Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club founded in 1921 and rooted in Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel in the Azores. Known as Os Açorianos, the club has carried the islands’ football identity into Portugal’s national game and European competition. Its red-and-white tradition, Atlantic setting and long connection with Estádio de São Miguel give the team a distinctive place in the country’s football landscape. This profile brings together the club’s identity, current-season context and recorded sporting information.
Santa Clara Upcoming matches by league
Primeira Liga
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- Regular Season - 7
Santa Clara
SC Braga
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- Regular Season - 8
Casa PiaNo H2HSanta Clara
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- Regular Season - 9
Santa ClaraNo H2HBenfica
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- Regular Season - 10
MaritimoNo H2HSanta Clara
Santa Clara Last matches by league
Primeira Liga
Friendlies Clubs
Taça de Portugal
Taça da Liga
UEFA Europa Conference League
Santa Clara Team Roster
Santa Clara’s recorded squad comprises 28 players: 10 midfielders, eight attackers, eight defenders and two goalkeepers. The midfield group includes Pedro Ferreira, Darlan, Sorriso, Vinícius Lopes and Tiago Ribeiro, while the attack features Gonçalo Paciência, Rildo, Léo Jacó and Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira. Defensive options include Diogo Calila, Guilherme Romão, Frederico Venâncio, Pedro Pacheco and Sidney Lima. Lucas França and Neneca are the listed goalkeepers. The roster combines long-form and abbreviated player registrations. Shirt numbers range from 1 to 99, with some numbers appearing more than once.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
Henrique Fernandes da Silva
Pedro Jorge Pacheco Seabra
Guilherme Kennedy Romão
Emanuel Moreira Fernandes
Sidney Alexssander Pena De Lima
Frederico André Ferrão Venâncio
Lucas Soares de Almeida
position Midfielder
Pedro Miguel Dinis Ferreira
José Luís Rocha Tavares
João Vasconcelos Faria Gonçalves
Tiago Miguel Hora Ribeiro
Vitor Hugo Amorim de Assis
Rildo Gonçalves de Amorim Filho
Daniel Borges da Silva
Seydou Fofana
A. Infante
position Attacker
Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira
Gonçalo Mendes Paciência
Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos
Welinton Macedo dos Santos
A. Duarte
F. Medeiros
Vinícius Lopes da Silva
Leonardo Gomes da Silva Jacó
Sorriso
Last Santa Clara Coachs
Vasco Matos is the most recent recorded appointment in Santa Clara’s coaching timeline, beginning on July 1, 2023. No closing date is listed, but the available information does not confirm him as the active holder of the role. Earlier dated appointments include Accioly from February to June 2023 and Jorge Simão from January to February 2023, following Mário Silva’s spell from January 2022 to January 2023. Tiago Sousa is also listed with a December 2021 start. The sequence is therefore best presented as a chronology, not as proof of an active appointment.
