Portuguese national soccer team

This article looks at the men's team. For the women's team, see Portuguese women's national football team .

Portugal
Portugal

Nickname (s)	Seleção das Quinas Tugas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Fernando Santos
Assistant coach	Ilídio Vale
captain	Cristiano Ronaldo
Record scorer	Cristiano Ronaldo (99)
Record player	Cristiano Ronaldo (164)
Home stadium	changing stages
FIFA code	POR
FIFA rank	7. (1639 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
623 games 300 wins 146 draws 177 losses
statistics
First international match Spain 3-1 Portugal ( Madrid , Spain ; December 18, 1921)
Biggest wins Portugal 8: 0 Liechtenstein ( Lisbon , Portugal ; November 18, 1994) Portugal 8: 0 Liechtenstein ( Coimbra , Portugal ; June 9, 1999) Portugal 8: 0 Kuwait ( Leiria , Portugal ; November 19, 2003)
Biggest defeat Portugal 0:10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; May 25, 1947)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1966 )
Best results	3rd place 1966
European Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1984 )
Best results	European Champion 2016
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2017 )
Best results	3rd place 2017
UEFA Nations League
Participation in the finals	1 ( First: 2019 )
Best results	Winner 2019
(As of November 17, 2019)

The Portuguese national football team for men ( Portuguese Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol ) is a selection of Portuguese football players who represent the Portuguese Football Association ( Federação Portuguesa de Futebol ) at international level in friendly matches and international tournaments.

Her greatest success is winning the 2016 European Championship . In addition, the victory in the Nations League 2018/19 , a third place at the 1966 World Cup , a fourth place at the 2006 World Cup and a second place at the 2004 European Championship in their own country were the best placings.

history

1914–1928: early years

The Portuguese Football Association was founded in 1914 as União Portuguesa de Futebol . The aim was to organize national tournaments, as there were only regional championships at that time, and to create a national team to compete against other nations. Due to the First World War , the first game of the Portuguese national team took place seven years later, on December 18, 1921, against Spain at the O'Donnell Stadium in Madrid. The Spaniards won the game 3-1. It was the seventh international match for Spain. The Portuguese team consisted of players from five different teams (Internacional, Casa Pia AC , Benfica Lisbon , Sporting Lisbon , FC Porto ). With four players (António Pinho, Cândido de Oliveira, J. Maria Gralha and António Augusto Lopes) Casa Pia provided the most players. Benfica was represented with three (Vítor Gonçalves, Ribeiro dos Reis and Alberto Augusto), Sporting with two (Jorge Vieira and João Francisco) and Internacional (Carlos Guimarães) and FC Porto (Artur Augusto) with one player each. The players were nominated by a committee consisting of 11 people. You were responsible for the line-up of the first three international matches.

Portugal's first game against Spain on December 18, 1921 in Madrid.

The match report of the first official game of the Portuguese national team: Spain 3-1 Portugal (2-0).

• Lineup of Spain: Ricardo Zamora - Pololo , Mariano Arrate , Balbino - Manuel Meana , Desiderio Fajardo - Pagaza , Eduardo Arbide , Félix Sesúmaga , Paulino Alcántara , Luis Olaso
• Lineup of Portugal: Carlos Guimarães - António Pinho , Jorge Vieira , João Francisco - Vítor Gonçalves , Cândido de Oliveira - J. Maria Gralha , António Augusto Lopes , Ribeiro dos Reis , Artur Augusto , Alberto Augusto
• Referee: M. Barette (Belgium)
• Goals: 1-0 Meana (6th), 2-0 Alcántara (10th), 3-0 Alcántara (66th), 3-1 Alberto Augusto (hand penalty)
• Spectators: 14,000

The next three international matches were played against Spain again and all of them were lost. It was only in the fifth game, in 1925, that the Portuguese were able to score their first victory with a 1-0 victory over Italy . In the sixth game, Portugal reached their first draw against Czechoslovakia . In 1928, Portugal did not go as a loser for the first time in the sixth comparison with the Spanish. In Lisbon's Estádio do Lumiar , the Lusitans won 2-2.

1928–1964: Tournament debut and missed finals

Since the Portuguese Football Association only joined FIFA in 1923 , Portugal missed the first three Olympic football tournaments . At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , the national team met the future bronze medalist Sweden in the preliminary round . However, the game was canceled by Portugal, which could only compete with other nations in friendly games. Four years later, the Portuguese finally made their tournament debut at the Amsterdam Olympics . After victories against Chile and Yugoslavia , Portugal had to admit defeat to Egypt 1: 2 in the quarter-finals .

In the first edition of the World Cup in 1930, the Portuguese national team did not take part because participation in the final round was by invitation. In qualifying for the World Cup in 1934 , the Portuguese failed significantly to Spain . Four years later they met Switzerland in qualifying . After both teams had agreed on a single game on neutral ground, Portugal lost the game in Milan 2-1.

Because of the Second World War , the 1942 World Cup was canceled and the Portuguese only played seven friendlies during the war years. The lack of match practice also had an impact on the results of the national team immediately after the war: In 1947, Portugal suffered the highest defeat in the association's history to date, a 0:10 against England .

In qualifying for the 1950 World Cup in the former colony of Brazil , Portugal failed again after a return leg against Iberian neighbors Spain. Later Portugal was offered Turkey's starting place , but this was rejected. In 1954, the Portuguese association joined the newly founded UEFA in Basel . The Portuguese also missed the next two world championships. In 1954 they were outclassed by Austria in qualifying with a 9-1 defeat and a goalless draw. In qualifying for the 1958 World Cup , Portugal was drawn to Italy and Northern Ireland and failed as the bottom of the group.

The European Championship , founded by UEFA, took place for the first time in 1960. In qualifying for the finals , which was played in knockout mode, the Seleção met the GDR national team in the round of 16 . On June 21, 1959, Portugal won the first leg at the Walter Ulbricht Stadium in Berlin 2-0 through goals from Matateu and Mário Coluna . A week later, the Portuguese prevailed 3-2 in the second leg at the Estádio das Antas in Porto . Coluna scored two goals. In the quarter-finals, however, Portugal failed to later finalists Yugoslavia . Although the first leg was won 2-1, the second leg was lost 5-1, so that the final round was missed.

In qualifying for the 1962 World Cup in Chile , Portugal met England and Luxembourg . In this group of 3 only the first placed reached the final round. After a 6-0 win against Luxembourg and a 1-1 draw against England in Lisbon, the two away games were lost, leaving the Portuguese only runners-up in the group.

