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Just for your information, this blog stands against the new club crest, as it goes directly against the club's very own charter, which was completely ignored by the club executives.

Below, a translation of the Article number Five of the club charter, which treats about the symbols and emblems of the club. As a guideline, the original design of the club's crest as displayed in Os pacatos leirienses em meio século de desporto amador, by Alda Sales Machado Gonçalves.

1 — The club's crest must follow the guidelines presented in the club charter. The following description use approximate terms in heraldic notation:

The escutcheon MUST use the "modern French" shape, argent.

On chief argent a flattened version of a mural crown, masoned with five towers argent. The towers doors and windows changed shape and form with the time.

Castle on fess (no color and drawing position specified, the castle with the mount was used from 1966 to 2024, but the mount was sometimes tinted or not, once again, it is not specified), with the characters U D L on honour point (once again, no color specified, both red and black were used for the characters at many points of the club's history).

On dexter base a gyronny of eight, argent and gules, on sinister base a fleur-de-lis argent on azure.

2 — The main color on home kits, flags, pennants and other club equipment is white.

3 — The main color for alternate kits or secondary color for the club symbols is recommended to be garnet (the first União away kits were actually lended down shirts from the deactived football section of Ateneu de Leiria), but the use of such color is not mandatory (i.e. the last garnet away shirt was the 2021/22 one, the last away shirts were split between red and blue. Other colors used for away kits were red, blue, and dark blue, while last season União also used a gold shirt as third kit and even a pink shirt as fourth kit).

4 — Every single section and society promoted by the club must use the crest, flag and equipments mentioned in the previous paragraphs (important issue beucase the last club presidency press release stated the new crest will be used by all club sections).

If you want to support the cause for the reversion to the old crest, feel free to sign the petition below:

No comunicado em que é revelado o novo emblema do clube, (https://www.uniaodeleiria.pt/uniao-de-leiria-marca-inicio-de-uma-nova-era/), a UDL

State of the União - 60th Birthday Special

As the club celebrated its 60th birthday with a small ceremony at its academy, followed by the summoning of a general assembly to approve the activities plan and budget for the 2026/27 season.

Delayed wages (partially) paid

De acordo com a SAD da União de Leiria, a demora nos pagamentos prende-se com receitas do mecanismo de solidariedade da UEFA previstas em or

According to sources inside the SAD, the wages related to April and May were paid recently, although the June wages are yet to be paid. Those made payments allow the club to be registered to the 2026/27 Liga Portugal 2 season. However, the transfer debts are still to be paid and União cannot register new players.

Under-13 squad wins district championship

A formação fechou a época da melhor maneira.

The under-13 9-a-side squad won the Leiria District Championship, defeating União de Pombal in the finals.

Jordan extends contract

A UDL – União de Leiria – Futebol, SAD informa que renovou o contrato com o jogador Jordan van der Gaag até 2028. A renovação foi concluída

Midfielder Jordan van der Gaag extended his contract for two additional seasons. The Dutchman was rumoured to have offers from other clubs, however, the contract extension was already signed before the end of the 2025/26 season.

Promising academy player promoted, signed up to 2031

A UDL – União de Leiria – Futebol, SAD informa que renovou por cinco temporadas o vínculo com Stefan (Emanuel António), atleta que passa a i

17-year old Emanuel António (nicknamed Stefan) was signed and promoted to the main squad. The Mozambican forward scored sixteen goals and one assist in 38 matches last season (31 in the National Juniors Championship and seven in Liga Revelação with the under-23 squad). The buyout clause on his contract is set at 50 million euros, the highest ever for a União player.

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Transfer news

Habib Sylla was announced by Otelul Galati (Romanian Liga 1) and won't be part of União Squad Next season

#ud leiria #união de leiria #união leiria

End of season report

In the last general assembly elections, the current board ran unopposed and will govern the club for the next two years.

WE BOTTLED IT

Despite running in a "five finals" mentality, União had a weak finish, ending the season with a four winless match streak. The worst point was the 0-3 defeat at home against Farense, which at the end, not only ended União's hopes for good, but also saved the Algarve side from relegation. The last match was a 2-2 tie with Feirense where the goals were scored literally at tthe very first and very last plays of the match. In the end, União finished sixth with 51 points, same position as last season, but minus one point and six goals in goal differential.

