Portugal national football team

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Portugal
Nickname	Selecção das Quinas [1]
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Luiz Felipe Scolari (2003-)
Captain	Jorge Andrade
Most caps	Luís Figo (127)
Top scorer	Pauleta (47)
FIFA code	POR
FIFA ranking	8
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (March 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	43 (August 1998)
Elo ranking	8
Highest Elo ranking	2 (Jun 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking	45 (November 1962)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Spain 3-1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921)
Biggest win Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994) Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003)
Biggest defeat Portugal 0-10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May 1947)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1966)
Best result	Third place, 1966
European Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1984)
Best result	Second place, 2004

The Portugal national football team is the national football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Portugal has qualified four times for the FIFA World Cup, but have neither won it nor any other major tournament. Their first World Cup appearance was in 1966, where the Portuguese reached their first semi final. In that year they lost only to the eventual world champions England. Portugal finished in third place and Eusébio was considered the best player of the tournament. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, with Portugal going out in the first round both times. In the 1986 tournament, players went on strike over prize-money and refused to train between their first and the second games.

In 2003, the Portuguese Football Federation decided to hire Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Brazilian who had led the Brazil national football team to win the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Scolari led Portugal to the final of Euro 2004 (The European Championships), where they lost to Greece, and to their second World Cup semi final in 2006, where they lost to France. The Portuguese were unable to equal Eusebio's 1966 third place finish as they lost to hosts Germany 3-1 on July 8 in Stuttgart, finishing in fourth place in the 2006 World Cup.

Contents 1 FIFA World Cup 1.1 1966 FIFA World Cup 1.2 1986 FIFA World Cup 1.3 1998 FIFA World Cup 1.4 2002 FIFA World Cup 1.5 2006 FIFA World Cup 1.6 World Cup record 2 European Championships 2.1 2000 European Championship 2.2 2004 European Championship 2.3 2008 European Championship 2.3.1 Group A Table 2.3.2 Fixtures 2006 2.3.3 Fixtures 2007 2.4 European Championship Record 3 Current squad 3.1 Recent call-up 3.2 Previous squads 4 Players 4.1 Famous Players 4.2 Most appearances 4.3 Most goals 5 Trivia 6 Footnotes 7 External links

[edit] FIFA World Cup

[edit] 1966 FIFA World Cup

The team started out with three wins in the group stage where they were in Group C when they beat Hungary, Bulgaria and two-time defending champions Brazil. Secondly they beat surprise quarter-finalist Korea DPR 5-3, with Eusébio getting four markers to overturn a 0-3 deficit. Later, they reached the semifinals where they were beaten by hosts England 2-1. Portugal then defeated USSR 2-1 in the third place match for their best World Cup finish to date. Eusébio was the top scorer of the World Cup with nine goals.

Eusébio played in the 1970 and 1974 World Cup qualifiers but Portugal failed to make the tournament Finals.

[edit] 1986 FIFA World Cup

The team exited early in the group stages after a win and two losses. They started with a 1-0 win to England. Later they were beaten by Poland with a score of 1-0 and Morocco with a score of 3-1.

[edit] 1998 FIFA World Cup

The team almost qualified for the tournament that was to be hosted by France. However, during a qualifier in Germany, Rui Costa was controversially sent off for taking too long to walk off the field. Germany drew the crucial game and was thus able to qualify.[2]

[edit] 2002 FIFA World Cup

Portugal entered the tournament as favourites to win Group D. However, they were upset 3-2 to USA, at one point being three goals down in the match. They then rebounded with a 4-0 thrashing of Poland, with Pauleta getting a hat trick.

Needing a draw to advance, they lost the final group game to hosts South Korea. Argentinian referee Angel Sanchez sent off João Vieira Pinto for a dangerous tackle on Park Ji-Sung, and Pinto earned an additional suspension from FIFA for punching Sanchez. Beto was ejected for his second yellow card of the match, reducing Portugal to nine men, and Park scored the winner to allow the Koreans to advance.[3]

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

The Portuguese squad qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany under the leadership of manager Luis Felipe Scolari and came in first place in Group D with victories over Angola (1-0, goal from Pauleta), Iran (2-0, goals from Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo) and Mexico (2-1, goals from Maniche and Simão). Only Mexico's Francisco Fonseca was able to score against Portugal.

Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in the Round of 16 on June 25 in Nuremberg in one of the ugliest games in World Cup history. The only goal came courtesy of a Maniche strike in an acrimonious match marked by 16 yellow cards, with 4 players being sent off for a second bookable offense.

