# 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.

## 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. 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. 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 027.78 |
Source: Competitions

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |