UD Leiria
Tier 2Liga Portugal 2Leiria, PortugalOn the globe
- Founded
- 1966
- Ground
- Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa23,888 seats · opened 2003
- Full name
- União Desportiva de Leiria
- Website
- uniaodeleiria.pt
Who owns UD Leiria
UD Leiria is controlled by UDL Holdings, through Jubilantadvice, Lda (90%).
Investor in control, the club keeps a stake
From the pitch to the top
The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.
Fields the first teamUDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD
- 90%controlsJubilantadvice, LdaFigure as of 16 October 2025Chain as disclosed: 100% detida pela UDL Holdings, esta 100% detida por pessoa singular.High confidenceSource: Liga Portugal
- 100%controls
- 10%minority
The club’s members’ association is União Desportiva de Leiria.
Changes of control
- 9 July 2015
Converted the club into a company.
UDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD (NIPC 513604820), the company that fields UD Leiria's first team in 2026-27, was incorporated on this date according to the registry data republished by racius; its founding club is União Desportiva de Leiria. Its legal form may have changed since (several clubs' companies were created as SDUQs in 2013 and later became SADs).
Medium confidenceSource: Racius
União de Leiria’s finances
From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.
Against its tier
União de Leiria's revenue of €1.64m is the highest of the 14 Liga Portugal 2 clubs with published accounts
In 2023-24 it spent €2.45 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical Liga Portugal 2 club spent €3.45.
- União de Leiria
- Other Liga Portugal 2 clubs
Revenue14 clubs
Staff per €1 of revenue13 clubs
- Equity
- −€13.2m
- accounts, 2023-24
- Public money
- €52.4k
- paid, 2025, 4 records
The accounts
UDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD, the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2023-24
| Line | 2023-24Tier 2 · abridged accounts | 2022-23Tier 3 · abridged accounts | 2021-22Tier 3 · abridged accounts | 2020-21Tier 3 · abridged accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit and loss | ||||
| Revenue | €1.64m | €597k | €183k | €141k |
| Subsidies | €24.8k | €5,488 | €2,287 | — |
| Other revenue | €27.7k | €10.7k | €93.6k | €86.1k |
| Staff costs | €4.03m | €1.39m | €628k | €413k |
| Other operating costs | €2.86m | €1.92m | €599k | €354k |
| Other depreciation | €92.4k1 | €39.3k2 | €4,7492 | €2,111 |
| Operating result | −€5.67m | −€2.86m | −€1.06m | −€614k |
| Financial result | −€421k3 | −€79.3k4 | €0 | €0 |
| Result before tax | −€6.10m | −€2.94m | −€1.06m | −€614k |
| Income tax | €36.1k | €67.5k | €23.3k | €2,855 |
| Net result | −€6.13m | −€3.01m | −€1.08m | −€617k |
| Balance sheet | ||||
| Total assets | €1.40m | €1.98m | €615k | €131k |
| Non-current assets | €1.04m | €873k | €29.1k | €9,233 |
| Property and equipment | €1.04m | €869k | €22.6k | €1,850 |
| Current assets | €360k | €1.11m | €586k | €122k |
| Cash | €66.5k | €393k | €467k | €35.8k |
| Equity | −€13.2m | −€7.04m | −€4.03m | −€2.95m |
| Share capital | €1.00m | €1.00m | €1.00m | €1.00m |
| Liabilities | €14.6m | €9.02m | €4.65m | €3.08m |
| Non-current liabilities | €9.55m | €5.85m | €2.18m | €909k |
| Current liabilities | €5.03m | €3.18m | €2.46m | €2.17m |
| Provisions | — | — | €8,310 | €18.4k |
| Financial debt | €9.55m5 | €5.85m6 | €2.43m7 | €890k8 |
| Tax and social security debt | €711k | €414k | €399k | €437k |
| Shareholder loans | €9.42m9 | €5.72m10 | €1.18m11 | €876k12 |
| Transfers and people | ||||
| Employees | 6413 | 4413 | 4313 | 2113 |
Notes on 13 figures, in the accounts’ own words
- Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização (intangible assets are €61)
- Other depreciation: Gastos de depreciação e de amortização
- Financial result: Gastos de financiamento: interest on the loans
- Financial result: Gastos de financiamento
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos, non-current: Jubilantadvice €9,420,515.37 and Eleven Goal €125,000 (note 15)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos, non-current: Jubilantadvice €5,721,407 and Eleven Goal €125,000 (note 15)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos: €2,176,000 non-current and €249,700 current (note 13)
- Financial debt: Financiamentos obtidos, non-current
- Shareholder loans: Loans from the majority shareholder, Jubilantadvice (note 15); a further €1,301,261.74 is owed to it in 'acionistas – outras operações' (credits assigned by the former shareholders)