The women's side ended the season one point away from the playof spot, won by EFF Setúbal.

WE DID NOT BOTTLE IT

The basketball section earned promotion to the third level of the Portuguese pyramid.

TEAM OF THE SEASON HONORS

Juan Muñoz was elected to the official Liga Portugal 2 Team of the Season. In another TOTS where only Brazilians were featured, Daniel Borges was elected.

SQUAD UPDATES

According to sources, Jordan van der Gaag is set to depart Leiria. Dieu Michel is going to be recalled by Vitória de Guimarães and loaned to another club.

#ud leiria #união de leiria #união leiria

União calls elections, still one point behind third place

Yesterday União announced the next general assembly will happen on 15th May, with the purpose of electing the administrative board for 2026-28

#ud leiria #união de leiria #união leiria

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Today is a sad, sad day for trans people in Portugal. It is now IMPOSSIBLE for trans people to change their deadname and the sex they were assigned at birth on their ID without a medical authorization - something that was possible since 2018 until this very day. With this law being approved, we are now back to the one from 2011. Just yesterday trans people with 16 and 17 could change these things with an authorization from their parents and WITHOUT any medical one. Now, not even adults can do it without a STUPID PAPER. I am so so so ashamed of being Portuguese right now.

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(my billboard for the 2024 Leiria Pride Parade which reads "Portugal needs a @chronicintrovert")

Sadly, despite Portugal needing an Alice Oseman (or three), it does not deserve one due to the roll backs of trans and intersex rights.

Last thing, today it's THE "Alice Oseman Matchday", away against Chaves (same team and venue União played against on their birthday back in 1994). Match starts on 8PM GMT

#Portugal precisa de uma Alice Oseman

Huge props to the lady who was in an Uniao match and looked extremely similar to volume 2 Tori and is the reason behind the avatar and why the blog handle is a nod to Tori's Tumblr handle.

If she ever reads this, I hope she makes a banner of the Tori Unionista and put it with the ultras banners (here for Tori Spring being the mascot of the ultras ladies section in Leiria)

heartstoppercomic

Chapter 8 - 46

Protests + celebrations

Read Heartstopper Online

More info/buy the books: https://aliceoseman.com/

Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st at 11am UK time.

A NOTE FROM ALICE:

Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know that we are approaching the end of the Heartstopper webcomic. Which is very very sad and strange and scary for me!! But I thought it might be helpful for you all to know that the comic will end on April 11th this year. Chapter 8 will end on April 1st, and on April 11th there will be an epilogue.

Thank you for being here for the final part of this journey ❤️

chronic-unionist

Will União escape relegation or lose all possibilities of promotion before Heartstopper ends?

no relegation. Deus não anda na Liga 3 e o Leiria também não

no promotion. Outro ano solitário

Voting ended onFeb 18

chronicintrovert

I have finished drawing Heartstopper 🥹

chronic-unionist

Heartstopper os officially all drawn and União is still on the hunt for a promotion spot (or at least a playoff spot) and the women's squad won another match in their promotion round

UD Leiria next match against Portimonense will be played in Amadora in Estrela da Amadora's stadium, as the Leiria city stadium still has no conditions to host matches.

State of the União

This thread will resume everything that happened to União de Leiria in the year of 2026. Starting with the second division standings as of today:

União released an official statement reporting the damages to their premises:

The training center in Bidoeira de Cima received heavy damage to its infrastructure, with water leakages causing damage to several special equipment. The building also has no power. Despite the problems, União will try to resume the training activities in Bidoeira next week.

The Academy had its walls and fencing torn down by the storm. The roof of both stand and locker rooms were also damaged. The lighting system was also damaged, preventing any training by academy squads from the kids to the under-23. União has shared the following pictures reporting the damage to the Academy:

While the Bidoeira de Cima training center is not in conditions to support training, União's senior squad trained in three different premises: FPF's Cidade do Futebol, Sporting CP's training center and FC Alverca.

Pavilhão dos Parceiros, home to the futsal squad, was reported to have been destroyed. There is no information on where the futsal squad will play this season.

