2020–21 C.D. Santa Clara season

Santa Clara
2020–21 season
President	Rui Miguel Melo Cordeiro
Manager	Daniel Ramos
Stadium	Estádio de São Miguel
Primeira Liga	6th
Taça de Portugal	Quarter-finals
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 100th season in the existence of C.D. Santa Clara and the club's third consecutive season in the top-flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Santa Clara participated in this season's edition of the Taça de Portugal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 February 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POR	André Ferreira
2	DF	POR	Rafael Ramos
3	DF	VEN	Mikel Villanueva
4	DF	POR	Fábio Cardoso
5	DF	POR	João Afonso
6	DF	BRA	Mansur
7	FW	BRA	Allano
10	MF	BRA	Lincoln
11	FW	URU	Gustavo Viera
13	FW	BRA	Carlos
15	DF	POR	João Lucas
17	FW	POR	Ukra
18	MF	POR	Rúben Oliveira
19	MF	BRA	Júlio Romão
20	MF	POR	Costinha


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	POR	Nené
23	FW	BRA	Crysan
25	MF	JPN	Hidemasa Morita
26	FW	BRA	Jean Patric
27	MF	BRA	Anderson Carvalho
31	DF	URU	Cristian González
33	MF	BRA	Lucas Marques
35	FW	POR	Diogo Salomão
70	FW	IRN	Shahriyar Moghanlou
95	DF	SEN	Pierre Sagna
97	GK	POR	Rodolfo Cardoso
99	GK	POR	Marco Pereira
—	DF	BRA	Patrick Vieira
—	FW	POR	Rui Costa

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	18 September 2020	19 May 2021	Matchday 1	6th	34	13	7	14	44	36	+8	038.24
Taça de Portugal	22 November 2020	29 January 2021	Third round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	075.00
Total					38	16	7	15	51	40	+11	042.11

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Braga	34	19	7	8	53	33	+20	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Paços de Ferreira	34	15	8	11	40	41	−1	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Santa Clara	34	13	7	14	44	36	+8	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
7	Vitória de Guimarães	34	12	7	15	37	44	−7	43^[b]
8	Moreirense	34	10	13	11	37	43	−6	43^[b]

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).
^ ^a ^b Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	7	14	44	36	+8	46	7	5	5	26	16	+10	6	2	9	18	20	−2

Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W
Position	5	4	3	4	6	5	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	11	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	8	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	6

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.^[1]

20 September 2020 1	Santa Clara	2–0	Marítimo	Ponta Delgada
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Thiago Santana 57', 72', 84' Nené 90+6'	Report	Correa 47'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Mota

25 September 2020 2	Braga	0–1	Santa Clara	Braga
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Thiago Santana 5'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Costa

3 October 2020 3	Santa Clara	0–0	Gil Vicente	Ponta Delgada
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Villanueva 4'	Report	Leandrinho 21' Perreira 65' Rodrigão 80'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iancu Vasilica

18 October 2020 4	Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Santa Clara	Paços de Ferreira
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Reabciuk 34', 68' Douglas 71' Diaby 83'	Report	F. Cardoso 50' Santana 68', 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Vítor Ferreira

24 October 2020 5	Santa Clara	1–2	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	González 18' Thiago Santana 42' Sagna 45' Carvalho 63'	Report	Gonçalves 20', 81' Coates 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 932 Referee: Manuel Mota

1 November 2020 6	Portimonense	1–2	Santa Clara	Portimão
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Anzai 41' Lucas Fernandes 59' Boa Morte 66', 84'	Report	Carlos 6' Rashid 18' Nené 31' F. Cardoso 37', 51' Thiago Santana 57' Jean Patric 82' Marco 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

7 November 2020 7	Tondela	2–0	Santa Clara	Tondela
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Agra 35' González 67'	Report		Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Bento

28 November 2020 8	Santa Clara	0–1	Porto	Ponta Delgada
17:00 WET (UTC±0)	Rashid 33' Costinha 37'	Report	Grujić 35' Díaz 45+1'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