On Saturday, July 1 at Gelsenkirchen in the quarter-finals, despite having two starters suspended due to being sent off in the previous match, Portugal defeated England on penalty kicks (3-1) after a goal-less 120 minutes to reach their first World Cup semi-final since the days of Eusébio, 40 years earlier.

Portugal were defeated 1-0 by France in the semi-finals on Wednesday, July 5 at Munich. Two players had been forced to sit out due to accumulated bookings from the round of 16 and quarterfinals. It did not help that the team faced a hostile crowd of French and English fans; as Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of unsportsmanlike behavior. As in the semi-finals of Euro 2000, Portugal was again narrowly defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by Zinedine Zidane after Thierry Henry was awarded a penalty from a foul committed by Ricardo Carvalho (contested by some Portuguese supporters, even after Ricardo Carvalho himself admitted the foul^[2]). Portugal felt that they themselves should have been awarded a penalty after Cristiano Ronaldo went down in the box. However, a penalty was not awarded by the referee, and was itself a disputed incident, seen by many as a dive.

For third place, they faced Germany in the third place match on July 8 in Stuttgart. In this match, like the previous two in which Portugal had a couple of players suspended, the Selecção had lost Miguel to an injury suffered in the semi-final and Ricardo Carvalho to suspension, for accumulated yellow cards against Holland and France. Goalkeeper Ricardo had only conceded one goal in regular play so far (scored by Mexico's Francisco Fonseca, which would later curiously move to Portugal's own SL Benfica). Surprisingly, Figo did not start the match despite having captained the squad in the rest of the tournament. Not unlike the Lusitanians, three of Germany's starters, including captain Michael Ballack, would not be available due to injury. The first half was scoreless but Portugal had several good chances from Pauleta and Deco, forcing Oliver Kahn to make several saves. In the second half, Portugal was thoroughly routed 3-1 as Germany went up three goals to nil from Bastian Schweinsteiger's two goals and an own goal, also off his shot, by Portugal's Petit. Figo replaced Pauleta in the 77th minute, regaining his captaincy during the substitution. Although Germany scored another goal shortly after Figo's entrance, he set up Nuno Gomes's goal in the 88th minute to help Portugal claw back a marker, which was Portugal's second goal of the knockout round and the first since Maniche's against Holland.

Despite this defeat, the Portuguese public hailed their national team as heroes when they returned home. The team won the Most Entertaining Team award for their play during the 2006 World Cup. The award is always organized through public participation in a poll.

Portugal's "Golden Generation" retired after the 2006 World Cup. The departure of Luís Figo has left Portugal's squad with a new look in midfield that was once taken over by himself and the likes of Rui Costa and Sérgio Conceição. The squad attempting to qualify for Euro 2008 will produce a young generation of players from the U-21 squad. Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho, Nani and Manuel Fernandes, and most importantly, Cristiano Ronaldo are some of the names that could possibly bring future success to Portugal.

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	Games	Wins	Draws*	Losses	Goals Scored	Goals Against
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Semifinals (Third Place)	3	6	5	0	1	17	8
1970	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Round 1	17	3	1	0	2	2	4
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1	21	3	1	0	2	6	4
2006	Semifinals (Fourth Place)	4	7	4	1	2	7	5
Total	Four appearances	11.25	19	11	1	7	32	21

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] European Championships

[edit] 2000 European Championship

This tournament was the inugural success of the so-called "Golden Generation", captained by Luís Figo. They defeated England, Romania, and Germany to finish atop their group and then defeated Turkey in the quarter-finals.

In the semi-final meeting with World Cup holders France, Portugal scored first. However, France equalized and Portugal was eliminated in extra time by a golden goal when Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty. Austrian referee Gunter Benko controversially awarded the spot kick for a handball after Abel Xavier blocked a shot from Sylvain Wiltord. (Benko initially gave France a corner but changed his mind after consulting with a Slovak linesman Igor Sramka). Abel Xavier, Nuno Gomes and Paulo Bento were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.[4]

[edit] 2004 European Championship

This tournament was held in Portugal. Portugal, as the host nation, went all the way through to the final where they were eventually beaten by Greece 1-0 by a goal from Greek striker, Angelos Charisteas. Previously, on the opening match, Greece beat Portugal 2-1. This is the first time in the history of the competition that the final featured the same two teams as the opening match.

