Portugal national futsal team

Portugal
Nickname(s) Selecção das Quinas
Association Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Jorge Braz
Captain Arnaldo Pereira
Most caps Arnaldo Pereira (185)
Top scorer André Lima (107)
FIFA code POR
FIFA ranking 7 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Spain 4–0  Portugal
(La Coruña, Spain; 9 February 1987)
Biggest win
 Portugal 56–0  Timor-Leste
(Macau, China; 9 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 0–8  Brazil
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 1 December 2000)
World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 2000)
Best result 3rd (2000)
European Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 1999)
Best result 2nd (2010)

The Portugal national futsal team represents Portugal in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Europe.

Portugal has played in four FIFA Futsal World Cups. Its best result was the third place in 2000 in Guatemala.[2] In the European Championships they finished runners-up in 2010, their best performance of their six participations.

Competitive record

A gold background colour indicates that Portugal won the tournament, a silver background colour indicates the runner-up, and a bronze background colour indicates third place in the tournament. A green border colour indicates that the tournament was hosted in Portugal.

World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000 Third place 8 5 0 3 23 23
Taiwan 2004 Second round 6 3 1 2 18 8
Brazil 2008 First round 4 3 0 1 15 8
Thailand 2012 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 2 18 14
Colombia 2016 To be determined
Total 4/7 23 13 2 8 74 53

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1996 Did not qualify
Spain 1999 First round 3 0 2 1 4 6
Russia 2001 Did not qualify
Italy 2003 First round 3 1 1 1 10 12
Czech Republic 2005 First round 3 1 0 2 9 14
Portugal 2007 Fourth place 5 2 1 2 13 7
Hungary 2010 Runners-up 5 1 2 2 12 14
Croatia 2012 Quarter-finals 3 20 1 7 5
Belgium 2014 Fourth place 5 21 2 18 17
Total 7/9 27 9 7 11 73 75
Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All-Time Statistics

Appearances

Rank Player Caps First Cap Last Cap
1 Arnaldo Pereira 187 23-12-1999 07-01-2015
2 Gonçalo 171 22-10-2001 08-02-2014
3 João Benedito 163 18-11-2000 08-02-2014
4 Joel Queirós 139 24-04-2002 28-10-2014
5 Pedro Costa 116 18-11-2000 08-02-2014
6 André Lima 111 04-11-1997 08-07-2007
7 Ricardinho 107 26-06-2003 17-09-2014
8 Israel 100 02-02-1999 23-10-2010
Ivan 100 05-10-2000 15-04-2008
10 Pedro Cary 90 22-01-2008 07-01-2015

Goals

Rank Player Goals Caps Avg
1 André Lima 107 111 0.96
2 Joel Queirós 106 139 0.76
3 Arnaldo Pereira 97 187 0.52
4 Ricardinho 84 107 0.78
5 Gonçalo 75 171 0.44
6 Israel 59 100 0.59
7 Cardinal 53 80 0.66
8 Pedro Costa 53 116 0.45
9 Ivan 46 100 0.46
10 Marinho 33 82 0.40

Current squad

Squad chosen for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.

Head coach: Jorge Braz

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK João Benedito 7 October 1978 164 0 Portugal Sporting CP
12 GK André Sousa 25 February 1986 40 1 Portugal AD Fundão
14 GK Cristiano 20 August 1979 29 0 Portugal Sporting CP
2 DF Bruno Coelho 1 August 1987 39 7 Portugal Benfica
4 DF Pedro Costa 18 December 1978 116 53 Japan Nagoya Oceans
7 DF Cardinal 26 June 1985 78 52 Spain Inter Movistar
8 DF Pedro Cary 10 May 1984 88 23 Portugal Sporting CP
9 DF Gonçalo 1 July 1977 171 75 Portugal Benfica
11 DF João Matos 21 February 1987 73 12 Portugal Sporting CP
3 FW Leitão 3 January 1981 75 31 Italy Acqua & Sapone
5 FW Joel Queirós 21 May 1982 139 106 Portugal Benfica
6 FW Arnaldo Pereira 16 June 1979 185 94 Latvia FK Nikars Riga
10 FW Ricardinho 3 September 1985 107 84 Spain Inter Movistar
13 FW Ricardo Fernandes 20 February 1986 36 9 Portugal Benfica

Results and Fixtures

2014

2015

See also

References

  1. ↑ Futsal World Ranking
  2. ↑ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 November 2006.