The 1964 European Championship in Spain was missed in the preliminary round of qualifying against Bulgaria . Both teams won the first and second leg 3-1, which is why a play-off was necessary, which the Bulgarians won 1-0 in Rome . Instead, Portugal took part in the 1964 Taça das Nações (German: Nations Cup), an invitation tournament in the league system for the 50th anniversary of the Brazilian Football Association . In addition to Portugal and Brazil , Argentina and England were invited. Portugal lost their first game against Argentina 2-0. The second game against England, which had also missed the European Championship finals, ended in a 1-1 draw with goals from Roger Hunt and Fernando Peres . The Lusitans lost their last game against hosts Brazil 1: 4. The Portuguese consolation goal came from Mário Coluna. Portugal finished third in the group together with England.

1965–1982: First World Cup participation, top scorer Eusébio and subsequent stagnation

Eusébio in 1972

In qualifying for the 1966 World Cup , Portugal played in Group 4 against the 1962 World Cup runner-up, Czechoslovakia , Romania and Turkey . Although Benfica Lisbon won the European Cup in 1961 and 1962 and was in the final again in 1965 , the Portuguese, trained by the Brazilian Otto Glória , were only considered outsiders. After four wins in a row, a 0-0 draw on the penultimate day of the group against Czechoslovakia was enough to qualify for the World Cup for the first time. In the finals, Portugal met Hungary, Brazil and Bulgaria in Group C. Led by captain Mário Coluna , Portugal won all three games and qualified first in the group for the quarter-finals. With the 3-1 win in the last group game against the reigning world champion Brazil, they also ensured their sensational preliminary round. Another surprise team awaited in the quarter-finals with North Korea . After a disastrous start to the game, Portugal were already 3-0 down after 25 minutes. Subsequently, however, the Portuguese offensive block managed to tie in with the courageous attacking football of the group stage and Eusébio turned the game almost single-handedly with four goals before José Augusto made the final score 5-3. In the semifinals against hosts England Portugal were mostly equal, but the English made better use of their moves and also successfully took Eusébio in the person of Nobby Stiles in man marking. The Black Panther only managed to hit the 1-2 with a penalty in the 82nd minute, which meant that Portugal missed the final. The Seleção won the game for third place 2-1 against the Soviet Union . This means that the Portuguese achieved the best World Cup placement to date at their tournament premiere. Eusébio scored his ninth goal in the tournament and was the top scorer in the World Cup .

After the successful appearance at the World Cup, 18 years should pass before the Portuguese were able to qualify for a final round again. In qualifying for the European Championship in 1968 , they met Bulgaria, Norway and Sweden and, as second in the group, narrowly missed the European Championship ticket. In qualifying for the 1970 World Cup , Portugal was drawn to Romania, Greece and Switzerland and was bottom of the group with only one win. The qualification for the European Championship 1972 was narrowly missed as group runner-up behind Belgium and ahead of Scotland and Denmark. In qualifying for the 1974 World Cup, the second group rank behind Bulgaria and before Northern Ireland and Cyprus did not qualify for participation in the finals. In qualifying for the European Championship in 1976 , Portugal did not get beyond third place in a group of four with England, Czechoslovakia and Cyprus. The 1978 World Cup was missed in qualifying as runners-up behind Poland and ahead of Denmark and Cyprus. The qualification for the European Championship 1980 played Portugal in a group of five with Belgium, Austria, Scotland and Norway and failed as a third party. And in qualifying for the 1982 World Cup , you only finished fourth in a group with Scotland, Northern Ireland, Sweden and Israel.

1983–1994: First European Championship participation, Saltillo affair and renewed stagnation

In September 1982 Otto Glória returned as national coach. In the qualification for the European Championship 1984 Portugal started promising with two wins against Finland and Poland. In April 1983, however, the Seleção conceded a 5-0 away defeat against the last group opponent, the Soviet Union. When the subsequent friendly against Brazil was lost 4-0, Glória resigned after only seven internationals and was replaced by Fernando Cabrita . Like its predecessor, Cabrita started with victories against Poland and Finland. In the decisive final group game, Portugal beat the Soviet Union 1-0 on November 13, 1983 in Lisbon with a goal from Rui Jordão . As a result, Portugal took part again after 18 years in a finals and for the first time in a European Championship. The European Championship debut was as successful as the World Cup debut: In the first group game, the Portuguese won a 0-0 draw against reigning European champions Germany. The second group game against Spain ended 1-1 with António Sousa scoring Portugal's first European Championship goal. In the last group game against Romania, Nené scored the 1-0 winner in the 81st minute, after which Portugal passed Germany and reached the semi-finals as second in the group. In the semifinals, Portugal let the superior hosts France run up and wait for the counterattack. Rui Jordão forced extra time with his goal to equalize 1-1 in the 74th minute. In this France almost permanently harassed Manuel Bento's goal , but ran into a counterattack in the 98th minute, which Rui Jordão used again to make it 2-1 for Portugal. Subsequently, Portugal could not withstand the intense attacking efforts of the French and conceded the equalizer in the 114th minute before Michel Platini sealed the 2-3 defeat a minute before the end of extra time.

After the surprisingly successful performance at the European Championship, José Torres took over the national team. In qualifying for the 1986 World Cup , Portugal won the World Cup ticket for the second time in a group of five with Germany, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Malta runners-up. The tournament itself did not have a good omen: Only a few hours before the team's planned departure for Mexico, António Veloso tested positive for the anabolic steroid Primobolan - a finding that later turned out to be incorrect - and removed from the World Cup squad. The team later threatened to boycott the World Cup ( Saltillo affair ) - angry about the way Veloso was handled, their accommodation in Saltillo , meager bonuses and after a dispute with the Portuguese Football Association about missing bonus payments . Due to public pressure from home and abroad, the players gave in early. With a goal from Carlos Manuel , Portugal even started the tournament with a 1-0 opening win against England. Afterwards, goalkeeper Manuel Bento broke a leg in training and Portugal had to return home after defeats against Poland and Morocco after the group stage.

As a consequence of the Saltillo affair, national coach Torres was sacked after the World Cup and the players involved in the boycott were banned from qualifying for the 1988 European Championship . As a result, the results deteriorated significantly and Portugal only reached third group position in a group of five with Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Malta. The next three major tournaments were also missed: In qualifying for the 1990 World Cup , Portugal once again failed to get above third group rank in a group with Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The qualification for the European Championship 1992 was narrowly missed in a group with the Netherlands, Greece, Finland and Malta as runners-up. And in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup , the Seleção only finished third in a group with Italy, Switzerland, Scotland, Malta and Estonia.

