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União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), 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,〔(João Bartolomeu: "Se não conseguirmos pagar aos jogadores, paciência" (João Bartolomeu: "If we can't pay the players, tough luck") ); Relvado, 9 December 2011 〕〔(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 〕 as three coaching moves also happened during the campaign〔(Uniao de Leiria swap coaches... again ); PortuGOAL, 26 September 2011〕〔(Cajuda out, Dominguez in at Leiria ); PortuGOAL, 14 March 2012〕 and president João Bartolomeu resigned amongst accusations of ingratitude towards the players.〔(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"It's 25 years putting up with this") ); Diário de Notícias, 13 April 2012 〕 On 29 April 2012, after most of the squad rescinded their contracts, only eight players took the pitch for the league game at home against C.D. Feirense in an eventual 0–4 home loss;〔(Situação leiriense correu o Mundo (''Leiriense'' plight talked abroad) ); Record, 30 April 2012 〕 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.〔(Benfica-U. Leiria, 1-0 (crónica) (Benfica-U. Leiria, 1-0 (report)) ); Mais Futebol, 5 May 2012 〕〔(U. Leiria-Nacional, 2-3 (destaques) (U. Leiria-Nacional, 2-3 (highlights)) ); Mais Futebol, 12 May 2012 〕 After failing to meet the deadline to sign the team in division two, Leiria was automatically relegated to the third level.〔(U.Leiria fora dos Campeonatos profissionais (U. Leiria out of professional competitions) ); Record, 25 May 2012 〕 Overwhelmed with the task of rebuilding a squad from scratch, the organization hired several players in an attempt to return to the professionals,〔(Reforços para Leiria SAD (Reinforcements for Leiria SAD) ); O Derbie, 7 August 2012 〕〔(Duo no Leiria (Duo joins Leiria) ); O Derbie, 25 August 2012 〕〔(Clube chegou a acordo com o treinador Ricardo Moura (Club reaches agreement with coach Ricardo Moura) ); SAPO Desporto, 24 July 2012 〕 as a second senior team also begun competing in the Leiria regional leagues, coached by former club player Luis Bilro.〔(Clube inscreve equipa nas distritais (Club signs team in regional divisions) ); SAPO Desporto, 19 June 2012 〕 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 €. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「U.D. Leiria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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