Clube Desportivo Santo António Nordestinho ''(known as CD Santo António Nordestinho or St. Ant. Nordestinho),'' is a
Portuguese football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Santo António de Nordestinho on the island of
São Miguel in the
Azores
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.
Background
CD Santo António Nordestinho is currently inactive but in
1998–99 competed in the
Terceira Divisão :
The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Por ...
, which is the fourth tier of
Portuguese football
Association football (), the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese students a ...
. The club was founded in 1973 and they play their home matches at the Campo de Jogos de Sto António in
Santo António de Nordestinho.
The club is affiliated to
Associação de Futebol de Ponta Delgada and has competed in the AF Ponta Delgada Taça. The club has also entered the national cup competition known as
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
on one occasion, losing 1–0 at home to
Clube União Micaelense
Clube União Micaelense ''(known as CU Micaelense or U. Micaelense),'' is a Portuguese football club based in Ponta Delgada, Azores on the island of São Miguel in the Azores.
Background
CU Micaelense currently plays in the AF Ponta Delg ...
on 2 September 2001.
Season to season
Footnotes
External links
Clube Desportivo Santo António Nordestinhoat ZeroZero
Football clubs in Portugal
Football clubs in the Azores
Association football clubs established in 1973
1973 establishments in Portugal
Football clubs in São Miguel Island
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