Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

Portugal vs Morocco match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

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 have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on seven occasions, the first being in 1966 where they reached the semi final.

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Record

Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934 Did Not Qualify
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966Third Place3rd6501178
Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986Group Stage17th310224
Italy 1990 Did Not Qualify
United States 1994
France 1998
South KoreaJapan 2002Group Stage21st310264
Germany 2006Fourth Place4th741275
South Africa 2010Round of 1611th412171
Brazil 2014Group Stage18th311147
Russia 2018Round of 1613th412166
Qatar 2022 To Be Determined
CanadaMexicoUnited States 2026
Total7/21-30146104935
Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches

YearRoundOpponentScoreResultScorers
1966 Round 1 Hungary3–1WinJosé Augusto (2), Torres
Round 1 Bulgaria3–0WinEusébio, Torres, Own Goal
Round 1 Brazil3–1WinSimões , Eusébio (2)
Quarter-final North Korea5–3WinEusébio (4), José Augusto
Semi-final England1–2LoseEusébio
Third place match Soviet Union2–1WinEusébio, Torres
1986 Round 1 England1–0WinCarlos Manuel
Round 1 Poland0–1Lose
Round 1 Morocco1–3LoseDiamantino
2002 Round 1 United States2–3LoseBeto, Own Goal
Round 1 Poland4–0WinPauleta (3), Rui Costa
Round 1 South Korea0–1Lose
2006 Round 1 Angola1–0WinPauleta
Round 1 Iran2–0WinDeco, Ronaldo
Round 1 Mexico2–1WinManiche, Simão
Round 2 Netherlands1–0WinManiche
Quarter-final England0–0
3–1 (pen.)		Draw
Semi-final France0–1Lose
Third place match Germany1–3LoseNuno Gomes
2010 Round 1 Ivory Coast0–0Draw
Round 1 North Korea7–0WinMeireles, Simão, Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo
Round 1 Brazil0–0Draw
Round 2 Spain0–1Lose
2014 Round 1 Germany0–4Lose
Round 1 United States2–2DrawNani, Varela
Round 1 Ghana2–1WinRonaldo, Own Goal
2018 Round 1 Spain3–3DrawRonaldo (3)
Round 1 Morocco1–0WinRonaldo
Round 1 Iran1–1DrawQuaresma
Round 2 Uruguay1–2LosePepe

Record players

Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018
No. Name Matches World Cups
1 Cristiano Ronaldo172006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
2 Simão112006 and 2010
3 Luís Figo102002 and 2006
Ricardo Carvalho102006 and 2010
5 Pauleta92002 and 2006
Tiago Mendes92006 and 2010
7 Petit82002 and 2006
Pepe82010, 2014 and 2018
9 Maniche72006
Fernando Meira72006
Ricardo72006
Miguel Monteiro72006 and 2010
Bruno Alves72010 and 2014

Top goalscorers

Eusebio's nine goals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup made him that tournament's top goalscorer, which also won him the Bronze Ball.

No. Name Goals World Cups
1 Eusébio91966
2 Cristiano Ronaldo72006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1) and 2018 (4)
3 Pauleta42002 (3) and 2006 (1)
4 José Augusto31966
José Torres31966
5 Maniche22006
Tiago Mendes22010
6 16 players1

See also

References

  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.
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