U.D. Leiria

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União de Leiria
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Full name União Desportiva de Leiria
Nickname(s) Os Lis
(The ones from the Lis river)
Founded 1966
Ground Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Ground Capacity 24,000
Chairman Mário Cruz
Manager Jorge Casquilha
League Campeonato Nacional de Seniores
2013–14 3rd (Promotion South)
Current season

União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (pronounced: [uniˈɐ̃w̃ dɨ lɐjˈɾiɐ]), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the third division, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, with a 24,000-seat capacity.

History

Leiria's biggest rivals in Portugal are S.C. Beira-Mar, Associação Naval 1º de Maio and Académica de Coimbra, which belong to the same geographical region. In 1979–80 the club first competed in the top division, finishing in 13th position and being the first team inside the relegation zone.

A heavy contender in the battle to reach European competitions in the 2000s, it was however relegated in 2007–08 to the second level, after finishing last. The team would be immediately promoted back, coming in second after champions S.C. Olhanense.

The 2011–12 season was lived amongst serious financial difficulties, with the squad not being paid their wages for several months,[1][2] as three coaching moves also happened during the campaign[3][4] and president João Bartolomeu resigned amongst accusations of ingratitude towards the players.[5] On 29 April 2012, after most of the squad rescinded their contracts, only eight players took the pitch for the league game at home against C.D. Feirense in an eventual 0–4 home loss;[6][7] the side played the last two matches, against S.L. Benfica and C.D. Nacional, with a complete team, but three players came from the juniors.[8][9]

After failing to meet the deadline to sign the team in division two, Leiria was automatically relegated to the third level.[10] Overwhelmed with the task of rebuilding a squad from scratch, the organization hired several players in an attempt to return to the professionals,[11][12][13] as a second senior team also begun competing in the Leiria regional leagues, coached by former club player Luis Bilro.[14] On 28 June 2013, the UD Leiria SAD was declared bankrupt in a meeting of his creditors, with the Portuguese state abstaining for demanding a debt of over 3.6M €.[15] The second senior team that competed in the regional league took the place of the SAD by buying his sports rights for 1000 €, with club returning to Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa after 2 seasons playing in other fields.[16][17]

Current squad

As of 29 September 2015[18]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Portugal GK Tiago Jorge
2 Russia DF Kirill Kostin
3 Portugal DF Benny
4 Brazil DF Anilton Júnior
5 Moldova DF Denis Marandici
6 Portugal DF Bruno Simão
7 Cape Verde FW Pedro Moreira
8 Portugal FW Alex Dias
9 Brazil FW Rafael Silveira
11 Cameroon FW Jean Paul Yontcha
12 Brazil GK Márcio Paiva
14 Russia MF Yury Bavin
No. Position Player
16 Brazil FW Gabriel Aquini
17 Russia FW Yevgeni Tyukalov
21 Cape Verde DF João Vicente
22 Portugal FW Hélio Vaz
25 Portugal MF Bruno González
28 Portugal DF Filipe Brigues
42 Cape Verde MF Tony Correia
45 Portugal MF André Perre
48 Portugal MF Hugo Pina
66 Portugal MF Bruno Jordão
90 Russia MF Aleksandr Lomakin
94 Brazil DF Nailson

League and cup history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
1970–71 2DN 3 26 11 8 7 40 34 30
1971–72 2DS 3 30 14 7 9 50 29 35
1972–73 2DS 5 30 17 5 8 50 27 39
1973–74 2DS 7 38 16 9 13 52 49 41
1974–75 2DS 13 38 12 10 16 50 56 34
1975–76 2DS 17 38 11 12 15 42 52 34
1976–77 2DC 11 30 10 8 12 26 31 28
1977–78 2DC 8 30 11 8 11 34 42 30
1978–79 2DC 1 30 20 6 4 56 20 46 Promoted
1979–80 1D 13 30 6 9 15 26 49 21 Relegated
1980–81 2DC 1 30 19 7 4 56 21 45 Promoted
1981–82 1D 16 30 8 4 18 25 50 20 Relegated
1982–83 2DC 3 30 17 10 3 44 17 44
1983–84 2DC 9 30 10 8 12 35 25 28
1984–85 2DC 2 30 17 7 6 42 27 41
1985–86 2DC 9 30 10 8 12 33 49 28
1986–87 2DC 12 30 10 7 13 28 40 27
1987–88 2DC 4 38 18 11 9 64 43 47
1988–89 2DC 10 34 9 13 12 42 44 31
1989–90 2DC 3 34 20 9 5 61 18 49
1990–91 2H 9 38 14 13 11 45 35 41
1991–92 2H 8 34 13 9 12 34 32 35
1992–93 2H 8 34 13 8 13 36 37 34
1993–94 2H 2 34 19 7 8 46 19 45 Promoted
1994–95 1D 6 34 13 10 11 41 44 36
1995–96 1D 7 34 14 5 5 38 50 47 IC GS
1996–97 1D 17 34 8 6 20 25 53 30 Relegated
1997–98 2H 1 34 20 10 4 73 32 70 Promoted
1998–99 1D 6 34 14 10 10 36 29 52 last 16
1999–00 1D 10 34 10 12 12 31 35 42
2000–01 1D 5 34 15 11 8 46 41 56 Best classification ever
2001–02 1D 7 34 15 10 9 52 35 55
2002–03 1D 5 34 13 10 11 49 47 49 final IC 1st round
2003–04 1D 10 34 11 12 11 43 45 45 last 16 UC 1st round
2004–05 1D 15 34 8 14 12 29 36 38 last 32 IC runner-up
2005–06 1D 7 34 13 8 13 44 42 47 last 64 IC 3rd round
2006–07 1D 7 30 10 11 9 25 27 41 last 32
2007–08 1D 16 30 3 7 20 25 53 16 last 32 IC
UC		 Winner
1st round		 Relegated
2008–09 2H 2 28 15 9 6 46 29 53 last 64 Promoted
2009–10 1D 9 30 9 8 13 35 41 35 last 32
2010–11 1D 10 30 9 8 13 25 38 35 last 64
2011–12 1D 16 30 5 4 21 25 56 19 last 64 Relegated
2012–13 2DS 7 30 13 7 10 36 31 46 last 32
2013–14 3 3 32 17 8 7 43 33 24 last 64
2014–15 3 3 30 16 7 7 57 35 39 2nd rd

