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Uniao Leiria
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Full Name:	União Desportiva de Leiria
Nickname:	Os Lis (The Ones from the Lis River)
Founded:	June 6, 1966
Location:	Leiria
Stadium:
	Estádio Municipal Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (23,850) Inauguration: November 19, 2003 » view more photos
Honors:
	1 - Campeão 2ª Divisão B 1980/81 1 - Campeão II Liga (Liga de Honra) 1997/98 1 - UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007/08
Roster:
	Goalkeepers 1 Fernando 12 Alemão 33 Rafael Fava Defenders 3 Lukasiewicz 4 Hugo Costa 5 Éder 17 Renato 23 Bruno Miguel 25 Laranjeiro 26 Nélson 35 André Marques 55 Éder Gaucho 80 Patrick Lopes Midfielders 14 Alhandra 15 Faria 20 Marco Soares 21 Toñito 22 Dani 27 Arvid Smit 28 Zongo 66 Tiago 77 Harison Forwards 7 Serge NGal 9 Paulo César 11 Cadu Silva 13 Ferreira 18 Sougou 19 Maciel 30 João Paulo 32 Jessuí 99 Marcelinho
Personnel:
	President João Alberto Amado Bartolomeu Coach Vitor Oliveira
Contact:
	Address Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Apartado 3074 2400 Leiria Telephone +351 244 831779 Fax +351 244 827987
Website:	http://www.udl.leirianet.pt/

Additional Information
União Desportiva de Leiria, known simply as União de Leiria 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. 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.