Portugal women's national football team

Portugal

Nickname(s)	A Selecção das Quinas[1]
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Francisco Neto
Captain	Cláudia Neto
Most caps	Carla Couto (145)
Top scorer	Edite Fernandes (35)
FIFA code	POR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	41 1 (25 March 2016)[2]
Highest	32 (October 2003)
Lowest	47 (March 2007)
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 continues failing in international level.

World Cup

World Cup Finals
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
No Host 1984	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
Total	0/11		-	-	-	-	-	-

Players

Current squad

The following squad was announced for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification against Spain on 8 April 2016.

Caps and goals as of 9 April 2016.

Head coach: Francisco Neto

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeeper
1	GK	Jamila Marreiros	May 30, 1988	11	0	C.F. Benfica
12	GK	Patrícia Morais	June 17, 1992	32	0	ASPTT Albi
Defender
15	DF	Carole Costa	May 3, 1990	69	6	BV Cloppenburg
5	DF	Matilde Fidalgo	May 15, 1994	21	0	C.F. Benfica
22	DF	Raquel Infante	September 19, 1990	7	0	Åland United
2	DF	Mónica Mendes	June 16, 1993	32	1	FC Neunkirch
6	DF	Regina Pereira	August 13, 1992	39	1	Valadares Gaia FC
4	DF	Sílvia Rebelo	May 20, 1989	60	1	F D Laura S Moim Serra
Midfielder
19	MF	Amanda DaCosta	October 7, 1989	8	0	Chicago Red Stars
17	MF	Vanessa Marques	April 12, 1996	31	2	Valadares Gaia FC
7	MF	Cláudia Neto (c)	April 18, 1988	91	9	Linköpings FC
13	MF	Fátima Pinto	January 16, 1996	14	0	Santa Teresa CD
11	MF	Tatiana Pinto	March 28, 1994	13	1	Bristol Academy
20	MF	Suzane Pires	August 17, 1992	9	0	Santos FC
14	MF	Dolores Silva	August 7, 1991	65	8	FF USV Jena
Forward
9	FW	Ana Borges	June 15, 1990	79	9	Chelsea L.F.C.
21	FW	Solange Carvalhas	April 22, 1992	5	0	RSC Anderlecht
8	FW	Edite Fernandes	October 10, 1979	130	36	Valadares Gaia FC
18	FW	Joana Flores	October 8, 1989	0	0	C.F. Benfica
16	FW	Diana Silva	June 4, 1995	10	1	Clube de Albergaria

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Bárbara Santos	January 6, 1994	0	0	Atlético Ouriense	v.  Poland; January 21, 2016 ^PRE
GK	Neide Simões	July 19, 1988	59	0	Valadares Gaia FC	v.  New Zealand; March 7, 2016
DF	Stefania da Eira	September 25, 1992	3	0	FC Basel	v.  Czech Republic; April 9, 2015
DF	Matilde Figueiras	August 7, 1996	0	0	GDC A-dos-Francos	v.  Spain; December 1, 2015 ^PRE
DF	Rita Fontemanha	November 13, 1993	2	0	Atlético Madrid	2016 Algarve Cup
DF	Filipa Rodrigues	September 4, 1993	13	3	Atlético Ouriense	2016 Algarve Cup
DF	Inês Silva	September 29, 1997	9	0	C.F. Benfica	v.  Denmark; March 9, 2016
MF	Catarina Almeida	September 16, 1988	3	0	Clube de Albergaria	v.  Denmark; March 9, 2016
MF	Patricia Gouveia	April 26, 1987	16	0	C.F. Benfica	v.  Czech Republic; April 9, 2015
MF	Cláudia Lima	September 5, 1996	1	0	Boavista F.C.	v.  Ukraine; September 21, 2015
MF	Carolina Mendes	November 27, 1987	51	9	WFC Rossiyanka	v.  Denmark; March 9, 2016
MF	Adriana Rodrigues	May 9, 1992	6	0	FC Neunkirch	v.   Switzerland; February 12, 2015
MF	Andreia Veiga	July 14, 1989	0	0	C.F. Benfica	v.  Spain; December 1, 2015 ^PRE
FW	Olga Freitas	December 31, 1988	8	0	Valadares Gaia FC	v.  Czech Republic; April 9, 2015
FW	Laura Luís	August 15, 1992	30	7	MSV Duisburg	v.  Republic of Ireland; October 27, 2015
FW	Mafalda Marujo	August 24, 1991	7	0	C.F. Benfica	v.  China PR; March 11, 2015
FW	Andreia Silva	March 16, 1985	14	1	C.F. Benfica	v.  Ukraine; September 21, 2015
FW	Jéssica Silva	December 11, 1994	36	6	Clube de Albergaria	v.  Poland; January 21, 2016

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994	5/6	3	1	0	2	2	8
1995	8/8	4	0	0	4	1	14
1996	7/8	4	1	0	3	4	10
1997	8/8	4	0	1	3	0	8
1998	8/8	4	0	1	3	3	8
1999	7/8	4	1	1	2	2	10
2000	8/8	4	0	0	4	1	17
2001	8/8	4	0	0	4	3	11
2002	11/12	4	1	0	3	6	10
2003	10/12	4	1	2	1	5	5
2004	10/12	4	2	0	2	7	4
2005	11/12	4	1	0	3	5	9
2006	11/12	2	0	0	2	0	7
2007	12/12	4	0	2	2	2	7
2008	10/12	4	2	1	1	6	5
2009	8/12	4	3	1	0	6	3
2010	10/12	4	2	1	1	7	4
2011	9/12	4	2	2	0	6	3
2012	10/12	4	2	0	2	6	3
2013	11/12	4	1	1	2	3	6
2014	12/12	4	1	0	3	5	9
2015	11/12	4	0	2	2	5	9
2016	8/8	4	0	0	4	2	8
Total[3]	-	89	21	15	53	87	178

References

1. 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.
2. "Portugal: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
3. "Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile