2001–02 C.D. Santa Clara season

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]

Santa Clara
2001–02 season
Head coachCarlos Manuel
Manuel Fernandes
Primeira Liga14th
Taça de PortugalFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Toñito (7)

All:
Toñito (7)

Season summary edit

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 edit

Squad at end of season[2][1]

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   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[notes 1]
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 edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 edit

Overview edit

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 edit

League table edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

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

References edit

  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.