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.

1 Fans
2 Notable players
3 Notable former managers
4 Squad 2008/09
5 Transfers 2008/09
6 Honours
7 League and Cup History
8 External links

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

Notable former managers

Squad 2008/09

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Fernando
2	DF	Nélson
3	DF	Antoni Łukasiewicz
4	DF	Hugo Costa
5	DF	Éder
7	FW	Serge N’Gal
11	MF	Cadu da Silva
12	GK	Alemão
14	DF	Luís Alhandra
15	MF	Hugo Faria
17	DF	Renato
19	FW	Maciel

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Toñito
22	MF	Danielson
23	DF	Bruno Miguel
25	DF	Nuno Laranjeiro
33	GK	Rafael Fava
55	DF	Éder Gaucho
66	MF	Tiago
80	DF	Patrick
99	FW	Marcelinho
27	MF	Arvid Smit
77	MF	Harison
-	DF	Luiz Carlos

Transfers 2008/09

In:

Luiz Carlos - União Leiria

Total spending: ▼

Out:

Total income: ▲

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

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

External links

(Portuguese) Official website
(Portuguese) Frente Leiria (official website)
(Portuguese) Leiria blog

Liga Vitalis • 2008/09

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Liga de Honra	Ladies' team	Portuguese League Cup
Second Division (4 groups)	U-21	Portuguese SuperCup
Third Division (7 groups)	LPFP
District Associations	List of clubs
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