Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

Participation of Portugal's Men's national football team in the FIFA World Cup

For the women's team, see Portugal at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Portugal vs Morocco match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

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

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Year  | Round  | Position  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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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

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Year  | Round  | Opponent  | Score  | Portugal scorers

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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

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Portugal squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Patrício
* 2 Dalot
* 3 Pepe
* 4 Dias
* 5 Guerreiro
* 6 Palhinha
* 7 Ronaldo (c)
* 8 Fernandes
* 9 And. Silva
* 10 B. Silva
* 11 Félix
* 12 Sá
* 13 Danilo
* 14 Carvalho
* 15 Leão
* 16 Vitinha
* 17 Mário
* 18 Neves
* 19 Mendes
* 20 Cancelo
* 21 Horta
* 22 Costa
* 23 Nunes
* 24 Ant. Silva
* 25 Otávio
* 26 Ramos
* Coach: Santos

### Group stage

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Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Group H

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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
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 (2022-11-24)

19:00

Portugal | 3–2|  Ghana

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* Ronaldo 65' (pen.)
* Félix 78'
* Leão 80'

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* A. Ayew 73'
* Bukari 89'

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 42,662

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

28 November 2022 (2022-11-28)

22:00

Portugal | 2–0|  Uruguay

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* Fernandes 54', 90+3' (pen.)

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Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 88,668

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)

18:00

South Korea | 2–1|  Portugal

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* Kim Young-gwon 27'
* Hwang Hee-chan 90+1'

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* Horta 5'

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 44,097

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

### Knockout stage

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Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

#### Round of 16

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6 December 2022 (2022-12-06)

22:00

Portugal | 6–1|  Switzerland

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* Ramos 17', 51', 67'
* Pepe 33'
* Guerreiro 55'
* Leão 90+2'

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* Akanji 58'

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 83,720

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

#### Quarter-finals

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10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)

18:00

Morocco | 1–0|  Portugal

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* En-Nesyri 42'

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Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 44,198

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

## Record players

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Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016 Rank  | Player  | Matches  | World Cups

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1  | Cristiano Ronaldo | 22 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
2  | Simão | 11 | 2006 and 2010
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
Tiago | 9 | 2006 and 2010
9  | Petit | 8 | 2002 and 2006
Bernardo Silva | 8 | 2018 and 2022

## Top goalscorers

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Eusébio as Portugal's captain against Argentina

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

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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 |

## See also

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* Portugal at the FIFA Confederations Cup
* Portugal at the UEFA European Championship
* Portugal at the UEFA Nations League

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Portugal at FIFA
* World Cup Finals Statistics

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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
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Goals|

* Cristiano Ronaldo
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World Cup Finals|

* Summary
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UEFA Euro Finals|

* Summary
* 1984
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UEFA Nations League Finals|

* Summary
* 2019
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Confederations Cup Finals|

* Summary
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Other tournaments|

* The Olympics
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* U.S. Cup
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Rivalries|

* Brazil
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Culture|

* Os Magriços

Other FPF teams|

* B team
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* U17 team
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* U15 team
* Women's
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* Beach soccer

Portugal FIFA World Cup squads

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Portugal squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup third place

* 1 Américo
* 2 Carvalho
* 3 J. Pereira
* 4 Vicente
* 5 Germano
* 6 Peres
* 7 Figueiredo
* 8 Lourenço
* 9 Hilário
* 10 Coluna (c)
* 11 Simões
* 12 J. Augusto
* 13 Eusébio
* 14 Cruz
* 15 Duarte
* 16 Graça
* 17 Morais
* 18 Torres
* 19 C. Pinto
* 20 A. Baptista
* 21 J. Carlos
* 22 Festa
* Coach: Glória

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Portugal squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Bento (c)
* 2 J. Pinto
* 3 Sousa
* 4 Ribeiro
* 5 Álvaro
* 6 C. Manuel
* 7 Pacheco
* 8 Frederico
* 9 Gomes
* 10 Futre
* 11 Bandeirinha
* 12 Martins
* 13 Morato
* 14 Magalhães
* 15 Oliveira
* 16 J. António
* 17 Diamantino
* 18 Sobrinho
* 19 Águas
* 20 Inácio
* 21 André
* 22 Damas
* Coach: Torres

