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| Portugal national football team results |
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This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 1921 and 1939. Between their first match in 1921 and 1939, when competitive football stopped because of the Second World War, Portugal played in 42 matches, resulting in 13 victories, 7 draws, 22 defeats. Throughout this period they played in the 1928 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals where they got knocked out by Egypt.
42 matches played:[1]
| Colour (with score) | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Defeat | |
| Draw | |
| Win |
| 18 December 1921 Friendly | Spain | 3 – 1 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Meana Alcántara |
Report | Alberto Augusto |
Attendance: 14,000 Referee: |
| 17 December 1922 Friendly | Portugal | 1 – 2 | | |
| 14:30 (UTC+0:00) | Gonçalves |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
| 16 December 1923 Friendly | Spain | 3 – 0 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Zabala |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
| 17 May 1925 Friendly | Portugal | 0 – 2 | | |
| 16:30 (UTC+0:00) | Report | Attendance: 17,000 Referee: |
| 18 June 1925 Friendly | Portugal | 1 – 0 | | |
| 18:30 (UTC+0:00) | João Francisco |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
| 24 January 1926 Friendly | Portugal | 1 – 1 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+0:00) | João Santos |
Report | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: |
| 18 April 1926 Friendly | France | 4 – 2 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Salvano Brunel Bonello |
Report | Attendance: 16,000 Referee: |
| 26 December 1926 Friendly | Portugal | 3 – 3 | | |
| João Santos Severo Tiago José Martins |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: | ||
| Note: João dos Santos set the goal scoring record for Portugal (3 goals) | ||||
| 16 March 1927 Friendly | Portugal | 4 – 0 | | |
| 16:30 (UTC+0:00) | Pepe José Martins |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
| 17 April 1927 Friendly | Italy | 3 – 1 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Levratto Baloncieri |
Report | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: |
| 29 May 1927 Friendly[a] | Spain | 2 – 0 | | |
| 17:30 (UTC+1:00) | Moraleda Valderrama |
[2][3][4] | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: |
| 8 January 1928 Friendly | Portugal | 2 – 2 | | |
| 14:30 (UTC+0:00) | José Martins João Santos |
Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: |
| 1 April 1928 Friendly | Portugal | 0 – 0 | | |
| 14:30 (UTC+0:00) | Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
| 15 April 1928 Friendly | Portugal | 4 – 1 | | |
| 15:30 (UTC) | Mota Silva |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
| 29 April 1928 Friendly | France | 1 – 1 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Nicolas |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
| 27 May 1928 | Portugal | 4 – 2 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+1:20) | Vítor Silva Pepe Mota |
Report | Attendance: 2,309 Referee: |
| 29 May 1928 | Portugal | 2 – 1 | | |
| 16:00 (+1:20) | Vítor Silva Augusto Silva |
Report | Attendance: 1,226 Referee: |
| 4 June 1928 | Egypt | 2 – 1 | | |
| 19:00 (UTC+1:20) | Mahmoud Mokhtar Riadh |
Report | Attendance: 3,448 Referee: |
| 17 March 1929 Friendly | Spain | 5 – 0 | | |
| 16:00 (UTC+0:00) | Rubio Padrón |
Report | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: |
| 24 March 1929 Friendly | France | 2 – 0 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Nicolas Galey |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
| 1 December 1929 Friendly | Italy | 6 – 1 | | |
| 14:30 (UTC+1:00) | Mihalic Orsi Baloncieri Sallustro |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: | |
| Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (5 goals) | ||||
| 12 January 1930 Friendly | Portugal | 1 – 0 | | |
| 14:00 (UTC) | Pepe |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
| 23 February 1930 Friendly | Portugal | 2 – 0 | | |
| 15:15 (UTC) | Pepe |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: | |
| Note: Pepe set the goal scoring record for Portugal (7 goals) | ||||
| 8 June 1930 Friendly | Belgium | 2 – 1 | | |
| 16:00 (UTC+1:00) | Vanderbauwhede Bastin |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
| 30 November 1930 Friendly | Portugal | 0 – 1 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC) | Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
| 12 April 1931 Friendly | Portugal | 0 – 2 | | |
| 16:00 (UTC+1:00) | Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
| 31 May 1931 Friendly | Portugal | 3 – 2 | | |
| 15:30 (UTC+1:00) | Armando Martins Vítor Silva Pinga |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
| 3 May 1932 Friendly | Portugal | 3 – 2 | | |
| 17:30 (UTC+1:00) | Pinga Valadas Soeiro |
Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: |
| 29 January 1933 Friendly | Portugal | 1 – 0 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC) | Pinga |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
| 2 April 1933 Friendly | Spain | 3 – 0 | | |
| 16:30 (UTC) | Larrínaga Elícegui |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
| 11 Mar 1934 | Spain | 9 – 0 | | |
| 16:00 (UTC) | Chacho Lángara Regueiro Ventolrà |
Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: | |
| Note: Heaviest defeat of the Portugal football team at the time | ||||
| 18 March 1934 | Portugal | 1 – 2 | | |
| 16:00 (UTC) | Vítor Silva |
Report | Attendance: 35,000 Referee: |
| 5 May 1935 Friendly | Portugal | 3 – 3 | | |
| 16:45 (UTC+1:00) | Soeiro Pinga |
Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: |
| 26 January 1936 Friendly | Portugal | 2 – 3 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC) | Nunes Soeiro |
Report | Attendance: 23,000 Referee: |
| 27 February 1936 Friendly | Portugal | 1 – 3 | | |
| 16:30 (UTC) | Vítor Silva |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: | |
| Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (8 goals) | ||||
| 28 November 1937 Friendly[b] | [b]Spain Nationalist | 1 – 2 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Gallart |
[14][15] | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: |
| 9 January 1938 Friendly | Portugal | 4 – 0 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC) | Cruz Espírito Santo Soeiro |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
| 30 January 1938 Friendly[b] | Portugal | 1 – 0 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC) | Pinga |
[27][28][26] | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
| 24 April 1938 Friendly | Germany | 1 – 1 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Siffling |
Report | Attendance: 54,000 Referee: |
| 1 May 1938 | Switzerland | 2 – 1 | | |
| 16:00 (UTC+1:00) | Aeby Lajo |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
| 6 November 1938 Friendly | Switzerland | 1 – 0 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Aeby |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
| 12 February 1939 Friendly | Portugal | 2 – 4 | | |
| 15:00 (UTC) | Cruz Soeiro |
Report | Attendance: 28,000 Referee: |