C.D. Santa Clara

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Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese professional football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. As the most successful football team from the Azores Islands, they are the only team from the archipelago to compete in a UEFA competition, having qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Santa Clara is the only club from the Azores to have competed in the top division of the Portuguese Liga, being thus the westernmost top-flight club in Europe. They compete in the Primeira Liga, the Portuguese first division football league. Santa Clara's kit manufacturer is Umbro and their main sponsor is Lebull. The main local rivals are CD Operário from Lagoa on the same island of São Miguel. Other major rivals are C.S. Marítimo and C.D. Nacional, from the island of Madeira.

History

Santa Clara reached the Primeira Liga for the first time by coming third in the 1998–99 Liga de Honra, but were instantly relegated back in last place. The team bounced back by winning the 2000–01 Segunda Liga under Manuel Fernandes and later Carlos Manuel. Fernandes, who left for Sporting CP in January 2001, returned in October.[1]

Despite coming 14th in their first top-flight season, Santa Clara were chosen by UEFA to play in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup when Vitória S.C. withdrew, needing the summer to renovate their Estádio D. Afonso Henriques for UEFA Euro 2004.[2] They beat Armenia's Shirak FC 5–3 on aggregate in the first round before falling 9–2 to Czechs FK Teplice in the second.[3] Santa Clara were relegated in 2003,[4] and then spent the next 15 years in the second tier, with the lowest point being 2014–15 when the club came 19th, saving themselves from relegation with three games remaining.[5]

In 2018, Carlos Pinto's Santa Clara team ended their exile by finishing second to C.D. Nacional, and he subsequently left.[6] His successor João Henriques led Santa Clara to two consecutive 10th-placed finishes, their best results for position and points (43) in their history. He left in July 2020, having secured a third consecutive top-flight season for the first time in club history.[7] Under his successor Daniel Ramos in 2020–21, the club finished a best-ever sixth to qualify for the inaugural UEFA Conference League.[8]

Santa Clara defeated KF Shkupi (North Macedonia) and NK Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) before falling to FK Partizan (Serbia) in the Conference League playoffs.[9] Ramos left unexpectedly in October 2021 with the team in 15th.[10] Mário Silva concluded the season with the team in 7th, earning a two-year contract extension, as well as taking the team to the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga (at FC Porto's expense) for the first time.[11] Silva was sacked in January 2023 with the team 15th after as many games;[12] the form did not improve under successors Jorge Simão and Danildo Accioly and Santa Clara finished last, ending five years in the top flight.[13]

Stadium

Santa Clara play in the 12,500-seat Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada, the largest city in the Azores.[14]

Honours

Players

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Gabriel Batista
2 DF Template:Fba/core Diogo Calila
3 DF Template:Fba/core Matheus Pereira
4 DF Template:Fba/core Pedro Pacheco
6 MF Template:Fba/core Adriano
7 MF Template:Fba/core Matheusinho
8 MF Template:Fba/core Pedro Ferreira
11 FW Template:Fba/core Gabriel Silva
12 GK Template:Fba/core Neneca (on loan from CascavelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
13 DF Template:Fba/core Luís Rocha
17 FW Template:Fba/core João Costa
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Template:Fba/core Frederico Venâncio
22 DF Template:Fba/core Edney
23 DF Template:Fba/core Sidney Lima
27 DF Template:Fba/core Guilherme Ramos (on loan from HamburgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
29 FW Template:Fba/core Wendel Silva (on loan from Porto BScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
31 GK Template:Fba/core Denivys
32 DF Template:Fba/core MT
35 MF Template:Fba/core Serginho
41 MF Template:Fba/core Dani Borges
42 DF Template:Fba/core Lucas Soares
70 FW Template:Fba/core Vinícius Lopes

Other players under contract

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Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Template:Fba/core Gustavo Klismahn (at Vissel Kobe)
— FW Template:Fba/core Reinaldo (at Alverca)
— FW Template:Fba/core Rildo (at Levski Sofia)
— DF Template:Fba/core João Ferreira (at Oliveira do Hospital)
— MF Template:Fba/core Yannick Semedo (at Vizela)
— FW Template:Fba/core Jader (at Universidad Católica)

International players

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Pauleta played for Santa Clara in 1991 at youth level before moving on to bigger clubs where he would become one of the best Portuguese strikers of all time.