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Portugal squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Baía
* 2 J. Costa
* 3 Xavier
* 4 Caneira
* 5 Couto (c)
* 6 P. Sousa
* 7 Figo
* 8 J. Pinto
* 9 Pauleta
* 10 R. Costa
* 11 Conceição
* 12 Viana
* 13 Andrade
* 14 Barbosa
* 15 Nélson
* 16 Ricardo
* 17 Bento
* 18 Frechaut
* 19 Capucho
* 20 Petit
* 21 N. Gomes
* 22 Beto
* 23 R. Jorge
* Coach: Oliveira

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Portugal squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup fourth place

* 1 Ricardo
* 2 Ferreira
* 3 Caneira
* 4 R. Costa
* 5 Meira
* 6 Costinha
* 7 Figo (c)
* 8 Petit
* 9 Pauleta
* 10 Viana
* 11 Simão
* 12 Quim
* 13 Miguel
* 14 Valente
* 15 Boa Morte
* 16 R. Carvalho
* 17 Ronaldo
* 18 Maniche
* 19 Tiago
* 20 Deco
* 21 N. Gomes
* 22 Santos
* 23 Postiga
* Coach: Scolari

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Portugal squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Eduardo
* 2 Alves
* 3 Ferreira
* 4 Rolando
* 5 Duda
* 6 R. Carvalho
* 7 Ronaldo (c)
* 8 P. Mendes
* 9 Liédson
* 10 Danny
* 11 Simão
* 12 Beto
* 13 Miguel
* 14 Veloso
* 15 Pepe
* 16 Meireles
* 17 Amorim
* 18 H. Almeida
* 19 Tiago
* 20 Deco
* 21 R. Costa
* 22 D. Fernandes
* 23 Coentrão
* Coach: Queiroz

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Portugal squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Eduardo
* 2 Alves
* 3 Pepe
* 4 Veloso
* 5 Coentrão
* 6 W. Carvalho
* 7 Ronaldo (c)
* 8 Moutinho
* 9 H. Almeida
* 10 Vieirinha
* 11 Eder
* 12 Patrício
* 13 Costa
* 14 Neto
* 15 Rafa
* 16 Meireles
* 17 Nani
* 18 Varela
* 19 A. Almeida
* 20 Amorim
* 21 Pereira
* 22 Beto
* 23 Postiga
* Coach: Bento

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Portugal squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Patrício
* 2 Alves
* 3 Pepe
* 4 M. Fernandes
* 5 Guerreiro
* 6 Fonte
* 7 Ronaldo (c)
* 8 Moutinho
* 9 An. Silva
* 10 Mário
* 11 B. Silva
* 12 Lopes
* 13 Dias
* 14 Carvalho
* 15 Pereira
* 16 B. Fernandes
* 17 Guedes
* 18 Martins
* 19 Rui
* 20 Quaresma
* 21 Cédric
* 22 Beto
* 23 Ad. Silva
* Coach: Santos

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Portugal squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Patrício
* 2 Dalot
* 3 Pepe
* 4 Dias
* 5 Guerreiro
* 6 Palhinha
* 7 Ronaldo (c)
* 8 Fernandes
* 9 And. Silva
* 10 B. Silva
* 11 Félix
* 12 Sá
* 13 Danilo
* 14 Carvalho
* 15 Leão
* 16 Vitinha
* 17 Mário
* 18 Neves
* 19 Mendes
* 20 Cancelo
* 21 Horta
* 22 Costa
* 23 Nunes
* 24 Ant. Silva
* 25 Otávio
* 26 Ramos
* Coach: Santos

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Countries at the FIFA World Cup

* Team appearances
* All-time table

AFC|

* Australia1
* China
* Indonesia2
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* North Korea
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan

CAF|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Cameroon
* DR Congo2
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Togo
* Tunisia

CONCACAF|

* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* El Salvador
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Panama
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

CONMEBOL|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay

OFC|

* New Zealand

UEFA|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic2
* Denmark
* East Germany3
* England
* France
* Germany2
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Israel1
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia2
* Scotland
* Serbia2
* Slovakia2
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

1 Have been member of multiple confederations. 2 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). 3 Team and national federation no longer exist.
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*[Pld]: Played
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*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points