesse Joronen: After Fabio Santos left we picked up Jesse as backup at GK for Lee.
Teemu Pukki: Replacement for Mihai Costea
Lica: Can play in all AM positions and will provide backup for Rui Pedro and Ivanildo
 
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August
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We have won all games in all competitions but we get a tough Champions League draw.

Academica 3-0 Estoril (Supercup)
Scorers: Ivanildo (2), Mikael Ishak

Benfica 1-3 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2), Rui Pedro

Academica 7-0 Leixoes
Scorers: Ivanildo (2), Bismark Adjei-Boateng, Rui Pedro, Pedro Nuno, Mikael Ishak, Djalma

Champions League
I think that we can finish as runners up ahead of Sevilla and Dnipro
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Hey bro just read through your story and you've been making some great progress! Ishak looks like a great signing, im currently also doing a story in the Portuguese league but with Sporting and Academica aren't doing too badly on there.

But keep up the good work and yo will be in the mix for the CL final in no time!
 
Sam94 said:
Hey bro just read through your story and you've been making some great progress! Ishak looks like a great signing, im currently also doing a story in the Portuguese league but with Sporting and Academica aren't doing too badly on there.

But keep up the good work and yo will be in the mix for the CL final in no time!
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Thanks! We keep getting tough draws so it will be hard to raise our coefficient but hopefully we can make past the Group Stage and Ishak is a brilliant player.
 
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September
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Great start to the league but we can't transfer that form to Europe. Also Rui Pedro and Ivanildo, 2 key players for us, are both injured for 5 weeks.

Porto 0-4 Academica
Scorers: Rui Pedro, Mikael Ishak (2), Lica

Rio Ave 0-2 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak, Djalma

Sevilla 1-0 Academica (Champions League Group Stage)
Scorers: None

Academica 2-0 Vitoria Guimaraes
Scorers: Mikael Ishak, Bismark Adjei-Boateng
 
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End of 2017 update
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We have opened up an impressive 7 point lead in the Primeira Liga and it is especially surprising as we had Ivanildo, Mikael Ishak and Rui Pedro injured for a month. We have received a very difficult draw in the Champions League and I see our European journey ending here against Barcelona.
 
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January
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Our 7 point lead has increased to 11 points and it is starting to look too easy!

Penafiel 2-2 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2)

Academica 4-0 Olhanense
Scorers: Pedro Nuno, Djalma, Lica, Bismark Adjei-Boateng

Academica 7-2 Pacos de Ferreira (League Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: Lica (2), Mikael Ishak, Djalma, Anibal Capela, Ivanildo (2)

Estoril 0-1 Academica
Scorers: Pedro Nuno

Gil Vicente 2-0 Academica (League Cup 3rd Round)
Scorers: None

Academica 2-1 Benfica
Scorers: Djalma, Gustavo Henrique (o.g.)
 
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February
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Our lead has increased again! This time to 13 points! We are in the League Cup final.

Leixoes 0-4 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak (2), Anibal Capela, Ivanildo

Vitoria Guimaraes 1-1 Academica
Scorers: Mikael Ishak

Sporting Lisbon 2-2 Academica (League Cup Semi-Final)
Scorers: Teemu Pukki, Ivanildo

Academica 1-0 Porto
Scorers: Ivanildo

Academica 2-2 Barcelona (Champions League Round of 16)
Scorers: Rui Pedro, Mikael Ishak

Academica 3-1 Rio Ave
Scorers: Ivanildo, Djalma, Mikael Ishak
 
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