Portugal women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) | A Selecção das Quinas[1] | ||
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| Association | Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Francisco Neto | ||
| Captain | Cláudia Neto | ||
| Most caps | Carla Couto (145) | ||
| Top scorer | Edite (35) | ||
| FIFA ranking |
42  1 (19 December 2014)[2] | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 32 (October 2003) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 47 (March 2007) | ||
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| First international | |||
 France 0–0 Portugal  (Le Mans, France; 24 October 1981) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Armenia 0–8 Portugal (Yerevan, Armenia; 17 September 2011) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Germany 13–0 Portugal (Reutlingen, Germany; 15 November 2003) | |||
The Portugal women's national football team represents Portugal in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.
The Portugal women's national team struggles on the international stage failing to qualify for all of FIFA Women's World Cups and all of the UEFA European Championships, like their male counterpart, continues failing in international level.
World Cup
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 1995 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1999 | |||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||
 2015 | |||||||||
| Total | 0/7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
European Championship record
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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| No Host 1984 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 1987 | ||||||||
| 1989 | ||||||||
 1991 | ||||||||
 1993 | ||||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||
 2005 | ||||||||
 2009 | ||||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| Total | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Current squad
Squad called up for the 2015 Algarve Cup.
Head coach: Francisco Neto
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References
- ↑ Selecção das Quinas refers to the five shields ("Team of the Escutcheons") or the five dots inside them ("Team of the Bezants") in the Portuguese flag, used until the 70s as the shirt badge. Refer to Flag of Portugal for symbolism associated with these bezants.
- ↑ "Portugal: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
External links
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