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Portugal

Federation founded: 1914
FIFA member since: 1923

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - Did not qualify
1938 - Did not qualify
1950 - Did not qualify
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - 3rd place
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - First round exit
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - First round exit
2006 - 4th place

 
STATISTICS
Played
19
Won
11
Drawn
1
Lost
7
Goals for
32
Goals against
21
Points
34
Portugal are 19th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
4-0 vs Poland in 2002.
Biggest defeat:
1-3 vs Morocco in 1986 and 1-3 vs Germany in 2006.
Overall topscorer:
Eusebio, 9 goals.
Most appearances:
Luis Figo, 10 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Eusebio

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

  

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part, but PORTUGAL
chose not to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 2)
11.Mar 34 Spain 9-0 PORTUGAL 18.Mar 34 PORTUGAL 1-2 Spain
PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Italy 1934.

1938

(WCQ Group 5 [in Milan (ITA)])
01.May 38 Switzerland 2-1 PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL failed to qualify for France 1938.

1950

(WCQ Group 6)
02.Apr 50 Spain 5-1 PORTUGAL 09.Apr 50 PORTUGAL 2-2 Spain
PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Brazil 1950.

1954

(WCQ Group 5)
27.Sep 53 Austria 9-1 PORTUGAL 29.Nov 53 PORTUGAL 0-0 Austria
PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(UEFA Group 8)
16.Jan 57 PORTUGAL 1-1 Northern Ireland 01.May 57 Northern Ireland 3-0 PORTUGAL 26.May 57 PORTUGAL 3-0 Italy 22.Dec 57 Italy 3-0 PORTUGAL
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5 2.Italy 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4 3.PORTUGAL 4 1 1 2 4- 7 3 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.

1962

(UEFA Group 6)
19.Mar 61 PORTUGAL 6-0 Luxembourg 21.May 61 PORTUGAL 1-1 England 08.Oct 61 Luxembourg 4-2 PORTUGAL 25.Oct 61 England 2-0 PORTUGAL
P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 4 3 1 0 16- 2 7 2.PORTUGAL 4 1 1 2 9- 7 3 3.Luxembourg 4 1 0 3 5-21 2 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Chile 1962.

1966

(UEFA Group 4)
24.Jan 65 PORTUGAL 5-1 Turkey 19.Apr 65 Turkey 0-1 PORTUGAL 25.Apr 65 Czechoslovakia 0-1 PORTUGAL 13.Jun 65 PORTUGAL 2-1 Romania 31.Oct 65 PORTUGAL 0-0 Czechoslovakia 21.Nov 65 Romania 2-0 PORTUGAL
P W D L Gls Pts 1.PORTUGAL 6 4 1 1 9- 4 9 2.Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 12- 4 7 3.Romania 6 3 0 3 9- 7 6 4.Turkey 6 1 0 5 4-19 2 PORTUGAL qualified for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 1)
27.Oct 68 PORTUGAL 3-0 Romania 11.Dec 68 Greece 4-2 PORTUGAL 16.Apr 69 PORTUGAL 0-2 Switzerland 04.May 69 PORTUGAL 2-2 Greece 12.Oct 69 Romania 1-0 PORTUGAL 02.Nov 69 Switzerland 1-1 PORTUGAL
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Romania 6 3 2 1 7- 6 8 2.Greece 6 2 3 1 13- 9 7 3.Switzerland 6 2 1 3 5- 8 5 4.PORTUGAL 6 1 2 3 8-10 4 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 6)
29.Mar 72 PORTUGAL 4-0 Cyprus 10.May 72 Cyprus 0-1 PORTUGAL 28.Mar 73 Northern Ireland 1-1 PORTUGAL 02.May 73 Bulgaria 2-1 PORTUGAL 13.Oct 73 PORTUGAL 2-2 Bulgaria 14.Nov 73 PORTUGAL 1-1 Northern Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Bulgaria 6 4 2 0 13- 3 10 2.PORTUGAL 6 2 3 1 10- 6 7 3.Northern Ireland 6 1 3 2 5- 6 5 4.Cyprus 6 1 0 5 1-14 2 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 1)
16.Oct 76 PORTUGAL 0-2 Poland 17.Nov 76 PORTUGAL 1-0 Denmark 05.Dec 76 Cyprus 1-2 PORTUGAL 09.Oct 77 Denmark 2-4 PORTUGAL 29.Oct 77 Poland 1-1 PORTUGAL 16.Nov 77 PORTUGAL 4-0 Cyprus
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Poland 6 5 1 0 17- 4 11 2.PORTUGAL 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9 3.Denmark 6 2 0 4 14-12 4 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-24 0 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 6)
15.Oct 80 Scotland 0-0 PORTUGAL 19.Nov 80 PORTUGAL 1-0 Northern Ireland 17.Dec 80 PORTUGAL 3-0 Israel 29.Apr 81 Northern Ireland 1-0 PORTUGAL 24.Jun 81 Sweden 3-0 PORTUGAL 14.Oct 81 PORTUGAL 1-2 Sweden 28.Oct 81 Israel 4-1 PORTUGAL 18.Nov 81 PORTUGAL 2-1 Scotland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Scotland 8 4 3 1 9- 4 11 2.Northern Ireland 8 3 3 2 6- 3 9 3.Sweden 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8 4.PORTUGAL 8 3 1 4 8-11 7 5.Israel 8 1 3 4 6-10 5 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 2)
12.Sep 84 Sweden 0-1 PORTUGAL 14.Oct 84 PORTUGAL 2-1 Czechoslovakia 14.Now 84 PORTUGAL 1-3 Sweden 10.Feb 85 Malta 1-3 PORTUGAL 24.Feb 85 PORTUGAL 1-2 West Germany 25.Sep 85 Czechoslovakia 1-0 PORTUGAL 12.Oct 85 PORTUGAL 3-2 Malta 16.Oct 85 West Germany 0-1 PORTUGAL
P W D L Gls Pts 1.West Germany 8 5 2 1 22- 9 12 2.PORTUGAL 8 5 0 3 12-10 10 3.Sweden 8 4 1 3 14- 9 9 4.Czechoslovakia 8 3 2 3 11-12 8 5.Malta 8 0 1 7 6-25 1 PORTUGAL qualified for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 7)
16.Nov 88 PORTUGAL 1-0 Luxembourg 15.Feb 89 PORTUGAL 1-1 Belgium 26.Apr 89 PORTUGAL 3-1 Switzerland 06.Sep 89 Belgium 3-0 PORTUGAL 20.Sep 89 Switzerland 1-2 PORTUGAL 06.Oct 89 Czechoslovakia 2-1 PORTUGAL 11.Oct 89 Luxembourg 0-3 PORTUGAL 15.Nov 89 PORTUGAL 0-0 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Belgium 8 4 4 0 15- 5 12 2.Czechoslovakia 8 5 2 1 13- 3 12 3.PORTUGAL 8 4 2 2 11- 8 10 4.Switzerland 8 2 1 5 10-14 5 5.Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 3-22 1 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for Italy 1990.