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Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Template:Flagicon Vasco Matos
Assistant manager Template:Flagicon João Batista
Template:Flagicon João Pereira
First-team coach Template:Flagicon Leandro Pires
Goalkeeper coach Template:Flagicon Luciano Oliveira
Fitness coach Template:Flagicon Rogério Juidecce
Template:Flagicon João Gavazzo
Analyst Template:Flagicon Nicolau Carvalho
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon André Rocha
Template:Flagicon Diogo Moniz
Template:Flagicon Bruno Viveiros
Template:Flagicon Jony Xavier
Template:Flagicon Francisco Silva Cabral
Physiologist Template:Flagicon Rafael Gregório
Chief scout Template:Flagicon Diogo Fonseca
Scout Template:Flagicon Hugo Melo
Manuel Sousa
Sporting director Template:Flagicon Paulo Clemente
Squad planner Template:Flagicon Rafael Andrade
Academy manager Template:Flagicon Leandro Rodrigues
Template:Flagicon Luís Pires
Kit manager Template:Flagicon Alfredo Arruda

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Notes
1982–83 3DS 7 30 12 6 12 42 39 30 Round 2
1983–84 3DS 7 30 12 7 11 38 32 31 Round 2
1984–85 3DS 10 30 11 6 13 32 26 28 Round 2
1985–86 3DS 4 30 14 8 8 34 20 36 Round 2
1986–87 3DS 2 30 16 8 6 54 29 40 Round 1 Promoted
1987–88 2DS 20 38 5 13 20 19 51 23 Round 3 Relegated
1988–89 3DS 10 34 13 9 12 35 32 35 Round 2
1989–90 3DS 1 34 18 9 7 54 41 45 Round 2 Promoted
1990–91 2DS 14 34 12 9 17 40 56 33 Round 2 Relegated
1991–92 3DS 5 34 15 9 10 55 34 39 Round 2
1992–93 3DS 14 34 8 14 12 27 40 30 Round 1
1993–94 3DS 13 34 10 9 15 28 52 29 Round 1
1994–95 3DS 18 34 3 9 22 20 70 15 Round 1
1995–96 3DS 1 26 16 7 3 48 15 55 Round 1 Promoted
1996–97 2DS 2 34 19 6 9 67 36 63 Round 3
1997–98 2DS 1 34 18 8 5 60 31 65 Round 4 Promoted
1998–99 2H 3 34 13 13 7 53 37 55 Round 5 Promoted
1999–00 1D 18 34 7 10 17 35 50 31 Round 5 Relegated
2000–01 2H 1 34 20 7 7 60 37 67 Round 3 Promoted
2001–02 1D 14 34 9 10 15 32 46 37 Round 5
2002–03 1D 17 34 8 11 15 39 54 35 Round 5 Relegated
2003–04 2H 13 34 11 9 14 41 44 42 Round 3
2004–05 2H 15 34 11 6 17 39 49 39 Round 4
2005–06 2H 6 34 13 12 9 45 32 51 Round 4
2006–07 2H 4 30 15 5 10 34 31 50 Round 4
2007–08 2H 10 30 10 7 13 31 50 37 Round 4 Round 1
2008–09 2H 3 30 15 7 8 45 32 52 Round 5 Round 1
2009–10 2H 4 30 13 12 5 45 29 51 Round 4 First Group Stage
2010–11 2H 9 30 10 8 12 26 29 38 Round 3 First Group Stage
2011–12 2H 12 30 8 10 12 29 38 34 Round 2 Second Group Stage
2012–13 2H 11 42 15 14 13 55 48 59 Round 4 Round 2
2013–14 2H 15 42 13 9 20 38 46 48 Round 3 Round 2
2014–15 2H 19 46 10 21 15 33 42 51 Round 2 Round 1
2015–16 2H 16 46 15 12 19 49 52 57 Round 3 Round 1
2016–17 2H 10 42 16 12 14 42 42 60 Round 4 Round 2
2017–18 2H 2 38 19 9 10 55 40 66 Round 5 Round 2 Promoted
2018–19 1D 10 34 11 9 14 43 45 42 Round 4 Round 2
2019–20 1D 9 34 11 10 13 36 41 43 Round 5 Round 3
2020–21 1D 6 34 13 7 14 44 36 46 Quarter-finals
2021–22 1D 7 34 9 13 12 38 54 40 Round 3 Semi-finals
2022–23 1D 18 34 5 7 22 26 58 22 Round 3 Group stage Relegated
2023–24 2D 1 34 21 10 3 48 19 73 Quarter-finals First round Promoted
2024–25 1D 5 34 17 6 11 36 32 57 Fifth round Quarter-finals Best league finish

European record

UEFA club competition record

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 Intertoto Cup R1 Template:Flagicon FC Shirak 2–0 3–3 5–3
R2 Template:Flagicon Teplice 1–4 1–5 2–9
2021–22 Europa Conference League 2QR Template:Flagicon Shkupi 2–0 3–0 5–0
3QR Template:Flagicon Olimpija Ljubljana 2–0 1−0 3−0
PO Template:Flagicon Partizan 2–1 0–2 2–3
2025–26 Conference League 2QR Template:Flagicon Varaždin

UEFA coefficient

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Correct as of 21 May 2025.[16]

Rank Team Points
129 Template:Flagicon F.C. Arouca 12.453
130 Template:Flagicon Gil Vicente F.C. 12.453
131 Template:Flagicon C.D. Santa Clara 12.453
132 Template:Flagicon F.C. Paços de Ferreira 12.453
133 Template:Flagicon Rio Ave F.C. 12.453

References

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External links

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