- Shareholder loans: Loans from the majority shareholder, Jubilantadvice (note 15); €1,301,261.74 more in 'acionistas – outras operações'
- Shareholder loans: Loans from the majority shareholder, Jubilantadvice, non-current (note 13); €1,301,261.74 more in 'acionistas – outras operações'
- Shareholder loans: Jubilantadvice (note 13)
- Employees: Average number of employees
2023-24: Source: UDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD2022-23: Source: UDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD2021-22: Source: UDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD2020-21: Source: UDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD
League figures, wage bills, budgets and public money 20 records
| Public money, season or year | Total | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €52.4kpaid | 4 |
| 2024 | €66.1kpaid | 1 |
| 2023 | €173kpaid | 6 |
| 2023 | €39kcontracted | 3 |
| 2022 | €84.2kpaid | 3 |
| 2021 | €50kpaid | 3 |
- 2025€20.6kpaid from MUNICÍPIO DE LEIRIA: Atribuição de espaços desportivos. Source: Inspeção-Geral de Finanças
- 2025€17.1kpaid from MUNICÍPIO DE LEIRIA: Apoio ao associativismo desportivo. Source: Inspeção-Geral de Finanças
- 2025€11.6kpaid from MUNICÍPIO DE LEIRIA: Apoio ao associativismo desportivo. Source: Inspeção-Geral de Finanças
- 2025€3,081paid from MUNICÍPIO DE LEIRIA: Apoio ao associativismo desportivo. Source: Inspeção-Geral de Finanças
- 2024€66.1kpaid from MUNICÍPIO DE LEIRIA: Valor de 12.500 € referenciado nos campos 6,7,8 e 10, valor de 1.144 € conf.dlb07-03-2023 e retificação do ato administrativo conf dlb 13-06-2023 e contrato programa de 32.165,25 € assinado em 07-03-2023 e com início em 01-01-2023 e fim em 31-12-2023 referenciado nos campos 8 e 10,valor de 10.744,80 €conf.dlb 12-11-2024 e contrato programa de 45.814,30 € assinado em 12-11-2024 e com início em 12-1. Source: Inspeção-Geral de Finanças
- 22 December 2023€14.5kcontracted from Município de Pombal: Aquisição de Publicidade – Processo n.º 086_AJD_SA_23. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 2 November 2023€10kcontracted from Município de Leiria: Aquisição de publicidade para o jogo da equipa sénior de futebol da “Liga 2 Sabseg” da UDL-SAD vs. CS Marítimo, no dia 05-11-2023. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
- 18 August 2023€14.5kcontracted from Município de Leiria: Aquisição de publicidade para o jogo da equipa sénior de futebol da “Liga 2 Sabseg” da UDL-SAD vs Benfica B, no dia 19-8-2023. Source: IMPIC (dados.gov.pt)
Where União de Leiria has played
Season by season
- 2026-272Liga Portugal 2
- 2025-262Liga Portugal 2
- 2024-252Liga Portugal 2
- 2023-242Liga Portugal 2
- 2022-233Liga 3, Série B, promoted
- 2021-223Liga 3, Zona Sul
- 2020-213Campeonato de Portugal, Série E, promoted
- 2019-203Campeonato de Portugal, Série C
- 2018-193Campeonato de Portugal, Série C
- 2017-183Campeonato de Portugal, Série C
- 2016-173Campeonato de Portugal, Série E
Not yet established
What we looked for and could not find in public sources. If you know, send a correction with a source.
- The club's accountsUDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD (UD Leiria's company) posted no annual report that could be found for 2024-25 (tier 2), 2025-26 (tier 2). Lei 39/2023 requires the last three years on the company's site; the filed accounts can be bought from the registry (BDCA certificate), which this batch does not do.
Sources11
- Udl - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD – Racius Racius, Database. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Centro de Resultados – Liga Portugal Meu Super 2026-2027 Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Federation. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Centro de Resultados – Liga Portugal Meu Super: jornada Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Federation. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Transparência – Informação comunicada 2025-26 (participações qualificadas no capital social das sociedades desportivas), data 16/10/2025 Liga Portugal, League, 16 October 2025. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Liga Portugal team record: UDL - União de Leiria - Futebol, SAD Liga Portugal, League. Checked 4 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Wikidata Wikidata, Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- U.D. Leiria Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- 2026–27 Liga Portugal 2 Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
- Lista de clubes de futebol de Portugal Wikipedia (pt), Wikipedia / Wikidata. Checked 3 October 2026.
Also on Wikidata (Q211401).