Portugal national under-20 football team

The Portugal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation

Portuguese Football Federation

The Portuguese Football Federation is the governing body of football in Portugal. The Portuguese National team is going to win the Euro 2012. It organises the Second and Third Division, the Cup of Portugal, the Portuguese SuperCup, youth levels, women's football, beach soccer, futsal, and also...

, the governing body for football in Portugal

Football in Portugal

- History :Football started to gain popularity in Portugal in the late 19th century, brought by Portuguese students who returned from England.right|250px|thumb...

.

The U20 team acts mainly as a feeder team for the U21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 result.

The Portuguese team has 8 participations in the FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...

and 12 in the Toulon Tournament

Toulon Tournament

The Toulon Tournament is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players, although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams...

The Golden Generation (1989-1991)

The Golden Generation

Golden Generation

In sport, a golden generation is an exceptionally gifted group of players of similar age, whose achievements reach or are expected to reach a level of success beyond that which their team had previously achieved...

was the Generation of the players that won consecutive FIFA Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991.

The Silver Generation(2011)

The Courage Generation was the Generation of players that was runner up in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
Year	Round	Position
1977 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship and was held in Tunisia from June 27 to July 10, 1977. The tournament took place in four venues — Tunis, Rades, Sousse and Sfax — where a total of 28 matches were played, the smallest number in its...	Did Not Enter
1979 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from August 26 to September 7, 1979. The tournament took place in four venues — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the...	Quarter-Final	7th	4	1	1	2	2	4	- 2
1981 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played... to 1987 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from October 10 to October 25, 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists, and...	Did Not Qualify
1989	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	6	3	+3
1991	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	9	1	+8
1993 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Australia for second time from 5 to 20 March 1993. The 1993 championship was the 9th contested. The tournament took place in five venues: Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide....	Group Stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	5	- 4
1995 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship The 10th FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Qatar from April 13 to April 28, 1995. The tournament took place in three venues in one city: Doha.-Qualification:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:--------------------...	Third Place	3rd	6	5	0	1	12	6	+6
1997 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from June 16 to July 5, 1997 in Malaysia.-Venues:-Qualification:The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship...	Did Not Qualify
1999 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between April 3 and April 24, 1999. The 1999 championship was the 12th contested.- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Squads:...	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
2001 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between June 17 and July 8, 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar del Plata... to 2005 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in The Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. The 2005 championship was the 15th contested.- Venues :- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship...	Did Not Qualify
2007	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	4	5	- 1
2009	Did Not Qualify
2011 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...	Runners up	2nd	7	4	2	1	7	3	+4
Total	2 Titles	2/8	40	22	6	12	46	31	+15

Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
  - Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

List of FIFA U-20 World Cup matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1979 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from August 26 to September 7, 1979. The tournament took place in four venues — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the...	Group stage		3–1	Lost
	Group stage

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|rowspan=6|1989
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|Final||align="left"|||1–0||Win
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|rowspan=6|1991
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|Final||align="left"|||0–0
4–2 (pen.

Penalty shootout (football)

A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

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|rowspan=3|1993

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Australia for second time from 5 to 20 March 1993. The 1993 championship was the 9th contested. The tournament took place in five venues: Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide....

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|rowspan=6|1995

1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 10th FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Qatar from April 13 to April 28, 1995. The tournament took place in three venues in one city: Doha.-Qualification:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:--------------------...

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|rowspan=4|1999

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between April 3 and April 24, 1999. The 1999 championship was the 12th contested.- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Squads:...

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5–4 (pen.

Penalty shootout (football)

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|rowspan=4|2007
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|rowspan=7|2011
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Overtime (sports)

Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...

