Portugal national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Portugal women's national football team.
Portugal
Nickname(s) A Selecção[1]
A Selecção das Quinas[2]
Association Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Fernando Santos
Captain Cristiano Ronaldo
Most caps Luís Figo (127)
Top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo (55)
Home stadium Estádio do Jamor
Estádio da Luz
FIFA code POR
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 7 Steady (7 January 2016)
Highest 3 (May–June 2010, October 2012, April–June 2014)
Lowest 43 (August 1998)
Elo ranking
Current 10 (9 October 2015)
Highest 2 (June 2006)
Lowest 45 (November 1962)
First international
 Spain 3–1 Portugal 
(Madrid, Spain; 18 December 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 6 (First in 1966)
Best result Third place, 1966
European Championship
Appearances 6 (First in 1984)
Best result Runners-up, 2004

The Portugal national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol) represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras (however, many recent games have been played at the Estádio da Luz), and their most recent head coach is Fernando Santos. Their first World Cup appearance, in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, saw them reach the semi-finals, losing 2–1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions, England, and defeating the Soviet Union 2–1 to claim a third-place finish. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, 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 second games.

In 2003, the Portuguese Football Federation hired Luiz Felipe Scolari, who led Portugal to the final of UEFA Euro 2004, a tournament hosted in Portugal, where they lost to Greece, and to their second World Cup semi-final in the 2006 World Cup finishing fourth place. Scolari left after Euro 2008 and was replaced by Carlos Queiroz. He led Portugal to the second round of the 2010 World Cup before they were defeated by the eventual champions Spain. Because of poor results in the games that would follow, Queiroz was fired and the Federation hired ex-Sporting Clube de Portugal coach Paulo Bento, who led the national team to the semi-finals of Euro 2012, where they were defeated by eventual champions Spain in the penalty shootout after a 0–0 result during regular and extra time.

History

Early World Cup attempts

Portugal was not invited to the 1930 World Cup, which only featured a final stage and no qualification round. The team took part in the 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification, but failed to eliminate their Spanish opponents, aggregating two defeats in the two-legged round, with a 9–0 loss in Madrid and 2–1 loss in Lisbon for an aggregate score of 11–1.

In the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Seleção played one game against Switzerland in a neutral ground, held in Milan, losing 2–1 against the Swiss, ending qualification prospects. Because of the international conflict due to the World War II, there was no World Cup held until the 1950 competition and subsequently, the national team made very few games against other teams. A 10–0 away friendly defeat against England, two years after the war, was the proof of how the irregularity of the games had taken its effects on the squad; this result still stands as their biggest ever defeat.

1950s and early 1960s

On the restart of games, the team was to play a two-legged round against Spain, just like in the 1934 qualification. After a 5–1 defeat in Madrid, they managed to draw in the second game 2–2 and so the qualification ended with a 7–3 aggregate score.

For the qualification of the 1954 World Cup, the team would play Austria. The Austrians won the first game with a humiliating 9–1 result. The best the national team could do was hold the team to a goalless draw in Lisbon, and the round ended with a 9–1 defeat.

In the 1958 qualification, Portugal won a qualification match for the first time, 3–0 at home with Italy. Nevertheless, they finished last in the group stage that also featured Northern Ireland; only the first-placed team, Northern Ireland, would qualify.

The year 1960 was the year that UEFA created the European Football Championship. The first edition was a knock-out tournament, the last four teams participating in final stage that only featured one leg while the older stages had two legs. For the first round, the Seleção das Quinas won 2–0 against East Germany and 3–2 in Porto for the second leg, finishing with a 5–2 two-legged win. The quarter-final opponent was Yugoslavia. Despite winning the first game 2–1, they lost the second leg 5–1 in Belgrade, and lost 6–3 on aggregate.

England and Luxembourg were the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification adversaries of the national team. Portugal ended second in the group, behind England. Like in the previous World Cup qualification, only the first in the group would qualify.

