European football could be coming to the Silver Coast

There is a real sense of excitement on the Silver Coast at the moment and for once it is regarding football. For many years the Silver Coast has never had a local football team perform very well, Nazare, São Martinho do Porto and Obidos all have local teams but the clubs are very small and none of them have reached the top tiers of Portuguese football.

However, all of that is about to change. União de Leiria, the football team based in the biggest city on the Silver Coast is doing the region proud as the team is enjoying a fantastic run in ‘Liga Sagres’, Portugal’s premier club competition. They narrowly avoided relegation last year but this year has been a complete turnaround, as it stands U.D Leiria are placed 5th in the Liga Sagres table, if it stays that way U.D Leiria will be playing in next season’s Europa league.

This is great news for the Silver Coast, not only is the team drawing more support from the surrounding areas of São Martinho do Porto, Nazare and Caldas da Rainha but it also means that teams from all over Europe will be coming to the Silver Coast, as well as their supporters.

By Dylan Herholdt