1995–2006: The Golden Generation

In the qualification for the European Championship in 1996 , the so-called " Golden Generation " of Portugal celebrated - a number of particularly promising talents from the years of birth between 1969 and 1974 such as Luís Figo , Rui Costa , João Pinto or Fernando Couto , who won the junior competition twice in 1989 and 1991 World Championship - under national coach António Oliveira a sovereign group victory. The Seleção's second participation in the European Championship ended despite a good group stage in which they qualified for the knockout round as group winners with a draw against Denmark and two wins against Turkey and Croatia , with a 0 in the quarter-finals : 1 defeat against the eventual finalists Czech Republic .

In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup , Portugal was coached by Artur Jorge . In a group with Germany, Ukraine, Armenia, Northern Ireland and Albania, Portugal only achieved a disappointing third place, which again missed the World Cup finals. To date, the 1998 World Cup is the last tournament for which Portugal was unable to qualify.

The qualification for the European Championship 2000 succeeded under national coach Humberto Coelho . Portugal was only second behind Romania in Group 7 , but as the best runner-up in the qualification the Seleção was spared the relegation games . Portugal played great football at the finals. The Seleção won their opening game in Group A against England, despite being 2-0 down with goals from Figo, Rui Costa and Nuno Gomes , 3-2. In the second group game against Romania, Costinha's 1-0 winning goal in stoppage time resulted in early qualification for the knockout round. Although Coelho only sent a B-Elf onto the pitch in the last group game against Germany, Portugal clearly won this game 3-0 thanks to a hat trick by Sérgio Conceição . In the quarter-finals, Portugal beat Turkey 2-0 with a brace from Nuno Gomes and moved into a European Championship semi-final for the second time since 1984. As then, the enemy was called France. Although Portugal took the lead through Nuno Gomes and created the bigger chances during the game, the game was lost 2-1 in extra time to a golden goal from Zinédine Zidane's penalty kick . Abel Xavier , Paulo Bento and Nuno Gomes were suspended for months for their behavior towards the referee after the end of the game.

After Humberto Coelho decided against extending his contract, António Oliveira became national coach for the second time in August 2000. As the winners of their World Cup qualifying group , the Portuguese secured their participation in a World Cup finals again after 16 years. Due to the good performance at the last European Championship, the Seleção was one of the secret favorites. However, Portugal only managed a convincing 4-0 victory in Group D in their second group match against Poland, to which Pauleta contributed three goals. The remaining group matches against the USA and hosts South Korea were surprisingly lost, whereupon the team was eliminated after the preliminary round and António Oliveira was dismissed.

In preparation for the 2004 European Championship in their own country, for which Portugal was automatically qualified as host, the Portuguese Football Association signed the Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari as national coach. Scolari largely stuck to the now very experienced "Golden Generation", but also integrated young talents like Cristiano Ronaldo into the team. Despite a surprising 1: 2 defeat in the opening game against Greece, the Portuguese then moved into the European Championship final for the first time after victories against Russia, Spain, England (on penalties) and the Netherlands. In the reissue of the opening game against Greece, Portugal were the clear favorites and created a significant increase in chances. However, the only goal of the game was scored by the Greeks after a set piece.

After the lost European Championship final, the aging “Golden Generation” had the last chance at a major title at the 2006 World Cup in Germany . The qualification was easy. In the group stage of the finals, Portugal reached the round of 16 against the Netherlands without losing points. In a game that was subsequently referred to as the Battle of Nuremberg due to tough fouls and a large number of yellow and red cards , a goal by Maniche was enough for a 1-0 victory. The goalless quarter-finals against England had to be decided on penalties. Ricardo was the first goalkeeper ever to keep three penalties at a World Cup and gave Portugal their second World Cup semi-final participation after 1966. In the semifinals, the Seleção met France and lost, as in the EM 2000, to a penalty converted by Zidane. In the game for third place, Portugal lost 3-1 to hosts Germany. The fourth place represents the second best World Cup ranking to date.

2007 until today: European Champion and Nations League winner

After the World Cup, Luís Figo and Pauleta, as expected, the last two great players of the “golden generation” announced their retirement from the national team and national coach Scolari was forced to initiate a change. For the European Championship 2008 Portugal - led by Nuno Gomes , Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo - qualified as second in qualifying group A behind Poland. In the final round, Portugal moved into the final round early by winning the first two group matches against Turkey and the Czech Republic . Then Scolari spared a number of regular players in the last group game, a 2-0 defeat against Switzerland . As group winners, Portugal met Germany in the quarter-finals and were eliminated after an unfortunate 3-2 defeat. Subsequently, Scolari resigned and was replaced by Carlos Queiroz .

After mixed qualifying games , Portugal secured participation in the 2010 World Cup by finishing second behind Poland and just ahead of Sweden with two 1-0 victories in the relegation games against Bosnia and Herzegovina . Despite being one of the favorites, Portugal did not get past 0-0 in their first group game against Ivory Coast . In the second group game, the underdog North Korea was outclassed 7-0. Due to the very good goal difference, the second group place was almost certain. The last group game against Brazil ended goalless again after an even and unspectacular game, which meant that both teams made it to the round of 16. Here Portugal lost 1-0 against eventual tournament winner Spain .

After Queiroz was banned for six months by the Portuguese Anti-Doping Agency in August 2010 for insulting officials during doping controls before the World Cup and Portugal had only scored one point in the first two qualifying games for the Euro 2012 against Cyprus and Norway , he replaced the Portuguese Football Association in September 2010 through Paulo Bento . Second in the group behind Denmark , the Seleção again beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the relegation games . At the finals, Portugal came out a bit surprisingly in the “death group” around Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. A brace from Cristiano Ronaldo to the 2-1 win in the last group game against Elftal secured the quarter-finals . Again, it was Ronaldo who made the difference with a header in the 1-0 win against the Czech Republic. In the semifinals against the reigning world and European champions Spain, the Seleção lost on penalties.

In order to reach the final round of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Portugal had to take the detour via the relegation games for the third time in a row, as second in qualifying group F behind Russia . Two narrow wins against Sweden , which Portugal owed the goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, finally ensured participation. However, the tournament ended disappointingly. With a battered Ronaldo, Portugal suffered a 4-0 defeat in the opening game against Germany. Subsequently, a 2-2 draw against the USA and a 2-1 win against Ghana were not enough for a place in the round of 16 because of the bad goal difference.