In the 1964 European Championship. Portugal played against Bulgaria in the first round. The Portuguese lost in Sofia and won in Lisbon. With the round tied 4–4, a replay was needed in a neutral ground. In Rome, Portugal lost 1–0.

1966 World Cup and 1970s

Main article: Os Magriços

In the 1966 World Cup qualification, Portugal was drawn into the same group as Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Turkey. They topped the group and finally qualified for a FIFA World Cup in England. The team started out with three wins in the group stage in Group C, against Hungary 3–1, Bulgaria 3–0, and Brazil 3–1. In the quarter-finals, Portugal played against North Korea. Portugal won the game with four goals from Eusébio overturning a deficit of 3–0. Later, they reached the semi-finals, but were defeated by hosts England 2–1. Portugal then defeated the Soviet Union 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 in 1972

For the Euro 1968 qualifying, the Seleção played against Bulgaria, Norway, and Sweden. They finished second to Bulgaria.

Portugal tried to qualify for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. They finished fourth and last in their group, behind Greece, Romania, and Switzerland.

To be able to participate in Euro 1972, Portugal had to win its group that comprised the teams of Belgium, Denmark, and Scotland. Portugal finished second to Belgium.

For the 1974 qualification stages, Portugal were unable to defeat Bulgaria (2–2) in the decisive match, thus not qualifying.

Portugal faced tough competition from the strong Poland team for the place in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. They finished second place, behind Poland.

Late 1970s until early 1990s

The national team was put alongside Austria, Belgium, Norway, and Scotland to fight for the first spot in the group, which would allow them to go to the final stage of UEFA Euro 1980. Portugal took third place. For the 1982 qualification the Portuguese team had to face Israel, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Sweden for the top two group places. Portugal finished in fourth place.

During the campaign for Euro 1984, Portugal had to play Finland, Poland and Soviet Union. Portugal won the group with a win over USSR. Portugal ended in group B, alongside Spain, West Germany and Romania. In the first two games, they tied 0–0 and 1–1 against West Germany and Spain, respectively. A 1–0 win over Romania gave them second place in the group, to go through to the knockout stage. They played against the hosts, France. The game was tied after 90 minutes and went into extra time. Portugal made the score 2–1, but France scored in the 114th and 119th minutes to eliminate Portugal 3–2 and go through to the final.

For the 1986 tournament, the Selecção played against Czechoslovakia, Malta, Sweden, and West Germany for the two spots that would guarantee them a ticket to Mexico. Needing a win in the last game against West Germany in Stuttgart, Portugal won the game to become the first team to beat West Germany at their home ground in an official match. 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 and Morocco, 1–0 and 3–1, respectively. Their staying in Mexico was marked by the Saltillo affair, where players refused to train in order to win more prizes from the Football Federation.

The Portuguese team attempted to top their qualifying group in a group with Italy, Malta, Sweden and Switzerland. Still, they ending in third.

Luís Figo playing for Portugal at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 World Cup qualification was in a group along with Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg and Switzerland, Portugal fought to get one of the first two spots of the group. Playing at home against Czechoslovakia, the game ended in a 0–0 allowing the East Europeans to get the second place. During the draws for the Euro 1992 qualifying, the Netherlands, Greece, Finland and Malta were the other teams. The Portuguese ended second behind the Dutch. For the ’94 World Cup qualification, Portugal played in the same group as Estonia, Italy, Malta, Scotland and Switzerland for the two highest places. They ending in third behind Italy and Switzerland. The then-manager, Carlos Queiroz, blamed the Football Federation for this failure, saying, "They should clean the mess that the Federation has."

Golden generation

Portugal was invited to play at the SkyDome Cup in Toronto, Canada against Denmark and Canada. With a draw against the Canadians (1–1) and a win against the Danes, Portugal won the trophy, which remains to date as their only win at senior level.

