Portugal national football team records and statistics

The following is a list of the Portugal national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Individual records

Player records

Most capped players

As of match played 15 November 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Portugal.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	First cap	Latest cap
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	217	135	20 August 2003	15 November 2024
2	João Moutinho	146	7	17 August 2005	9 June 2022
3	Pepe	141	8	21 November 2007	5 July 2024
4	Luís Figo	127	32	12 October 1991	8 July 2006
5	Nani	112	24	1 September 2006	2 July 2017
6	Fernando Couto	110	8	19 December 1990	30 June 2004
7	Rui Patrício	108	0	17 November 2010	21 March 2024
8	Bernardo Silva	98	13	21 March 2015	15 November 2024
9	Bruno Alves	96	11	5 June 2007	7 June 2018
10	Rui Costa	94	26	31 March 1993	4 July 2004

Top goalscorers

As of match played 15 November 2024^[2]

Players in bold are still active for the national team.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	First cap	Latest cap
1	Cristiano Ronaldo (list)	135	217	0.62	20 August 2003	15 November 2024
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
7	Bruno Fernandes	25	76	0.33	10 Nov 2017	15 November 2024
9	Nani	24	112	0.21	1 September 2006	2 July 2017
10	João Pinto	23	81	0.28	12 October 1991	14 June 2002

Other records

Most matches played in World Cup: 22 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022)^[3]
Most matches played in European Championship: 30 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024)^[4]
Oldest player (outfield and goalkeeper): 41 years and 138 days – Pepe (0–0 (a.e.t.) against France on 5 July 2024)^[5]
Longest national career: 21 years and 87 days – Cristiano Ronaldo (from 20 August 2003 to 15 November 2024)
Youngest debutant: 17 years, 6 months and 24 days – Paulo Futre (5–0 against Finland on 21 September 1983)^[6]
Youngest player to reach 100 caps: 27 years, 8 months and 11 days – Cristiano Ronaldo (1–1 against Northern Ireland on 16 October 2012)^[7]

Goal records

Most goals scored in one World Cup: 9 – Eusébio (1966)^[8]
Most goals scored in World Cups: 9 – Eusébio (1966)^[8]
Most goals scored in one European Championship: 5 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2020)
Most goals scored in European Championships: 14 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020)^[9]
Oldest goalscorer: 39 years, 9 months and 10 days – Pepe (6–1 against Switzerland on 6 December 2022)
Youngest goalscorer: 17 years, 9 months and 25 days – Fernando Chalana (2–1 against Cyprus on 5 December 1976)
Most hat-tricks: 10 – Cristiano Ronaldo (includes four goals against Andorra on 7 October 2016 and Lithuania on 10 September 2019)^[10]
Most pokers: 2 – Cristiano Ronaldo
Youngest player to score a hat-trick: 20 years, 11 months and 4 days – André Silva (6–0 against Faroe Islands on 10 October 2016)^[11]

Competition records

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter								Declined participation
1934	Did not qualify								2nd	2	0	0	2	1	11
1938									2nd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1950									2nd	2	0	1	1	3	7
1954									2nd	2	0	1	1	1	9
1958									3rd	4	1	1	2	4	7
1962									2nd	4	1	1	2	9	7
1966	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	17	8	1st	6	4	1	1	9	4
1970	Did not qualify								4th	6	1	2	3	8	10
1974									2nd	6	2	3	1	10	6
1978									2nd	6	4	1	1	12	6
1982									4th	8	3	1	4	8	11
1986	Group stage	17th	3	1	0	2	2	4	2nd	8	5	0	3	12	10
1990	Did not qualify								3rd	8	4	2	2	11	8
1994									3rd	10	6	2	2	18	5
1998									3rd	10	5	4	1	12	4
2002	Group stage	21st	3	1	0	2	6	4	1st	10	7	3	0	33	7
2006	Fourth place	4th	7	4	1*	2	7	5	1st	12	9	3	0	35	5
2010	Round of 16	11th	4	1	2	1	7	1	P/O	12	7	4	1	19	5
2014	Group stage	18th	3	1	1	1	4	7	P/O	12	8	3	1	24	11
2018	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	6	6	1st	10	9	0	1	32	4
2022	Quarter-finals	8th	5	3	0	2	12	6	P/O	10	7	2	1	22	7
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	Third place	8/22	35	17	6	12	61	41		149	83	35	31	284	146

FIFA World Cup history
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, 2014

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify								4	3	0	1	8	8
1964									3	1	0	2	4	5
1968									6	2	2	2	6	6
1972									6	3	1	2	10	6
1976									6	2	3	1	5	7
1980									8	4	1	3	10	11
1984	Semi-finals	3rd	4	1	2	1	4	4	6	5	0	1	11	6
1988	Did not qualify								8	2	4	2	6	8
1992	Did not qualify								8	5	1	2	11	4
1996	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	5	2	10	7	2	1	29	7
2000	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	10	4	10	7	2	1	32	4
2004	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1*	2	8	6	Qualified as hosts
2008	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	7	6	14	7	6	1	24	10
2012	Semi-finals	3rd^[a]	5	3	1*	1	6	4	10	6	2	2	27	14
2016	Champions	1st	7	3	4*	0	9	5	8	7	0	1	11	5
2020	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	7	7	8	5	2	1	22	6
2024	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	2*	1	5	3	10	10	0	0	36	2
2028	To be determined								To be determined
2032	To be determined								To be determined
Total	1 Title	9/17	44	21	12	11	61	41	125	76	26	23	252	109

UEFA European Championship history
First match	Portugal 0–0 West Germany (14 June 1984; Strasbourg, France)
Biggest win	Croatia 0–3 Portugal (19 June 1996; Nottingham, England) Portugal 3–0 Germany (20 June 2000; Rotterdam, Netherlands) Hungary 0–3 Portugal (15 June 2021; Budapest, Hungary) Turkey 0–3 Portugal (22 June 2024; Dortmund, Germany)
Biggest defeat	Switzerland 2–0 Portugal (15 June 2008; Basel, Switzerland) Portugal 2–4 Germany (19 June 2021; Munich, Germany) Georgia 2–0 Portugal (26 June 2024; Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
Best result	Champions in 2016
Worst result	Round of 16 in 2020

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season**	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2018–19	A	3	6	4	2	0	9	4		1st
2020–21	A	3	6	4	1	1	12	4		5th
2022–23	A	2	6	3	1	2	11	3		6th
2024–25	A	1	6	4	2	0	13	5		1st
Total			24	15	6	3	45	16	1 title

UEFA Nations League history
First match	Portugal 1–0 Italy (10 September 2018; Lisbon, Portugal)
Biggest win	Portugal 4–0 Switzerland (6 June 2022; Lisbon, Portugal) Portugal 5–1 Poland (15 November 2024; Porto, Portugal)
Biggest defeat	Portugal 0–1 France (14 November 2020; Lisbon, Portugal) Switzerland 1–0 Portugal (13 June 2022; Bern, Switzerland) Portugal 0–1 Spain (27 September 2022; Braga, Portugal)
Best result	Champions in 2018–19
Worst result	6th in 2022–23

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage. Red border colour indicates the finals stage was held on home soil.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017	Third place	3rd	5	3	2*	0	9	3
Total	Third place	1/10	5	3	2	0	9	3

FIFA Confederations Cup history
First match	Portugal 2–2 Mexico (18 June 2017; Kazan, Russia)
Biggest win	New Zealand 0–4 Portugal (24 June 2017; Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Biggest defeat	—
Best result	Third place in 2017
Worst result	Third place in 2017

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Olympic Games

1968–1988 national amateur football team. Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1896	No football tournament
1900	Did not enter
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	7	5
1932	No football tournament
1936	Did not enter
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984	Did not qualify
1988
1992
1996	Fourth place	6	2	2	2	6	10
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	9
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	5	6
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	Fourth place	16	7	3	6	24	30

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1964 Taça de Nações	Third place, round-robin	3rd	3	0	1	2	2	7
1972 Brazil Independence Cup	Runners-up	2nd	8	6	1	1	17	5
1992 U.S. Cup	Round-robin	4th	3	0	1	2	0	3
1995 SkyDome Cup	Winners, round-robin	1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
Total		1 title	16	7	4	5	21	16

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

All-time results

The following table shows Portugal's all-time international record, correct as of 18 November 2024.

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Total	689	343	157	189	1199	773

Source: Portugal - Historical results

Head-to-head record

Portugal have played against teams from every confederation. Their first international match was played on 18 December 1921 in Madrid against Spain, losing 3–1.^[13] The team they have faced the most often is also Spain, with a total of 40 matches played. Their biggest win was by a nine-goal margin, in a 9–0 Euro qualifying victory against Luxembourg on 11 September 2023.

