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Portugal

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Selecção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Luiz Felipe Scolari (2003-)
Captain	Costinha
Most caps	Luís Figo (127)
Top scorer	Pauleta (47)
FIFA code	POR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	9
Highest	4 (March 2001)
Lowest	43 (August 1998)
First international
Spain 3 - 1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921)
Biggest win
Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994) Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003)
Biggest defeat
Portugal 0 - 10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May 1947)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1966)
Best result	Third place, 1966
European Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 1984)
Best result	Second place, 2004

The Portugal national football team is the national football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Portugal has qualified four times for the FIFA World Cup, but have neither won it nor any other major tournament. Their first World Cup appearance was in 1966, where the Portuguese reached their first semi final. In that year they lost only to the eventual world champions England. Portugal finished in third place and Eusébio was considered the best player of the tournament. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, with Portugal going out in the first round both times. In the 1986 tournament, players went on strike over prize-money and refused to train between their first and the second games.

In 2003, the Portuguese Football Federation decided to hire Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Brazilian who had led the Brazil national football team to win the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Scolari led Portugal to the final of Template:Ec2 (The European Championships), where they lost to Greece, and to their second World Cup semi final in 2006, where they lost to France. The Portuguese were unable to equal Eusebio's 1966 third place finish as they lost to hosts Germany 3-1 on July 8 in Stuttgart, finishing in fourth place in the 2006 World Cup.

FIFA World Cup

1998 World Cup

The team almost qualified for the tournament which was to be hosted by France. However, during a qualifier in Germany, Rui Costa was controversially sent off for taking too long to walk off the field. Germany draw the crucial game and was thus able to qualify.

2002 World Cup

Portugal entered the tournament as favourites to win Group D. However, they were upset 3-2 to USA, at one point being three goals down in the match. They then rebounded with a 4-0 thrashing of Poland, with Pauleta getting a hat trick.

Needing a draw to advance, they lost the final group game to hosts South Korea. Argentinean referee Angel Sanchez sent off João Vieira Pinto for a dangerous tackle on Park Ji-Sung, and Pinto earned an additional suspension from FIFA for punching Sanchez. Bento was ejected for his second yellow card of the match, reducing Portugal to nine men, and Park scored the winner to allow the Koreans to advance.

2006 World Cup

The Portuguese squad qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany under the leadership of manager Luis Felipe Scolari and came in first place in Group D with victories over Angola (1-0, goal from Pauleta), Iran (2-0, goals from Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo) and Mexico (2-1, goals from Maniche and Simão). Only Mexico's Francisco Fonseca was able to score against Portugal.

Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in the Round of 16 on June 25 in Nuremberg. The goal came courtesy of a Maniche strike in an acrimonious match marked by 16 yellow cards, with 4 players being sent off for a second bookable offense.

On Saturday, July 1 at Gelsenkirchen in the quarter-finals, despite having two starters suspended due to being sent off in the previous match, Portugal defeated England on penalty kicks (3-1) after a goal-less 120 minutes to reach their first World Cup semi-final since the days of Eusébio, 40 years earlier.

Portugal were defeated 1-0 by France in the semi-finals on Wednesday, July 5 at Munich. Two players had been forced to sit out due to accumulated bookings from the round of 16 and quarter-finals. It did not help that the team faced a hostile crowd of French and English fans; as Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of unsportsmanship behavior. As in the semi-finals of Euro 2000, Portugal was again narrowly defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by Zinedine Zidane after Thierry Henry was awarded a penalty from a disputed foul committed by Ricardo Carvalho. Portugal felt that they themselves should have been awarded a penalty afterCristiano Ronaldo went down in the box. However, a penalty was not awarded by the referee, and was itself a disputed incident.

For third place, they faced Germany in the third place match on July 8 in Stuttgart. In this match, like the previous two in which Portugal had a couple of players suspended, the Selecção had lost Miguel to an injury suffered in the semi-final and Ricardo Carvalho to suspension, for accumalated yellow cards against Holland and France. Goalkeeper Ricardo had only conceded one goal in regular play so far (scored by Mexico's Francisco Fonseca, which would later curiosly move to Portugal's own SL Benfica). Surprisingly, Figo did not start the match despite having captained the squad in the rest of the tournament. Not unlike the Lusitanians, three of Germany's starters, including captain Michael Ballack, would not be available due to injury. The first half was scoreless but Portugal had several good chances from Pauleta and Deco, forcing Oliver Kahn to make several saves. In the second half, Portugal was thoroughly routed 3-1 as Germany went up three goals to nil from Bastian Schweinsteiger's two goals and an own goal, also off his shot, by Portugal's Petit. Figo replaced Pauleta in the 77th minute, regaining his captaincy during the substitution. Although Germany scored another goal shortly after Figo's entrance, he set up Nuno Gomes's goal in the 88th minute to help Portugal claw back a marker, which was Portugal's second goal of the knockout round and the first since Maniche's against Holland.

Despite this defeat, the Portuguese public hailed their national team as heroes when they retured home. The team won the Most Entertaining Team award for their play during the 2006 World Cup. The award is always organized through public participation in a poll.

Portugal's so-called "Golden Generation" retired after the 2006 World Cup. The departure of Luís Figo has left Portugal's squad with a new look in midfield that was once taken over by himself and the likes of Rui Costa and Sergio Conceciao. The squad attempting to qualify for Euro 2008 will produce a young generation of players from the U-21 squad. Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho, Nani and Manuel Fernandes are some of the names that could possibly bring future success to Portugal.

World Cup record

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championships

2000 European Championship

This tournament was the inugural success of the so-called "Golden Generation", captained by Luís Figo. They defeated England, Romania, and Germany to finish atop their group and then defeated Turkey in the quarter-finals.

