Portugal
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Federaçao Portuguesa de Futebol
Founded: 1914
Federation: UEFA
- The Portuguese Football Union (now the Portuguese Football Federation) was formed in 1914 and the Portuguese national team's first international was a 3-1 loss to Spain in 1921. Portugal have a rather colourful relationship with England. Some good, some bad. The first meeting with England was a 10-0 thrashing in 1947 and remains their biggest ever defeat.
With help from superstars such as Eusebio they qualified for their first World Cup in 1966 reaching the semi-finals before being beaten 2-1 by England again. After that, Portugal spent a long time in the wilderness despite qualifying for the 1986 World Cup and gaining revenge on England by beating Bobby Robson's team in the first group game. Sadly, they lost the two remaining games and headed home.
The Golden Generation of Portuguese football began in the late 90s but despite the world class players, consistency was not always evident. They reached the quarter-finals of Euro '96 but failed to qualify for the World Cup 1998. They were eliminated from Euro 2000 in the semi-finals and crashed out in the group stage of the 2002 World Cup. The highlight was reaching the final of Euro '04 on home ground (eliminating England on the way via penalties in the quarter-finals) but they lost out to longshots Greece at the final hurdle.
The 2006 World Cup saw them knock England out once again on penalties, again in the quarter-finals but they went on to lose to France in the semis. Another semi-final defeat by Spain in Euro '12 beckoned.
Finally, just when we all thought that the Golden Generation was at an end, a very unfancied Portugal surprised everyone by winning Euro 2016.
Head to head
- Type
- Played
- Won
- Drawn
- Lost
- For
- Against
- FriendlyFR
- 13
- 8
- 4
- 1
- 35
- 15
- World Cup QualifierWCQ
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 3
- 1
- Nations' Cup (Taça das Nações)BJT
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 1
- World Cup FinalsWCF
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 2
- European Championship QualifierECQ
- 2
- 0
- 2
- 0
- 1
- 1
- European Championship FinalsECF
- 2
- 0
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 5
- Competitive
- 10
- 2
- 6
- 2
- 11
- 10
Match List
POR, 2nd Jun 2016, 1 - 0 (FR)
POR, 1st Jul 2006, 0 - 0 (WCF) *
POR, 24th Jun 2004, 2 - 2 (ECF) *
POR, 18th Feb 2004, 1 - 1 (FR)
POR, 7th Sep 2002, 1 - 1 (FR)
POR, 12th Jun 2000, 2 - 3 (ECF)
POR, 22nd Apr 1998, 3 - 0 (FR)
POR, 12th Dec 1995, 1 - 1 (FR)
POR, 3rd Jun 1986, 0 - 1 (WCF)
POR, 19th Nov 1975, 1 - 1 (ECQ)
POR, 20th Nov 1974, 0 - 0 (ECQ)
POR, 3rd Apr 1974, 0 - 0 (FR)
POR, 10th Dec 1969, 1 - 0 (FR)
POR, 26th Jul 1966, 2 - 1 (WCF)
POR, 4th Jun 1964, 1 - 1 (BJT)
POR, 17th May 1964, 4 - 3 (FR)
POR, 25th Oct 1961, 2 - 0 (WCQ)
POR, 21st May 1961, 1 - 1 (WCQ)
POR, 7th May 1958, 2 - 1 (FR)
POR, 22nd May 1955, 1 - 3 (FR)
POR, 19th May 1951, 5 - 2 (FR)
POR, 14th May 1950, 5 - 3 (FR)
POR, 25th May 1947, 10 - 0 (FR)
- * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.