# 2021–22 C.D. Santa Clara season

The 2021–22 season is the 101st season in the existence of C.D. Santa Clara and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Santa Clara will participate in this season's edition of the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 16 February 2022
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 | POR | Ricardo Fernandes |
| 2 | DF | POR | Rafael Ramos |
| 3 | DF | VEN | Mikel Villanueva |
| 4 | DF | TOG | Kennedy Boateng |
| 5 | DF | POR | João Afonso |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Mansur |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Allano |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Anderson Carvalho |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lincoln |
| 11 | MF | POR | Costinha |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Andrei Chindriș |
| 16 | DF | POR | Paulo Henrique |
| 17 | DF | URU | Cristian González |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | POR | Rúben Oliveira |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Júlio Romão |
| 20 | FW | COL | Oscar Barreto |
| 21 | MF | POR | Nené |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Crysan |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Hidemasa Morita |
| 30 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Mohebi |
| 77 | FW | POR | Rui Costa |
| 95 | DF | SEN | Pierre Sagna |
| 97 | GK | POR | Rodolfo Cardoso |
| 98 | MF | POR | Ricardinho |
| 99 | GK | POR | Marco Pereira |
| — | FW | JPN | Kyosuke Tagawa (on loan from F.C. Tokyo) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | POR | André Mesquita (on loan at Vitória de Setúbal until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POR | Diogo Motty (on loan at União de Santarém until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | MAR | Mohamed Bouldini (on loan at CF Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | HON | Jonathan Toro (on loan at Académica until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | URU | Gustavo Viera (at Fénix until 30 June 2022) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | August 2021 | May 2022 | Matchday 1 | | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 028.00 |
| Taça de Portugal | 16 October 2021 | 20 November 2021 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 050.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 1 August 2021 | 26 January 2022 | Second round | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 26 August 2021 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 037.84 |
Last updated: 6 March 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 40 | |
| 8 | Famalicão | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 39 | |
| 9 | Estoril | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 39 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Famalicão 4, Estoril 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 March 2022. Source: Liga Portugal

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.