U.D. Leiria
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| Full name | União Desportiva de Leiria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Os Lis (The Ones from the Lis River) |
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| Founded | 6 June 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria (Capacity 30,000) |
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| Chairman |  João Bartolomeu |
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| Manager | Vítor Oliveira |
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| League | Liga de Honra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | BWINLIGA, 16th (relegated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, and play home games in Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, also know as O Lis.
Its football team currently plays in the Portuguese first division. 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 Portugal, the club is usually a heavy contender in the battle to reach a place in the UEFA competitions but were relegated in the 2007-08 season to Liga de Honra, finishing bottom of the table.
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[edit] Fans
The city of Leiria has about 50,000 people, the district of Leiria about 471,000. Leiria fans are called Leirienses and their main group of supporters, in Portuguese known as a claque, is called Frente Leiria.
[edit] Notable players
- Fábio Felício
- Hugo Almeida
- João Paulo Andrade
- Luís Filipe
- Nuno Valente
Derlei- Helton
Roudolphe Douala
Alioune Touré
Kwame Ayew
[edit] Notable former managers
[edit] Squad 2008/09
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[edit] Transfers 2008/09
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[edit] Honours
- Portuguese Liga: 5th place - 2000/01, 2002/03
- Portuguese Cup: Finalist - 2002/03
- Portuguese Supercup: Finalist - 2002/03
- Portuguese Liga de Honra: Champion - 1997/98
- Portuguese Second Division: Champion (central zone) - 1978/79, 1980/81
- UEFA Cup: 1st Round - 2003/04, 2007/08
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: Champion - 2007/08, finalist 2005/06
[edit] League and Cup History
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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes 1970-1971 2DN 3 26 11 8 7 40 34 30 1971-1972 2DS 3 30 14 7 9 50 29 35 1972-1973 2DS 5 30 17 5 8 50 27 39 1973-1974 2DS 7 38 16 9 13 52 49 41 1974-1975 2DS 13 38 12 10 16 50 56 34 1975-1976 2DS 17 38 11 12 15 42 52 34 1976-1977 2DC 11 30 10 8 12 26 31 28 1977-1978 2DC 8 30 11 8 11 34 42 30 1978-1979 2DC 1 30 20 6 4 56 20 46 promoted 1979-1980 1D 13 30 6 9 15 26 49 21 relegated 1980-1981 2DC 1 30 19 7 4 56 21 45 promoted 1981-1982 1D 16 30 8 4 18 25 50 20 relegated 1982-1983 2DC 3 30 17 10 3 44 17 44 1983-1984 2DC 9 30 10 8 12 35 25 28 1984-1985 2DC 2 30 17 7 6 42 27 41 1985-1986 2DC 9 30 10 8 12 33 49 28 1986-1987 2DC 12 30 10 7 13 28 40 27 1987-1988 2DC 4 38 18 11 9 64 43 47 1988-1989 2DC 10 34 9 13 12 42 44 31 1989-1990 2DC 3 34 20 9 5 61 18 49 4 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 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 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 best classification ever 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 UC 1st round 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 7 30 10 11 9 25 27 41 last 32 2007-2008 1D 16 24 1 6 17 18 44 9 5th round UC 1st round relegated; ongoing
- 1D: Portuguese Liga and predecessors (1st level)
- 2H: Liga de Honra (2nd level)
- 2DN, 2DC, 2DS: Portuguese Second Division, Northern Zone, Central Zone, Southern Zone (pre-1991: 2nd level; post 1991: 3rd level)
- UC: UEFA Cup
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Official website
- (Portuguese) Frente Leiria (official website)
- (Portuguese) Leiria blog
