U.D. Leiria

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União D. de Leiria

Full name

União Desportiva de Leiria

Nickname(s)

Os Lis
(The Ones from the Lis River)

Founded

6 June 1966

Ground

Estádio Municipal de Leiria
Dr. Magalhães Pessoa,
Leiria

Capacity

30,000

Chairman

João Bartolomeu

Manager

Domingos Paciência

League

BWINLIGA

2005-06

Liga, 7th





Home colours





Away colours

União Desportiva de Leiria, known simply as União de Leiria (pron. IPA: [uni'ɐ̃ũ dɨ lɐi'ɾiɐ]) is a Portuguese sports club. Founded in 1966, they are the youngest club in the Portuguese SuperLiga. They are from the city of Leiria, in central Portugal. They play in Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, also know as O Lis.

Its football team currently plays in the top tier SuperLiga. Leiria is one of the most respected clubs in Portugal and are known for their surprise games in which they are currently successful in the Superliga. Their biggest rivals in Portugal are Sport Clube Beira-Mar, Naval 1º de Maio and Académica de Coimbra, which belong to the same geographical region. In the Portuguese Football Championship, the club is usually a heavy contender in the battle to reach a place in the UEFA competitions. They are known by their fans as "a team with class"^{[citation needed]}.

1 Fans
2 Notable players
3 Former Managers
4 Squad 2006-2007
5 League and Cup History
6 Past success
7 External links

[edit] Fans

The city of Leiria has about 50,000 people, the district of Leiria has about 471,000 people. Leiria fans are call leirienses and their main group of supporters, in Portuguese known as a claque, is called Frente Leiria.

Os Lis of Leiria are known for their stiff competitiveness when playing home games.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Former Managers

[edit] Squad 2006-2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Fernando
2	DF	Rossato
3	DF	Marcos António
4	DF	Hugo Costa
5	MF	Paulo Gomes
7	FW	Alioune Touré
8	DF	Éder
9	FW	Paulo César
11	MF	Harison
12	GK	Alemão
13	FW	Serge N’Gal
14	DF	Alhandra

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Faria
16	MF	Kata
17	DF	Renato
18	FW	Modou Sougou
19	FW	Ivanildo
22	MF	Cadu Silva
23	FW	Bartosz Slusarski
25	DF	Laranjeiro
26	DF	Valdomiro
28	GK	Bruno Vale
55	MF	Paulo Machado
87	DF	Eliézio

[edit] League and Cup History

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1979-1980	1D	13	30	6	9	15	26	49	21
1980-1981	2DC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		promoted
1981-1982	1D	16	30	8	4	18	25	50	20		relegated
14 seasons at lower levels
1994-1995	1D	6	34	13	10	11	41	44	36
1995-1996	1D	7	34	14	5	5	38	50	47
1996-1997	1D	17	34	8	6	20	25	53	30		relegated
1997-1998	2H	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?		promoted
1998-1999	1D	6	34	14	10	10	36	29	52	last 16
1999-2000	1D	10	34	10	12	12	31	35	42
2000-2001	1D	5	34	15	11	8	46	41	56
2001-2002	1D	7	34	15	10	9	52	35	55
2002-2003	1D	5	34	13	10	11	49	47	49	final
2003-2004	1D	10	34	11	12	11	43	45	45
2004-2005	1D	15	34	8	14	12	29	36	38	last 32
2005-2006	1D	7	34	13	8	13	44	42	47	last 64
2006-2007	1D	6	14	6	3	5	13	15	21	4th round	ongoing

[edit] Past success

In 2003, UD Leiria made it to the finals of the Taça de Portugal, losing to FC Porto 1-0. In 2004, they made it to the finals of the Intertoto, losing 2-0 to Lille OSC.