Portugal national under-21 football team

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Portugal Under-21

Association

Federação Portuguesa
de Futebol

Head coach

Rui Caçador

Captain

Bruno Gama

Top scorer

Bruno Gama





First kit





Second kit

First International
U23: Portugal 1-1 Denmark
Lisbon, October 14, 1970
U21: Luxembourg 1-2 Portugal
Esch-sur-Alzette, November 28, 1976

Biggest win
Portugal 8-1 Armenia
Estoril, August 19, 1997

Biggest defeat
Italy 6-0 Portugal
Piacenza, December 2, 1987
Records for competitive
matches only.

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

4 (First in 1994)

Best result

Runners-up in 1994

The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Portuguese Under-21 team was formed. Until 1994, the team had a rather poor record - failing to qualify for each of the first eight UEFA U-21 Championships. Since 1994, the team has improved its record greatly, qualifying for five of the next seven tournaments, including the 2006 finals.

Having qualified for the 2006 tournament finals, UEFA announced that Portugal would host the finals in May and June. From 2007 onwards, host nations will be announced before the qualification stage and will not need to qualify.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Portugal's record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

1 UEFA U-23 Championship Record
2 UEFA U-21 Championship Record
3 Current Squad
4 Notable Players
5 See also
6 Sources/External links

[edit] UEFA U-23 Championship Record

1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification 'group'.
1974: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification 'group'.
1976: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

1978: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1980: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1982: Did not enter.
1984: Losing semi-finalists.
1986: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1988: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1990: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
1992: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
1994: Runners-up.
1996: Losing quarter-finalists.
1998: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
2000: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
2002: Finished 3rd of 4 in finals group.
2004: Third place.
2006: Finished 4th of 4 in finals group. Hosts.
2007: Losing in third place match, therefore missing the Olympics.

[edit] Current Squad

Squad called up for the mini-tournament in Skåne, Sweden, against Sweden, France and the Netherlands.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Club
GK	Eduardo^*	September 19, 1982 (1982-09-19) (age 25)	0	Vitória Setúbal
GK	Ricardo Batista	November 19, 1986 (1986-11-19) (age 21)	15	Fulham FC
DF	Gonçalo Brandão	October 9, 1986 (1986-10-09) (age 21)	8	Belenenses
DF	Henrique Sereno^*	May 18, 1985 (1985-05-18) (age 23)	0	Vitória S.C.
DF	João Pereira^*	February 25, 1984 (1984-02-25) (age 24)	25	S.C. Braga
DF	Manuel da Costa	May 6, 1986 (1986-05-06) (age 22)	14	ACF Fiorentina
DF	Nuno André Coelho	January 7, 1986 (1986-01-07) (age 22)	21	Portimonense S.C.
DF	Tiago Gomes	July 29, 1986 (1986-07-29) (age 21)	13	Zagłębie Lubin
DF	Vitorino Antunes	April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01) (age 21)	21	AS Roma
MF	Miguel Lopes	December 19, 1986 (1986-12-19) (age 21)	1	Rio Ave F.C.
MF	Manuel Fernandes	February 5, 1986 (1986-02-05) (age 22)	25	Everton F.C.
MF	Nuno Coelho	November 23, 1987 (1987-11-23) (age 20)	16	Portimonense S.C.
MF	Paulo Machado	March 31, 1986 (1986-03-31) (age 22)	27	Leixões S.C.
MF	Ruben Amorim^*	January 27, 1985 (1985-01-27) (age 23)	23	C.F. Os Belenenses
MF	Pelé	September 14, 1987 (1987-09-14) (age 20)	20	Internazionale
FW	Vieirinha	January 24, 1986 (1986-01-24) (age 22)	25	Leixões S.C.
FW	Edinho^*	July 7, 1982 (1982-07-07) (age 25)	0	AEK Athens F.C.
FW	Bruno Gama	November 15, 1987 (1987-11-15) (age 20)	15	Vitória F.C.
FW	Carlos Saleiro	February 25, 1986 (1986-02-25) (age 22)	7	C.D. Fátima
FW	Hélder Barbosa	May 25, 1987 (1987-05-25) (age 21)	10	F.C. Porto
FW	João Moreira	February 7, 1986 (1986-02-07) (age 22)	29	C.D. Nacional
FW	Yannick Djaló	May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05) (age 22)	19	Sporting Clube de Portugal

^{* = Over age but have been allowed to participate}

[edit] Notable Players

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources/External links

UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

Football in Portugal

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League competitions	FPF	Cup competitions
Portuguese Liga	Men's team	Cup of Portugal
Liga de Honra	Ladies' team	Portuguese League Cup
Second Division (4 groups)	U-21	Portuguese SuperCup
Third Division (7 groups)	LPFP
District Associations	List of clubs
League system	List of venues
	List of champions