# 2023–24 C.D. Santa Clara season

The 2023–24 season is C.D. Santa Clara's 97th season in existence and first one back in the Liga Portugal 2. They are also competing in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 27 September 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 | BRA | Gabriel Batista |
| 2 | DF | POR | Diogo Calila |
| 4 | DF | POR | Pedro Pacheco |
| 6 | DF | VEN | Sema Velázquez |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Reinaldo |
| 9 | FW | BRA | João Marcos |
| 10 | FW | POR | Ricardinho |
| 11 | FW | POR | Andrezinho |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Rocha |
| 16 | DF | POR | Paulo Henrique (captain) |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Ageu |
| 19 | MF | POR | Bruno Almeida |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Adriano |
| 22 | DF | POR | David Bruno |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Sidney Lima |
| 25 | MF | POR | Miguel Pires |
| 32 | DF | BRA | MT (on loan from Vasco da Gama) |
| 35 | MF | POR | Serginho |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Lucas Soares |
| 48 | MF | BRA | Mateus Sarará |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Gabriel Silva |
| 50 | GK | POR | João Afonso |
| 70 | FW | BRA | Vinícius Lopes (on loan from Botafogo) |
| 74 | GK | ARG | Marcos Díaz |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Klismahn (on loan from Portimonense) |
| 98 | GK | BRA | João Bravim |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Rafael Martins |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | POR | Marco Pereira |
| — | FW | URU | Gustavo Viera |

### 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 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Rildo (at Portimonense until 30 June 2024) |
| 43 | DF | BRA | Paulo Eduardo (at Grêmio Novorizontino until 30 June 2024) |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Ítalo (at Ural Yekaterinburg until 30 June 2024) |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Victor Bobsin (at Daegu FC until 30 June 2024) |
| 90 | MF | BRA | Patrick (at Brasil de Pelotas until 31 December 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | [[ ]] | | Free | July 2023 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | [[ ]] | | Free | July 2023 | |

## 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 % |
| Liga Portugal 2 | 16 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 061.54 |
| Taça de Portugal | 24 September 2023 | 29 February 2024 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 020.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 29 July 2023 | 29 July 2023 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 053.13 |
Last updated: 17 March 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Liga Portugal 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Santa Clara (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 73 | Promotion to Liga Portugal |
| 2 | Nacional (P) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 71 | Promotion to Liga Portugal |
| 3 | AVS (O, P) | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 64 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Marítimo | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 64 | |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 52 | |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head: AVS 3–2 Marítimo, Marítimo 0–1 AVS

#### 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 2024. Source: Liga Portugal SABSEG

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.