C.D. Santa Clara
Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese professional football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelago to compete in a UEFA competition, having qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
| Full name | Clube Desportivo Santa Clara | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Os Açoreanos (The Azoreans) | |||
| Founded | 12 May 1927 | |||
| Ground | Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal | |||
| Capacity | 13,277 | |||
| President | Bruno Vicintin | |||
| Manager | Vasco Matos | |||
| League | Liga Portugal 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga, 18th of 18 (relegated) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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To date, Santa Clara is the only club from the Azores islands to have competed in the top division of the Portuguese Liga, being thus the westernmost top-flight club in Europe. They compete in Liga Portugal 2, the Portuguese second division football league. Santa Clara's kit manufacturer is Kelme and their main sponsor is Santander. The main local rivals are CD Operário from Lagoa on the same island of São Miguel. Other major rivals are C.S. Marítimo and C.D. Nacional, from the island of Madeira.