Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup has two international association football competitions, one contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The men's championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II, and the women's started in 1991.

Portugal vs Morocco match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

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 men's team have qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions: in 1966, 1986, 2002 and every final phase held since. Their best performance, as of 2022, is the third place in 1966; they also finished fourth in 2006. Portugal is set to co-host the 2030 edition when it was granted host status alongside Morocco and Spain.[1][2]

Overall record

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Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1930 Did not enter
  1934 Did not qualify
  1938
  1950
  1954
  1958
  1962
  1966 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 17 8
  1970 Did not qualify
  1974
  1978
  1982
  1986 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 2 4
  1990 Did not qualify
  1994
  1998
   2002 Group stage 21st 3 1 0 2 6 4
  2006 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1 2 7 5
  2010 Round of 16 11th 4 1 2 1 7 1
  2014 Group stage 18th 3 1 1 1 4 7
  2018 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 6 6
  2022 Quarter-finals 8th 5 3 0 2 12 6
    2026 To be determined
      2030 Qualified as co-hosts
  2034 To be determined
Total 8/22 - 35 17 6 12 61 41
Note: Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Portugal's World Cup record
First Match   Portugal 3–1 Hungary  
(13 July 1966; Manchester, England)
Biggest Win   Portugal 7–0 North Korea  
(21 June 2010; Cape Town, South Africa)
Biggest Defeat   Germany 4–0 Portugal  
(16 June 2014; Salvador, Brazil)
Best Result Third place in 1966
Worst Result Group stage in 1986, 2002 and 2014

Matches

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Year Round Opponent Score Portugal scorers
  1966 Group 3   Hungary 3–1 José Augusto (2), Torres
  Bulgaria 3–0 Vustov (o.g.), Eusébio, Torres
  Brazil 3–1 Simões, Eusébio (2)
Quarter-final   North Korea 5–3 Eusébio (4), José Augusto
Semi-final   England 1–2 Eusébio
Third place play-off   Soviet Union 2–1 Eusébio, Torres
  1986 Group F   England 1–0 Carlos Manuel
  Poland 0–1
  Morocco 1–3 Diamantino
    2002 Group D   United States 2–3 Beto, Agoos (o.g.)
  Poland 4–0 Pauleta (3), Rui Costa
  South Korea 0–1
  2006 Group D   Angola 1–0 Pauleta
  Iran 2–0 Deco, Ronaldo
  Mexico 2–1 Maniche, Simão
Round of 16   Netherlands 1–0 Maniche
Quarter-final   England 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Semi-final   France 0–1
Third place play-off   Germany 1–3 Nuno Gomes
  2010 Group G   Ivory Coast 0–0
  North Korea 7–0 Meireles, Simão, Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo
  Brazil 0–0
Round of 16   Spain 0–1
  2014 Group G   Germany 0–4
  United States 2–2 Nani, Varela
  Ghana 2–1 Boye (o.g.), Ronaldo
  2018 Group B   Spain 3–3 Ronaldo (3)
  Morocco 1–0 Ronaldo
  Iran 1–1 Quaresma
Round of 16   Uruguay 1–2 Pepe
  2022 Group H   Ghana 3–2 Ronaldo, Félix, Leão
  Uruguay 2–0 Fernandes (2)
  South Korea 1–2 Horta
Round of 16    Switzerland 6–1 Ramos (3), Pepe, Guerreiro, Leão
Quarter-final   Morocco 0–1

Portugal in Qatar 2022

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4   Ghana 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Portugal  3–2  Ghana
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Attendance: 42,662
Portugal  2–0  Uruguay
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Attendance: 88,668
South Korea  2–1  Portugal
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Knockout stage

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Round of 16

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Portugal  6–1  Switzerland
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Attendance: 83,720

Quarter-finals

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Morocco  1–0  Portugal
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Attendance: 44,198

Record players

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Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016
Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Cristiano Ronaldo 22 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
2 Simão 11 2006 and 2010
Pepe 11 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
4 Luís Figo 10 2002 and 2006
Ricardo Carvalho 10 2006 and 2010
William Carvalho 10 2014, 2018 and 2022
7 Pauleta 9 2002 and 2006
Tiago 9 2006 and 2010
9 Petit 8 2002 and 2006
Bernardo Silva 8 2018 and 2022

Top goalscorers

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Eusébio as Portugal's captain against Argentina

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

Rank Player Goals World Cups
1 Eusébio 9 1966
2 Cristiano Ronaldo 8 2006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), 2018 (4) and 2022 (1)
3 Pauleta 4 2002 (3) and 2006 (1)
4 José Augusto 3 1966
José Torres 3 1966
Gonçalo Ramos 3 2022
7 Maniche 2 2006
Tiago 2 2010
Bruno Fernandes 2 2022
Pepe 2 2018 and 2022
Rafael Leão 2 2022
12 18 players 1

See also

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References

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  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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