Santa Maria CFS

Santa María — Club de Fútbol Santónia, known by their nickname Los Santos (lit. 'the Saints') and popularly known as simply Maria is a Santonian football club based in Almadrea, Santonia. For the club's entire 105-year-long history, they have competed in Liguno, the highest tier of the Santonian football pyramid. They have played their home matches in 51,042-capacity Estadio Santo since 1945.

Maria's modern crest is composed of a maroon circle cut into four quadrants: two plain golden quadrants and two white quadrants with maroon Maltese crosses rotated forty-five degrees. Surrounding the circle are maroon leaves that encase the year 1919 and the club's nickname, Maria. Following World War II, their home kit normally utilises a white shirt and white shorts with maroon accents, while their away kit normally utilises a maroon shirt with white accents and either maroon or white shorts. Their third colors/fourth have varied over the years. Their main rivals are the other two teams in the Big Three: Unión Montebravo and Valedoría Sur.

Founded in 1919 as Saint Mary's Football Club, Maria competed in several small amateur football tournaments, including the Almadrea amateur tournament and the tournament that would later become the TNFA. They won the final of the latter 7-1 against FC Montebravo, who would later merge with the Club Público de Atletismo Montebravo and become Unión Montebravo. They participated in the first Liguno season in 1920, winning the league with a 21-0-1 record. They followed that up with a 19-0-5 season in 1921. Maria is one of only three teams to have an unbeaten season, alongside Montebravo United (1997–98) and their largest rival Valedoría Sur (2015–16) and the only team to have three different undefeated seasons after the 1971–72 season, during which they went 28-0-4. They currently have 21 league titles in Liguno, second only to Valedoría Sur who have 23. They have won La Copa del Torneo 17 times, tying the record with CAVS after defeating them 3–2 in the 2024 Copa del Torneo final. They have won the most recently created tournament in Santonian football, the Tournament of All (Torneo de Todos) five times. Valedoría Sur have yet to win a single one. They are currently led by head coach Christopher Melendez and owned by businessman Alain Fares—the owner of Tecnológico—who has owned the club since 2011 after his father's passing.

Formation and Early Success: 1919–1933
Maria was formed in 1919 as the Club de Fútbol de Santa María (Saint Mary's Football Club) and competed in the first ever Liguno season a year later. Led by Jenaro Rivera, they won the league unbeaten, winning 15 of their 16 games. One of their victories was a 15–0 rout against future rival Almadrea. They drew their last match with Club Atlético Valedoría Sur 2-2.

Fall from Grace: 1934–1954
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Campo Santo de Almadrea (1919–1939)
Maria's first pitch was a field near a small Catholic Church, and was known to the religious population of the city as the Holy Field of Almadrea. Many of the priests and nuns from the Church helped the team prepare the pitch before matches.

Estadio Santo (1945–present)
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History
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First Crest
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Second Crest
The second crest of Santa Maria has seen no major changes or additions since its creation in 1945. This modern crest which was created after World War II features a maroon circle split into four quadrants. The top right and bottom left quadrant are gold with nothing in them. The top left and bottom right quadrants are white with maroon Maltese crosses rotated 45° so that they form an 'X.' Surrounding the circle is a maroon laurel wreath. Above the circle is the name "Maria" and below is the year that the club was founded: 1919. The only difference between this crest, and the crest utilised before 1945 is the addition of text and the slight change of the color of the patch from a lighter shade of maroon to a darker one. The color of maroon was chosen to represent the Santonian blood spilt during World War II. The color of gold was chosen to reflect the reestablishment of the principality, as well as to represent God. The color of white was chosen to represent the hope for peace following the war.

Fans
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Rivalries
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Leagues

 * First Division / Liguno
 * Winners (21): 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1932–33, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2021–22

Cups

 * La Copa del Torneo
 * Winners (17; Santonian record): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1988–89, 1989–1990, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2011–12, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
 * Copa Nacional
 * Winners (17): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1988–89, 1989–1990, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2011–12, 2021–22, 2022–23
 * Torneo de Todas
 * Winners (5; Santonian record): 2011–12, 2017–18 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

European

 * European Cup / UEFA Champions League
 * Winners (6; Santonian record): 1958–59, 1959–60, 1971–72, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2021–22
 * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
 * Winners (2; Santonian record): 1963–64, 1966–67
 * UEFA Europa League
 * Winners (3; Santonian record): 1971–72, 2011–12, 2021–23

Santa María Women's Football Club
Main Article: Santa Maria CFF

Maria's women's team first competed as CFF Santa María — Las Santas after being founded in 1987. They fought their way to the top of the football pyramid, and have not been relegated since their initial season in the Women's Liguno in 2008. They won the league in the 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, and 2022–23 seasons.