2001–02 C.D. Santa Clara season

Santa Clara
2001–02 season
Head coachCarlos Manuel
Manuel Fernandes
Primeira Liga14th
Taça de PortugalFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
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.[1]

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[2][1]

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 Angola ANG Fernando Pereira
2 DF Portugal POR Portela
3 DF Brazil BRA Sandro
4 DF Brazil BRA Telmo
5 DF Angola ANG Kali
6 DF Portugal POR Rui Gregório
7 MF Spain ESP Ivan Cortes Garcia (Míner)
8 MF Portugal POR Paiva
9 MF Brazil BRA George
10 MF Angola ANG Paulo Figueiredo
11 FW Cape Verde CPV Toni
12 GK Guinea-Bissau GNB Hidraldo José Carvalho Nogueira (Du)
13 DF Portugal POR José Leal[notes 1]
14 FW Spain ESP José Luis Morales
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Portugal POR António Barrigana
18 MF Portugal POR Sérgio Nunes
19 MF Ivory Coast CIV Idrissa Keita (on loan from Real Oviedo)
20 MF Angola ANG Cláudio Abreu
22 DF Brazil BRA Luís Soares
23 MF Argentina ARG Mauricio Hanuch (on loan from Sporting CP)
24 GK Portugal POR Jorge Silva
25 MF Spain ESP Toñito
26 MF Portugal POR Vítor Vieira
27 MF Brazil BRA Geraldo
28 MF Brazil BRA Glaedson
29 FW Brazil BRA Brandão
30 FW Brazil BRA Flávio Galvão
— MF Hungary 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 Portugal POR Nuno Sociedade (de-registered)
17 DF Portugal POR Bruno Melo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Portugal 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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDDLWLLDDLLWLWWWDLDWWLWDLLLDLDLDLL
Position6371171115151515161516131191011111089999101011111113121414
Source: FootballPortugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ José Leal was born in Sá da Bandeira (now Lubango), Angola.

References

  1. ^ a b "Santa Clara in 2001–02". Zerozero. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Santa Clara - 2001/02". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2021.