Vasco Miguel Lopes Matos
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco Miguel Lopes Matos | Portugal | 1 July 2023 | |
| Danildo Jose Sao Pedro Accioly Filho | Brazil | 1 February 2023 | 1 June 2023 |
| António Jorge Rocha Simão | Portugal | 1 January 2023 | 1 February 2023 |
| Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva | Portugal | 1 January 2022 | 1 January 2023 |
| Tiago Manuel Tavares de Sousa | Portugal | 1 December 2021 | |
| Nuno Alexandre Carvalho Campos | Portugal | 1 October 2021 | 1 December 2021 |
| Daniel António Lopes Ramos | Portugal | 1 August 2020 | 1 October 2021 |
| João Alexandre Oliveira Nunes Henriques | Portugal | 1 July 2018 | 1 August 2020 |
| José Carlos Alves Ferreira Pinto | Portugal | 1 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 |
| Rui Miguel Félix Amorim Reis | Portugal | 1 October 2016 | 1 December 2016 |
| Joaquim Machado Gonçalves | Portugal | 1 September 2016 | 1 October 2016 |
| Daniel António Lopes Ramos | Portugal | 1 July 2016 | 1 September 2016 |
| José Carlos Alves Ferreira Pinto | Portugal | 1 February 2016 | 1 June 2016 |
| José Fernando Martins Valente | Portugal | 5 October 2015 | 22 February 2016 |
| António Filipe de Sousa Gouveia | Portugal | 1 December 2014 | 1 September 2015 |
| Cláudio José Ferreira Braga | Portugal | 1 July 2014 | 1 October 2014 |
| Horácio José Paredes Mota Gonçalves | Portugal | 1 November 2013 | 1 June 2014 |
| Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira | Portugal | 1 July 2008 | 1 June 2010 |
Santa Clara Transfers
Recent arrivals dated June 30 to July 30, 2026 include listed transfers for João Vasconcelos from SC Braga, Vitinho from Cruzeiro, Sorriso from Atletico Paranaense and Tiago Ribeiro from Feirense. Free-agent arrivals include Lucas França from Nacional, A. Infante from 1º Dezembro and Emanuel Fernandes from Feirense. The same period features returns from loan for Matheusinho, Jader, Thauan Lara, Edney, Reinaldo, Rildo, Bruno Almeida, Alysson Silva, Miguel Pires, Henrique Pereira, Gabriel de Morais and Douglas Borel. These are selected recorded arrivals, not a complete count of every incoming move.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
Farense U23
|
- | 16 August 2026 | |
| Léo Jacó |
Atletico Goianiense
|
Transfer | 10 August 2026 |
| Matheusinho |
Ceara
|
Return from loan | 30 July 2026 |
| João Vasconcelos |
SC Braga
|
Transfer | 23 July 2026 |
| Lucas França |
Nacional
|
Free agent | 21 July 2026 |
| Jader |
Atletico Goianiense
|
Return from loan | 14 July 2026 |
| Vitinho |
Cruzeiro
|
Transfer | 12 July 2026 |
| Vitinho |
Cruzeiro
|
Transfer | 11 July 2026 |
Atletico Paranaense
|
Transfer | 9 July 2026 | |
|
Atletico Paranaense
|
Transfer | 8 July 2026 | |
| A. Infante |
1º Dezembro
|
Free agent | 5 July 2026 |
Sporting Braga U23
|
- | 4 July 2026 | |
| Tiago Ribeiro |
Feirense
|
Transfer | 2 July 2026 |
| Neneca |
Cascavel
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| Emanuel Fernandes |
Feirense
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
Recent departures dated June 30 to August 7, 2026 include listed transfers for Thauan Lara to Portimonense, Matheusinho to Atletico Goianiense, Sarará to Alverca, Miguel Pires to Vizela, Bruno Almeida to AEL, Gabriel Batista to Botafogo, Paulo Victor to Club Queretaro, Joao Bravim to Ararat-Armenia, Klismahn to Neftchi Baku, J. Afonso to FC Porto, Reinaldo to Levski Sofia and Gabriel Silva to SC Braga. Loan moves include Andrey to AVS, Italo Cabelinho and Jader to Portimonense, and Douglas Borel to Penafiel. This selected movement is not a complete departures total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diogo Calila |
Maghreb Fès
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Transfer | 1 September 2026 |
| Henrique Pereira |
Feirense
|
Loan | 1 September 2026 |
| Alysson Silva |
Leixoes
|
Loan | 31 August 2026 |
AVS
|
Loan | 26 August 2026 | |
| Andrey |
AVS
|
Loan | 7 August 2026 |
| Thauan Lara |
Portimonense
|
Transfer | 4 August 2026 |
| Thauan Lara |
Portimonense
|
Transfer | 3 August 2026 |
| Matheusinho |
Atletico Goianiense
|
Transfer | 2 August 2026 |
| Sarará |
Alverca
|
Transfer | 1 August 2026 |
| Matheusinho |
Atletico Goianiense
|
Transfer | 1 August 2026 |
| Douglas Borel |
Penafiel
|
Loan | 31 July 2026 |
| Jader |
Portimonense
|
Loan | 31 July 2026 |
| Italo Cabelinho |
Portimonense
|
Loan | 31 July 2026 |
| Miguel Pires |
Vizela
|
Transfer | 31 July 2026 |
| Rodrigo Mendes |
SC Covilha
|
- | 28 July 2026 |
Transfers Synthesis
Santa Clara’s recorded movement from June 30 through August 7, 2026 shows several forms of squad change operating at once. Incoming activity combines listed transfers, free-agent arrivals and a substantial group of loan returns. Outgoing activity combines listed transfers with loans to clubs in Portugal and abroad. Several names appear on both sides of the movement picture: Matheusinho returned from Ceara before a later transfer to Atletico Goianiense, while Jader, Thauan Lara, Miguel Pires, Reinaldo, Bruno Almeida and Douglas Borel are also represented in arrival and departure entries. That overlap indicates that the recorded window includes temporary-return mechanics as well as fresh movement. The lists are selected rather than exhaustive, so they show the nature of the activity without establishing a complete arrivals total, departures total or net balance. No fees are recorded for these entries, leaving the financial value of the movement unspecified.