[edit] 2008 European Championship

[edit] Group A Table

Correct as of: 28/03/2007

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Poland	16	7	5	1	1	12	5	+7
Portugal	11	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9
Serbia	11	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4
Finland	11	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4
Belgium	7	6	2	1	3	4	6	-2
Kazakhstan	5	6	1	2	3	3	8	-5
Azerbaijan	4	6	1	1	4	2	13	-11
Armenia	1	5	0	1	4	0	6	-6

[edit] Fixtures 2006

Finland 1-1 Portugal

Portugal 3-0 Azerbaijan

Poland 2-1 Portugal

Portugal 3-0 Kazakhstan

[edit] Fixtures 2007

Portugal 4-0 Belgium

Serbia 1-1 Portugal

Belgium - Portugal (June 2, 2007)

2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group A

[edit] European Championship Record

Year	Round	Position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Semifinals	4	4	1	2	1	4	4
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Quarter-finals	5	4	2	1	1	5	2
2000	Semifinals	3	5	4	0	1	10	4
2004	Final	2	6	3	1	2	8	6
Total	4/12	0/12	19	10	4	5	27	16

[edit] Current squad

The following players named for Euro 2008 qualifying match against Serbia on March 28, 2007. [5]

Caps and goals as of March 28, 2007, included against Serbia.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ricardo 11 February 1976 64 0 Sporting CP 2 DF Paulo Ferreira 18 January 1979 38 0 Chelsea FC 3 DF Marco Caneira 9 February 1979 20 0 Sporting CP 4 DF Jorge Andrade (Captain) 9 April 1978 48 3 Deportivo La Coruña 5 DF Fernando Meira 5 June 1978 40 2 VfB Stuttgart 8 MF Petit 25 September 1976 48 4 SL Benfica 10 MF Hugo Viana 15 January 1983 25 1 Valencia CF 11 FW Simão 31 October 1979 55 13 SL Benfica 13 DF Miguel 4 January 1980 41 1 Valencia CF 16 DF Ricardo Carvalho 18 May 1978 38 4 Chelsea FC 17 FW Cristiano Ronaldo 5 February 1985 46 17 Manchester United FC 19 MF Tiago 3 May 1981 35 1 Olympique Lyonnais 20 MF Deco 27 August 1977 44 3 FC Barcelona 21 FW Nuno Gomes 5 July 1976 63 27 SL Benfica 22 GK Daniel Fernandes 21 September 1983 0 0 PAOK 23 FW Hélder Postiga 2 August 1982 28 9 FC Porto 25 MF Raúl Meireles 17 March 1983 2 0 FC Porto 26 FW Hugo Almeida 23 May 1984 2 0 SV Werder Bremen 27 FW Ricardo Quaresma 26 September 1983 9 1 FC Porto 28 MF João Moutinho 8 September 1986 7 0 Sporting CP 32 FW Nani 17 November 1986 5 1 Sporting CP 34 DF Manuel da Costa 6 May 1986 0 0 PSV Eindhoven

[edit] Recent call-up

The following players have all recently been called up to the Portugal squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 6 MF Costinha 1 December 1974 53 2 Atlético Madrid (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October) 7 MF Luís Figo[3] 4 November 1972 127 32 Internazionale (2006 FIFA World Cup) 9 FW Pauleta[3] 28 April 1973 89 47 Paris Saint-Germain (2006 FIFA World Cup) 12 GK Quim 13 November 1975 24 0 SL Benfica (friendly v. Brazil, 6 February.) 14 DF Nuno Valente 12 September 1974 33 1 Everton (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October) 15 FW Luís Boa Morte 4 August 1977 26 1 West Ham (Euro 2008 qual. v. Finland, 6 September) 18 MF Maniche 11 November 1977 40 6 Atlético Madrid (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October) 22 GK Paulo Santos 11 December 1972 1 0 SC Braga (2006 FIFA World Cup) 29 DF Zé António 14 March 1977 0 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October) 30 MF Carlos Martins 29 April 1982 2 0 Sporting CP (Euro 2008 qual. v. Kazakhstan, 15 November) 33 DF Ricardo Rocha 3 October 1978 6 0 Tottenham (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October) 35 DF Nélson 10 June 1983 0 0 SL Benfica (Euro 2008 qual. v. Kazakhstan, 15 November) 36 DF Tonel 13 April 1980 1 0 Sporting CP (Euro 2008 qual. v. Kazakhstan, 15 November) — DF Ricardo Costa 16 May 1981 6 0 FC Porto (Euro 2008 qual. v. Finland, 6 September) — GK Bruno Vale 8 April 1983 1 0 UD Leiria (2006 FIFA World Cup)

• Bruno Vale originally was called up for the World Cup. However, due to a broken foot suffered in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, he was replaced by Paulo Santos on 30 May 2006.[6]

