The Leiria Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Juan Muñoz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Leiria this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sporting CP watching Víctor Rofino
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Leiria have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Leiria
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Pablo Fernández falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Samuel Ribeiro joins the Leiria first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Ribeiro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Joao Costa steps up from the Leiria academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joao Costa has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Duarte Carvalho joins the Leiria first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Duarte Carvalho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match15 Aug 2026
Jair Silva the difference as Leiria beat Feirense
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Jair Silva. 1‑0 against Feirense, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Jair Silva
Marked 8.07 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Player ratings Pablo Fernández runs at them all day
- Squad No hiding place for João Silva
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Leiria