Portugal managed to reach the Euro 1996, by topping their group, above second-placed Republic of Ireland. Their group consisted of Austria, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. In the final tournament, Portugal drew 1–1 with Denmark, won 1–0 to Turkey and 3–0 against Croatia, finishing first in their group. In the quarter-finals, they lost 1–0 to Czech Republic. This marked the beginning of the Golden Generation, a group of youngsters who had won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 1989 and 1991 and were now leading the national senior squad.

The team almost qualified for the 1998 World Cup that was to be hosted by France.

In the qualifications for the 2000 Euro, Portugal finished second, just one short of first place Romania, but the Portuguese team had the best performance by any runner-up and therefore qualified. In the final stage, they defeated England 3–2, Romania 1–0, and Germany 3–0, to finish atop their group, and then defeated Turkey in the quarter-finals. In the semi-final meeting with France, Portugal were eliminated in extra time when Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty. Austrian referee Gunter Benko awarded the spot kick for a handball after Abel Xavier blocked a shot. Xavier, Nuno Gomes and Paulo Bento were all given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.[3] The final result was 2–1.

During the World Cup 2002 qualification, Portugal won the group. Several problems and poor judgment decisions occurred during the preparation and tournament itself – shopping sprees by players were widely reported in the Portuguese press. Questionable managing choices and some amateurism, including the same lack of agreement on prizes. Portugal underachieved and ended third in its group stage, subsequently eliminated. Manager António Oliveira was fired after the World Cup. Portugal entered the tournament as favourites to win Group D. However, they were upset 3–2 by the United States. They then rebounded with a 4–0 smashing Poland. Needing a draw to advance, they lost the final group game to hosts South Korea.[4]

Portuguese fans supporting the national team

The next major competition, the UEFA Euro 2004, was held in Portugal. On the preparation, the Football Federation made a contract with Luiz Felipe Scolari to manage the team until the tournament ended. The Portuguese team entered the tournament being a favourite to win it. The host nation lost the first game against Greece 1–2. They got their first win against Russia 2–0 and also beat Spain 1–0. They went on to play against England, in a 2–2 draw that went into penalties, with Portugal winning. Portugal beat the Netherlands 2–1 in the semi-final. They were beaten by Greece 1–0.

Portugal lost the Euro 2004 final 1–0 to Greece.

After the tournament ended, a lot of players belonging to the Geração de Ouro (Golden Generation), abandoned their international footballing careers, with only Luís Figo remaining in the team, despite a temporary retirement.

The silver lining for Portugal was the emergence of Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo was selected in the UEFA Euro All Stars Team. While Portugal was playing in the competition, Scolari agreed in a new two-year deal with the Federation.

Portugal finished first in the qualifying round for the 2006 World Cup. Portugal finished first place in Group D of the World Cup, with victories over Angola (1–0), Iran (2–0) and Mexico (2–1). The Netherlands lost to Portugal 1–0 in the Round of 16 in Nuremberg in an acrimonious match marked by 16 yellow cards, with four players sent off. (See the Battle of Nuremberg.) Portugal drew 0–0 after extra-time with England, but won 3–1 on penalties to reach their first World Cup semi-final since 1966. Portugal lost 1–0 against France in the semi-finals. Portugal faced Germany in the third place play-off match in a 3–1 defeat. Ultimately, the team won the "Most Entertaining Team" award for their play during the World Cup. Once again Scolari was asked to accept a new deal with the Federation that would maintain with as the manager until the end of the next competition.

Euro 2008

Portugal was seen as a major contender to win the Euro 2008, but qualification wasn't easy. Portugal finished second in their group behind Poland and they qualified for the final stage. The first game was against Turkey and it was won 2–0. Their second game was against the Czech Republic, a 3–1 success. Against Switzerland they lost 2–0. Portugal played Germany, and were beaten 2–3, knocked out at the quarterfinal stage. Scolari announced that it was his last spell as the Portuguese manager, ending a five-year era.

World Cup 2010

Portugal participated in the qualifying stages with manager Carlos Queiroz for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The team finished in second place. Portugal was drawn to play Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European zone play-offs. With two wins, the team qualified for the World Cup.

