The Académica Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jorge Bernardo arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Jorge Bernardo has, at Académica, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market10 Aug 2026
As if he never left: João Silva returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. João Silva is a Académica player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Académica
Leandro Silva was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Amadou Coundoul falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Académica promote Antonio Pinto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Antonio Pinto has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andre Simoes joins the Académica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andre Simoes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Francisco Nascimento joins the Académica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Nascimento is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Amarildo in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Académica are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Académica try to borrow Issiar Dramé
Estrela da Amadora have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Transfer targets Académica ask about Lucas Noubi
- The dugout Leandro Silva asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Académica