All three grounds to the basketball squads - Pavilhão do Lis, and the courts of Francisco Rodrigues Lobo and José Saraiva schools - are closed indefinitely.

Only the União academy squads playing in national championships (under-23, under-19, under-17 and under-15) are training and playing at this moment. All the squads are playing away matches only or in lended fields.

The women's squad is training in the AD CCMI premised, in Leiria. União reached agreements with the other clubs in its promotion group so they can play their home matches earlier or postpone matches if it is not possible.

Winter Transfers

Out - CB Zé Vítor (Ferroviária de Araraquara - Brazil, loan until the end of the season), CB Sema Velázquez, CB Vasco Oliveira (Dobruja Dobrich - Bulgaria), GK Salvi Carrasco (Unionistas de Salamanca - Spain, loan until the end of the season)

In - CB Rocco Zikovic (Red Bull Salzburg, Croatian, 21 years old, loan until the end of the current season, wears #39), CB Marcelo (Moreirense, Brazilian, 36 years old, signed a one and a half season deal, wears #44), MF Diogo Martins (Alverca, Portuguese, 29 years old, signed a one and a half season deal, wears #88)

#ud leiria #união de leiria #união leiria

União finds a temporary home (hopefully)

Liga Portugal confirms União match against Porto B, which would be in Leiria, will be played at Estoril, with União as the home team.

#ud leiria #união de leiria #união leiria

heartstoppercomic

Chapter 8 - 46

Protests + celebrations

Read Heartstopper Online

More info/buy the books: https://aliceoseman.com/

Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st at 11am UK time.

A NOTE FROM ALICE:

Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know that we are approaching the end of the Heartstopper webcomic. Which is very very sad and strange and scary for me!! But I thought it might be helpful for you all to know that the comic will end on April 11th this year. Chapter 8 will end on April 1st, and on April 11th there will be an epilogue.

Thank you for being here for the final part of this journey ❤️

chronic-unionist

Will União escape relegation or lose all possibilities of promotion before Heartstopper ends?

no relegation. Deus não anda na Liga 3 e o Leiria também não

no promotion. Outro ano solitário

Voting ended onFeb 18

chronic-unionist

Urgent news - Leiria stadium damaged by storm

O rasto de destruição da depressão Kristin deixou o Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa sem cobertura e parcialmente destruído. Veja o vídeo

Wind gusts caused by the Kristin depression affected the region of Leiria last night. Over three hundred incidents and at least one death were reported. The wind tore off the stadium's rooftop and caused further damage to inner structures. Neither the club, Liga Portugal or the Portuguese Football Federation has released any statement yet.

FURTHER UPDATES: UDL released a statement which reports damage to their academy and training center. All training is cancelled. UDL has reached an agreement with Liga Portugal to postpone the next match (which would be in Leiria, next Sunday, against Paços de Ferreira).

The municipality of Leiria estimates four deaths (two directly related to the depression).

Diário de Leiria published the pictures below, which display the damage to the stadium and its surroundings. All pictures were taken by Luís Filipe Coito (Diário de Leiria)

chronic-unionist

Thursday update: water and power supply seems to be cut in the entire municipality. Water supply is predicted to resume in some parishes this Friday, however, it is unknown when the power supply may be resumed, as many power towers were taken down. Correio da Manhã estimates half a million people have no power at their homes at the moment, most of them in the Leiria district.

The Portuguese government has declared state of calamity, as requested by the council chamber president of Leiria. Such a state is expected to be enforced until Sunday at least.

The municipality of Leiria is supplying canvas and plastic coverings for those who had their rooftops affected by the storm.

chronic-unionist

Friday update: FPF offered União the Cidade do Futebol infrastructures, used by the Portuguese national teams and located in Oeiras, metropolitan region of Lisbon. It is not known if any home match will be played at that premises (which had received first division matches before). A Bola states only that the local was offered for training.

chronic-unionist

Week 2 update: Sporting CP offered the Alcochete academy for UDL to train. Weather in Leiria is still worrisome, as the Leonardo storm hit the city and provoked floods, while the Marta storm is estimated to hit the city this weekend with more heavy rain and winds up to 140 km/h.

