European Women's Football Championship 2017 / Portugal

This article covers the Portuguese national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . Portugal entered the finals for the first time and were the last to qualify.

qualification

Cláudia Neto, best Portuguese scorer in qualifying

Portugal was drawn for qualification in Group 2 and met neighbors Spain and Finland , Ireland and, for the first time, Montenegro . Portugal started with a 1: 2 home defeat in the qualification, then won the home game against Montenegro, but then lost both games against the Spaniards. The race to catch up started with a 3-0 win in Montenegro. Although it was only enough for a goalless draw in Finland and in the home game against the Finns they were 2-0 down after 27 minutes, but Cláudia Neto scored two minutes later and then equalized with a penalty in the 45th minute and in the 84th minute again the winning goal from a penalty. However, they still had three points less than the Northern Europeans and needed a win in Ireland on the last day of the game and were also dependent on Spanish neighborhood help against Finland, which the Spaniards delivered with a 5-0 victory. In Ireland it was Neto again who scored the only goal of the game in the 78th minute. The Portuguese and Finns were tied on points and since the Portuguese had won the direct comparison, they were second in the group. However, they were the worst runners-up in the group and therefore had to play in two playoff games against the second-worst runners-up Romania, where they had reached home first. After a 0-0 home game it was also 0-0 in the second leg after 90 minutes, so the game was extended. Then Andreia Norton , who came on in the 78th minute for her first international match, scored the 1-0 for Portugal in stoppage time in the first half of extra time with her first international goal. The Romanians were able to equalize in the 111th minute, but due to the away goals rule , Portugal qualified for the European Championship finals for the first time. The best Portuguese goalscorer in qualifying was Cláudia Neto, who scored six goals, the most effective of all players was Edite Fernandes , who scored four goals in just 139 minutes.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	8th	8th	0	0	039: 200	+37	24
2.	Portugal	8th	4th	1	3	015:110	+4	13
3.	Finland	8th	4th	1	3	017:120	+5	13
4th	Ireland	8th	3	0	5	017:140	+3	09
5.	Montenegro	8th	0	0	8th	002:510	−49	00

10/27/2015	Moreira de Cónegos	Portugal	-	Ireland	1: 2 (1: 2)
11/26/2015	Estoril	Portugal	-	Montenegro	6: 1 (4: 1)
December 01, 2015	Badajoz	Spain	-	Portugal	2: 0 (2: 0)
04/08/2016	Covilhã	Portugal	-	Spain	1: 4 (0: 2)
06/03/2016	Petrovac	Montenegro	-	Portugal	00: 3 (0: 2)
06/07/2016	Helsinki	Finland	-	Portugal	0-0
09/16/2016	Trofa	Portugal	-	Finland	3: 2 (2: 2)
09/20/2016	Dublin	Ireland	-	Portugal	0: 1 (0: 0)

Playoff games

	Result
October 21, 2016 in Lisbon
Portugal	0-0	Romania
October 25, 2016 in Cluj-Napoca
Romania	1: 1 a.d. (0: 0)	Portugal
Total:
Portugal	1: 1	Romania

Squad

On June 19, a preliminary roster of 25 players was nominated, which had to be reduced to 23 players by July 7. Players marked with "*" were nominated for the 2017 Algarve Cup . Diana Gomes and Cláudia Lima were ultimately dispensed with .

No.	Surname	society	Date of birth	debut	Calls	Gates	Last use	EM 2017
								Sp.
goal
22nd	Rod Costa *	SC Braga	06/01/1994	2017	002	00	06/11/2017
12	Patrícia Morais *	Sporting CP	06/17/1992	2011	043	00	03/08/2017	3		1
01	Jamila Martins	CF Benfica	05/30/1988	2010	012	00	06/08/2017
Defense
15th	Carole *	BV Cloppenburg	05/03/1990	2008	083	06th	06/11/2017	3		1
05	Matilde Fidalgo *	CF Benfica	05/15/1994	2013	033	00	06/08/2017
03	Raquel Infante *	Levant UD	09/19/1990	2014	012	00	03.03.2017
02	Mónica Mendes *	FC Neunkirch	06/16/1993	2012	035	01	06/08/2017
04th	Sílvia Rebelo *	SC Braga	05/20/1989	2008	072	01	06/11/2017	3		1
midfield
19th	Amanda Da Costa *	Boston Breakers (NWSL)	07.10.1989	2015	018th	00	03/08/2017	2
17th	Vanessa Marques *	SC Braga	04/12/1996	2012	037	02	06/11/2017	2
23	Mélissa *	SC Braga	01/08/1990	?	027	01	06/11/2017	2
07th	Cláudia Neto *	Linköpings FC	04/18/1988	2006	106	14th	06/11/2017	3		1
06th	Andreia Norton	SC Braga	08/15/1996	2016	004th	01	06/11/2017
13	Fátima Pinto *	Sporting CP	01/16/1996	2013	027	00	06/11/2017
11	Tatiana Pinto *	Sporting CP	03/28/1994	2014	025th	01	06/11/2017	3
14th	Dolores Silva *	UPS Jena	08/07/1991	2009	079	08th	06/08/2017	3
attack
09	Ana Borges *	Sporting CP	06/15/1990	2009	093	09	06/08/2017	3
10	Ana Leite *	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	10/23/1991	2010	042	00	06/11/2017	3	1
08th	Laura Luís *	UPS Jena	08/15/1992	2011	038	07th	06/08/2017	3
18th	Carolina Mendes *	UMF Grindavík	11/27/1987	2006	061	09	06/11/2017	3	2
20th	Suzane Pires *	Santos FC	08/17/1992	2015	020th	00	03/06/2017	3
16	Diana Silva *	Sporting CP	06/04/1995	2014	024	01	06/11/2017	3		1
21st	Jéssica Silva *	SC Braga	12/11/1994	2011	041	06th	06/11/2017
Coaching staff
Head coach	Francisco Neto		07/11/1981	2014
Co-trainer	Marisa Gomes		March 13, 1980
Assistant coach	Nuno Rafael		10/28/1986
Assistant coach	José Paisana		January 15, 1961