In the semi-final meeting with World Cup holders France, Portugal scored first. However, France equalized and Portugal was eliminated in extra time by a golden goal when Zinedine Zidane coverted a penalty. Austrian referee Gunter Benko controversially awarded the spot kick for a handball after Abel Xavier blocked a shot from Sylvain Wiltord. (Benko initially gave France a corner but changed his mind after consulting with a linesman). Abel Xavier, Nuno Gomes and Paulo Bento were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.

2004 European Championship

This tournament is held in Portugal. Portugal, as the host nation went all the way through to the final where they eventually beaten by Greece 1-0 by a goal from Greek striker, Angelos Charisteas. Previously, on the opening match, Greece beat Portugal 2-1. This is the first time in history that the final was a repeat of the opening match.

2008 European Championship

Group A Table

Fixtures 2006

Finland 1-1 Portugal

Portugal 3-0 Azerbaijan

Poland 2-1 Portugal

Portugal 3-0 Kazakhstan

2008 European Football Championship (qualifying)

European Championship Record

Current squad

The following players named for Euro 2008 qualifying match against Kazakhstan on 15 November .

Caps and goals as of 15 November2006, included against Kazakhstan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ricardo	11 February 1976	61	0	Sporting
2	2DF	Paulo Ferreira	18 January 1979	35	0	Chelsea
4	2DF	Jorge Andrade	9 April 1978	45	3	Deportivo
11	4FW	Simão	31 October 1979	53	12	Benfica
12	1GK	Quim	13 November 1975	24	0	Benfica
13	2DF	Miguel	4 January 1980	37	1	Valencia
16	2DF	Ricardo Carvalho	18 May 1978	35	3	Chelsea
17	4FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	5 February 1985	43	15	Manchester United
19	3MF	Tiago	3 May 1981	32	0	Olympique Lyon
20	3MF	Deco	27 August 1977	43	3	Barcelona
21	4FW	Nuno Gomes	5 July 1976	60	26	Benfica
23	4FW	Hélder Postiga	2 August 1982	27	9	Porto
25	3MF	Raul Meireles	17 March 1983	1	0	Porto
27	4FW	Ricardo Quaresma	26 September 1983	6	0	Porto
28	3MF	João Moutinho	8 September 1986	5	0	Sporting
30	3MF	Carlos Martins	29 April 1982	2	0	Sporting
35	2DF	Nélson	10 June 1983	0	0	Benfica
36	2DF	Tonel	13 April 1980	1	0	Sporting
-	1GK	Daniel Fernandes	21 September 1983	0	0	PAOK
-	2DF	Manuel da Costa	6 May 1986	0	0	PSV

Recent call-up

The following players have all recently been called up to the Portugal squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3	2DF	Marco Caneira (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	9 February 1979	18	0	Sporting
5	2DF	Fernando Meira (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	5 June 1978	37	2	Stuttgart
6	3MF	Costinha (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	1 December 1974	53	2	Atlético Madrid
7	3MF	Luís Figo (retired from international football) (2006 FIFA World Cup)	4 November 1972	127	32	Internazionale
8	3MF	Petit (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	25 September 1976	45	4	Benfica
9	3MF	Pauleta (retired from international football) (2006 FIFA World Cup)	28 April 1973	89	47	Paris Saint-Germain
10	3MF	Hugo Viana (2006 FIFA World Cup)	15 January 1983	23	1	Valencia
14	2DF	Nuno Valente (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	12 September 1974	33	1	Everton
15	4FW	Luís Boa Morte (Euro 2008 qual. v. Finland, 6 September)	4 August 1977	26	1	Fulham
18	3MF	Maniche (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	11 November 1977	40	6	Atlético Madrid
22	1GK	Paulo Santos (2006 FIFA World Cup)	11 December 1972	1	0	Braga
26	4FW	Hugo Almeida (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	23 May 1984	2	0	Werder Bremen
29	2DF	Zé António (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	14 March 1977	0	0	Mönchengladbach
32	4FW	Nani (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	17 November 1986	4	1	Sporting
33	2DF	Ricardo Rocha (Euro 2008 qual. v. Poland, 11 October)	3 October 1978	6	0	Benfica
-	2DF	Ricardo Costa (Euro 2008 qual. v. Finland, 6 September)	16 May 1981	6	0	Porto
-	1GK	Bruno Vale (2006 FIFA World Cup)	8 April 1983	1	0	Leiria

• Bruno Vale originally was called up for the World Cup. However, due to a broken foot suffered in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, he was replaced by Paulo Santos on 30 May2006.

2006 World Cup squad

See 2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Portugal

Players

Famous Players

Most appearances

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most appearances for Portugal, as of October 11, 2006 (* denotes players still available for selection):

Most goals

Below is a list of the 10 players with the most goals for Portugal, as of October 11, 2006 (* denotes players still available for selection):

Trivia

• This team won the 2006 FIFA World Cup most entertaining team award.
• Pauleta was the lead goal scorer in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
• In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, this team set a record for the number of yellow cards received by a national team in a single world cup: 24 in total.

External links

• Official website of the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Portugoal.net | | The definitive Portuguese football site (in English)
• Portugal on ESPN
• RSSSF archive of results 1921-2003
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1921-
• Reports on Portugal's Matches in the 2006 World Cup
• Daily Portuguese futebol news, discussion, stats, images, and more in English

Footnotes

1. Selecção das Quinas refers to the five shields ("Team of the Escutcheons") or the five dots inside them ("Team of the Bezants") in the Portuguese flag, used until the 70s as the shirt badge. Refer to Flag of Portugal for symbolism associated with these bezants.

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