União Desportiva Rio Maior was a Portuguese

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club, founded in

Rio Maior Rio Maior () is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192, in an area of 272.76 km². The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the first woman to be elected mayor ...

in 1945. It was dissolved in 2010.

History

Founded on 1 September 1945 under the name of ''C.F. Os Mineiros'', the club changed to ''U.D. Rio Maior'' in 1976 and reached the

Terceira Divisão The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portugue ...

in 1978. Two seasons later, Rio Maior achieved another promotion, to the

Segunda Divisão The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English language, English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a association football, football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the secon ...

; their first season in the second division had

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as manager. Relegated in 1983, Rio Maior suffered another relegation in 1998, being down to the ''Distritais'' before returning to the Third Division in 2002 (now the fourth level), and to the Second Division three seasons later. Ahead of the 2009–10 campaign, Rio Maior's players started a strike after having unpaid wages, and later terminated their contracts with the club; Rio Maior later folded.

References

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