1. ↑ Numbers on the back of the finals ( Portugal squad ). Positions according to information from the Portuguese association, UEFA sometimes names others.
2. ↑ As of July 6, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} As of June 11, 2017 after the game against Wales

preparation

The Portuguese started the European Championship year with two friendly matches against Northern Ireland on January 17th and 19th (1-0 and 0-1). A few days earlier, record goalscorer Edite announced her resignation from the national team. In March 2017, the team hosted the traditional Algarve Cup again , which served as preparation for seven other European Championship participants. There they met the European Championship participants Denmark (0: 6) and Russia (0: 1) as well as defending champions Canada (0: 0) and at the end of the match for 11th place against European champions Norway (0: 2). In the immediate preparation the Portuguese played twice against Wales , on June 8th in Viseu (1: 2) and on the 11th in Mangualde (1: 0).

The Landgoed de Rosep in Oisterwijk was based in the Netherlands .

European Championship finals

Doetinchem Rotterdam Tilburg Oisterwijk

Venues and district (blue)

At the draw on November 8, 2016, Portugal was assigned to Pot 4. Portugal will face qualifying opponents Spain in the first game in group D , then the Scottish women, who are also participating for the first time, and finally England . The balance against all three group opponents is negative: in seven games against England there has been no win and only two draws in five defeats, against Scotland and the eastern neighbors at least two wins and against the Scottish women three draws, but five games against the Scottish women and three against the Spanish women were lost. The last win against Scotland was very high at 8-2, but it took place 22 years ago on May 29, 1994. Three years later, on October 18, 1997, there was the last victory against Spain.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Spain	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03
3.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	002: 800	−6	03
4th	Portugal	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
Note: For places 2, 3 and 4 the direct comparison is decisive (see mode ).

In their first European Championship final match, the Portuguese, who went into the tournament as the worst in the FIFA world rankings , lost 2-0 to their Iberian neighbors. They then managed a 2-1 victory against the Scottish women, who were 17 places better in the FIFA world rankings. This gave them the chance to qualify for the quarter-finals before the last game against England. For this they needed at least one draw and the help of the Scottish women who had to win against Spain. The Scottish women did them a favor and the Portuguese held the draw against England until the 48th minute, but then had to accept another goal. The subsequent attack efforts were unsuccessful. As a result, the Portuguese were eliminated as the bottom of the group due to a direct comparison with Scotland and Spain. The goals scored and conceded against England were of no consequence.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Doetinchem
Spain	-	Portugal	2: 0 (2: 0)	23 ′ Losada , 42 ′ Sampedro
Sunday, July 23, 2017, 6 p.m. in Rotterdam
Scotland	-	Portugal	1: 2 (1: 1)	27 ′ Mendes , 68 ′ Cuthbert , 72 ′ Leite
Thursday, July 27, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
Portugal	-	England	1: 2 (1: 1)	7 ′ Duggan , 17 ′ Mendes , 48 ′ Parris

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portugal 3-2 Finland
2. ↑ Republic of Ireland 0-1 Portugal
3. ↑ uefa.com: "Portugal against Romania in the play-off for the women's EURO continue"
4. ↑ As eleitas para o Europeu
5. ↑ fpf.pt: "Eleitas para a Algarve Cup"
6. ↑ Mapa de Internacionalizações - Seleção Nacional AA FEMNINO
7. ↑ fpf.pt: As 23 de Portugal para o Europeu
8. ↑ fpf.pt: "Internacional portuguesa anuncia retirada da Seleção Nacional, pela qual disputou 132 jogos e apontou 39 golos."
9. Jump up ↑ A Equipa das Quinas nicht foi feliz na finalização no seu primeiro de dois Finderos de preparação frente ao País de Gales, perdendo, por 1-2 ( Portuguese ) Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. June 8, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
10. ↑ Equipa das Quinas venceu o País de Gales com to golo de Cláudia Neto. As comandadas de Francisco Neto voltam a concentrar-se a 26 de junho ( Portuguese ) Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. June 11, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
11. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
12. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"

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