A home defeat against Albania in the opening match of the qualifying for the European Championship 2016 led to the dismissal of Paulo Bento. All other qualifying games were won under the new national coach Fernando Santos , whereupon Portugal, first in the group since 2008, qualified for a major tournament directly and without detour via relegation. The European Championship finals got off to a sobering start: As the favorite of Group F , Portugal only drew 1-1 in the first group match against the tournament debutants from Iceland, despite great playful superiority and Nani’s leading goal. The second group game against Austria ended goalless despite another large number of clear chances. In the last group game against Hungary , Portugal was therefore under great pressure to succeed, but fell behind three times. A goal by Nani and a brace by Cristiano Ronaldo led to the third straight draw. Although only third in the group, the Seleção qualified for the final round thanks to the new tournament mode . In the knockout games, Santos relied on a less spectacular and much criticized defensive tactic , which turned out to be successful: Portugal won the round of 16 against Croatia with a counter goal by Ricardo Quaresma 1-0 after extra time, the quarter-finals against Poland 5-3 on penalties. The Portuguese faced Wales in the semi-finals and, following goals from Ronaldo and Nani, they reached the final for the second time since 2004 with a 2-0 win. There Portugal beat hosts France 1-0 after extra time with a goal from Éder on July 10, 2016 and won their first major international title.

As a result of the European Championship win, Portugal took part in the FIFA Confederations Cup for the first time in 2017 and qualified first in Group A for the final round with a draw against Mexico and wins against Russia and New Zealand . After losing in the semi-finals to South American champions Chile (0-3 on penalties), Portugal ended the tournament with a subsequent 2-1 win after extra time against Mexico in third place.

In the qualification for the World Cup 2018 Portugal started with a defeat against Switzerland . Then the Portuguese secured victory in the group without losing any further points and thus qualified for the finals in Russia . Portugal was drawn into group B and, with one win against Morocco and two draws against Spain and Iran, reached the second round, level on points with their Iberian neighbors, as group runners-up. There the Portuguese were eliminated after a 2-1 defeat against Uruguay .

In autumn 2018, the Portuguese took part in the first edition of the UEFA Nations League in the top division ( League A ) and qualified for the final round (“Final Four”) in June 2019 in two games each against Poland and Italy Seleção won their second international title on home soil after beating Switzerland 3-1 in the semi-finals and beating the Netherlands 1-0 in the final.

Balance sheets

FIFA World Ranking

Cumulative win odds

When the FIFA world rankings were introduced in August 1993, Portugal was ranked 23rd. By February 1994, Portugal improved to 19th place and in August 1995, thanks to a solid qualification for the 1996 European Championship , the country reached 9th place and thus the top for the first time 10 of the world rankings. A month later, however, Portugal fell back to 24th place, but held a place in the top 20 until May 1997. From June 1997 to December 1998, the country achieved the worst placements. After the missed qualification for the 1998 World Cup , the low point was reached in August 1998 with the 43rd place. In January 1999 Portugal reached the top 20 again in 17th place and by the start of the European Championship in 2000 the country improved to 15th place. After a strong European Championship and participation in the semi-finals, the Portuguese reached the top 10 of the ranking again in July 2000 after 5 years of abstinence. In the following two years Portugal was consistently represented in the top ten. This changed after the group exited at the 2002 World Cup . In September 2002 they dropped to 11th place and by June 2004 to 22nd place. This was also due to the fact that Portugal did not have to play any qualifying matches in their own country before the 2004 European Championship and friendlies were given less weight. Thanks to the Vice European Championship, Portugal improved by 10 places to 12th place in July 2004 and in October of the same year they reached the top 10 again with 8th place. In the next five years, Portugal wavered after a fourth place at the 2006 World Cup and the quarter-finals the EM 2008 , between 6th and 11th place. From July to September 2009 the country was 17th. Since October 2009 Portugal has been in the top 10. October 2012, April 2014 and from September 2017 to January 2018.

International match records

Portugal has the following results against other national teams (at least 10 games; as of November 17, 2019)

For more balance sheets see: List of international matches for the Portuguese national football team

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Important encounters
Belgium	18th	06th	07th	05	21:22	European Championship qualification 1972, 1980, 2008, World Cup qualification 1990
Brazil	20th	04th	03	13	16:39	Olympic Games 1972, World Cup preliminary round 1966, 2010
Bulgaria	13	04th	03	06th	16:18	European Championship qualification 1964, 1968, World Cup preliminary round 1966
Denmark	16	11	02	03	32:18	World Cup qualification 2010, European Championship qualification 2012, 2016, preliminary round 1996, 2012
Germany	18th	03	05	10	16:29	European Championship preliminary round 1984, 2000, 2012, quarter-finals 2008, World Cup match for 3rd place in 2006, preliminary round 2014
England	23	03	10	10	25:46	European Championship preliminary round 2000, quarter-finals 2004, World Cup semi-finals 1966, preliminary round 1986, quarter-finals 2006
Finland	10	05	04th	01	14: 6	European Championship qualification 1984, 1992, 2008
France	25th	06th	01	18th	29:49	2016 European Championship final, 1984 semi-final, 2000, 2006 World Cup semi-final
Greece	14th	04th	05	05	16:18	European Championship preliminary round and final 2004, World Cup qualification 1970
Ireland	13	07th	02	04th	20:10	European Championship qualification 1996, World Cup qualification 2002
Italy	27	06th	03	18th	23:51	European Championship qualification 1988, World Cup qualification 1958, 1994
Luxembourg	17th	15th	01	01	51: 7	World Cup qualification 1962, 1990, 2006, 2014, European Championship qualification 2020
Malta	10	09	01	00	28: 5	World Cup qualification 1986, 1994, 2010; European Championship qualification 1988, 1992
Netherlands	14th	08th	04th	02	16:10	World Cup qualification 2002, round of 16 2006, EM semifinals 2004, preliminary round 2012, Nations League final 2019
Northern Ireland	13	04th	07th	02	14:13	World Cup qualification 1958, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2014, European Championship qualification 1996
Norway	11	08th	02	01	18: 5	European Championship qualification 1968, 1980, 2012
Austria	11	02	06th	03	11:19	World Cup qualification 1954, European Championship qualification 1980, 1996, preliminary round 2016
Poland	13	05	05	03	18:13	European Championship qualification 1984, 2008, quarter-finals 2016, World Cup preliminary round 1986, 2002
Romania	11	05	02	04th	11: 9	World Cup qualification 1966, 1970, European Championship preliminary round, 1984, 2000
Scotland	15th	08th	03	04th	21:14	World Cup qualification 1982, 1994, European Championship qualification 1972, 1980
Sweden	18th	05	06th	07th	20:29	World Cup qualification 1982, 1986, 2010, 2014, European Championship qualification 1968, 1988
Switzerland	23	08th	05	10	30:33	World Cup qualification 1938, 1970, 1990, 1994, 2018, European Championship preliminary round 2008, Nations League semi-finals 2019
Spain	39	08th	14th	17th	47:78	World Cup round of 16 2010, preliminary round 2018; Euro 2012 semi-finals, preliminary round 1984, 2004
Czechoslovakia	10	03	04th	03	7:11	World Cup qualification 1966, 1986, 1990, European Championship qualification 1976
Hungary	13	09	04th	00	30:10	World Cup preliminary round 1966, qualification 2010, 2018, EM qualification 2000, preliminary round 2016
Cyprus	11	10	01	00	35: 6	World Cup qualification 1974, 1978, 2002, European Championship qualification 1976, 2012

