Portugal 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 (56)
Home stadium	Estádio do Jamor
FIFA code	POR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	8 (5 May 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

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 24 September 2014.^[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

2016 Home

2016 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
1930	Did Not Enter
1934	Did Not Qualify
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Third Place	3rd	6	5	0	1	17	8
1970	Did Not Qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986	Group Stage	17th	3	1	0	2	2	4
1990	Did Not Qualify
1994
1998
2002	Group Stage	21st	3	1	0	2	6	4
2006	Fourth Place	4th	7	4	1*	2	7	5
2010	Round of 16	11th	4	1	2	1	7	1
2014	Group Stage	18th	3	1	1	1	4	7
2018	To Be Determined
2022
Total	Third Place	6/20	26	13	4(1*)	9	43	29

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Darker color indicates win, normal color indicates lost.

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1966	Round 1	Hungary	3–1	Win
	Round 1	Bulgaria	3–0	Win
	Round 1	Brazil	3–1	Win
	Quarter-final	North Korea	5–3	Win
	Semi-final	England	1–2	Loss
	Third place match	Soviet Union	2–1	Win
1986	Round 1	England	1–0	Win
	Round 1	Poland	0–1	Loss
	Round 1	Morocco	1–3	Loss
2002	Round 1	United States	2–3	Loss
	Round 1	Poland	4–0	Win
	Round 1	South Korea	0–1	Loss
2006	Round 1	Angola	1–0	Win
	Round 1	Iran	2–0	Win
	Round 1	Mexico	2–1	Win
	Round 2	Netherlands	1–0	Win
	Quarter-final	England	0–0 3–1 (pen.)	Draw
	Semi-final	France	0–1	Loss
	Third place match	Germany	1–3	Loss
2010	Round 1	Ivory Coast	0–0	Draw
	Round 1	North Korea	7–0	Win
	Round 1	Brazil	0–0	Draw
	Round 2	Spain	0–1	Loss
2014	Round 1	Germany	0–4	Loss
	Round 1	United States	2–2	Draw
	Round 1	Ghana	2–1	Win

UEFA European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
1960	Did Not Qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984	Semi-Finals	3rd	4	1	2	1	4	4
1988	Did Not Qualify
1992
1996	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	5	2
2000	Semi-Finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	10	4
2004	Runners-Up	2nd	6	3	1*	2	8	6
2008	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	2	0	2	7	6
2012	Semi-Finals	3rd[12]	5	3	1*	1	6	4
2016	Qualified
Total	Runners-Up	6/14	28	15	5(1*)(1*)	8	40	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Darker color indicates win, normal color indicates lost.

List of UEFA European Championship matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Round 1	West Germany	1–1	Draw
	Round 1	Spain	1–1	Draw
	Round 1	Romania	1–0	Win
	Semi-final	France	2–3	Loss
1996	Round 1	Denmark	1–1	Draw
	Round 1	Turkey	1–0	Win
	Round 1	Croatia	3–0	Win
	Quarter-final	Czech Republic	0–1	Loss
2000	Round 1	England	3–2	Win
	Round 1	Romania	1–0	Win
	Round 1	Germany	3–0	Win
	Quarter-final	Turkey	2–0	Win
	Semi-final	France	1–2	Loss
2004	Round 1	Greece	1–2	Loss
	Round 1	Russia	2–0	Win
	Round 1	Spain	1–0	Win
	Quarter-final	England	2–2 6–5 (pen.)	Draw
	Semi-final	Netherlands	2–1	Win
	Final	Greece	0–1	Loss
2008	Round 1	Turkey	2–0	Win
	Round 1	Czech Republic	3–1	Win
	Round 1	Switzerland	0–2	Loss
	Quarter-final	Germany	2–3	Loss
2012	Round 1	Germany	0–1	Loss
	Round 1	Denmark	3–2	Win
	Round 1	Netherlands	2–1	Win
	Quarter-final	Czech Republic	1–0	Win
	Semi-final	Spain	0–0 2–4 (pen.)	Draw

Honours

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

• FIFA World Cup

• Third place: 1966
• Fourth place: 2006

• UEFA European Championship

• Runner-up: 2004
• Semi-finals: 1984, 2000, 2012

Other awards

• FIFA World Cup Most Entertaining Team

• Winner: 2006

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scorers
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	Partizan 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	0-1 L
29 March 2016	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Belgium	Friendly	2-1 W	Nani  20' Ronaldo  40'
29 May 2016	Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal	Norway	Friendly
2 June 2016	Wembley Stadium, London, England	England	Friendly
8 June 2016	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Estonia	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	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon France	Hungary	EURO 2016