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Toulon Tournament record

Toulon Tournament record* Toulon Tournament The Toulon Tournament is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players, although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams...
Year	Round	Position
1996	Third Place	3rd	4	3	1	0	12	3	+9
1997	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3
1998	Third Place	3rd	5	3	1	1	4	1	+3
1999	Group Stage	7th	3	0	1	2	1	5	- 4
2000	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	4	0	7	4	+3
2001	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	12	5	+7
2002	Group Stage	7th	4	0	3	1	1	2	- 1
2003	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	11	2	+9
2004	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4
2006	Third Place	3rd	5	2	2	1	3	1	+2
2007 2007 Toulon Tournament The 2007 Toulon Tournament was the 35th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 31 May to 9 June. It was won by France, after they beat China 3-1 in the final.-Table:-Match summaries:-Table:-Match summaries:...	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	3	1	2	2	0
2011 2011 Toulon Tournament The 2011 Toulon Tournament was the 39th edition of the Toulon Tournament and took place from 1 June to 10 June. Côte d'Ivoire were the defending champions, but they failed to win a single match and were eliminated in the group stage....	Group Stage	5th	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Total	2 Titles	2/8	36	19	6	11	42	30	+12

Portugal also participated in the 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 2009 tournaments but with the u-21 squad instead of the u-20 squad.

List of Toulon Tournament matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Group stage		1–1	Draw
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|rowspan=5|1997
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|Group stage||align="left"|||1–1||Draw
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|Group stage||align="left"|||1–1||Draw
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|Final||align="left"|||2–1||Loss
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|rowspan=5|1998
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4–2 (pen.

Penalty shootout (football)

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|rowspan=3|1999
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|Group stage||align="left"|||1–0||Loss
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|rowspan=5|2000
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|Group stage||align="left"|||3–0||Win
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|Semi-final||align="left"|||0–0
3–5 (pen.

Penalty shootout (football)

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|Final||align="left"|||1–1
3–1 (pen.

Penalty shootout (football)

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|rowspan=5|2001
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|Group stage||align="left"|||2–1||Win
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|Final||align="left"|||2–1||Win
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|rowspan=4|2002
|Group stage||align="left"|||1–1||Draw
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–0||Draw
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|Group stage||align="left"|||1–0||Loss
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–0||Draw
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|rowspan=5|2003
|Group stage||align="left"|||0–3||Win
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–3||Win
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|Group stage||align="left"|||1–0||Loss
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|Group stage||align="left"|||2–0||Win
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|Final||align="left"|||3–1||Win
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|rowspan=3|2004
|Group stage||align="left"|||1–0||Win
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–1||Loss
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|Group stage||align="left"|||2–2||Draw
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|rowspan=5|2005
|Group stage||align="left"|||0–4||Win
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–1||Win
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|Group stage||align="left"|||2–0||Win
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|Final||align="left"|||4–1||Loss
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|rowspan=5|2006
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–0||Draw
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|rowspan=5|2007
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|Group stage||align="left"|||1–0||Win
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–0||Draw
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5–4 (pen.

Penalty shootout (football)

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|rowspan=5|2011
|Group stage||align="left"|||1–1||Draw
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|Group stage||align="left"|||1–1||Draw
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|Group stage||align="left"|||0–1||Win
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Team

FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
Winner (2): 1989, 1991
Runner-up (1): 2011
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...
Third place (1): 1995
1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 10th FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Qatar from April 13 to April 28, 1995. The tournament took place in three venues in one city: Doha.-Qualification:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:--------------------...

Toulon Tournament
Toulon Tournament
The Toulon Tournament is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players, although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams...
Winner (2): 2001, 2003
Runner-up (3): 1997, 2000, 2005
Third place (3): 1996, 1998, 2006

Torneio Internacional da Madeira
Winner (7): 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
Runner-up (4): 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006