Having qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Seleção das Quinas had its most successful decade to date, having qualified for all of the World Cups and Euro Cups (Euro 2000, World Cup 2002, Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008, and World Cup 2010).

Portugal was drawn into a group with Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire and North Korea. Portugal faced Côte d'Ivoire in their opening match in a goalless draw. Their next match against North Korea Portugal won 7–0. Their last match in the group stage against Brazil ended 0–0, while both teams advanced to the knockout stage. Portugal was on a 19-match undefeated streak, conceding only three goals. Spain defeated Portugal in the round of 16, 1–0. Queiroz was criticised for setting up the team in an overly cautious way,[5] although the team reached past the group phase.

After the World Cup, squad regulars Simão, Paulo Ferreira and Miguel and Tiago retired from international football. Carlos Queiroz was banned from coaching the national team for one month after he tried to block a doping test to the team while preparing for the World Cup, as well as directing insulting words to the testers.[6] In consequence, he received a further six-month suspension. Several media outbursts from Queiroz[7] against the heads of the Portuguese Football Federation, which prompted his dismissal. Paulo Bento was appointed as the head coach.[8]

Portugal at UEFA Euro 2012

Euro 2012

A fairly poor first two games during qualifying for Euro 2012 prompted the sacking of coach Carlos Queiroz. Coach Paulo Bento took over, and the team qualified. For the tournament, Portugal was placed in group B along with Germany, Netherlands and Denmark. Despite losing their first game against Germany 1–0, Portugal bounced back with wins against Denmark 3–2 and the Netherlands 2–1 to finish second in the group and qualify for the knockout phase. Portugal defeated the Czech Republic 1–0 in the quarter-finals, but lost to eventual champions Spain in the semi-finals on penalties.

2014 FIFA World Cup

In 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Portugal finished second in Group F and, as one of the best 8 group runners-up, were drawn against Sweden to contest a home-and-away second round qualifying fixture. Portugal won both matches, with a 4–2 aggregate score, and qualified for the finals.

Portugal was drawn into Group G with the United States, Germany and Ghana. Their first match against the Germans was their worst-ever defeat in a World Cup, a 4–0 loss.[9] In their second match against the United States, they drew 2–2. In the last group stage match, despite minimal chances of progressing to the next round, Portugal beat Ghana 2–1 but did not advance, since the United States, which also finished with four points, had a superior goal difference.

Euro 2016 qualification

The draw for the Euro 2016 qualifiers saw Portugal placed in a group alongside Denmark, Serbia, Armenia and Albania. Portugal began the campaign with a 0–1 home defeat against Albania on 7 September 2014, with Paulo Bento dismissed from his managerial post four days later and replaced by Fernando Santos on 23 September.[10]

Kit history

1966 Home
1966 Away
1984 Home
1986 Home
1986 Away
1996 Home
1996 Away
1998 Home
1998 Away
2000 Home
2000 Away
2002 Home
2002 Away
2004 Home
2004 Away
2006 Home
2006 Away
2008 Home
2008 Away
2010 Home
2010 Away
2012 Home
2012 Away
2013 Away
2014 Home
2014 Away
2015 Away

Since 1997, Portugal's kit are supplied by Nike, Inc. replacing Olympic, a Belgian sportswear brand, that replaced Adidas in 1994.

Media coverage

Portugal's qualifying matches and friendlies are currently televised on RTP, and will continue to be so until 2017.[11]

Competitive record

Portugal's away jersey 2010

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

FIFA World Cup

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Year Round Position Games Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934 Did Not Qualify
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966Third Place3rd6501178
Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986Group Stage17th310224
Italy 1990 Did Not Qualify
United States 1994
France 1998
South KoreaJapan 2002Group Stage21st310264
Germany 2006Fourth Place4th741*275
South Africa 2010Round of 1611th412171
Brazil 2014Group Stage18th311147
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022
TotalThird Place6/2026134(1*)94329
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Darker color indicates win, normal color indicates lost.

UEFA European Championship

Year Round Position Games Won Drawn Lost GF GA
France 1960 Did Not Qualify
Spain 1964
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984Semi-Finals3rd412144
Germany 1988 Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1992
England 1996Quarter-Finals5th421152
BelgiumNetherlands 2000Semi-Finals3rd5401104
Portugal 2004Runners-Up2nd631*286
AustriaSwitzerland 2008Quarter-Finals7th420276
PolandUkraine 2012Semi-Finals3rd[12]531*164
France 2016Qualified
TotalRunners-Up6/1428155(1*)(1*)84026
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Darker color indicates win, normal color indicates lost.

Honours

This is a list of honours achieved by the senior Portuguese national team in an official competition

Other awards

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Scorers
18 November 2014 Old Trafford, Manchester, England  Argentina Friendly 0–1 W Guerreiro  90+1'
29 March 2015 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal  Serbia EURO 2016 Q 2–1 W Carvalho  10'
Coentrão  63'
31 March 2015 Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal  Cape Verde Friendly 0–2 L
13 June 2015 Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia EURO 2016 Q 2–3 W Ronaldo  29' (pen.), 55, 58'
16 June 2015 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  Italy Friendly 0–1 W Éder  53'
4 September 2015 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal  France Friendly 0–1 L
7 September 2015 Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium, Elbasan, Albania  Albania EURO 2016 Q 0–1 W Veloso  90+2'
8 October 2015 Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal  Denmark EURO 2016 Q 1–0 W Moutinho  66'
11 October 2015 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Serbia EURO 2016 Q 1–2 W Nani  5' Moutinho  78'
13 November 2015 Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia  Russia Friendly 1–0 L
17 November 2015 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg Friendly 0-2 W André  30' Nani  87'
25 March 2016 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal  Bulgaria Friendly
29 March 2016 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium Friendly
29 May 2016 TBD  Norway Friendly
14 June 2016 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France  Iceland EURO 2016
18 June 2016 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  Austria EURO 2016
22 June 2016 Stade des Lumières, Lyon, France  Hungary EURO 2016

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Portugal Fernando Santos
Assistant Manager Portugal Ilídio Vale
Goalkeeping Coach Portugal Ricardo Peres
Fitness Coach Portugal João Aroso
Technical director Portugal Carlos Godinho

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Russia on 14 November and Luxembourg on 17 November 2015.[13]
Caps and goals are correct as of 17 November 2015 after the game against Luxembourg.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Rui Patrício (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 42 0 Portugal Sporting CP
12 1GK Anthony Lopes (1990-10-01) 1 October 1990 2 0 France Lyon
22 1GK Eduardo (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982 34 0 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
2 2DF Bruno Alves (1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 83 10 Turkey Fenerbahçe
3 2DF Pepe (1983-02-26) 26 February 1983 68 3 Spain Real Madrid
4 2DF José Fonte (1983-12-22) 22 December 1983 8 0 England Southampton
5 2DF Raphaël Guerreiro (1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 3 1 France Lorient
7 2DF Ricardo Pereira (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 1 0 France Nice
11 2DF Vieirinha (1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 18 1 Germany Wolfsburg
18 2DF Luís Neto (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 11 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
19 2DF Eliseu (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 13 1 Portugal Benfica
21 2DF Cédric (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 8 0 England Southampton
6 3MF André André (1989-08-26) 26 August 1989 4 1 Portugal Porto
8 3MF Rúben Neves (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 2 0 Portugal Porto
10 3MF Bernardo Silva (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994 5 0 France Monaco
13 3MF Danilo Pereira (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 7 0 Portugal Porto
14 3MF William Carvalho (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 15 0 Portugal Sporting CP
15 3MF Rafa (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 5 0 Portugal Braga
16 3MF João Mário (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 6 0 Portugal Sporting CP
20 3MF Gonçalo Guedes (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 2 0 Portugal Benfica
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9 4FW Nélson Oliveira (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 16 1 England Nottingham Forest
23 4FW Lucas João (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 2 0 England Sheffield Wednesday

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Portugal squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Hugo Ventura (1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 0 0 Portugal Belenenses v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
GK Beto (1982-05-01) 1 May 1982 11 0 Spain Sevilla v.  Albania,7 September 2015
GK Carlos Marafona (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 0 0 Portugal Paços de Ferreira v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
DF Fábio Coentrão (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988 51 5 France Monaco v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
DF Nélson Semedo (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 1 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
DF Ricardo Carvalho (1978-05-18) 18 May 1978 83 5 France Monaco v.  Denmark, 8 October 2015
DF Paulo Oliveira (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 1 0 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Albania,7 September 2015
DF Daniel Carriço (1988-08-04) 4 August 1988 1 0 Spain Sevilla v.  Italy, 16 June 2015
DF Vitorino Antunes (1987-04-01) 1 April 1987 9 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
DF André Almeida (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 8 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
DF André Pinto (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989 1 0 Portugal Braga v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
DF Tiago Pinto (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 0 0 Turkey Osmanlıspor v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
DF José Bosingwa (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982 27 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v.  Serbia, 29 March 2015
MF João Moutinho (1986-09-08) 8 September 1986 81 4 France Monaco v.  Russia,14 November 2015 INJ
MF André Gomes (1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 4 0 Spain Valencia v.  Russia,14 November 2015 INJ
MF Miguel Veloso (1986-05-11) 11 May 1986 56 3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
MF Danny (1983-08-07) 7 August 1983 36 4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
MF Ricardo Quaresma (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 45 4 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
MF Tiago (1981-05-02) 2 May 1981 66 3 Spain Atlético Madrid v.  Denmark, 8 October 2015
MF Silvestre Varela (1985-02-02) 2 February 1985 26 5 Portugal Porto v.  Albania,7 September 2015
MF Adrien Silva (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 5 0 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Albania,7 September 2015
MF Pizzi (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 4 1 Portugal Benfica v.  Italy, 16 June 2015
FW Éder (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 21 1 Wales Swansea City v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
FW Rui Fonte (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 0 0 Portugal Braga v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
FW Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 123 55 Spain Real Madrid v.  Denmark, 8 October 2015
FW Hugo Almeida (1984-05-23) 23 May 1984 57 19 Germany Hannover 96 v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
FW Ivan Cavaleiro (1993-10-18) 18 October 1993 2 0 France Monaco v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
FW Ukra (1988-03-16) 16 March 1988 1 0 Portugal Rio Ave v.  Cape Verde, 31 March 2015
Notes

Most appearances

Luís Figo is the most capped player in the history of Portugal, with 127 caps.
As of 17 November 2015[14]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
# Name Caps Goals First cap Latest cap
1 Luís Figo 127 32 12 October 1991 8 July 2006
2 Cristiano Ronaldo 123 55 20 August 2003 8 October 2015
3 Fernando Couto 110 8 19 December 1990 30 June 2004
4 Rui Costa 94 26 31 March 1993 4 July 2004
5 Nani 92 17 1 September 2006 17 November 2015
6 Pauleta 88 47 20 August 1997 8 July 2006
7 Simão 85 22 18 October 1998 29 June 2010
8 Ricardo Carvalho 83 5 11 October 2003 8 October 2015
Bruno Alves 83 10 5 June 2007 14 November 2015
10 João Pinto 81 23 12 October 1991 14 June 2002
João Moutinho 81 4 17 August 2005 11 October 2015
  Players still active with national team