[edit] Previous squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Portugal
• 2004 European Football Championship squads - Portugal
• 2002 FIFA World Cup squads - Portugal
• 2000 European Football Championship squads - Portugal
• 1996 European Football Championship squads - Portugal

[edit] Players

[edit] Famous Players

Early stars Benjamin Gauthier Cândido de Oliveira João Francisco José Manuel Soares Pepe Jorge Vieira João Armando Augusto Silva Pinga António Feliciano Fernando Peyroteo Jesus Correia José Travassos Virgílio Matateu José Águas Costa Pereira Germano 1966 World Cup Glory - "Os Magriços" Eusébio Mário Coluna José Augusto António Simões Torres Jaime Graça Hilário

1970s Generation Humberto Coelho Artur Jorge António Oliveira Artur Correia João Alves Shéu Manuel Fernandes Vítor Damas Euro 1984 and World Cup 86 - "Os Patrícios" Manuel Bento Rui Jordão Fernando Chalana Nené António Sousa Carlos Manuel Jaime Pacheco João Pinto Fernando Gomes Paulo Futre Other Figures Oceano Rui Barros Vítor Paneira

Golden Generation Luís Figo Rui Costa Fernando Couto Vítor Baía Jorge Costa Dimas João Vieira Pinto Domingos Paulo Sousa Sérgio Conceição Abel Xavier Ricardo Sá Pinto Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006 - "Os Conquistadores" Nuno Gomes Deco Cristiano Ronaldo Pauleta Ricardo Simão Sabrosa Maniche Costinha Ricardo Carvalho Miguel Tiago Paulo Ferreira Fernando Meira Nuno Valente Jorge Andrade

[edit] Most appearances

Below is a list of the 12 players with the most appearances for Portugal, as of March 28, 2007 (* denotes players still available for selection):

No	Name	Games	Goals	First game	Last game
1	Luís Figo	127	32	12-10-1991	08-07-2006
2	Fernando Couto	110	8	19-12-1990	30-06-2004
3	Rui Costa	94	26	31-03-1993	04-07-2004
4	Pauleta	88	47	20-08-1997	08-07-2006
5	João Vieira Pinto	81	23	12-10-1991	14-06-2002
6	Vítor Baía	80	0	19-12-1990	07-09-2002
7	João Pinto	70	1	16-02-1983	09-11-1996
8	Nené	66	22	21-04-1971	23-06-1984
9	Eusébio	64	41	08-10-1961	13-10-1973
=	Humberto Coelho	64	6	27-10-1968	27-04-1983
=	Ricardo Pereira*	64	0	02-06-2001	28-03-2007
12	Nuno Gomes*	63	27	24-01-1996	28-03-2007

[edit] Most goals

Below is a list of the 12 players with the most goals for Portugal, as of March 28, 2007 (* denotes players still available for selection):

No	Name	Games	Goals	First game	Last game
1	Pauleta	88	47	20-08-1997	08-07-2006
2	Eusébio	64	41	08-10-1961	13-10-1973
3	Luís Figo	127	32	12-10-1991	08-07-2006
4	Nuno Gomes*	63	27	28-01-1996	28-03-2007
5	Rui Costa	94	26	31-03-1993	04-07-2004
6	João Vieira Pinto	81	23	12-10-1991	14-06-2002
7	Nené	66	22	21-04-1971	23-06-1984
8	Cristiano Ronaldo*	46	17	20-08-2003	28-03-2007
9	Rui Jordão	43	15	29-03-1972	25-01-1989
10	Torres	33	14	23-01-1963	13-10-1973
11	Fernando Peyroteo	20	13	24-04-1938	20-03-1949
12	Simão*	55	13	18-11-1998	28-03-2007

[edit] Trivia

• This team won the 2006 FIFA World Cup most entertaining team award.
• Pauleta was the lead goal scorer in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
• In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, this team set a record for the number of yellow cards received by a national team in a single world cup: 24 in total. Mainly due to the controversial math against Holland where a double figure amount of cards (yellow and red) were handed out

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Portugoal.net | |The definitive Portuguese football site (in English)
• Soccerpulse - Portuguese Information and Discussion Forum (in English)
• Portugal on ESPN
• RSSSF archive of results 1921-2003
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1921-
• Reports on Portugal's Matches in the 2006 World Cup
• Daily Portuguese Football news, discussion, stats, images, and more in English
• Daily Portuguese Football News, Live Scores, Standings, Liga de Honra, II Division, Taça de Portugal

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