Sertanense Futebol Clube (), formerly Sertanense Foot-ball Club, is a
Portuguese football
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club based in
Sertã
Sertã (), officially Sertã Town (), is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880, in an area of 446.73 km2.
The present mayor is José Farinha Nunes, elected by the PSD. The municipal holida ...
. 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
Sertã (), officially Sertã Town (), is a municipality in Castelo Branco District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,880, in an area of 446.73 km2.
The present mayor is José Farinha Nunes, elected by the PSD. The municipal holida ...
after
Vitória de Sernache, in the
Castelo Branco district
Castelo Branco District ( ) is located in Central Portugal. Its capital is Castelo Branco, which is now also its most populous city, overtaking Covilhã, which was once the largest city, in the late 2010s.
It has an area of (4th largest in Por ...
, 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
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José Bizarro – winner of the
1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
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– took charge of the team. In
that
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and
the previous season's
domestic cup, the club faced
first division club
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), 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 association footbal ...
, 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
**Champions (2): 1987–88, 1999–2000
*
Terceira Divisão :
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**Champions (1): 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