U.D. Leiria

U.D. Leiria

Football club infobox
clubname = União D. de Leiria


fullname = União Desportiva de Leiria
nickname = "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 = flagicon|Portugal João Bartolomeu
manager = flagicon|Portugal Vítor Oliveira
league = Liga de Honra
season = 2007-08
position = BWINLIGA, 16th (relegated)
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União Desportiva de Leiria, known simply as União de Leiria (pron. IPA2|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.

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".

Notable players

*flagicon|Portugal Bilro
*flagicon|Portugal Fábio Felício
*flagicon|Portugal Hugo Almeida
*flagicon|Portugal João Paulo Andrade
*flagicon|Portugal Luís Filipe
*flagicon|Portugal Nuno Valente
*flagicon|Brazil Derlei
*flagicon|Brazil Helton
*flagicon|Cameroon Roudolphe Douala
*flagicon|France Alioune Touré
*flagicon|Ghana Kwame Ayew
*flagicon|Peru Eddy Carazas

Notable former managers

*flagicon|Portugal José Mourinho
*flagicon|Portugal Manuel José
*flagicon|Portugal Domingos Paciência

Current squad

Transfers 2008/09

In:
* Luiz Carlos - União LeiriaTotal spending: loss

Out:
* Ousseni Zongo - Gil Vicente
* Paulo César - SC Braga
* Modou Sougou - Academica
* Éder - Politehnica Timişoara
* Serge N'Gal - Gimnàstic de TarragonaTotal income: gain

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

League and Cup History

:

*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

External links

*pt icon [http://www.udl.leirianet.pt/ Official website]
*pt icon [http://www.frenteleiria.com/ Frente Leiria (official website)]
*pt icon [http://uniaodeleiria.blogspot.com/ Leiria blog]


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