Top goalscorers

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's top scorer with 55 goals.
As of 8 October 2015[15]
Players in bold are still active.
# Name Goals Caps Average First cap Latest cap
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (list) 55 123 0.45 20 August 2003 8 October 2015
2 Pauleta (list) 47 88 0.53 20 August 1997 July 2006
3 Eusébio (list) 41 64 0.64 8 October 1961 13 October 1973
4 Luís Figo (list) 32 127 0.25 12 October 1991 8 July 2006
5 Nuno Gomes (list) 29 79 0.37 24 January 1996 11 October 2011
6 Hélder Postiga (list) 27 71 0.38 13 June 2003 14 November 2014
7 Rui Costa (list) 26 94 0.28 31 March 1993 4 July 2004
8 João Pinto 24 81 0.28 12 October 1991 14 June 2002
9 Nené 22 66 0.33 21 April 1971 23 June 1984
Simão 22 85 0.26 18 October 1998 29 June 2010
  Players still active with national team

Player records

World Cup and European Championship

Most goals scored in one World Cup 
9 - Eusébio (1966)
Most matches played in World Cup 
13 - Cristiano Ronaldo (2006), (2010) & (2014)
Most goals scored in one European Championship 
4 - Nuno Gomes (2000)
Most goals scored in European Championship finals
6 - Nuno Gomes (2000), (2004) & (2008); Cristiano Ronaldo (2004), (2008) & (2012)
Most matches played in European Championship finals
14 - Luís Figo (1996) (2000) & (2004); Nuno Gomes (2000) (2004) & (2008); Cristiano Ronaldo (2004) (2008) & (2012)

Other player records

Oldest player
38 years, 8 months and 3 days – Vítor Damas (1–3 against Morocco on 11 June 1986)
Oldest outfield player
37 years, 4 months and 20 days – Ricardo Carvalho (1-0 against Denmark on 8 October 2015)
Oldest goalscorer
36 years, 10 months and 11 days – Ricardo Carvalho (2–1 against Serbia on 29 March 2015)
Youngest debutant
17 years, 6 months and 24 days – Paulo Futre (5–0 against Finland on 21 September 1983)
Youngest goalscorer
17 years, 9 months and 25 days – Fernando Chalana (2–1 against Cyprus on 5 December 1976)
Longest national career
17 years, 3 months and 5 days – Vítor Damas (From 6 April 1969 to 11 July 1986)
Longest national career for an outfield player
15 years, 9 months and 18 days – Nuno Gomes (From 24 January 1996 to 11 October 2011)
Youngest player to reach 100 caps
27 years, 8 months and 11 days – Cristiano Ronaldo (1–1 against Northern Ireland on 16 October 2012)
Most hat-tricks
3 Cristiano Ronaldo; Pauleta

Managers with most wins

As of 27 June 2014
Manager Period Record
MatchesWonDrawLostWin %
Luiz Felipe Scolari2003–20087442181457
António Oliveira[16]1994–1996, 2000–2002432510858
Carlos Queiroz1991–1993, 2008–2010492516854
Paulo Bento2010–2014462612856

References

  1. ↑ "Portugal - North Korea". Goal.com. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ UEFA suspends Portuguese trio
  4. ↑ FIFA suspends Pinto
  5. ↑ ":.: Deco: "Futebol direto não é o nosso jogo" - Jornal Record :.:". Record.xl.pt. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  6. ↑ ":.: Carlos Queiroz suspenso por um mês - Jornal Record :.:". Record.xl.pt. 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  7. ↑ ":.: Processo disciplinar a Carlos Queiroz - Jornal Record :.:". Record.xl.pt. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  8. ↑ "abola.pt". abola.pt. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  9. ↑ Borzello, Joe (June 16, 2014). "2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany dominates Portugal, 4-0". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Portugal coach Paulo Bento leaves role after shock Albania defeat". BBC Sport. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  11. ↑ RTP vai transmitir os jogos de qualificação da Seleção para o Euro 2016 e o Mundial de 2018
  12. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship" (PDF). 3.08: UEFA. p. 10. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ "Played for Portugal national team". Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Portugal national football team goal scorers". Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Manager coached match or matches that were not sanctioned by FIFA, therefore they are considered unofficial and are not included in this table.

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