# 2020–21 C.D. Santa Clara season

The 2020–21 season was the 100th 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 participated in this season's edition of the Taça de Portugal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 February 2021
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 | André Ferreira |
| 2 | DF | POR | Rafael Ramos |
| 3 | DF | VEN | Mikel Villanueva |
| 4 | DF | POR | Fábio Cardoso |
| 5 | DF | POR | João Afonso |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Mansur |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Allano |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lincoln |
| 11 | FW | URU | Gustavo Viera |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Carlos |
| 15 | DF | POR | João Lucas |
| 17 | FW | POR | Ukra |
| 18 | MF | POR | Rúben Oliveira |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Júlio Romão |
| 20 | MF | POR | Costinha |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | POR | Nené |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Crysan |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Hidemasa Morita |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Jean Patric |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Anderson Carvalho |
| 31 | DF | URU | Cristian González |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Lucas Marques |
| 35 | FW | POR | Diogo Salomão |
| 70 | FW | IRN | Shahriyar Moghanlou |
| 95 | DF | SEN | Pierre Sagna |
| 97 | GK | POR | Rodolfo Cardoso |
| 99 | GK | POR | Marco Pereira |
| — | DF | BRA | Patrick Vieira |
| — | FW | POR | Rui Costa |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 18 September 2020 | 19 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 038.24 |
| Taça de Portugal | 22 November 2020 | 29 January 2021 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 042.11 |
Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 43 | |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 43 | |
* 1 2 3 Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).
* 1 2 Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 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 | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.