• green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
• yellow background = balance balanced
• red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

Notes on the table:

1. ↑ If a game ends after regular playing time or after extra time, it will be rated according to the result; Games decided on penalties count as a draw in the following

Olympic Games for senior national teams

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Since the Portuguese Football Association was not founded until 1914 and did not join FIFA until 1923 , Portugal missed the Olympic Games in London (1908) , Stockholm (1912) and Antwerp (1920) . In 1924 Portugal should meet Sweden , the later bronze medalist, in the preliminary round , but Portugal canceled the game. Four years later, Portugal took part in the Olympic football tournament for the only time. In Amsterdam , the Portuguese met Chile in the preliminary round . The game, which Portugal won 4-2, was the first between the two nations and Chile's first game against a European team. In the last sixteen Portugal met the Kingdom of Yugoslavia . The first meeting of the two teams was won by Portugal 2-1. In the quarter-finals, the opponent was Egypt . This game was also a premier game between the two nations, in which Portugal lost 2-1.

year	venue	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1908	London	no participation	-	-	the association was not founded until 1914
1912	Stockholm	no participation	-	-	the association was not founded until 1914
1920	Antwerp	no participation	-	-	not a FIFA member
1924	Paris	no participation	-	-	-
1928	Amsterdam	Quarter finals	Egypt	1: 2	first game against Egypt
1936	Berlin	no participation	-	-	-
1948	London	no participation	-	-	-

World championships

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Portugal's most successful World Cup goal scorers

Pl.	player	Year (s)	Gates
1.	Eusebio	1966	9
2.	Cristiano Ronaldo	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018	7th
3.	Pauleta	2002, 2006	4th
4th	José Augusto Torres	1966	3
	José Augusto	1966	3
6th	Maniche	2006	2
	Simão	2006, 2010	2
	Tiago	2006, 2010	2

The Portuguese national team have made seven World Cup finals so far. The country achieved its best result when it first took part, with 3rd place at the 1966 World Cup . At the 2006 World Cup , Portugal reached the semi-finals for the second time, but lost them to France and the game for third place against hosts Germany . In 2010 and 2018 , the team reached the round of 16, in which they were eliminated against eventual world champions Spain and Uruguay . At the World Championships in 1986 , 2002 and 2014 , however, Portugal ended in the group stage.

After missing the qualification for the World Championships in 1934 , 1938 and the war-related cancellation of the tournaments in 1942 and 1946, the Portuguese were given the opportunity to participate in the 1950 World Cup in the former colony of Brazil . The place offered as a substitute for the withdrawn Turkey was not accepted. The country missed the next three world championships before entering the finals for the first time in 1966. After that, Portugal missed the next four world championships and only reached the finals for the second time 20 years later at the 1986 World Cup . Portugal missed the 1990 , 1994 and 1998 World Championships again and only reached the group stage again in 2002 . Portugal successfully qualified for the following four world championships, but only in the play-offs against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden in 2010 and 2014 .

With Eusébio (1966), Portugal once provided the top scorer in a World Cup .

year	Host country	Participation until ...	last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated	-	-
1934	Italy	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Spain
1938	France	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualifying because of Switzerland
1950	Brazil	waived participation	-	-		failed in qualification to Spain . The place offered later as a replacement for the withdrawn Turkey was not accepted.
1954	Switzerland	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Austria
1958	Sweden	not qualified	-	-		failed in the qualification to Northern Ireland
1962	Chile	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to England
1966	England	3rd place match	USSR	3rd place	Otto Glória	Defeat in semi-finals against England ; Eusébio top scorer
1970	Mexico	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Romania
1974	BR Germany	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Bulgaria
1978	Argentina	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Poland
1982	Spain	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualifying to Scotland and Northern Ireland
1986	Mexico	Preliminary round	England , Poland , Morocco	17th	José Augusto Torres
1990	Italy	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification against Belgium and the ČSSR
1994	United States	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Italy and Switzerland
1998	France	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Germany and Ukraine
2002	South Korea Japan	Preliminary round	USA , Poland , South Korea	21st	Antonio Oliveira
2006	Germany	3rd place match	Germany	4th Place	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Loss in the semi-finals against France
2010	South Africa	Round of 16	Spain	11.	Carlos Queiroz	Defeat against the eventual world champion
2014	Brazil	Preliminary round	Germany , USA , Ghana	18th	Paulo Bento
2018	Russia	Round of 16	Uruguay	13.	Fernando Santos

European championships

→ Main article : Portuguese national soccer team / European championships

Portugal's most successful European Championship goal scorers

Pl.	player	Year (s)	Gates
1.	Cristiano Ronaldo	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	9
2.	Nuno Gomes	2000, 2004, 2008	6th
3.	Sérgio Conceição	2000	3
	Nani	2008, 2012, 2016	3
	Hélder Postiga	2004, 2008, 2012	3
6th	Rui Jordão	1984	2
	Luís Figo	1996, 2000, 2004	2
	João Pinto	1996, 2000	2
	Maniche	2004	2
	Rui Costa	1996, 2000, 2004	2
	Pepe	2008, 2012, 2016	2

Portugal participated in all European championships and reached the finals seven times. The greatest successes were winning the European Championship in 2016 and second place at the European Championship in 2004 in their own country. At the European Championships in 1984 , 2000 and 2012 , the Portuguese reached the semi-finals, but lost to eventual European champions France (in extra time ) and Spain (on penalties ). In 1996 and 2008 , Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals against the eventual European runner-up ( Czech Republic and Germany ).

Portugal missed the first six European championships after unsuccessful qualification. In 1960 , the Portuguese failed at what would later become vice European champion Yugoslavia . In 1964 and 1968 they lost to Bulgaria . In 1972 and 1980 Portugal failed to Belgium , who later became vice European champion in 1980. The first participation in the final took place in 1984 in France. The Portuguese missed the Euro in 1988 and 1992 . Since the euro in 1996 , Portugal has always reached the finals. However, the qualification for EM 2012 only succeeded in the play-offs against Bosnia and Herzegovina .