Coaching staff

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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Bulgaria on 25 March and Belgium on 29 March 2016.^[13]
Caps and goals are correct as of 29 March 2016 after the game against Belgium.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Rui Patrício	15 February 1988	43	0	Sporting CP
22	GK	Eduardo	19 September 1982	34	0	Dinamo Zagreb
12	GK	Anthony Lopes	1 October 1990	3	0	Lyon
2	DF	Bruno Alves	27 November 1981	84	10	Fenerbahçe
6	DF	Ricardo Carvalho	18 May 1978	83	5	Monaco
3	DF	Pepe	26 February 1983	70	3	Real Madrid
11	DF	Vieirinha	24 January 1986	19	1	Wolfsburg
19	DF	Eliseu	1 October 1983	14	1	Benfica
4	DF	José Fonte	22 December 1983	9	0	Southampton
21	DF	Cédric	31 August 1991	9	0	Southampton
5	DF	Raphaël Guerreiro	22 December 1993	5	1	Lorient
17	MF	Nani	17 November 1986	94	18	Fenerbahçe
20	MF	Ricardo Quaresma	26 September 1983	47	4	Beşiktaş
10	MF	Danny	7 August 1983	38	4	Zenit Saint Petersburg
14	MF	William Carvalho	7 April 1992	17	0	Sporting CP
13	MF	Danilo Pereira	9 September 1991	9	0	Porto
16	MF	João Mário	19 January 1993	8	0	Sporting CP
23	MF	Adrien Silva	15 March 1989	7	0	Sporting CP
18	MF	Rafa	17 May 1993	6	0	Braga
8	MF	Bernardo Silva	10 August 1994	6	0	Monaco
15	MF	André Gomes	30 July 1993	5	0	Valencia
24	MF	Renato Sanches	18 August 1997	2	0	Benfica
7	FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	5 February 1985	125	56	Real Madrid
9	FW	Éder	22 December 1987	23	1	Lille

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	14 January 1988	0	0	Belenenses	v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
GK	Beto	1 May 1982	11	0	Sevilla	v.  Albania,7 September 2015
DF	Luís Neto	26 May 1988	11	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Luxembourg,17 November 2015
DF	Fábio Coentrão	11 March 1988	51	5	Monaco	v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
DF	Nélson Semedo	16 November 1993	1	0	Benfica	v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
DF	Paulo Oliveira	8 January 1992	1	0	Sporting CP	v.  Albania,7 September 2015
DF	Daniel Carriço	4 August 1988	1	0	Sevilla	v.  Italy, 16 June 2015
MF	André André	26 August 1989	4	1	Porto	v.  Luxembourg,17 November 2015
MF	Rúben Neves	13 March 1997	2	0	Porto	v.  Luxembourg,17 November 2015
MF	Gonçalo Guedes	29 November 1996	2	0	Benfica	v.  Luxembourg,17 November 2015
MF	João Moutinho	8 September 1986	81	4	Monaco	v.  Russia,14 November 2015 ^INJ
MF	Miguel Veloso	11 May 1986	56	3	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Serbia,11 October 2015
MF	Tiago	2 May 1981	66	3	Atlético Madrid	v.  Denmark, 8 October 2015
MF	Silvestre Varela	2 February 1985	26	5	Porto	v.  Albania,7 September 2015
MF	Pizzi	6 October 1989	4	1	Benfica	v.  Italy, 16 June 2015
FW	Nélson Oliveira	8 August 1991	16	1	Nottingham Forest	v.  Luxembourg,17 November 2015
FW	Lucas João	4 September 1993	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	v.  Luxembourg,17 November 2015
FW	Rui Fonte	23 April 1990	0	0	Braga	v.  Serbia,11 October 2015

Notes

• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^RET Retired from international football.

Most appearances

Luís Figo is the most capped player in the history of Portugal, with 127 caps.

As of 29 March 2016^[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	125	56	20 August 2003	29 March 2016
3	Fernando Couto	110	8	19 December 1990	30 June 2004
4	Nani	94	18	1 September 2006	29 March 2016
	Rui Costa	94	26	31 March 1993	4 July 2004
6	Pauleta	88	47	20 August 1997	8 July 2006
7	Simão	85	22	18 October 1998	29 June 2010
8	Bruno Alves	84	10	5 June 2007	25 March 2016
9	Ricardo Carvalho	83	5	11 October 2003	8 October 2015
10	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 56 goals.

As of 29 March 2016^[15]

Players in bold are still active.

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Average	First cap	Latest cap
1	Cristiano Ronaldo (list)	56	125	0.44	20 August 2003	29 March 2016
2	Pauleta (list)	47	88	0.53	20 August 1997	8 July 2006
3	Eusébio (list)	41	64	0.64	8 October 1961	13 October 1973
4	Luís Figo	32	127	0.25	12 October 1991	8 July 2006
5	Nuno Gomes	29	79	0.37	24 January 1996	11 October 2011
6	Hélder Postiga	27	71	0.38	13 June 2003	14 November 2014
7	Rui Costa	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 - Cristiano Ronaldo (2004), (2008), (2012); Luís Figo (1996), (2000) & (2004); Nuno Gomes (2000), (2004) & (2008)

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
		Matches	Won	Draw	Lost	Win %
Luiz Felipe Scolari	2003–2008	74	42	18	14	57
António Oliveira[16]	1994–1996, 2000–2002	43	25	10	8	58
Carlos Queiroz	1991–1993, 2008–2010	49	25	16	8	54
Paulo Bento	2010–2014	46	26	12	8	56

• bold denotes current manager

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.
14. "Played for Portugal national team". Retrieved June 16, 2015.
15. "Portugal national football team goal scorers". Retrieved 25 March 2016.
16. Manager coached match or matches that were not sanctioned by FIFA, therefore they are considered unofficial and are not included in this table.

External links

• Portuguese Football Federation official website (Portuguese)
• RSSSF archive of results 1921-2003
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1921-
• Full reports of all matches of Portuguese National Football Team 1921-1979