Football World Cup 2014 / Portugal

This article covers the Portuguese national football team at the 2014 World Cup . Portugal took part in the finals for the sixth time and in a World Cup in South America for the first time .

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in Brazil through the qualifying matches of the European football association UEFA .

Games

In the first round, Portugal met in Group F against Russia , Israel , Azerbaijan , Northern Ireland and Luxembourg . In the ten encounters that resulted, Portugal had six wins, three draws and one defeat. Due to the 1-1 draw against Israel on the penultimate match day, Portugal missed direct qualification and had to qualify as one of eight runners-up in the group via the playoff games.

date	Venue	host	guest	Result	Goal scorers
07.09.2012	Josy Barthel Stadium , Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Portugal	1: 2 (1: 1)	Da Mota (13th); Cristiano Ronaldo (28th), Hélder Postiga (54th)
09/11/2012	Estádio Municipal de Braga , Braga	Portugal	Azerbaijan	3: 0 (0: 0)	Silvestre Varela (63.), Hélder Postiga (85.), Bruno Alves (88.)
October 12, 2012	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium , Moscow	Russia	Portugal	1: 0 (1: 0)	Kerhakov (6.)
10/16/2012	Estádio do Dragão , Porto	Portugal	Northern Ireland	1: 1 (0: 1)	McGinn (30th); Hélder Postiga (79th)
03/22/2013	Ramat Gan Stadium , Ramat Gan	Israel	Portugal	3: 3 (2: 1)	Hemed (24th), Ben Basat (40th), Gershon (70th); Bruno Alves (2nd), Hélder Postiga (72nd), Fábio Coentrão (90th + 3rd)
03/26/2013	Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium , Baku	Azerbaijan	Portugal	0: 2 (0: 0)	Bruno Alves (63.), Hugo Almeida (79.)
06/07/2013	Estádio da Luz , Lisbon	Portugal	Russia	1: 0 (1: 0)	Hélder Postiga (9th)
06.09.2013	Windsor Park , Belfast	Northern Ireland	Portugal	2: 4 (1: 1)	McAuley (36th), Ward (52nd); Bruno Alves (21st), Cristiano Ronaldo (68th, 77th, 83rd)
10/11/2013	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon	Portugal	Israel	1: 1 (1: 0)	Ricardo Costa (28th); Ben Basat (85th)
October 15, 2013	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra , Coimbra	Portugal	Luxembourg	3: 0 (2: 0)	Silvestre Varela (30th), Nani (36th), Hélder Postiga (78th)

Final table of the qualifying round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Russia	20: 5	22nd
2	Portugal	20: 9	21st
3	Israel	19:14	14th
4th	Azerbaijan	7:11	9
5	Northern Ireland	9:17	7th
6th	Luxembourg	7:26	6th

Playoff games

date	Venue	host	guest	Result	Goal scorers
11/15/2013	Estádio da Luz , Lisbon	Portugal	Sweden	1: 0 (0: 0)	Cristiano Ronaldo (82nd)
11/19/2013	Friends Arena , Solna	Sweden	Portugal	2: 3 (0: 0)	Ibrahimović (68th, 72nd); Cristiano Ronaldo (50th, 77th, 79th)

A total of eight players scored the goals for Portugal, of which Hélder Postiga scored the most in the group stage with 6 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo scored 8 goals, with a total of four in the playoff games, the most at this stage of qualification. He finished third on the European top scorer list with three other players. With the three goals in the last playoff game against Sweden, he equalized Pauleta's record . On October 16, 2012, he was the third youngest European to make his 100th international match in the fourth qualifying match . Paulo Bento used a total of 29 players, of which Rui Patrício , Miguel Veloso and João Moutinho were used in all twelve games. With Éder , André Almeida and Josué , three players also made their first international matches in the qualifying matches.

preparation

Test matches:

• 0March 5 in Leiria against Cameroon : 5: 1 (goalscorers for Portugal: Ronaldo / 21st and 83rd, Meireles / 66th, Coentrão / 67th and Edinho / 77th)
• May 31 in Lisbon against the Greek national team trained by Portuguese Fernando Santos : 0-0
• 0June 6 in Foxborough (USA) against Mexico : 1-0 (goalscorer: Alves / 90.)
• 10 June in East Rutherford (USA) against Ireland: 5: 1 (goal scorers for Portugal: Almeida / 3rd and 37th Keogh / 20th / own goal , Vieirinha / 77th and Coentrão / 83rd)

