Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup has two international association football competitions, one contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The men's championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II, and the women's started in 1991.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Portugal men's team have qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions: in 1966, 1986, 2002 and every final phase held since. Their best performance, as of 2022, is the third place in 1966; they also finished fourth in 2006. Portugal is set to co-host the 2030 edition when it was granted host status alongside Morocco and Spain.^[1]^[2]

Overall record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	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	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	6	6
2022	Quarter-finals	8th	5	3	0	2	12	6
2026	To be determined
2030	Qualified as co-hosts
2034	To be determined
Total	8/22	-	35	17	6	12	61	41

Note: Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Portugal's World Cup record
First Match	Portugal 3–1 Hungary (13 July 1966; Manchester, England)
Biggest Win	Portugal 7–0 North Korea (21 June 2010; Cape Town, South Africa)
Biggest Defeat	Germany 4–0 Portugal (16 June 2014; Salvador, Brazil)
Best Result	Third place in 1966
Worst Result	Group stage in 1986, 2002 and 2014

Matches

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Portugal scorers
1966	Group 3	Hungary	3–1	José Augusto (2), Torres
		Bulgaria	3–0	Vustov (o.g.), Eusébio, Torres
		Brazil	3–1	Simões, Eusébio (2)
	Quarter-final	North Korea	5–3	Eusébio (4), José Augusto
	Semi-final	England	1–2	Eusébio
	Third place play-off	Soviet Union	2–1	Eusébio, Torres
1986	Group F	England	1–0	Carlos Manuel
		Poland	0–1
		Morocco	1–3	Diamantino
2002	Group D	United States	2–3	Beto, Agoos (o.g.)
		Poland	4–0	Pauleta (3), Rui Costa
		South Korea	0–1
2006	Group D	Angola	1–0	Pauleta
		Iran	2–0	Deco, Ronaldo
		Mexico	2–1	Maniche, Simão
	Round of 16	Netherlands	1–0	Maniche
	Quarter-final	England	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)
	Semi-final	France	0–1
	Third place play-off	Germany	1–3	Nuno Gomes
2010	Group G	Ivory Coast	0–0
		North Korea	7–0	Meireles, Simão, Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo
		Brazil	0–0
	Round of 16	Spain	0–1
2014	Group G	Germany	0–4
		United States	2–2	Nani, Varela
		Ghana	2–1	Boye (o.g.), Ronaldo
2018	Group B	Spain	3–3	Ronaldo (3)
		Morocco	1–0	Ronaldo
		Iran	1–1	Quaresma
	Round of 16	Uruguay	1–2	Pepe
2022	Group H	Ghana	3–2	Ronaldo, Félix, Leão
		Uruguay	2–0	Fernandes (2)
		South Korea	1–2	Horta
	Round of 16	Switzerland	6–1	Ramos (3), Pepe, Guerreiro, Leão
	Quarter-final	Morocco	0–1

Portugal in Qatar 2022

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advanced to knockout stage
3	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 November 2022

19:00

Portugal	3–2	Ghana
Ronaldo 65' (pen.) Félix 78' Leão 80'	Report	A. Ayew 73' Bukari 89'

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 42,662

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

28 November 2022

22:00

Portugal	2–0	Uruguay
Fernandes 54', 90+3' (pen.)	Report

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 88,668

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

2 December 2022

18:00

South Korea	2–1	Portugal
Kim Young-gwon 27' Hwang Hee-chan 90+1'	Report	Horta 5'

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 44,097

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

6 December 2022

22:00

Portugal	6–1	Switzerland
Ramos 17', 51', 67' Pepe 33' Guerreiro 55' Leão 90+2'	Report	Akanji 58'

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 83,720

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

10 December 2022

18:00

Morocco	1–0	Portugal
En-Nesyri 42'	Report

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 44,198

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Record players

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	22	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
2	Simão	11	2006 and 2010
2	Pepe	11	2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
4	Luís Figo	10	2002 and 2006
	Ricardo Carvalho	10	2006 and 2010
	William Carvalho	10	2014, 2018 and 2022
7	Pauleta	9	2002 and 2006
7	Tiago	9	2006 and 2010
9	Petit	8	2002 and 2006
9	Bernardo Silva	8	2018 and 2022

Top goalscorers

Eusebio's nine goals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup made him that tournament's top goalscorer, which also won him the Bronze Ball.

Rank	Player	Goals	World Cups
1	Eusébio	9	1966
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	8	2006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), 2018 (4) and 2022 (1)
3	Pauleta	4	2002 (3) and 2006 (1)
4	José Augusto	3	1966
	José Torres	3	1966
	Gonçalo Ramos	3	2022
7	Maniche	2	2006
	Tiago	2	2010
	Bruno Fernandes	2	2022
	Pepe	2	2018 and 2022
	Rafael Leão	2	2022
12	18 players	1

References

^ "Portugal 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group Statistics". ESPN. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ "Sweden 2 Portugal 3; agg 2-4". Daily Telegraph. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

External links

[1] "Portugal 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group Statistics". ESPN. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[2] "Sweden 2 Portugal 3; agg 2-4". Daily Telegraph. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

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