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Portugal in the UEFA Nations League

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In September 2018, the UEFA Nations League starring all European nations officially commenced. This competition has been created to make the international breaks more competitive and interesting and remove as much friendly matches as possible. The teams are divided into four leagues of four groups, from League A to League D. The winners of each group from League A get to play the Finals, constituted of the semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and the final.

Since the first season, Portugal has always remained in League A, the highest level of this competition. Portugal is the first ever winner of the UEFA Nations League, topping their group against Italy and Poland, knocking out Switzerland in the semi-finals and beating the Netherlands in the final. They couldn't retain the trophy in the next season after finishing second to France in the group stage.

UEFA Nations League record

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UEFA Nations League record
Season** Division Group Pld W D* L GF GA P/R Rank
  2018–19 A 3 6 4 2 0 9 4   1st
  2020–21 A 3 6 4 1 1 12 4   5th
  2022–23 A 2 6 3 1 2 11 3   6th
  2024–25 A 1 In progress
Total 18 11 4 3 32 11 1 Title
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalties.
**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage. Red border colour indicates the finals stage was held on home soil.

List of matches

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Season Round Opponent Score Result Venue Portugal scorers
    2018–19 Group stage
  Italy 1–0 W Lisbon A. Silva
  Poland 2–3 W Chorzów A. Silva, Glik (o.g.), B. Silva
  Italy 0–0 D Milan –
  Poland 1–1 D Guimarães A. Silva
Semi-final    Switzerland 3–1 W Porto Ronaldo (3)
Final   Netherlands 1–0 W Porto Guedes
    2020–21 Group stage
  Croatia 4–1 W Porto Cancelo, Jota, Félix, A. Silva
  Sweden 2–0 W Solna Ronaldo (2)
  France 0–0 D Saint-Denis –
  Sweden 3–0 W Lisbon B. Silva, Jota (2)
  France 0–1 L Lisbon –
  Croatia 3–2 W Split Dias (2), Félix
    2022–23 Group stage
  Spain 1–1 D Seville Horta
   Switzerland 4–0 W Lisbon Carvalho, Ronaldo (2), Cancelo
  Czech Republic 2–0 W Lisbon Cancelo, Guedes
   Switzerland 0–1 L Geneva –
  Czech Republic 4–0 W Prague Dalot (2), Fernandes, Jota
  Spain 0–1 L Braga –
    2024–25 Group stage
  Croatia 2–1 W Lisbon Dalot, Ronaldo
  Scotland 2–1 W Lisbon Fernandes, Ronaldo
  Poland 3–1 W Warsaw B. Silva, Ronaldo, Bednarek (o.g.)
  Scotland 0–0 D Glasgow –
  Poland 5–1 W Porto Leão, Ronaldo (2), Fernandes, Neto
  Croatia 1–1 D Split Félix
Quarter-final   Denmark Copenhagen
TBD

2018–19 UEFA Nations League

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Group stage

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]      
1   Portugal 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 1–0 1–1
2   Italy 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5 0–0 — 1–1
3   Poland 4 0 2 2 4 6 −2 2 2–3 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
Portugal  1–0  Italy
  • A. Silva   48'
 Report
Attendance: 52,635[1]
Poland  2–3  Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 48,783[1]
Italy  0–0  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 73,000[1]
Portugal  1–1  Poland
 Report
Attendance: 29,917[1]

Finals

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Semi-finals

Portugal  3–1   Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 42,415[2]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Final

Main article: 2019 UEFA Nations League final
Portugal  1–0  Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 43,199[3]

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

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Group stage

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation        
1   France 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 16 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 0–0 4–2 4–2
2   Portugal 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 0–1 — 4–1 3–0
3   Croatia 6 1 0 5 9 16 −7 3[a] 1–2 2–3 — 2–1
4   Sweden (R) 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3[a] Relegation to League B 0–1 0–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Portugal  4–1  Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 0[4][note 1]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Sweden  0–2  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 0[5][note 1]
France  0–0  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 1,000[6]
Portugal  3–0  Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 5,000[7]
Portugal  0–1  France
Report
Attendance: 0[8][note 2]
Croatia  2–3  Portugal
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Attendance: 0[9][note 2]

2022–23 UEFA Nations League

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Group stage

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation        
1   Spain (C) 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 1–1 1–2 2–0
2   Portugal 6 3 1 2 11 3 +8 10 0–1 — 4–0 2–0
3    Switzerland 6 3 0 3 6 9 −3 9 0–1 1–0 — 2–1
4   Czech Republic (R) 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4 Relegation to League B 2–2 0–4 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Spain  1–1  Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 41,236[10]
Portugal  4–0   Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 42,325[11]
Portugal  2–0  Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 44,100[12]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Switzerland  1–0  Portugal
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Attendance: 26,300[13]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Czech Republic  0–4  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 19,322[14]
Portugal  0–1  Spain
Report
Attendance: 28,196[15]

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

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Group stage

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation        
1   Portugal 6 4 2 0 13 5 +8 14 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 2–1 5–1
2   Croatia 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 — 2–1 1–0
3   Scotland 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–0 1–0 — 2–3
4   Poland (R) 6 1 1 4 9 16 −7 4 Relegation to League B 1–3 3–3 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Portugal  2–1  Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 57,675[16]
Portugal  2–1  Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 59,894[17]
Poland  1–3  Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 56,854[18]
Scotland  0–0  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 49,057[19]
Portugal  5–1  Poland
 Report
Attendance: 47,239[20]
Croatia  1–1  Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 33,386[21]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Denmark  v  Portugal
Report

Second leg

Portugal  v  Denmark
Report

Goalscorers

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Player Goals 2018–19 2020–21 2022–23 2024–25
Cristiano Ronaldo 12 3 2 2 5
Diogo Jota 4 3 1
André Silva 4 3 1
João Cancelo 3 1 2
Diogo Dalot 3 2 1
João Félix 3 2 1
Bruno Fernandes 3 1 2
Bernardo Silva 3 1 1 1
Rúben Dias 2 2
Gonçalo Guedes 2 1 1
William Carvalho 1 1
Ricardo Horta 1 1
Rafael Leão 1 1
Pedro Neto 1 1
Own goals 2 1 1
Total 45 9 12 11 13

Bold players are still active with the national team.

See also

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Notes

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[note 1] [note 2]

  1. ^ a b c Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[22][23]
  2. ^ a b c Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Summary UEFA Nations League A – Group 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Full Time Report – Semi-finals – Portugal v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Full Time Report – Final – Portugal v Netherlands" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Portugal vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Sweden vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ^ "France vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Portugal vs. Sweden" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Portugal vs. France" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Croatia vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Spain vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Portugal vs. Switzerland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Portugal vs. Czech Republic" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Switzerland vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Czech Republic vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Portugal vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Portugal vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Full Time Report League phase – Portugal v Scotland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Full Time Report League phase – Poland v Portugal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Full Time Report League phase – Scotland v Portugal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Full Time Report League phase – Portugal v Poland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Full Time Report League phase – Croatia v Portugal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  22. ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  23. ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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