#Leiria

chronic-unionist

Urgent news - Leiria stadium damaged by storm

O rasto de destruição da depressão Kristin deixou o Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa sem cobertura e parcialmente destruído. Veja o vídeo

Wind gusts caused by the Kristin depression affected the region of Leiria last night. Over three hundred incidents and at least one death were reported. The wind tore off the stadium's rooftop and caused further damage to inner structures. Neither the club, Liga Portugal or the Portuguese Football Federation has released any statement yet.

FURTHER UPDATES: UDL released a statement which reports damage to their academy and training center. All training is cancelled. UDL has reached an agreement with Liga Portugal to postpone the next match (which would be in Leiria, next Sunday, against Paços de Ferreira).

The municipality of Leiria estimates four deaths (two directly related to the depression).

Diário de Leiria published the pictures below, which display the damage to the stadium and its surroundings. All pictures were taken by Luís Filipe Coito (Diário de Leiria)

chronic-unionist

Thursday update: water and power supply seems to be cut in the entire municipality. Water supply is predicted to resume in some parishes this Friday, however, it is unknown when the power supply may be resumed, as many power towers were taken down. Correio da Manhã estimates half a million people have no power at their homes at the moment, most of them in the Leiria district.

The Portuguese government has declared state of calamity, as requested by the council chamber president of Leiria. Such a state is expected to be enforced until Sunday at least.

The municipality of Leiria is supplying canvas and plastic coverings for those who had their rooftops affected by the storm.

chronic-unionist

Friday update: FPF offered União the Cidade do Futebol infrastructures, used by the Portuguese national teams and located in Oeiras, metropolitan region of Lisbon. It is not known if any home match will be played at that premises (which had received first division matches before). A Bola states only that the local was offered for training.

#Leiria

chronic-unionist

Urgent news - Leiria stadium damaged by storm

O rasto de destruição da depressão Kristin deixou o Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa sem cobertura e parcialmente destruído. Veja o vídeo

Wind gusts caused by the Kristin depression affected the region of Leiria last night. Over three hundred incidents and at least one death were reported. The wind tore off the stadium's rooftop and caused further damage to inner structures. Neither the club, Liga Portugal or the Portuguese Football Federation has released any statement yet.

FURTHER UPDATES: UDL released a statement which reports damage to their academy and training center. All training is cancelled. UDL has reached an agreement with Liga Portugal to postpone the next match (which would be in Leiria, next Sunday, against Paços de Ferreira).

The municipality of Leiria estimates four deaths (two directly related to the depression).

Diário de Leiria published the pictures below, which display the damage to the stadium and its surroundings. All pictures were taken by Luís Filipe Coito (Diário de Leiria)

chronic-unionist

Thursday update: water and power supply seems to be cut in the entire municipality. Water supply is predicted to resume in some parishes this Friday, however, it is unknown when the power supply may be resumed, as many power towers were taken down. Correio da Manhã estimates half a million people have no power at their homes at the moment, most of them in the Leiria district.

The Portuguese government has declared state of calamity, as requested by the council chamber president of Leiria. Such a state is expected to be enforced until Sunday at least.

The municipality of Leiria is supplying canvas and plastic coverings for those who had their rooftops affected by the storm.

#Leiria

Urgent news - Leiria stadium damaged by storm

O rasto de destruição da depressão Kristin deixou o Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa sem cobertura e parcialmente destruído. Veja o vídeo

Wind gusts caused by the Kristin depression affected the region of Leiria last night. Over three hundred incidents and at least one death were reported. The wind tore off the stadium's rooftop and caused further damage to inner structures. Neither the club, Liga Portugal or the Portuguese Football Federation has released any statement yet.

FURTHER UPDATES: UDL released a statement which reports damage to their academy and training center. All training is cancelled. UDL has reached an agreement with Liga Portugal to postpone the next match (which would be in Leiria, next Sunday, against Paços de Ferreira).

The municipality of Leiria estimates four deaths (two directly related to the depression).

Diário de Leiria published the pictures below, which display the damage to the stadium and its surroundings. All pictures were taken by Luís Filipe Coito (Diário de Leiria)

#Leiria

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