Portugal is the only team that has so far always survived the group stage and made it to the knockout round with a successful qualification for the finals. With Cristiano Ronaldo (2012), Portugal once provided the top scorer at a European Championship , who, together with Michel Platini, is also the top scorer in the European Championship .

year	Host country	Participation until ...	last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1960	France	not qualified	-	-		failed in the quarterfinals at the later finalists Yugoslavia
1964	Spain	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification after the play-off to Bulgaria
1968	Italy	not qualified	-	-		in the qualifying again Bulgaria failed
1972	Belgium	not qualified	-	-		failed in the qualification at the later third Belgium
1976	Yugoslavia	not qualified	-	-		failed in the qualification at the later European champions Czechoslovakia
1980	Italy	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualifying at the eventual finalist Belgium
1984	France	Semifinals	France	-	Fernando Cabrita	Loss after extra time against the eventual European champions
1988	Germany	not qualified	-	-		failed in qualification to Italy
1992	Sweden	not qualified	-	-		in the qualification of defending champion Netherlands failed
1996	England	Quarter finals	Czech Republic	-	Antonio Oliveira	Defeat against the eventual finalist
2000	Netherlands Belgium	Semifinals	France	-	Humberto Coelho	Defeat by golden goal by penalty against eventual winners
2004	Portugal	final	Greece	2nd place	Luiz Felipe Scolari	First participation in the final
2008	Austria Switzerland	Quarter finals	Germany	-	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Defeat against the eventual finalist
2012	Poland Ukraine	Semifinals	Spain	-	Paulo Bento	Defeat on penalties against the eventual European champions
2016	France	final	France	European champion	Fernando Santos	Second participation in the final
2021	Europe	qualified				Opponents in the qualification were Lithuania , Luxembourg , Serbia and Ukraine

Confederations Cup

Having won the European Championship in 2016, the Portuguese national team took part in the FIFA Confederations Cup for the first time in 2017 .

year	Host country	Participation until ...	last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1997	Saudi Arabia	not qualified	-	-
1999	Mexico	not qualified	-	-
2001	South Korea Japan	not qualified	-	-
2003	France	not qualified	-	-
2005	Germany	not qualified	-	-
2009	South Africa	not qualified	-	-
2013	Brazil	not qualified	-	-
2017	Russia	3rd place match	Mexico	3rd place	Fernando Santos	Loss in the semifinals against Chile on penalties

successes

• World Championship : 3rd place in 1966 , 4th place in 2006
• European Championship : European Champion 2016 , 2nd place 2004 , 3rd place 1984 , 2000 , 2012
• FIFA Confederations Cup : 3rd place 2017
• UEFA Nations League : Winner 2019

Junior area

• U20 world champion (2) - 1989 , 1991
• U19 European Champion (1) - 2018
• U18 European Champion (2) - 1994 , 1999
• U17 European Champion (2) - 2003 , 2016
• U16 European Champion (4) - 1989 , 1995 , 1996 , 2000

Current

International matches

→ Main article: List of the internationals of the Portuguese national football team

The matches of the last twelve months and planned international matches are listed. The results are given from a Portuguese perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Type of game	Portugal goalscorers
05th June 2019	postage	Switzerland	3: 1 (1: 0)	Nations League	Cristiano Ronaldo (25th, 88th, 90th)
0June 9, 2019	postage	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)	Nations League	Gonçalo Guedes (60.)
0Sep 7 2019	Belgrade	Serbia	4: 2 (1: 0)	European Championship qualification	William Carvalho (42.), Gonçalo Guedes (58.), Cristiano Ronaldo (80.), Bernardo Silva (86.)
Sep 10 2019	Vilnius	Lithuania	5: 1 (1: 1)	European Championship qualification	Cristiano Ronaldo (7th, 62nd, 65th, 76th), William Carvalho (90th + 2 ')
Oct 11, 2019	Lisbon	Luxembourg	3: 0 (1: 0)	European Championship qualification	Bernardo Silva (16th), Cristiano Ronaldo (66th), Gonçalo Guedes (89th)
Oct 14, 2019	Kiev	Ukraine	1: 2 (0: 2)	European Championship qualification	Cristiano Ronaldo (72nd)
Nov 14, 2019	Faro / Loulé	Lithuania	6: 0 (2: 0)	European Championship qualification	Cristiano Ronaldo (7th, 22nd, 65th), Pizzi (52nd), Gonçalo Paciência (56th), Bernardo Silva (63rd)
17th Nov 2019	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2: 0 (1: 0)	European Championship qualification	Bruno Fernandes (39th), Cristiano Ronaldo (86th)
27 Mar 2020	Doha	Belgium	called off	Friendly match
30th Mar 2020	Doha	Croatia	called off	Friendly match
May 31, 2020	Ljubljana	Slovenia	called off	Friendly match
05th June 2020	Madrid	Spain	called off	Friendly match
0June 9, 2020	(Portugal)	Malta	called off	Friendly match
05th Sep 2020	postage	Croatia		Nations League
08 Sep 2020	Solna	Sweden		Nations League
0Oct 9, 2020	Saint-Denis	France		Nations League
Oct 12, 2020	(Portugal)	Sweden		Nations League
Nov 12, 2020	(Portugal)	France		Nations League
Nov 15, 2020	Zagreb	Croatia		Nations League
June 15, 2021	Budapest			EM preliminary round
June 19, 2021	Munich	Germany		EM preliminary round
June 23, 2021	Budapest	France		EM preliminary round

• red background color = defeat of the Portuguese team
• green background color = victory of the Portuguese team
• yellow background color = tie

Squad

Portuguese starting line-up for the 2018 World Cup against Uruguay. Back (from left to right): Pepe , Carvalho , Fonte , Patrício , Cristiano Ronaldo and Guedes . Front (from left to right): João Mário , Guerreiro , Bernardo Silva , Adrien Silva and Pereira .

The squad includes those players who were nominated for the Nations League games against Croatia and Sweden on September 5 and 8, 2020. (As of November 17, 2019 )

Jersey no.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates
goalkeeper
1	Rui Patrício	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Feb. 15, 1988	87	0
	Anthony Lopes	Olympique Lyon	0Oct. 1, 1990	7th	0
	Rui Silva	Granada CF.	0Feb 7, 1994	0	0
Defense
2	João Cancelo	Manchester City	May 27, 1994	16	3
3	Pepe	FC Porto	Feb. 26, 1983	108	7th
4th	Rúben Dias	Benfica Lisbon	May 14, 1997	17th	0
5	Raphaël Guerreiro	Borussia Dortmund	Dec 22, 1993	39	2
6th	José Fonte	Lille OSC	Dec 22, 1983	42	0
19th	Mario Rui	SSC Naples	May 27, 1991	9	0
	Nélson Semedo	FC Barcelona	Nov 16, 1993	13	0
	Domingos Duarte	Granada CF.	10 Mar 1995	0	0
midfield
8th	João Moutinho	Wolverhampton Wanderers	08 Sep 1986	121	7th
13	Danilo Pereira	FC Porto	0Sep 9 1991	37	2
16	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	08 Sep 1994	19th	2
18th	Rúben Neves	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13 Mar 1997	16	0
	André Gomes	Everton FC	July 30, 1993	29	0
	Renato Sanches	Lille OSC	Aug 18, 1997	18th	1
	Sérgio Oliveira	FC Porto	02nd June 1992	3	0
attack
7th	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus Turin	0Feb 5, 1985	164	99
10	Bernardo Silva	Manchester City	Aug 10, 1994	43	6th
20th	Diogo iota	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0Dec. 4, 1996	2	0
23	André Silva	Eintracht Frankfurt	0Nov 6, 1995	34	15th
	Gonçalo Guedes	Valencia CF	Nov 29, 1996	21st	6th
	João Félix	Atlético Madrid	Nov 10, 1999	5	0
	Francisco Trincão	FC Barcelona	Dec 29, 1999	0	0

Extended squad

The following players do not belong to the current squad, but have been used or nominated as national players within the past 12 months.

Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	Last nomination
goalkeeper
José Sá	Olympiacos Piraeus	Jan. 17, 1993	0	0	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Beto	Goztepe Izmir	0May 1, 1982	16	0	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Defense
Ruben Semedo	Olympiacos Piraeus	0Apr 4, 1994	0	0	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Ricardo Pereira	Leicester City	0Oct 6, 1993	7th	0	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Daniel Carriço	Sevilla FC	0Aug 4, 1988	1	0	September 10, 2019 (vs. Lithuania )
Ferro	Benfica Lisbon	26th Mar 1997	0	0	September 10, 2019 (vs. Lithuania )
midfield
Bruma	PSV Eindhoven	Oct. 24, 1994	9	1	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Daniel Podence	Olympiacos Piraeus	Oct 21, 1995	0	0	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Pizzi	Benfica Lisbon	0Oct 6, 1989	17th	3	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
João Mário	Moscow locomotive	Jan. 19, 1993	45	2	November 14, 2019 (vs. Lithuania )
William Carvalho	Betis Seville	0Apr 7, 1992	59	4th	October 11, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
attack
Éder	Moscow locomotive	Dec 22, 1987	35	5	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Gonçalo Paciência	Eintracht Frankfurt	0Aug 1, 1994	2	1	November 17, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )
Rafa Silva	Benfica Lisbon	May 17, 1993	17th	0	October 11, 2019 (versus Luxembourg )

Previous trainers

As of November 17, 2019

No.	Trainer	from	to	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats
1	Committee I.	December 18, 1921	December 16, 1923	3	0	0	3
2	António Ribeiro do Reis (1st term)	05/15/1925	04/18/1926	4th	1	1	2
3	Cândido de Oliveira (1st term)	December 26, 1926	March 24, 1929	13	4th	4th	5
4th	Maia Loureiro	December 01, 1929	December 01, 1929	1	0	0	1
5	Laurindo Grijó	01/12/1930	11/30/1930	4th	2	0	2
6th	João Joaquim Tavares da Silva (1st term)	04/12/1931	05/31/1931	2	1	0	1
7th	Salvador do Carmo (1st term)	05/03/1932	04/02/1933	3	2	0	1
8th	António Ribeiro do Reis (2nd term)	02/11/1934	03/18/1934	2	0	0	2
9	Cândido de Oliveira (2nd term)	05/05/1935	03/11/1945	15th	4th	3	8th
10	João Joaquim Tavares da Silva (2nd term)	05/06/1945	05/25/1947	9	4th	1	4th
11	Virgílio Paula	11/23/1947	May 23, 1948	3	1	0	2
12	Armando Sampaio	02/27/1947	May 22, 1949	4th	1	1	2
13	Salvador do Carmo (2nd term)	04/02/1950	May 21, 1950	4th	0	2	2
14th	João Joaquim Tavares da Silva (3rd term)	04/08/1951	06/17/1951	4th	0	1	3
15th	Cândido de Oliveira (3rd term)	04/20/1952	12/14/1952	3	0	1	2
16	Salvador do Carmo (3rd term)	09/26/1953	11/28/1954	5	1	2	2
17th	Fernando Vaz	December 19, 1954	05/02/1955	1	0	0	1
18th	João Joaquim Tavares da Silva (4th term)	05/04/1955	06/16/1957	15th	5	2	8th
19th	José Maria Antunes (1st term)	12/22/1957	May 22, 1960	12	4th	0	8th
20th	Armando Ferreira (1st term)	03/19/1961	06/04/1961	3	1	1	1
21st	Fernando Peyroteo	10/08/1961	25.10.1961	2	0	0	2
22nd	Armando Ferreira (2nd term)	05/06/1962	05/17/1962	3	0	0	3
23	José Maria Antunes (2nd term)	11/07/1962	06/07/1964	10	4th	1	5
24	Otto Glória (1st term)	11/15/1964	11/13/1966	20th	15th	2	3
25th	José Gomes da Silva (1st term)	03/27/1967	December 17, 1967	6th	2	3	1
26th	José Maria Antunes (3rd term)	06/30/1968	December 10, 1969	9	1	3	5
27	José Gomes da Silva (2nd term)	05/10/1970	11/21/1971	7th	3	1	3
28	José Augusto	March 29, 1972	11/14/1973	15th	9	4th	2
29	José Maria Pedroto	04/03/1974	12/22/1976	15th	6th	4th	5
30th	Júlio Cernadas Pereira (1st term)	03/30/1977	03/08/1978	5	3	1	1
31	Mario Wilson	09/20/1978	03/26/1980	10	5	2	3
32	Júlio Cernadas Pereira (2nd term)	09/24/1980	05/05/1982	18th	6th	3	9
33	Otto Glória (2nd term)	09/22/1982	06/08/1983	7th	3	1	3
34	Fernando Cabrita and Committee II	09/21/1983	06/23/1984	9	5	2	2
35	José Augusto Torres	09/06/1984	06/11/1986	17th	8th	1	8th
36	Ruy Seabra	10/12/1986	03/29/1987	6th	1	4th	1
37	Júlio Cernadas Pereira (3rd term)	09/23/1987	04/26/1989	10	6th	3	1
38	Artur Jorge (1st term)	06/01/1989	06/01/1990	7th	2	2	3
39	Carlos Queiroz (1st term)	08/01/1990	12/09/1993	31	14th	11	6th
40	Nelo Vingada	12/14/1993	06/30/1994	2	0	2	0
41	António Oliveira (1st term)	07/01/1994	07/31/1996	22nd	13	5	4th
42	Artur Jorge (2nd term)	08/01/1996	11/30/1997	12	5	5	2
43	Humberto Coelho	12/15/1997	07/31/2000	24	16	4th	4th
44	António Oliveira (2nd term)	08/01/2000	07/31/2002	22nd	13	5	4th
45	Agostinho Oliveira (Interim)	08/22/2002	01/10/2003	4th	2	2	0
46	Luiz Felipe Scolari	01/11/2003	06/19/2008	74	42	18th	14th
47	Carlos Queiroz (2nd term)	07/11/2008	09/09/2010	28	15th	9	4th
48	Paulo Bento	09/21/2010	09/11/2014	47	26th	12	9
49	Fernando Santos	09/23/2014		71	44	16	11