Finals

Squad

The following players were in the squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Eleven players were already in the squad at the World Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Costa , who were also there in 2006, are the first Portuguese to take part in three World Cup finals. Also in 2006, but not in 2010, was Hélder Postiga . With 13 games, Cristiano Ronaldo is now the Portuguese record player.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	International matches *	Länderspiel- gates *	birthday	Games	Gates				World Cup participation	World Cup games (before 2014)	World Cup goals (before 2014)
goalkeeper
22nd	Beto	Sevilla FC E.	007th	00	May 1, 1982	2					2010	0	0
01	Eduardo	Sporting Braga	034	00	September 19, 1982	1					2010	4th	0
12	Rui Patrício	Sporting Lisbon	030th	00	February 15, 1988	1
Defense
19th	André Almeida	Benfica Lisbon M, P	005	00	September 10, 1990	2
02	Bruno Alves	Fenerbahçe Istanbul M	072	10	November 27, 1981	3					2010	4th	0
05	Fábio Coentrão	Real Madrid C, P	045	04th	March 11, 1988	1					2010	4th	0
21st	João Pereira	Valencia CF	036	00	February 25, 1984	3		1
14th	Luís Neto	Zenit St. Petersburg	009	00	May 26, 1988
03	Pepe	Real Madrid C, P	058	03	February 26, 1983	2				1	2010	2	0
13	Ricardo Costa	Valencia CF	019th	01	May 16, 1981	2					2006, 2010	3	0
midfield
08th	João Moutinho	AS Monaco	068	02	September 8, 1986	3		1
04th	Miguel Veloso	Dynamo Kiev	049	02	May 11, 1986	3					2010	2	0
16	Raúl Meireles	Fenerbahçe Istanbul M	074	010	March 17, 1983	2					2010	4th	1
20th	Ruben Amorim	Benfica Lisbon M, P	013	00	January 27, 1985	1					2010	1	0
06th	William Carvalho	Sporting Lisbon	004th	00	April 7, 1992	2
attack
07th	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid C, P	111	49	5th February 1985	3	1				2006, 2010	10	2
11	Éder	Sporting Braga	008th	00	December 22, 1987	3
23	Hélder Postiga	Lazio Rome	069	27	2nd August 1982	1					2006	3	0
09	Hugo Almeida	Beşiktaş Istanbul	055	19th	May 23, 1984	1					2010	2	1
17th	Nani	Manchester United	075	14th	17th November 1986	3	1
15th	Rafa Silva	Sporting Braga	003	00	May 17, 1993
18th	Silvestre Varela	FC Porto	024	04th	2nd February 1985	2	1
10	Vieirinha	VfL Wolfsburg	009	01	January 24, 1986	1
Coaching staff
	Paulo Bento	Trainer	035	00	20th June 1969						2002	3	0
	Leonel Pontes	Assistant coach			July 9, 1972
	Ricardo Peres	Goalkeeping coach
	João Aroso	Fitness trainer

(*) only the games and goals that were played or scored before the start of the World Cup are given (source, as of May 16, 2014, updated after the games against Greece on May 31, 2014, Mexico on June 7, 2014 and Ireland on June 11, 2014)

1. ↑ C = The club won the UEFA Champions League in the 2013/14 season , E = The club won the 2013/14 Europa League , M = The club won its country's championship in the 2013/14 season, P = The club won the cup in the 2013/14 season, * = The club plays in the second highest league in its country.
2. ↑ Also an own goal by the Ghanaian John Boye
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} As a player

Group stage

Salvador Manaus Brasília Campinas

Venues (red) and quarters (blue)

When the final round was drawn on December 6, 2013, Portugal was drawn into Group G with Germany headed by the group. Also drawn were Ghana and the USA . Germany was last opponent in the first group match of the European Championship finals on June 9, 2012, with Germany winning 1-0. At world championships, both met each other once, in the game for third place at the 2006 World Cup, which Germany won 3-1. The USA was last opposed on June 5, 2002 in the first group game of the 2002 World Cup, with the USA winning 3-2. Overall, the record was balanced with two wins, one draw and one defeat against the USA. Portugal had never played against Ghana before the World Cup.

Before the draw, Portugal's record scorer Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his wish not to face Germany. In the group stage of the finals, Portugal initially lost 4-0 to Germany. The central defender Pepe was sent off for assault. In addition, Hugo Almeida and Fábio Coentrão suffered thigh injuries without opposing influence and could no longer be used. Portugal got off to a very good start against the USA. Nani scored in the fifth minute . The game that later flattened was turned by two US goals. In the penultimate minute of stoppage time, Varela was able to equalize after Ronaldo's cross. In their last game against Ghana, Portugal won 2-1, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his 50th international goal. Because of the worse goal difference, Portugal was only third in the group and eliminated.

→ Main article : Football World Cup 2014 / Group G

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	007: 200	+5	07th
2.	United States	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Portugal	3	1	1	1	004: 700	−3	04th
4th	Ghana	3	0	1	2	004: 600	−2	01

• Mon., June 16, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Salvador da Bahia

 Germany - Portugal 4: 0 (3: 0) 

• Sun., June 22, 2014, 3:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Manaus

 USA - Portugal 2: 2 (0: 1) 

• Thursday, June 26, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Brasília

 Portugal - Ghana 2: 1 (1: 0) 

Sports impact

As a result of the preliminary round, Portugal lost seven places in the FIFA world rankings , falling from fourth to 11th place. The fall out of the top 10 is less the cause of their own point loss (-42 points), but rather the result of the points gained by most of the teams that reached the knockout round.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: "Portugal in preparation for the World Cup against Greece"
2. ↑ Release List of Players ( English , PDF) FIFA. May 16, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
3. ↑ Portugal - Greece 0-0 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
4. ↑ Mexico - Portugal 0: 1 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
5. ↑ Ireland - Portugal 1: 5 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
6. ↑ fifa.com: "Cristiano Ronaldo fears group with Germany"
7. ↑ kicker.de: “4: 0! DFB-Elf got going furiously thanks to Müller's three-pack "
8. ↑ fifa.com: "World Champion Germany takes over the top position"

Web links

• All qualifiers
• All games of the preliminary round at a glance