2001–02 C.D. Santa Clara season

Santa Clara

2001–02 season
Head coach	Carlos Manuel Manuel Fernandes
Primeira Liga	14th
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Toñito (7) All: Toñito (7)

The 2001–02 season was the 81st season in the existence of C.D. Santa Clara and the club's first 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.

Season summary

Santa Clara comfortably escaped relegation and finished in 14th, which was until 2019 their best-ever league finish. They also qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ANG	Fernando Pereira
2	DF	POR	Portela
3	DF	BRA	Sandro
4	DF	BRA	Telmo
5	DF	ANG	Kali
6	DF	POR	Rui Gregório
7	MF	ESP	Ivan Cortes Garcia (Míner)
8	MF	POR	Paiva
9	MF	BRA	George
10	MF	ANG	Paulo Figueiredo
11	FW	CPV	Toni
12	GK	GNB	Hidraldo José Carvalho Nogueira (Du)
13	DF	POR	José Leal
14	FW	ESP	José Luis Morales

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	POR	António Barrigana
18	MF	POR	Sérgio Nunes
19	MF	CIV	Idrissa Keita (on loan from Real Oviedo)
20	MF	ANG	Cláudio Abreu
22	DF	BRA	Luís Soares
23	MF	ARG	Mauricio Hanuch (on loan from Sporting CP)
24	GK	POR	Jorge Silva
25	MF	ESP	Toñito
26	MF	POR	Vítor Vieira
27	MF	BRA	Geraldo
28	MF	BRA	Glaedson
29	FW	BRA	Brandão
30	FW	BRA	Flávio Galvão
—	MF	HUN	Gábor Vayer

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	POR	Nuno Sociedade (de-registered)
17	DF	POR	Bruno Melo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	POR	Nelson Faria

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	12 August 2001	5 May 2002	Matchday 1	14th	34	9	10	15	32	46	−14	026.47
Taça de Portugal	18 November 2001	12 December 2001	Fourth round	Fifth round	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Total					36	10	10	16	36	50	−14	027.78

Source: Competitions

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2001–02 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Gil Vicente	34	10	8	16	42	56	−14	38
13	Vitória de Setúbal	34	9	11	14	40	46	−6	38
14	Santa Clara	34	9	10	15	32	46	−14	37	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
15	Varzim	34	8	8	18	27	55	−28	32
16	Salgueiros (R)	34	8	6	20	29	71	−42	30	Relegation to Segunda Liga

Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

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	9	10	15	32	46	−14	37	7	7	3	16	13	+3	2	3	12	16	33	−17

Source: ZeroZero.pt

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	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L
Position	6	3	7	11	7	11	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	13	11	9	10	11	11	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	13	12	14	14

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