**Key**
	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (more Losses)

As of match played against Croatia on 18 November 2024.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	7	5	1	1	13	5	+8
Algeria	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Andorra	6	6	0	0	29	1	+28
Angola	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
Argentina	8	2	1	5	7	13	−6
Armenia	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5
Austria	11	2	6	3	11	19	−8
Azerbaijan	8	7	1	0	22	1	+21
Belgium	19	6	7	6	21	23	−2
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14
Brazil	20	4	3	13	16	39	−23
Bulgaria	13	4	3	6	16	18	−2
Cameroon	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Canada	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
Cape Verde	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Chile	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5
China	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Croatia	10	7	2	1	19	8	+11
Cyprus	11	10	1	0	35	6	+29
Czech Republic	6	5	0	1	12	3	+9
Denmark	16	11	2	3	32	18	+14
Ecuador	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Egypt	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6
England	23	3	10	10	25	46	−21
Estonia	8	7	1	0	25	1	+24
Faroe Islands	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15
Finland	11	6	4	1	18	8	+10
France	29	6	4	19	31	53	−22
Gabon	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Georgia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Germany	19	3	5	11	18	33	−15
Ghana	2	2	0	0	5	3	+1
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Greece	14	4	5	5	16	18	−2
Hungary	14	10	4	0	33	10	+23
Iceland	5	4	1	0	12	5	+7
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
Israel	7	4	2	1	16	9	+7
Italy	28	6	4	18	23	51	−28
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	9	1	+8
Latvia	6	6	0	0	18	4	+14
Liechtenstein	9	8	1	0	41	3	+38
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	20	3	+17
Luxembourg	21	19	1	1	74	8	+66
Macedonia	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3
Malta	10	9	1	0	28	5	+23
Mexico	5	3	2	0	7	4	+3
Moldova	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Morocco	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2
Mozambique	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Netherlands	14	8	4	2	16	10	+6
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
North Korea	2	2	0	0	12	3	+9
Northern Ireland	13	4	7	2	14	13	+1
Norway	11	8	2	1	18	5	+16
Panama	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Poland	15	7	5	3	26	15	+11
Qatar	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Republic of Ireland	16	9	3	4	25	11	+14
Romania	11	5	2	4	11	9	+2
Russia	7	4	1	2	11	3	+8
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Scotland	17	9	4	4	23	15	+8
Serbia	9	3	4	2	14	11	+3
Slovakia	6	5	1	0	10	3	+7
Slovenia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
South Africa	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
South Korea	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Spain	40	6	17	17	45	77	−32
Sweden	21	8	6	7	30	31	−1
Switzerland	26	10	5	11	40	35	+5
Tunisia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Turkey	10	8	0	2	22	9	+13
Ukraine	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1
United States	7	2	3	2	8	8	0
Uruguay	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4
Wales	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5
Former teams
Czechoslovakia	9	3	3	3	7	10	−3
East Germany	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1
Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	4	6	−2
Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	10	12	−2

Notes

^ Though there was no third place play-off, UEFA decided in the 2012 edition to award the semi-final losers (Germany and Portugal) bronze medals for the first time.^[12]

References

^ "Played for Portugal national team". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^ "Portugal national football team goal scorers". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ "Spain vs. Portugal final score: Crazy draw as Cristiano Ronaldo becomes oldest to score World Cup hat trick". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Ronaldo sets record for all-time EURO appearances". UEFA. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ "Euro 2016: A final swansong for Ricardo Carvalho?". Sportskeeda. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Adeus Alvalade: Paulo Futre encanta na estreia oficial" [Goodbye Alvalade: Paulo Futre delights in official debut]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 May 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Centurion Ronaldo honoured by UEFA". Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Eusebio's nine goals at 1966 World Cup". BBC Sport. 5 January 2014.
^ "Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first to score in four European Championships". ESPN FC. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
^ Grez, Matias (11 September 2019). "Cristiano Ronaldo hits four against Lithuania and nears all-time goals record". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ "Chapa seis às Ilhas Faroé com "hat-trick" de André Silva" [Six past the Faroe Islands with André Silva hat-trick] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010-12" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ "Spain v Portugal, 18 December 1921". 11v11.com.

[13] Though there was no third place play-off, UEFA decided in the 2012 edition to award the semi-final losers (Germany and Portugal) bronze medals for the first time.^[12]

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[4] "Ronaldo sets record for all-time EURO appearances". UEFA. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[5] "Euro 2016: A final swansong for Ricardo Carvalho?". Sportskeeda. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[6] "Adeus Alvalade: Paulo Futre encanta na estreia oficial" [Goodbye Alvalade: Paulo Futre delights in official debut]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 May 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[7] "Centurion Ronaldo honoured by UEFA". Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[66WC-8] "Eusebio's nine goals at 1966 World Cup". BBC Sport. 5 January 2014.

[9] "Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first to score in four European Championships". ESPN FC. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[10] Grez, Matias (11 September 2019). "Cristiano Ronaldo hits four against Lithuania and nears all-time goals record". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[11] "Chapa seis às Ilhas Faroé com "hat-trick" de André Silva" [Six past the Faroe Islands with André Silva hat-trick] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[12] "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010-12" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

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v t e Portugal national football team
General	Portuguese Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Estádio Nacional
Statistics	Results and fixtures All-time record Hat-tricks
Results	1921–39 1940–59 1960–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present
Players	25+ caps Previous squads Other categories Captains
Goals	Cristiano Ronaldo Pauleta Eusébio
World Cup Finals	Summary 1966 1986 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
UEFA Euro Finals	Summary 1984 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
UEFA Nations League Finals	Summary 2019
Confederations Cup Finals	Summary 2017
Other tournaments	The Olympics Taça das Nações Brazil Independence Cup U.S. Cup SkyDome Cup Lusophony Games
Rivalries	Brazil France Spain
Culture	Os Magriços
Other FPF teams	B team Olympic team U21 team U20 team U19 team U18 team U17 team U16 team U15 team Women's Futsal Beach soccer