2023–24 U.D. Leiria season

U.D. Leiria
2023–24 season
Manager	Vasco Botelho da Costa
Stadium	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Liga Portugal 2	14th
Taça de Portugal	Quarter-finals
Taça da Liga	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Leandro Antunes (5); All: ; Bryan Róchez (7)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 12 October 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POL	Pawel Kieszek
2	DF	POR	Tiago Ferreira
3	DF	RUS	Vitali Lystsov
4	DF	POR	Bura
5	MF	CPV	Babanco
6	DF	POR	Marco Baixinho
7	FW	POR	Leandro Antunes
8	FW	POR	Arsénio
10	MF	NED	Jordan van der Gaag
11	FW	BRA	Jair Silva
14	DF	POR	Pedro Empis
15	DF	POR	Kaká
16	DF	CPV	Cuca
17	MF	ARG	Lucho Vega
19	MF	POR	Afonso Valente


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	POR	João Resende
21	MF	POR	Leandro Silva
22	DF	BRA	Valdir
24	DF	CIV	Zié Ouattara
25	MF	POR	Diogo Amado (captain)
29	GK	POR	Fábio Ferreira
30	FW	POR	Sérgio Ribeiro
35	FW	HON	Bryan Róchez (on loan from Portimonense)
45	MF	POR	Gonçalo Batalha
47	GK	POR	João Oliveira
55	MF	GHA	Joseph Amoah
72	DF	POR	Vasco Oliveira
77	FW	POR	Martim Ribeiro
88	MF	UKR	Vladyslav Kobylyanskyi

On loan[edit]

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


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

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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

Out[edit]

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

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 July 2023 Friendly

Caldas

1–0

União de Leiria

3 August 2023 Friendly

União de Leiria

3–0

Petro Atlético Luanda

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
9	Académico de Viseu	31	9	14	8	33	32	+1	41^[a]
10	Torreense	31	11	8	12	36	35	+1	41^[a]
11	União de Leiria	31	10	9	12	41	37	+4	39
12	Benfica B	31	10	8	13	38	42	−4	38^[b]	Ineligible for promotion
13	Penafiel	31	11	5	15	29	35	−6	38^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 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:

^ ^a ^b Académico de Viseu are ahead of Torreense on head-to-head points: Académico de Viseu 0–0 Torreense, Torreense 1–2 Académico de Viseu
^ ^a ^b Benfica B are ahead of Penafiel on head-to-head points: Benfica B 1–0 Penafiel, Penafiel 0–1 Benfica B

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

Round	1
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Plantel" (in Portuguese). UD Leiria.
^ [1]

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_ACV0.61347154137374-2] Académico de Viseu are ahead of Torreense on head-to-head points: Académico de Viseu 0–0 Torreense, Torreense 1–2 Académico de Viseu

[table_hth_BEN0.61347154137374-3] Benfica B are ahead of Penafiel on head-to-head points: Benfica B 1–0 Penafiel, Penafiel 0–1 Benfica B

[1] "Plantel" (in Portuguese). UD Leiria.

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