2023–24 U.D. Leiria season

U.D. Leiria
2023–24 season
ManagerVasco Botelho da Costa
StadiumEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Liga Portugal 214th
Taça de PortugalQuarter-finals
Taça da LigaSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Leandro Antunes (5)
All:
Bryan Róchez (7)
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The 2023–24 season is U.D. Leiria's 58th season in existence and first one back in the Liga Portugal 2. They are also competing in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 October 2023[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Pawel Kieszek
2 DF Portugal POR Tiago Ferreira
3 DF Russia RUS Vitali Lystsov
4 DF Portugal POR Bura
5 MF Cape Verde CPV Babanco
6 DF Portugal POR Marco Baixinho
7 FW Portugal POR Leandro Antunes
8 FW Portugal POR Arsénio
10 MF Netherlands NED Jordan van der Gaag
11 FW Brazil BRA Jair Silva
14 DF Portugal POR Pedro Empis
15 DF Portugal POR Kaká
16 DF Cape Verde CPV Cuca
17 MF Argentina ARG Lucho Vega
19 MF Portugal POR Afonso Valente
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Portugal POR João Resende
21 MF Portugal POR Leandro Silva
22 DF Brazil BRA Valdir
24 DF Ivory Coast CIV Zié Ouattara
25 MF Portugal POR Diogo Amado (captain)
29 GK Portugal POR Fábio Ferreira
30 FW Portugal POR Sérgio Ribeiro
35 FW Honduras HON Bryan Róchez (on loan
from Portimonense)
45 MF Portugal POR Gonçalo Batalha
47 GK Portugal POR João Oliveira
55 MF Ghana GHA Joseph Amoah
72 DF Portugal POR Vasco Oliveira
77 FW Portugal POR Martim Ribeiro
88 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Kobylyanskyi

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
42 MF Ivory Coast CIV Dje Tah Davilla (at Académica de Coimbra until 30 June 2024)
— MF Portugal POR Diogo Leitão (at Atlético CP until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Portugal [[ ]] Portugal Free July 2023

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF Portugal [[ ]] Portugal Free July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

7 July 2023 Friendly Caldas Portugal 1–0 Portugal União de Leiria
3 August 2023 Friendly União de Leiria Portugal 3–0 Angola Petro Atlético Luanda

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga Portugal 2 12 August 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 26 8 7 11 34 33 +1 030.77
Taça de Portugal 24 September 2023 7 February 2024 Second round Quarter-finals 5 4 0 1 23 5 +18 080.00
Taça da Liga 24 July 2023 30 July 2023 First round Second round 2 0 2 0 3 3 +0 000.00
Total 33 12 9 12 60 41 +19 036.36

Last updated: 16 March 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga Portugal 2

Main article: 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
10 Porto B 34 12 8 14 51 51 0 44[a] Ineligible for promotion
11 Académico de Viseu 34 9 16 9 36 38 −2 43
12 União de Leiria 34 11 9 14 44 40 +4 42
13 Penafiel 34 11 6 17 31 39 −8 39
14 Leixões 34 7 16 11 29 38 −9 37
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: Liga Portugal 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. ^ Ranked on head-to-head: Mafra 2–1 Porto B, Porto B 1–1 Mafra

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 8 7 11 34 33  +1 31 5 5 3 21 17  +4 3 2 8 13 16  −3

Last updated: 16 March 2024.
Source: Superliga

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2024. Source: Superliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.[2]

União de Leiria v Leiria
--:-- WET (UTC±0) Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2023–24 Taça de Portugal
24 September 023 ADRC Pedrógão de São Pedro 0–12 União de Leiria
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)
21 October 2023 Académico de Viseu 1–3 União de Leiria Viseu
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
26 November 2023 União de Leiria 5–0 AC Malveira Leiria
15:00 WET (UTC±0) Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2023–24 Taça da Liga
24 July 2023 First round Boavista 0–0
(4–5 p)		 União de Leiria Porto
--:-- WEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
30 July 2023 Second round União de Leiria 3–3
(4–5 p)		 Nacional Leiria
--:-- WEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

References

  1. ^ "Plantel" (in Portuguese). UD Leiria.
  2. ^ "Calendários da Liga e da Liga 2 de futebol 2023/24 definidos esta quarta-feira | Flashscore.pt".