Honours

Stadium

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa was built for UEFA Euro 2004 in 2003, hosting during the competition Croatia's matches against Switzerland (0–0) and France (2–2).

It also received the 2006 Portuguese Supercup final between F.C. Porto and Vitória de Setúbal, as well as the following (Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 Porto).

The architect who designed the stadium was Tomás Taveira, who also designed stadiums for Euro 2004 which include Beira Mar's Estádio Municipal de Aveiro and Sporting's Estádio José Alvalade. The grounds belong to the Municipality of Leiria.

Due to an excessive rent, Leiria relocated to the Estádio Municipal in the nearby town of Marinha Grande, for 2011–12. In the following season the team moved to Campo da Portela in Santa Catarina da Serra, home of U.D. Serra.[20]

After the SAD bankrupty, the club returned to play its home games at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa.

Notable former players

Managers

Fans

União's fans are called Leirienses, and their main group of supporters is Frente Leiria ("Leiria Front").

References

  1. ↑ João Bartolomeu: "Se não conseguirmos pagar aos jogadores, paciência" (João Bartolomeu: "If we can't pay the players, tough luck"); Relvado, 9 December 2011 (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Presidente da SAD confirma ordenados em atraso e saída do diretor geral (Chairman confirms due wages and departure of general manager); SAPO Desporto, 9 December 2011 (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Uniao de Leiria swap coaches... again; PortuGOAL, 26 September 2011
  4. ↑ Cajuda out, Dominguez in at Leiria; PortuGOAL, 14 March 2012
  5. ↑ João Bartolomeu demitiu-se: "São 25 anos a aturar isto" (João Bartolomeu resigned: "It's 25 years putting up with this"); Diário de Notícias, 13 April 2012 (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Situação leiriense correu o Mundo (Leiriense plight talked abroad); Record, 30 April 2012 (Portuguese)
  8. ↑ Benfica-U. Leiria, 1-0 (crónica) (Benfica-U. Leiria, 1-0 (report)); Mais Futebol, 5 May 2012 (Portuguese)
  9. ↑ U. Leiria-Nacional, 2-3 (destaques) (U. Leiria-Nacional, 2-3 (highlights)); Mais Futebol, 12 May 2012 (Portuguese)
  10. ↑ U.Leiria fora dos Campeonatos profissionais (U. Leiria out of professional competitions); Record, 25 May 2012 (Portuguese)
  11. ↑ Reforços para Leiria SAD (Reinforcements for Leiria SAD); O Derbie, 7 August 2012 (Portuguese)
  12. ↑ Duo no Leiria (Duo joins Leiria); O Derbie, 25 August 2012 (Portuguese)
  13. ↑ Clube chegou a acordo com o treinador Ricardo Moura (Club reaches agreement with coach Ricardo Moura); SAPO Desporto, 24 July 2012 (Portuguese)
  14. ↑ Clube inscreve equipa nas distritais (Club signs team in regional divisions); SAPO Desporto, 19 June 2012 (Portuguese)
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ The UEFA Intertoto Cup: Past Winners. Listed are all 11 teams that won the Intertoto Cup, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
  20. ↑ U. Leiria SAD jogará no Campo da Portela (U. Leiria SAD will play in Campo da Portela); O Derbie, 1 August 2012 (Portuguese)

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