Sertanense Futebol Clube (), formerly Sertanense Foot-ball Club, is a
Portuguese football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Sertã. Founded in 1934, it currently plays in the
Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo de Jogos Dr. Marques dos Santos''.
History
The largest sports club of
Sertã after
Vitória de Sernache, in the
Castelo Branco district
Castelo Branco District ( pt, Distrito de Castelo Branco ) is located in Central Portugal. Its capital is Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco, which is now also its most populous city, overtaking Covilhã, which was once the largest city, in ...
, Sertanense was founded by Casimiro Farinha on February 17, 1934, eventually resorting exclusively to football, after devoting most of its energy to
sport fishing
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, collecting some national trophies.
Twice district champion, in 1998 and 2000, it first reached the
third level of national football in 2009. That summer, former
Portugal U-20 goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
José Bizarro – winner of the
1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
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Qualification
...
– took charge of the team. In
that and
the previous season's
domestic cup
A domestic cup (also known as association cup or national cup) is a type of sports tournament, particularly common in association football. This tournament type is notable for its participation by professional and amateur teams from many levels of ...
, the club faced
first division club
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...
, being ousted 0–4 on both occasions (one at home).
Current squad
Appearances
*Tier 3, Segunda Divisão: 3 (highest rank: 5th)
*Tier 4, Terceira Divisão: 18 (1 title)
*Taça de Portugal: 21
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Season to season
Honours
*
Castelo Branco District Championship: 1987–88, 1999–2000
*
Terceira Divisão: 2008–09
References
External links
Official siteZeroZero team profileForeDeJogo team profile
Sertanense blog
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Association football clubs established in 1934
Football clubs in Portugal