1994

(UEFA Group 1)
14.Oct 92 Scotland 0-0 PORTUGAL 24.Jan 93 Malta 0-1 PORTUGAL 24.Feb 93 PORTUGAL 1-3 Italy 31.Mar 93 Switzerland 1-1 PORTUGAL 28.Apr 93 PORTUGAL 5-0 Scotland 19.Jun 93 PORTUGAL 4-0 Malta 05.Sep 93 Estonia 0-2 PORTUGAL 13.Oct 93 PORTUGAL 1-0 Switzerland 10.Nov 93 PORTUGAL 3-0 Estonia 17.Nov 93 Italy 1-0 PORTUGAL
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Italy 10 7 2 1 22- 7 16 2.Switzerland 10 6 3 1 23- 6 15 3.PORTUGAL 10 6 2 2 18- 5 14 4.Scotland 10 4 3 3 14-13 11 5.Malta 10 1 1 8 3-23 3 6.Estonia 10 0 1 9 1-27 1 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for USA 1994.

1998

(UEFA Group 9)
31.Aug 96 Armenia 0-0 PORTUGAL 05.Oct 96 Ukraine 2-1 PORTUGAL 09.Oct 96 Albania 0-3 PORTUGAL 09.Nov 96 PORTUGAL 1-0 Ukraine 14.Dec 96 PORTUGAL 0-0 Germany 29.Mar 97 Northern Ireland 0-0 PORTUGAL 07.Jun 97 PORTUGAL 2-0 Albania 20.Aug 97 PORTUGAL 3-1 Armenia 06.Sep 97 Germany 1-1 PORTUGAL 11.Oct 97 PORTUGAL 1-0 Northern Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Germany 10 6 4 0 23- 9 22 2.Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10- 6 20 3.PORTUGAL 10 5 4 1 12- 4 19 4.Armenia 10 1 5 4 8-17 8 5.Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6-10 7 6.Albania 10 1 1 8 7-20 4 PORTUGAL failed to qualify for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 2)
03.Sep 00 Estonia 1-3 PORTUGAL 07.Oct 00 PORTUGAL 1-1 Rep. of Ireland 11.Oct 00 Netherlands 0-2 PORTUGAL 28.Feb 01 PORTUGAL 3-0 Andorra 28.Mar 01 PORTUGAL 2-2 Netherlands 02.Jun 01 Rep. of Ireland 1-1 PORTUGAL 06.Jun 01 PORTUGAL 6-0 Cyprus 01.Sep 01 Andorra 1-7 PORTUGAL 05.Sep 01 Cyprus 1-3 PORTUGAL 06.Oct 01 PORTUGAL 5-0 Estonia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.PORTUGAL 10 7 3 0 33- 7 24 2.Rep. of Ireland 10 7 3 0 23- 5 24 3.Netherlands 10 6 2 2 30- 9 20 4.Estonia 10 2 2 6 10-26 8 5.Cyprus 10 2 2 6 13-31 8 6.Andorra 10 0 0 10 5-36 0 PORTUGAL qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 3)
04.Sep 04 Latvia 0-2 PORTUGAL 08.Sep 04 PORTUGAL 4-0 Estonia 09.Oct 04 Liechtenstein 2-2 PORTUGAL 13.Oct 04 PORTUGAL 7-1 Russia 17.Nov 04 Luxembourg 0-5 PORTUGAL 30.Mar 05 Slovakia 1-1 PORTUGAL 04.Jun 05 PORTUGAL 2-0 Slovakia 08.Jun 05 Estonia 0-1 PORTUGAL 03.Sep 05 PORTUGAL 6-0 Luxembourg 07.Sep 05 Russia 0-0 PORTUGAL 08.Oct 05 PORTUGAL 2-1 Liechtenstein 12.Oct 05 PORTUGAL 3-0 Latvia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.PORTUGAL 12 9 3 0 35- 5 30 2.Slovakia 12 6 5 1 24- 8 23 3.Russia 12 6 5 1 23-12 23 4.Estonia 12 5 2 5 16-17 17 5.Latvia 12 4 3 5 18-21 15 6.Liechtenstein 12 2 2 8 13-23 8 7.Luxembourg 12 0 0 12 5-48 0 PORTUGAL qualified for Germany 2006.

 

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