6 December 2020 9	Nacional	1–3	Santa Clara	Funchal
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Pedrão 32' Gorré 38', 63' Micael 72'	Report	Carlos 22' Rashid 34' Ramos 48' Costinha 70' Thiago Santana 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Vítor Ferreira

21 December 2020 10	Santa Clara	0–4	Vitória de Guimarães	Ponta Delgada
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	Villanueva 56'	Report	André André 6' Quaresma 27' Estupiñán 30', 54'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Costa

29 December 2020 11	Moreirense	1–0	Santa Clara	Guimarães
18:45 WET (UTC±0)	F. Soares 11' Yan 72'	Report	Moghanlou 34' Anderson Carvalho 55' Villanueva 81' F. Cardoso 85' Costinha 88'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iancu Vasilica

4 January 2021 12	Santa Clara	1–1	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
16:00 WET (UTC±0)	Sagna 26' Cardoso 59', 77' Rashid 90+5'	Report	Ferro 29' Núñez 32'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Malheiro

9 January 2021 13	Boavista	1–1	Santa Clara	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±0)	Nuno Santos 20' Cannon 49' Paulinho 71' Rafael Bracalli 71'	Report	João Afonso 26' Carlos 37' Anderson Carvalho 43' Diogo Salomão 71' Nené 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre

17 January 2021 14	Santa Clara	1–2	Famalicão	Ponta Delgada, Azores
16:30 WET (UTC±0)	Lucas 26' Carvalho 41' Ramos 63' Queirós 70' (o.g.) Carlos 71' Costinha 76'	Report	Jhonata Robert 51' Jaime 53' William 72' Luković 83' Vinagre 85' Rodrigues 86'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Fábio Melo

25 January 2021 15	Rio Ave	1–2	Santa Clara	Vila do Conde
16:30 WET (UTC±0)	Meshino 26' Borevković 35' Filipe Augusto 57' Gabrielzinho 60' Ronan 78' Silva 80' Pinto 87'	Report	Carlos 23' João Lucas 67' Morita 89'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Nogueira

1 February 2021 16	Santa Clara	2–0	Belenenses SAD	Ponta Delgada
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Crysan 13' Mansur 47' Allano 74' Marco 86' Diogo Calila 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Henriques 34' Sousa 89'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Silva

4 February 2021 17	Farense	1–1	Santa Clara	Faro
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Gauld 40'	Report	Ramos 42' Carlos 63', 76' F. Cardoso 86'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Vítor Ferreira

8 February 2021 18	Marítimo	1–2	Santa Clara	Funchal
19:00 WET (UTC±0)	Joel 61' Pelágio 72'	Report	Villanueva 59' Crysan 74' Carlos 78', 78' Mansur 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Costa

14 February 2021 19	Santa Clara	0–1	Braga	Ponta Delgada
17:30 WET (UTC±0)	Carlos 75' Villanueva 83' Patric 90+1'	Report	Borja 11' Silva 62' Sequeira 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro

20 February 2021 20	Gil Vicente	1–0	Santa Clara	Barcelos
17:30 WET (UTC±0)	Paulinho 26' Gomes 63' Samuel Lino 73' Fernandes 81' Pedrinho 90+2'	Report	Ramos 23' Salomão 78' F. Cardoso 89'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Gustavo Correia

27 February 2021 21	Santa Clara	3–0	Paços de Ferreira	Ponta Delgada
17:00 WET (UTC±0)	Allano 10', 49' Crysan 45' Carlos 56'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Mota

5 March 2021 22	Sporting CP	2–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Gonçalves 22' Antunes 90+1' Coates 90+3'	Report	Carvalho 41' Cardoso 62' Costa 84'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Oliveira

13 March 2021 23	Santa Clara	2–0	Portimonense	Ponta Delgada
18:00 WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 774 Referee: Iancu Vasilica

20 March 2021 24	Santa Clara	1–1	Tondela	Ponta Delgada
15:30 WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Malheiro

3 April 2021 25	Porto	2–1	Santa Clara	Porto
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Oliveira 49' (pen.) Manafá 53' Leite 54' Martínez 90+4', 90+5'	Report	Marco 47' Carlos 56' (pen.), 73' Nené 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

11 April 2021 26	Santa Clara	5–1	Nacional	Ponta Delgada
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Villanueva 4' Lincoln 14' Rui Costa 35' 47' Rafael Ramos 69' Carlos 79' Ukra 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Thill 8' Rui Correia 66' 90+6' Kalindi 77'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correia

17 April 2021 27	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Santa Clara	Guimarães
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Rochinha 17' Agu 90+4'	Report	Anderson Carvalho 13'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Manuel Gomes Costa

21 April 2021 28	Santa Clara	0–0	Moreirense	Ponta Delgada
15:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Carlos 21' Fábio Cardoso 34' Anderson Carvalho 52' Lincoln 68' Villanueva 71'	Report	Rafael Martins 45+1' Gonçalo Franco 68' Fábio Pacheco 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Vitor Jorge Fernandes Ferriera

26 April 2021 29	Benfica	2–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Carlos 25' (o.g.) Chiquinho 73' Weigl 89' Otamendi 90+2'	Report	Anderson Carvalho 62'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Miguel Azevedo Malheiro

1 May 2021 30	Santa Clara	3–3	Boavista	Ponta Delgada
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Anderson Carvalho 34' Lincoln 45' Carlos 50' Mansur 58' Morita 90+1' Fábio Cardoso 90+4'	Report	Elis 17' 75' Porozo 54' Nuno Santos 66' 66' Marco Pereira 69' (o.g.) Léo Jardim 90'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rui Manuel Gomes Costa

7 May 2021 31	Famalicão	1–0	Santa Clara	Vila Nova de Famalicão
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Riccieli 21' Alexandre Guedes 65' Ivo Rodrigues 82' (pen.) Valenzuela 88' Diogo Queirós 90+2'	Report	Villaneuva 13' Nené 35' 35' Marco Pereira 77' Sagna 82' 90+8' Crysan 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Luis Miguel Branco Godinho

11 May 2021 32	Santa Clara	1–0	Rio Ave	Ponta Delgada
16:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Mansur 38' Villanueva 45+1' Carlos 52' Allano 69' Crysan 90+3'	Report	Guga 47' Fábio Coentrão 73' Meshino 79' Filipe Augusto 84'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hugo Miguel

16 May 2021 33	Belenenses	0–2	Santa Clara	Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Tiago Esgaio 8'	Report	Carlos 9' (pen.) 60' Anderson Carvalho 47'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hélder Malheiro

19 May 2021 34	Santa Clara	4–0	Farense	Ponta Delgada
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Carlos 12' 63' Crysan 33' Nené 40' Morita 45' Allano 59' 60'	Report	Claudio Falcão 29' Pedro Henrique 48' Licá 80'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: João Pinheiro (referee)

Taça de Portugal

13 December 2020 Fourth round	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Santa Clara	Guimarães
15:00 WET (UTC±0)	Sacko 43' Varela 90+4'	Report	Júlio Romão 8' Ramos 24'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Manuel Oliveira

29 January 2021 Quarter-finals	Braga	2–1	Santa Clara	Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±0)	R. Horta 25', 40' Ruiz 43'	Report	Villanueva 90' Crysan 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nuno Almeida

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[2]

References

^ "Eis o calendário das 34 jornadas da I Liga 2020/21". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020.
^ "Costa anuncia que jogos de futebol continuam sem público". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in Portuguese). 10 September 2020.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.49733729031744-1] Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).

[table_hth_VSC0.49733729031744-2] Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.

[Covid-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[2]

[3] "Eis o calendário das 34 jornadas da I Liga 2020/21". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 28 August 2020.

[4] "Costa anuncia que jogos de futebol continuam sem público". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in Portuguese). 10 September 2020.

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