CD Santa Clara
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| Full name | Clube Desportivo Santa Clara |
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| Nickname(s) | Os Açoreanos (The Azoreans) |
| Founded | May 12, 1927 (84 years ago) |
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Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Capacity | 12,500 |
| President | Mário Jorge Freitas Batista |
| Manager | Daniel Ramos |
| League | LigaPro |
| 2015–16 | 16th |
| Website | Club home page |
Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel that is eligible for UEFA Champions League and Europa League games. They are the most successful football team from the Azores islands and the only team from the archipelago to compete in one UEFA competition: the Intertoto Cup.
To date, Santa Clara is the only club from the Azores islands to have competed in the top division of the Portuguese Liga, being thus the westernmost top-flight club in Europe. They compete in the Segunda Liga, the Portuguese second level football league. Santa Clara's current kit manufacturer is Adidas and their main sponsors are Banif and Açoreana Seguros. Main rivals are CD Operário from Lagoa. Other major rivals are C.S. Marítimo and C.D. Nacional, from the island of Madeira.
Santa Clara plays in the Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada, the largest city in the Azores. It is the only team from the Azores islands to ever participate in the Portuguese Liga, where they play for three non-consecutive seasons (1999–00, 2001–02 and 2002–03). The club also qualified once for UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002. Manuel Fernandes, a former Portuguese international, who took Santa Clara to the First Division the first time, is a highly acclaimed figure in Azores. While it now plays in the Segunda Liga, Santa Clara is always a favorite to get promoted.
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