Torneio Campos Verdes
Winner (2): 2007, 2008

Copa El Presidente de La Republica - Ricardo Martinelli
Third place (1): 2011

Individual awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1991	Emílio Peixe Emílio Peixe Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Portugal youth teams, Peixe was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, namely Sporting.-Football...		Paulo Torres Paulo Torres Paulo Manuel Banha Torres is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left defender.-Football career:...
1995 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship The 10th FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Qatar from April 13 to April 28, 1995. The tournament took place in three venues in one city: Doha.-Qualification:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:--------------------...		Dani Dani Dani is a unisex given name typically truncated from the name Daniel or Danielle.Dani may refer to:-People:* Dani people, a people living in the isolated central highlands of West Papua* Danes -Given name:...
2011 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...		Nélson Oliveira Nélson Oliveira Nélson Miguel Castro Oliveira is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a striker.-Club career:Born in Barcelos, Oliveira finished his youth career at S.L. Benfica, having arrived at age 15 from Sporting de Braga, being a prolific scorer for both clubs. He made his first team debut...

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Show
1995 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship The 10th FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Qatar from April 13 to April 28, 1995. The tournament took place in three venues in one city: Doha.-Qualification:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:--------------------...		Dani Dani Dani is a unisex given name typically truncated from the name Daniel or Danielle.Dani may refer to:-People:* Dani people, a people living in the isolated central highlands of West Papua* Danes -Given name:...

Year	Golden glove
2011 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...	Mika Michael Simões Domingues Michael Simões Domingues , aka Mika, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...

Toulon Tournament

Year	Top scorer
1996	Nuno Gomes Nuno Gomes Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro , commonly known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a striker.He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after F.C...
1997	Carlitos
2001	Lourenço
2003	Lourenço
2005	Vaz Tê Ricardo Vaz Té Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Barnsley. Vaz Tê previously played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers and Hull City, Greek club Panionios and Scottish club Hibernian.- Early life :...

Year	Most Elegant Player
1997	Edgar Pacheco Edgar Pacheco Edgar Patrício de Carvalho Pacheco , simply Edgar, is a retired Angolan-Portuguese footballer who played as a forward....
2000	Ednilson
2001	Ricardo Costa Ricardo Costa Ricardo Costa may refer to:Ricardo Costa , PortugueseRicardo Costa , PortugueseRicardo Costa Ricardo Valter da Costa, Brazilian footballer*Ricardo Mion Varella Costa, Brazilian footballer...
2004	Raul Meireles
2005	Organista Sérgio Organista Sérgio José Organista Aguiar , known as Organista, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Portimonense S.C. as a midfielder.-Club career:...
2007 2007 Toulon Tournament The 2007 Toulon Tournament was the 35th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 31 May to 9 June. It was won by France, after they beat China 3-1 in the final.-Table:-Match summaries:-Table:-Match summaries:...	Bruno Gama Bruno Gama Bruno Alexandre Vilela Gama is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, mainly as a right winger.-Club career:...

Year	Best Goalkeeper
1997	Nuno Santos Nuno Santos (footballer born 1978) Nuno Filipe Oliveira Santos is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Covilhã as a goalkeeper.-Football career:Born in Coimbra, Baixo Mondego, Santos started his professional career with Lisbon and national giants Sporting Clube de Portugal...
1998
2000	Sérgio Leite Sérgio Leite Sérgio Barbosa Dias Leite is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.-Football career:After emerging from local Boavista FC's youth ranks, Leite found it hard to find a spot in the first team, barred by William Andem first then Ricardo; he went on to serve four loans in the lower leagues...
2003	Bruno Vale

Current squad

Head coach:

Ilídio Vale

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...

1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
1991 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
1993 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
1995 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

Toulon Tournament
Toulon Tournament
The Toulon Tournament is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players, although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams...

2007 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal
2011 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal

