C.D. Santa Clara

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C.D. Santa Clara

Full name

Clube Desportivo Santa Clara

Founded

1921

Ground

Estádio de São Miguel,
Ponta Delgada

Capacity

13,277

Chairman

Paulino de Jesus Pavão

Manager

Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito

League

Liga de Honra

2005-06

Liga de Honra, 6th





Home colours





Away colours

Clube Desportivo Santa Clara (IPA: ['klub(ɨ) dɨʃpuɾ'tivu 'sɐ̃tɐ 'klaɾɐ]) is an Portuguese football club in from Ponta Delgada, Azores. To date, it is the only club from the Azores to have competed in first level of the Portuguese Liga but were demoted to the Liga de Honra.

Among its most famous players are Paulo Figueiredo, José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal and Jorge Ribeiro.

Santa Clara is one of the only teams from the Azores area to participate in the Portuguese Liga where players such as Pedro Pauleta and Paulo Figueiredo where the reason for Santa Clara's Comeback into the First Division the Superliga Portuguesa.

Due to the geographic area of the Azores Santa Clara's rivals are CD Nacional and C.S. Marítimo both from Madeira Island where both places where at dispute for entry into the Portuguese football league.

Matches against teams from Madeira prove to be very disastrous with both sets of fans being placed on different parts of the Stadiums with Security very Conjested.

Santa Clara play in the Estádio de São Miguel or The Stadium of Saint Michael in Ponta Delgada the largest city in the Azores.

The club also shares a rivalry with Vizela and with Trofense ^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] League and cup history

The club has 3 presences at the top level of Portuguese football.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1998-1999	2H	3	34	13	13	7	53	37	55	last 32	promoted
1999-2000	1D	18	34	7	10	17	35	50	31	last 32	relegated
2000-2001	2H	1	34	20	7	7	60	37	67		promoted
2001-2002	1D	14	34	9	10	15	32	46	37	last 32	best classification ever
2002-2003	1D	17	34	8	11	15	39	54	35	last 32	relegated
2003-2004	2H	13	34	11	9	14	41	44	13	last 128
2004-2005	2H	15	34	11	6	17	39	49	39	last 64
2005-2006	2H	6	34	13	12	9	45	32	51	last 64
2006-2007	2H	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	4th round	ongoing