Football World Cup 2006 / Portugal

This article covers the Portuguese national team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany .

qualification

Portugal finished first in their qualifying group. Pauleta was the most successful goalscorer with eleven goals. Cristiano Ronaldo second most successful with seven goals.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Portugal	35: 5	30th
2	Slovakia	24: 8	23
3	Russia	23:12	23
4th	Estonia	16:17	17th
5	Latvia	18:21	15th
6th	Liechtenstein	13:23	8th
7th	Luxembourg	5:48	0

Games

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
09/04/2004	Riga	Latvia	2-0	Ronaldo 57 ', Pauleta 58'
09/08/2004	Leiria	Estonia	4-0	Ronaldo 75 ', Postiga 83', 90 + 1 ', Pauleta 86'
10/09/2004	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	2: 2	Burgmeier 48 ', T. Beck 76', Pauleta 23 ', Hasler 39' (own goal)
10/13/2004	Lisbon	Russia	7: 1	Pauleta 26 ', Ronaldo 39', 69 ', Deco 45', Arshavin 79 ', Simão 82', Petit 89 ', 90 + 2'
11/17/2004	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0: 5	Federspiel 11 '(own goal), Ronaldo 28', Maniche 52 ', Pauleta 67', 82 '
03/30/2005	Bratislava	Slovakia	1: 1	Karhan 8 '(penalty), Postiga 62'
06/04/2005	Lisbon	Slovakia	2-0	Meira 21 ', Ronaldo 42'
06/08/2005	Tallinn	Estonia	0: 1	Ronaldo 32 '
03/09/2005	Faro	Luxembourg	6-0	Andrade 24 ', Carvalho 30', Pauleta 38 ', 57', Simão 80 ', 85'
09/07/2005	Moscow	Russia	0-0
10/08/2005	Aveiro	Liechtenstein	2: 1	Benjamin Fischer 32 ', Pauleta 48', Nuno Gomes 85 '
10/12/2005	postage	Latvia	3-0	Pauleta 20 ', 22', Viana 86 '

Portuguese contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Ricardo	Sporting Lisbon	02/11/1976	7th	0	1	0	0
12	Quim	Benfica Lisbon	11/13/1975	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Paulo Santos *	Sporting Braga	12/11/1972	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Paulo Ferreira	Chelsea FC	January 18, 1979	3	0	1	0	0
3	Marco Caneira	Sporting Lisbon	02/09/1979	1	0	0	0	0
4th	Ricardo Costa	FC Porto	05/16/1981	1	0	1	0	0
5	Fernando Meira	VfB Stuttgart	06/05/1978	7th	0	0	0	0
13	Miguel	Valencia CF	01/04/1980	6th	0	1	0	0
14th	Nuno Valente	Everton FC	09/12/1974	6th	0	2	0	0
16	Ricardo Carvalho	Chelsea FC	05/18/1978	6th	0	2	0	0
midfield player
6th	Costinha	FK Dynamo Moscow	December 01, 1974	5	0	3	1	0
7th	Luís Figo	Inter Milan	04/11/1972	7th	0	1	0	0
8th	Petit	Benfica Lisbon	09/25/1976	6th	0	2	0	0
10	Hugo Viana	Valencia CF	01/15/1983	2	0	0	0	0
11	Simão Sabrosa	Benfica Lisbon	10/31/1979	7th	1	0	0	0
18th	Maniche	Chelsea FC	11/11/1977	7th	2	2	0	0
19th	Tiago	Olympique Lyon	05/02/1981	5	0	0	0	0
20th	Deco	FC Barcelona	08/27/1977	4th	1	2	1	0
striker
9	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	04/28/1973	6th	1	1	0	0
15th	Luís Boa Morte	Fulham FC	08/04/1977	1	0	1	0	0
17th	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	02/05/1985	6th	1	1	0	0
21st	Nuno Gomes	Benfica Lisbon	07/05/1976	2	1	1	0	0
23	Hélder Postiga	AS Saint-Etienne	08/02/1982	3	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Luiz Felipe Scolari		11/09/1948

* Paulo Santos was nominated for the injured Bruno Vale .

Crew quarters

Arrival of the Portuguese in Marienfeld

The team was based in Marienfeld in the Hotel Klosterpforte .

Games of Portugal

Preliminary round

• Sunday, June 11, 2006, 9 p.m. in Cologne Angola - Portugal 0: 1 (0: 1)
  
• Saturday, June 17, 2006, 3 p.m. in Frankfurt Portugal - Iran 2: 0 (0: 0)
  
• Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 4 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen Portugal - Mexico 2: 1 (2: 1)
  

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / Group D

Round of 16

• Sunday, June 25th, 9 p.m. in Nuremberg Portugal - Netherlands 1: 0 (1: 0)
  

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / Round of 16

Quarter finals

• Saturday, July 1, 2006, 5 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen England - Portugal 0: 0 a.d., 1: 3 i. E.
  

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / quarter finals

Semifinals

• Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 9 p.m. in Munich Portugal - France 0: 1 (0: 1)
  

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / semi-finals

3rd place match

• Saturday, July 8th, 9 p.m. in Stuttgart Germany - Portugal 3: 1 (0: 0)
  

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / game for third place