Leiria - U.D. Leiria, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Estdio Dr. Magalhes Pessoa, Leiria Football Association, Monte Real, Leiria Castle (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Unio Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as Unio de Leiria (pronounced ), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded in 1966, it currenlty plays in Portugal's first division, holding home matches at the Estdio Dr. Magalhes Pessoa, also known as O Lis. The club's biggest rivals in Portugal are S.C. Beira-Mar, Associao Naval 1 de Maio and Acadmica de Coimbra, which belong to the same geographical region. A heavy contender in the battle to reach European competitions in the 2000s, it was however relegated in the 200708 season to the second-tier, after finishing last. Leiria would be immediately promoted back, coming in second after S.C. Olhanense. Estdio Dr. Magalhes PessoaThe Estdio Dr. Magalhes Pessoa was built for UEFA Euro 2004 in 2003, hosting during the competition Croatia's matches against Switzerland (00) and France (22). It also received the 2006 Portuguese Supercup final between F.C. Porto and Vitria de Setbal, as well as the following (Sporting Clube de Portugal 10 Porto). The architect who designed the stadium was Toms Taveira, who also designed stadiums for Euro 2004 which include Beira Mar's Estdio Municipal de Aveiro and Sporting's Estdio Jos Alvalade. The grounds belong to the Municipality of Leiria. The city of Leiria has about 50,000 people. Unio's fans are called Leirienses, and their main group of supporters is Frente Leiria ("Leiria Front"). Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. In Out Hugo Almeida played for Leiria on two occasions. In both of these spells, he was on loan from FC Porto. Jos Mourinho was club manager in 200102, his exploits there leading to a FC Porto move. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1050355