Portugal women's national football team
The Portugal women's national football team represents Portugal in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.
Nickname(s) | A Selecção das Quinas[1] | ||
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Association | Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Francisco Neto | ||
Captain | Cláudia Neto | ||
Most caps | Carla Couto (145) | ||
Top scorer | Edite Fernandes (39) | ||
FIFA code | POR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 32 | ||
Highest | 30 (March 2019) | ||
Lowest | 47 (March 2007) | ||
First international | |||
(Le Mans, France; 24 October 1981) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Yerevan, Armenia; 17 September 2011) (Setúbal, Portugal; 24 November 2017) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Reutlingen, Germany; 15 November 2003) | |||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2017) |
History
Coaching staff
Players
Caps and goals may be incorrect.
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifier against
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Rute Costa | 1 June 1994 | 2 | 0 | ||
GK | Patrícia Morais | 17 June 1992 | 51 | 0 | ||
GK | Inês Pereira | 26 May 1999 | 5 | 0 | ||
DF | Matilde Fidalgo | 15 May 1994 | 38 | 0 | ||
DF | Carole Costa | 3 May 1990 | 106 | 10 | ||
DF | Ana Borges | 15 June 1990 | 112 | 9 | ||
DF | Raquel Infante | 19 September 1990 | 20 | 0 | ||
DF | Diana Gomes | 26 July 1998 | 2 | 0 | ||
DF | Sílvia Rebelo | 20 May 1989 | 82 | 1 | ||
DF | Mónica Mendes | 16 June 1993 | 51 | 2 | ||
MF | Tatiana Pinto | 28 March 1994 | 38 | 1 | ||
MF | Inês Maia | |||||
MF | Dolores Silva | 7 August 1991 | 89 | 11 | ||
MF | Andreia Norton | 15 August 1996 | 26 | 3 | ||
MF | Fátima Pinto | 16 January 1996 | 42 | 1 | ||
MF | Andreia Faria | |||||
MF | Cláudia Neto (captain) | 18 April 1988 | 111 | 14 | ||
MF | Vanessa Marques | 12 April 1996 | 61 | 7 | ||
FW | Carolina Mendes | 27 November 1987 | 83 | 18 | ||
FW | Melissa Gomes | |||||
FW | Jéssica Silva | 11 December 1994 | 58 | 6 | ||
FW | Telma Encarnação | 11 October 2001 | ||||
FW | Diana Silva | 4 June 1995 | 47 | 8 |
Recent call-ups
The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.
This list may be incomplete.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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DF | Joana Marchão | 24 October 1996 | 3 | 0 | v. |
Previous squads
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Recent results and schedules
2020
4 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup | Portugal | 1–2 | Faro/Loulé, Portugal | |
20:15 (21:15 CET) | Silva |
Report | Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Francia González (Mexico) |
7 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup | Portugal | 0–1 | Parchal, Portugal | |
17:00 | Report | De Caigny |
Stadium: Vista Municipal Stadium Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela) |
10 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup | Portugal | 0–2 | Faro/Loulé, Portugal | |
20:00 | Stadium: Estádio Algarve |
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record | FIFA Women's World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Did not qualify | UEFA Women's Euro 1991 | ||||||||||||||
UEFA Women's Euro 1995 | |||||||||||||||
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 26 | ||||||||||
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||||
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 21 | ||||||||||
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA European Women's Championship record
UEFA Women's Championship record | UEFA Women's Championship qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1984 | Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||||||||
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 26 | ||||||||||
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||||
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||||
8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | ||||||||||
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 13 | ||||||||||
Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Algarve Cup
The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.[5]
Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA |
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1994 | 5th/6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
1995 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
1996 | 7th/8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
1997 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
1998 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
1999 | 7th/8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
2000 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
2001 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
2002 | 11th/12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
2003 | 10th/12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
2004 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
2005 | 11th/12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
2006 | 11th/11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
2007 | 12th/12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2008 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
2009 | 8th/12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
2010 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
2011 | 9th/12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
2012 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
2013 | 11th/12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
2014 | 12th/12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
2015 | 11th/12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
2016 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
2017 | 12th/12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
2018 | 3rd/12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
2019 | 12th/12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
2020 | 8th/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Total | - | 103 | 25 | 17 | 61 | 95 | 198 |
References
- 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.
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- https://www.fpf.pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/25052
- UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad
- "Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.