Olivais Futebol Clube is a Portuguese

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founded in 1935 in the ''

freguesia (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese over ...

'' (civil parish or borough) of

Santo António dos Olivais Santo António dos Olivais, commonly shortened to Olivais, is an urban freguesia, civil parish in the List of municipalities of Portugal, municipality of Coimbra Municipality, Coimbra in Portugal, making up the eastern part of the historic city of ...

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

. Its

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team has won several accolades and trophies in Portugal, including both the women's

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and the

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. Other sports departments and sporting disciplines of Olivais F.C. are

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athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

and

boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

References

External links

Official website
* Multi-sport clubs in Portugal Sport in Coimbra Sports clubs and teams established in 1935 1935 establishments in Portugal {{Portugal-sport-stub