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Edinburgh Academical Football Club
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| Full name | The Edinburgh Academical Football Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1857 | |||||||||||||||||
| Union | Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
| Region | Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Raeburn Place | |||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 100,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| President |  Willie Liston |
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| Coach | Ian Barnes |
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| Captain | Dan Teague | |||||||||||||||||
| League | Premiership Division One | |||||||||||||||||
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The Edinburgh Academical Football Club, also known as Edinburgh Accies or Edinburgh Acads, is a rugby union club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club was formed in 1857 and is the oldest rugby club in Scotland, the second oldest in the World and one of the founding members of the Scottish Rugby Union. The Club’s name omits the word 'Rugby' as it predates the division between the Association and Rugby codes of football, which took place in the 1860's. At present it plays in Scottish Premiership Division One and plays its home games at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Recently the Club's 1st XV finished second in the Scottish Premiership League Division 2, thereby securing promotion to the Premiership Division One for season 2007/8. They are also enjoying a successful Scottish Cup run, reaching the final to be played at Murrayfield Stadium on 5th May 2007, with recent victories over Premiership 1 teams Currie (recently crowned Scottish Champions), Hawick and Boroughmuir. They are coached by Scottish internationalists Ian Barnes, Jim Renwick and Tom Philip.
Recent Scottish internationalists include Mike Blair, David Callam, , Tom Philip, Stuart Moffat, Barry Stewart, Donnie Macfadyen, Scott Murray, Rob Wainwright, David McIvor, Jeremy Richardson, John Allan, Alec Moore and David Sole.
- Edinburgh Academicals Football Club Official Site
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| Ayr • Boroughmuir • Currie • Dundee HSFP • Edinburgh Academicals • Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians • Glasgow Hawks • Hawick • Heriot's • Melrose • Stirling County • Watsonians |
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| Governing body | Scottish Rugby Union |
| National teams | Scotland · A · Club International Team · U-21 · U-19 · Seven's · Women's · School's · British and Irish Lions |
| Competitions | Magners League (Scotland, Ireland and Wales) · Scottish Hydro Electric League Championship · Premiership · National League · Regional Leagues (ex-District Leagues) · Border League · Grampian Alliance League · Highland Alliance League · University Leagues · 2nd XV Leagues · SWRU League (Women's) · Scottish Hydro Electric Cup · SuperCup (defunct) |
| See also | League System · Murrayfield Stadium · Edinburgh Sevens · Borders Sevens Circuit · Melrose Sevens |
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Recent Dutch Internationalist Include Greg Campbell, Tom Stuart. Recent Polish Internationalist Include Adi Zabroski.