# 2022–23 C.D. Santa Clara season

The 2022–23 season is the 96th in the history of C.D. Santa Clara and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in the Primeira Liga, the Taça de Portugal, and the Taça da Liga.

## Players

    As of 1 January 2023
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 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Xavi Quintillà |
| 4 | DF | TOG | Kennedy Boateng |
| 5 | DF | POR | João Afonso |
| 6 | MF | POR | Bruno Jordão |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Allano |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Anderson Carvalho |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Kyosuke Tagawa (on loan from F.C. Tokyo) |
| 10 | MF | POR | Ricardinho |
| 11 | MF | POR | Costinha |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Gabriel Batista |
| 13 | DF | POR | Diogo Calila |
| 14 | MF | POR | Rúben Oliveira |
| 15 | MF | POR | Rodrigo Valente |
| 16 | DF | POR | Paulo Henrique |
| 17 | DF | URU | Cristian González |
| 19 | FW | POR | Bruno Almeida (on loan from Trofense) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Adriano |
| 21 | MF | POR | Andrezinho |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Filip Stevanović (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Mohebi |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Matheus Nunes (on loan from Vasco da Gama) |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Pedro Bicalho (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Rildo |
| 39 | MF | BRA | Matheus Babi (on loan from Athletico Paranaense) |
| 40 | DF | JPN | Kento Misao |
| 41 | GK | POR | Ricardo Silva |
| 43 | DF | BRA | Paulo Eduardo |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Ítalo |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Silva (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 77 | FW | POR | Rui Costa |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Victor Bobsin |
| 90 | MF | BRA | Patrick |
| 95 | DF | SEN | Pierre Sagna |
| 99 | GK | POR | Marco Pereira |

### 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) |
| — | MF | POR | Martim Maia (at Trofense until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| – | DF | Tomás Domingos | Mafra | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| – | GK | Ricardo Silva | Porto B | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Xavi Quintillà | Villarreal | Free | 4 July 2022 |
| 15 | MF | Rodrigo Valente | Estoril Praia | Free | 4 July 2022 |
| 80 | MF | Victor Bobsin | Grêmio | Free | 18 July 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Andrezinho | Dunajská Streda | Free | 26 July 2022 |
| 43 | DF | Paulo Eduardo | Cruzeiro | €1,000,000 | 6 August 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Adriano | Cruzeiro | Free | 7 August 2022 |
| 37 | AM | Rildo | Grêmio | €1,250,000 | 9 August 2022 |
| 89 | AM | João Marcos | Al-Wahda | Free | 11 August 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Martim Maia | Amora | Free transfer | 19 August 2022 |
| 13 | DF | Diogo Calila | B-SAD | €250,000 | 19 August 2022 |
| 12 | GK | Gabriel Batista | Flamengo | Free | 25 August 2022 |
| 44 | DF | Ítalo | São Bernardo | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| – | DF | Kento Misao | Kashima Antlers | Undisclosed | 1 January 2023 | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until | Team |
| 18 July 2022 | RW | Gabriel Silva | Palmeiras | 30 June 2023 | First team |
| 18 July 2022 | MF | Pedro Bicalho | Palmeiras | 30 June 2023 | First team |
| 10 August 2022 | LW | Bruno Almeida | Trofense | 30 June 2023 | First team |
| 22 August 2022 | FW | Matheus Babi | Atheltico Paranaense | 30 June 2023 | First team |
| 23 August 2022 | MF | Bruno Jordão | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 June 2023 | First team |
| 24 August 2022 | LB | MT | Vasco da Gama | 30 June 2023 | First team |
| 31 August 2022 | LW | Filip Stevanović | Manchester City | 30 June 2023 | First team |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 7 August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 012.00 |
| Taça de Portugal | 16 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 23 November 2022 | 16 December 2022 | Second round | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 010.00 |
Last updated: 17 March 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Estoril | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 35 | |
| 15 | Portimonense | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 34 | |
| 16 | Marítimo (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 63 | −31 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 62 | −36 | 23 | Relegation to Liga Portugal 2 |
| 18 | Santa Clara (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 22 | Relegation to Liga Portugal 2 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 March 2023. Source: Liga Portugal

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.

### Taça da Liga
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARO | FEI | LEI | OLI | SAN |
| 1 | Arouca | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Feirense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | — | — | 2–1 | — | 4–3 |
| 3 | Leixões | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Oliveirense | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Santa Clara | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 | | 1–2 | — | — | 1–1 | — |