1. ↑ Carlos Vilar, Pedro Del Negro, Reis Gonçalves, Virgílio Paula, Plácido Duro, Júlio de Araújo, José Pereira Júnior, Joaquim Narciso Freire, Guilherme Augusto A Sousa, Raúl Nunes and António Ribeiro do Reis
2. ^ António Morais , Toni and José Augusto

Records

Record player

As of November 17, 2019

space	Surname	Games	Gates	First game	Last game
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	164	99	Aug 20, 2003	17th Nov 2019
2	Luís Figo	127	32	Oct 12, 1991	0July 8, 2006
3	João Moutinho	121	7th	Aug 17, 2005	17th Nov 2019
4th	Nani	112	24	0Sep 1 2006	02nd July 2017
5	Fernando Couto	110	8th	Dec. 19, 1990	June 30, 2004
6th	Pepe	108	7th	Nov 21, 2007	Oct 14, 2019
7th	Bruno Alves	96	11	0June 5, 2007	07th June 2018
8th	Rui Costa	94	26th	31 Mar 1993	04th July 2004
9	Ricardo Carvalho	89	5	Oct 11, 2003	June 22, 2016
10	Pauleta	88	47	Aug 20, 1997	0July 8, 2006
11	Rui Patrício	87	0	Nov 17, 2010	17th Nov 2019
12	Simão	85	22nd	Oct 18, 1998	June 29, 2010
13	João Pinto	81	23	Oct 12, 1991	June 14, 2002
14th	Ricardo Quaresma	80	10	June 10, 2003	June 30, 2018
	Vítor Baía	80	0	Dec. 19, 1990	0Sep 7 2002
16	Nuno Gomes	79	29	Jan. 24, 1996	Oct 11, 2011
	Ricardo	79	0	0June 2, 2001	June 19, 2008
18th	Raúl Meireles	76	10	Nov 15, 2006	June 22, 2014
19th	Deco	75	5	29 Mar 2003	June 15, 2010
20th	Hélder Postiga	71	27	Feb 12, 2003	Nov 14, 2014

Names in bold are still active in the national team

Record goal scorers

As of November 17, 2019

space	Surname	Gates	Games	Quota	First game	Last game
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	99	164	0.60	Aug 20, 2003	17th Nov 2019
2	Pauleta	47	88	0.53	Aug 20, 1997	0July 8, 2006
3	Eusebio	41	64	0.64	0Oct 8, 1961	Oct 13, 1973
4th	Luís Figo	32	127	0.25	Oct 12, 1991	0July 8, 2006
5	Nuno Gomes	29	79	0.37	Jan. 24, 1996	Oct 11, 2011
6th	Hélder Postiga	27	71	0.38	June 13, 2003	Nov 14, 2014
7th	Rui Costa	26th	94	0.28	31 Mar 1993	04th July 2004
8th	Nani	24	112	0.21	0Sep 1 2006	02nd July 2017
9	João Pinto	23	81	0.28	Oct 12, 1991	June 14, 2002
10	Nene	22nd	65	0.34	Apr 21, 1971	June 23, 1984
	Simão	22nd	85	0.26	Oct 18, 1998	June 29, 2010
12	Hugo Almeida	19th	57	0.33	Feb 18, 2004	31 Mar 2015
13	André Silva	15th	34	0.44	0Sep 1 2016	17th Nov 2019
	Rui Jordão	15th	43	0.35	29 Mar 1972	Jan. 25, 1989
15th	José Augusto Torres	14th	33	0.42	Jan. 23, 1963	Oct 13, 1973
16	Fernando Gomes	13	47	0.28	Apr. 26, 1975	Nov 16, 1988
17th	Sérgio Conceição	12	56	0.21	0Nov 9, 1996	06 Sep 2003
18th	Bruno Alves	11	96	0.11	0June 5, 2007	07th June 2018
19th	Rui Águas	10	31	0.32	0Apr 3, 1985	Nov 17, 1993
	Ricardo Sá Pinto	10	45	0.22	0Sep 7 1994	0June 6, 2001
	Raúl Meireles	10	76	0.13	Nov 15, 2006	June 22, 2014
	Ricardo Quaresma	10	80	0.13	June 10, 2003	June 30, 2018

Names in bold are still active in the national team

Organizational matters

Football shirt Luís Figo

Portuguese fans at Euro 2004

shirt

The jersey of the Portuguese national football team is in the color wine red. The red and green that was relevant for the 2004 European Championship, for example, has not been used since the 2006 World Cup; now a dark red jersey is used. Yellow piping that runs along the breast seams and trouser legs is reminiscent of a rope , a ship's rope , and thus of Portugal's great past as a seafaring nation. Portugal's away shirt is traditionally white. At the 2006 World Cup, however, the team played in black.

Venues

The Seleção's home games are mainly played in the following stadiums: The Estádio do Dragão from FC Porto , the Estádio da Luz from Benfica Lisbon and the Estádio José Alvalade from Sporting Lisbon , which are also the largest stadiums in Portugal.

See also

• Soccer in Portugal
• List of internationals for the Portuguese national football team
• Portuguese National Football Team (U-21 Men)
• Portuguese National Football Team (U-20 Men)
• Portuguese National Football Team (U-19 Juniors)
• Portuguese National Football Team (U-18 Juniors)
• Portuguese National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)

Web links

Commons : Portuguese National Soccer Team  - Collection of images

• Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese)
• Sorted list of national players
• Portuguese Football League (Portuguese) side
• RSSSF archive of results from 1921-2003
• RSSSF archive of record players and top scorers
• RSSSF Archive of Trainers since 1921-
• FIFA page with the last games of the national team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ O primeiro jogo . ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. fpf.pt (Portuguese); Retrieved May 29, 2012 
3. ^ Match report Uruguay – Portugal. sportschau.de, July 1, 2018; accessed on July 2, 2018.
4. ↑ Qualifying matches are only listed if there have not yet been any final round matches in the relevant competition.
5. ↑ Portugal player with the most goals scored (as of before the 2014 World Cup). In: fifa.com. Retrieved June 27, 2014 . 
6. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
7. ↑ Jogadores Internacionais - Seleção A. ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. fpf.pt (English)