# 2023–24 U.D. Leiria season

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
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

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
### In

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

### Out

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

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 036.36 |
Last updated: 16 March 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Liga Portugal 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 10 | Porto B | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 44 | 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 | |
* ↑ Ranked on head-to-head: Mafra 2–1 Porto B, Porto B 1–1 Mafra

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2024. Source: Superliga

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.