Most goals

No	Name	Goals	Caps	First cap	Latest cap
1	Lourenço	9	?	2001	2003
1	Nélson Oliveira Nélson Oliveira Nélson Miguel Castro Oliveira is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a striker.-Club career:Born in Barcelos, Oliveira finished his youth career at S.L. Benfica, having arrived at age 15 from Sporting de Braga, being a prolific scorer for both clubs. He made his first team debut...	9	19	October 7, 2010	August 21, 2011
2	Nuno Gomes Nuno Gomes Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro , commonly known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a striker.He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after F.C...	7	?	1995	June 1, 1996
2	Ricardo Sousa Ricardo Sousa Ricardo André de Pinho Sousa is a Portuguese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.-Club career:...	7	?	1998	April 15, 1999
5	Bruno Gama Bruno Gama Bruno Alexandre Vilela Gama is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, mainly as a right winger.-Club career:...	6	?	2006	July 12, 2007
	Ricardo Vaz Tê Ricardo Vaz Té Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Barnsley. Vaz Tê previously played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers and Hull City, Greek club Panionios and Scottish club Hibernian.- Early life :...	6	?	2004	2005
	Carlitos Carlos Manuel da Silva Cunha Carlos Manuel da Silva Cunha , aka Carlitos, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a winger.-Football career:...	6	?	1997	1998
8	Diogo Tavares Diogo Tavares Diogo Filipe Conceição Tavares is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Calcio Como in Italy, as a forward.-Football career:...	5	?	2006	2007

Notable players

Luís Figo
Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH, is a Portuguese former international footballer. He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale, during a career which spanned over a period of 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...
Rui Costa
Rui Costa
Rui Manuel César Costa, OIH is a former Portuguese football player and current Director of Football for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. An attacking midfielder also capable of playing as a deep-seated defensive midfielder, he most recently played for Portuguese club Benfica...
Fernando Couto
Fernando Couto
Fernando Manuel Silva Couto, OIH is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.During a 21-year professional career, he played in a number of top teams in Portugal, Spain and Italy , appearing in nearly 600 official games and winning the national league title of each country,...
Jorge Costa
Jorge Costa
Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida , known as Costa, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central defender, and a current manager....
João Vieira Pinto
João Vieira Pinto
João Manuel Vieira Pinto is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mostly as a forward.Blessed with formidable skills and scoring ability, he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the Portuguese national team's "Golden Generation", collecting 138 caps and scoring 35...
Paulo Alves
Paulo Alves
Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a centre forward, and a current coach.-Football career:Born in Vila Real, Alves moved from local club to F.C...
Paulo Sousa
Paulo Sousa
Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current manager.He was a member of the “Portuguese Golden Generation”...
Nuno Capucho
Rui Bento
Rui Bento
Rui Fernando da Silva Calapez Pereira Bento is a retired Portuguese footballer and a current coach.During his playing days he played mostly as a central defender.-Club career:Bento first represented S.L...
Emílio Peixe
Emílio Peixe
Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Portugal youth teams, Peixe was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, namely Sporting.-Football...
Abel Xavier
Abel Xavier
Faisal Xavier is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a full back. He last played for Los Angeles Galaxy and also made 20 appearances for the Portuguese national team.-Career:...

Head coaches

29
Manager	Period	Record
Manager	Period	Matches	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Peres Bandeira	1979
Carlos Queiroz Carlos Queiroz Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz ComIH is a Portuguese football manager. He is currently the manager of the Iran national football team. A former manager of Real Madrid, and Portugal national football team, he has also twice been Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester...	1989–1991
Agostinho Oliveira	1993
Nelo Vingada Nelo Vingada Eduardo Manuel Martinho Vingada, known as Nelo Vingada is a Portuguese football manager who currently manages Chinese Super League team Dalian Shide F.C.-Coaching career:...	1994-95
Jesualdo Ferreira Jesualdo Ferreira Manuel Jesualdo Ferreira is a Portuguese football manager who currently manages Greek club Panathinaikos.-Early career:In Ferreira's early career, he managed Rio Maior and Torreense...	1996-2000
António Violante	2001-2002, 2008
Rui Caçador	2003-2004, 2007-2008
José Couceiro	2006-2007	21	13	4	4	37	8
Paulo Alves	2009-2010	5	3	1	1	9	3
Ilidio Vale	2010–	19	6	11	2	21	16

The Golden Generation (1989-1991)

The Silver Generation(2011)

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Toulon Tournament record

Team

Individual awards

Current squad

Previous squads

Most goals

Notable players

Head coaches

See also