Sertanense F.C.

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Sertanense in 1971:
Standing:Victor Nunes (Cagonas), José Luís Santos, António João, António Dionísio, Zé Maria Ferreira, João César Marques dos Santos, Amâncio da Silva Carvalho e António Pires.
Second line:Joca Barreto, Armando Vaz, João Matiota, Aníbal (Benjamim), Fernando (Camilo) e Victor Carvalheiro.

Sertanense Futebol Clube (pron. IPA: [sɨɾ.tɐ.'nẽ.sɨ]), formerly Sertanense Foot-ball Club is the largest sports club of Sertã. Its articles of foundation date from 17 February 1934. It was founded by Casimiro Farinha.

Scarf commemorating a match between FC Porto and Sertanense FC for the Portuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal), in 2008, in Campo de Jogos Dr. Marques dos Santos
FC Porto won 0-4.

Sertanense is nowadays almost exclusively a soccer club. Sertanense was twice Castelo Branco district champion in 1988 and 2000. It now plays in the Portuguese third division. It has played the upper 2nd-B league during one season only. However, during the seventies, it devoted most of its energy to sport fishing, and was even Portuguese champion.

It is currently chaired by Paulo Jorge Costa Farinha, a.k.a. Filhó.

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