Portuguese Women's National Football Team / European Championships

Portugal
Republica Portuguesa
Balance sheet

European Championship record scorer:	Carolina Mendes (2)
European Championship record player:	12 players (3 each)
Rank:	16.
3 European Championship games 1 win 0 draw 2 defeats 3: 5 goals
statistics
First European Championship game Spain - Portugal 2-0 ( Doetinchem NLD ); 19th July 2017 Spain Portugal
Biggest European Championship victory Scotland - Portugal 1: 2 ( Rotterdam NLD ); 23rd July 2017 Scotland Portugal
Biggest European Championship defeat Spain - Portugal 2-0 ( Doetinchem NLD ); 19th July 2017 Spain Portugal
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2017 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2017
(As of July 27, 2017)

The history of the Portuguese national soccer team for women in European championships began with the qualifying round for the first European Championship in 1984 , in which, however, it was unsuccessful. Portugal then decided not to participate four times. Portugal was able to qualify for the first time in October 2016, for the 2017 final , which was held for the first time with 16 teams.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Trainer	Comments and special features
1984	no finals	not qualified			Of Italy , France and Switzerland failed.
1987	Norway	not participated
1989	Germany	not participated
1991	Denmark	not participated
1993	Italy	not participated
1995	no finals	not qualified			To Italy failed and France.
1997	Norway / Sweden	not qualified			Failed in the playoffs to Denmark .
2001	Germany	not qualified			Failed in the playoffs to Italy .
2005	England	not qualified			In qualifying as bottom of the group, u. a. failed to defending champion and world champion Germany .
2009	Finland	not qualified			Denmark and Ukraine failed to qualify as bottom of the group .
2013	Sweden	not qualified			In the qualification as group fourth again u. a. failed at Denmark.
2017	Netherlands	Preliminary round	Spain , Scotland , England	Francisco Neto	Qualification in the playoffs due to the away goals rule against Romania

The tournaments

EM 1984

In the first qualification, in which the groups were put together from a regional point of view, the Portuguese faced Italy , France and Switzerland , even if these three countries are not adjacent to Portugal. The Portuguese could only score with two draws in the home games against France and Switzerland. Alfredina scored the only goal for Portugal in a 1-1 draw against Switzerland. All other games were lost and in the end the last place in the group was taken.

EM 1987 to 1993

Portugal did not participate in the following four qualifications.

EM 1995

Portugal wanted to qualify again for the 1995 European Championship, which took place without a final round. Again they met France and Italy and this time Scotland against which both games were won (8: 2 and 2: 1). In addition, a 2-1 win against the Italians who had already qualified for the quarter-finals succeeded on the last matchday. The three other games were lost, so that in the end the third place in the group jumped out.

European Championship 1997 in Norway

In autumn 1995 the qualification for the next European Championship finals began for the 34 teams, including Portugal again, and which was held for the first time with eight teams. Due to the different strengths of the teams entered, the qualification was divided into two categories. The 16 strongest teams, which also included Portugal, played for the direct qualification, the 18 weaker teams for the opportunity to play in the next qualification in the higher category. Portugal played again against Italy and this time England and Croatia , against which both games were won. Since the other games were lost, only third place jumped out again. In the playoffs against a group runner-up, however, they had the chance to qualify for the finals. Opponents were the Danes , against whom both games were lost (1: 7 and 0: 5).

EM 2001 in Germany

In qualifying for the 2001 European Championship, the Portuguese again played in Category A. This time, opponents were England, Norway and Switzerland, against whom the only victory was achieved. In addition, they played again a draw against the English women. When they were third in the group, they faced Italy in the playoffs against a group runner-up. After a 3-0 away defeat, the 1-0 home game was not enough to reach the finals.

EM 2005 in England

For the EM 2005 the host was determined in advance for the first time and England was awarded the contract for the event. The last time the qualification took place in two categories. Portugal played again in the A category and met defending champions and world champions Germany , the Czech Republic , Scotland and the Ukraine . Only in the first game in Ukraine they won (1-0), all other games were lost, against the world champions even twice in double digits, with 0:13 being the highest defeat to date. In the end, only the last group place remained with the most goals conceded (42) of all participants in the A category. Group winners Germany then defended the title in England.

EM 2009 in Finland

The EM 2009 took place in Finland . For the first time, twelve teams took part in the tournament. The qualification mode has also been changed. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. Portugal did not have to intervene until the second qualifying round, but the qualification went even worse: for the first time since the first participation, no game could be won. There were only two draws against Denmark, Ukraine, Scotland and Slovakia (0-0 in Scotland and 1-1 in Ukraine). The other games were lost and the last place was taken again. After all, there were only 18 goals conceded this time.

EM 2013 in Sweden

The EM 2013 took place for the second time in Sweden . Again the qualification was started by the weaker teams, but this time only by the eight weakest teams. Portugal did not have to intervene again until the second round and were drawn into the group with Denmark. Other opponents were the Czech Republic , Austria and Armenia , against whom the highest win in Portuguese international history was achieved with 8-0 in the first game. The home game against the Armenians was also won 6-0. The other games were lost, however. After all, this time the penultimate group place jumped out, but it was not enough to qualify for the finals.

EM 2017 in the Netherlands

Starting line-ups in the first European Championship final game of the Portuguese

The 2017 European Championship took place in the Netherlands and for the first time with 16 teams. Portugal was drawn into the group with Spain for qualification and also met the teams from Finland , Ireland and Montenegro . Portugal started qualifying with a 2-1 home loss to Ireland. After a 6-1 win against the Montenegrins participating for the first time, both games were lost against their Spanish neighbors. After a 3-0 win in Montenegro, they achieved a goalless draw in Finland. In the second leg in their home stadium they were already 2-0 down after 27 minutes, but Cláudia Neto scored the next goal two minutes later, then equalized with a penalty in the 45th minute and again with a penalty in the 84th minute Winning goal. 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.

For the draw for the final groups on November 8, 2016, the Portuguese were assigned to Pot 4 and group D with England, neighbors Spain and Scotland, which also took part for the first time, were drawn. In the first game against Spain they lost 2-0, but then won against Scotland. So they still had the chance to qualify for the knockout round in the last game against the English, but needed at least one draw if Spain did not win against Scotland. Although the English national coach mostly fielded players who had not been used before, they were able to win against Portugal, so that the Portuguese were eliminated despite the Spanish defeat against Scotland.

Finals games

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion
1	07/19/2017	0: 2	Spain Spain	Doetinchem ( NLD )	Preliminary round
2	07/23/2017	2: 1	Scotland Scotland	Rotterdam ( NLD )	Preliminary round
3	07/27/2017	1: 2	England England	Tilburg ( NLD )	Preliminary round

Individual evidence

[1] Portugal - Suíça 1-1

[2] Portugal 3-2 Finland

[3] Republic of Ireland 0-1 Portugal

[4] uefa.com: "Portugal against Romania in the play-off for the women's EURO continue"