Leagues Santa Clara has participated in
Santa Clara’s recorded competitions through 2025 cover domestic leagues, domestic cups, European football and friendlies. Primeira Liga is recently active in the record from 2018 to 2025, alongside Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal, both recorded through 2025. UEFA Europa Conference League participation is also recorded from 2021 to 2025, while Friendlies Clubs appears from 2020 to 2025. Segunda Liga is a historical part of the portfolio, with entries from 2016 through 2023 and no recent activity indicated after that point. The available competition history therefore spans Portugal’s top flight, its principal cups, a continental tournament and earlier second-tier seasons.
More about Santa Clara
Clube Desportivo Santa Clara, usually called Santa Clara, is a Portuguese football club founded in 1921 and based in Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island in the Azores. Its island setting is central to its identity: the club is known by the nickname Os Açorianos, or The Azoreans, and represents one of Portugal’s most distinctive regional football communities. Santa Clara traditionally plays in red and white. Its home ground is Estádio de São Miguel, an open-air stadium in Ponta Delgada with a reported capacity of about 12,500. The venue provides the club with a clear local anchor, while the Atlantic location gives home fixtures a character unlike that of mainland teams. The club’s cultural profile also includes regional and insular rivalries, notably with CD Operário and with Madeira-based sides such as Marítimo and Nacional. Founded at the beginning of the twentieth century’s third decade, Santa Clara developed from regional football into a team capable of competing in Portugal’s highest divisions. Its recorded league history includes Primeira Liga seasons from 2018 through 2025 and Segunda Liga participation extending from 2016 through 2023. The club has also appeared in the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and UEFA Europa Conference League, giving its Azorean identity a continental dimension. Santa Clara is identified as a Sport S.A.D., the corporate structure used in Portuguese professional football, with recent majority ownership associated with Brazilian businessman Bruno Vicintin. The squad tradition reflects the club’s position between local roots and an outward-looking Portuguese football network, with Portuguese and Brazilian connections prominent in its wider profile. Red-and-white symbols, the Os Açorianos name and the São Miguel home establish a coherent visual and cultural identity, while the club’s competition record places that identity within Portugal’s professional and European ecosystem.
Last matches statistics for Santa Clara
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Santa Clara
2 - 0
Paredes
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Santa Clara
2 - 1
Moreirense
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Santa Clara
1 - 1
Felgueiras 1932
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Santa Clara
3 - 0
Arouca
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Santa Clara
2 - 2
Nacional
|
7 / 19 |
|
81 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
|
Academico Viseu
0 - 1
Santa Clara
|
2 / 8 |
|
76 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
|
Santa Clara
1 - 0
Famalicao
|
2 / 12 |
|
74 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
|
Alverca
1 - 1
Santa Clara
|
3 / 15 |
|
74 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
|
Santa Clara
4 - 0
Rio Ave
|
6 / 16 |
|
89 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
|
Arouca
1 - 2
Santa Clara
|
5 / 12 |
|
0% | 12 | 3 1 | 3 |
Detailed statistics Santa Clara
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).