Portugal national football team results (1921–1939)

This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 1921 and 1939. Between their first match in 1921 and 1939, when competitive football stopped because of the Second World War, Portugal played in 42 matches, resulting in 13 victories, 7 draws, 22 defeats. Throughout this period they played in the 1928 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals where they got knocked out by Egypt.

Results

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42 matches played:[1]

Key
Colour (with score) Meaning
Defeat
Draw
Win

1920s

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18 December 1921 Friendly Spain   3 – 1   Portugal   Campo de O'Donnell, Madrid
15:00 (UTC+0:00) Meana   20'
Alcántara   23', 50'
Report Alberto Augusto   75' Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Charles Barette
17 December 1922 Friendly Portugal   1 – 2   Spain   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00) Gonçalves   37' Report   61' Piera
  82' Monjardín
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Thomas Balvay
16 December 1923 Friendly Spain   3 – 0   Portugal   Campo de la Reina Victoria, Sevilla
15:00 (UTC+0:00) Zabala   14', 57', 70' Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Paul Putz
17 May 1925 Friendly Portugal   0 – 2   Spain   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:30 (UTC+0:00) Report   8' Carmelo
  17' Piera
Attendance: 17,000
Referee:   Georges Vallat
18 June 1925 Friendly Portugal   1 – 0   Italy   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
18:30 (UTC+0:00) João Francisco   39' Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Georges Theuerkauff
24 January 1926 Friendly Portugal   1 – 1   Czechoslovakia Amateur   Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:00 (UTC+0:00) João Santos   59' Report   75' Jelínek Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   Gaston Degotte
18 April 1926 Friendly France   4 – 2   Portugal   Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse
15:00 (UTC+1:00) Salvano   16'
Brunel   40', 65'
Bonello   56'
Report   35' Augusto Silva
  86' João Santos
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:   Ed Dizerens
26 December 1926 Friendly Portugal   3 – 3   Hungary   Campo do Ameal, Porto
João Santos   40'
Severo Tiago   49'
José Martins   60'
Report   9', 74' Holzbauer
  22' Braun
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   José Llovera
Note: João dos Santos set the goal scoring record for Portugal (3 goals)
16 March 1927 Friendly Portugal   4 – 0   France   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:30 (UTC+0:00) Pepe   7', 44'
José Martins   49', 74'
Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Luis Collina Álvarez
17 April 1927 Friendly Italy   3 – 1   Portugal   Stadio Filadelfia, Turin
15:00 (UTC+1:00) Levratto   20', 70'
Baloncieri   48'
Report   82' Cambalacho Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   František Cejnar
29 May 1927 Friendly[a] Spain   B[a] 2 – 0   Portugal   Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid
17:30 (UTC+1:00) Moraleda   60'
Valderrama   80'
[2][3][4] Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Thomas Crewe
8 January 1928 Friendly Portugal   2 – 2   Spain   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00) José Martins   25' (pen.)
João Santos   84'
Report   30' (pen.) Zaldúa
  58' Goiburu
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Albert Prince-Cox
1 April 1928 Friendly Portugal   0 – 0   Argentina   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00) Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Ricardo Rocamora
15 April 1928 Friendly Portugal   4 – 1   Italy   Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:30 (UTC) Mota   20', 27', 77'
Silva   57'
Report   38' Libonatti Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Henri Christophe
29 April 1928 Friendly France   1 – 1   Portugal   Parc des Princes, Paris
15:00 (UTC+1:00) Nicolas   44' Report   24' Armando Martins Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Stanley Rous
27 May 1928   Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics Preliminary round Portugal   4 – 2   Chile   Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
15:00 (UTC+1:20) Vítor Silva   38'
Pepe   40', 50'
Mota   63'
Report   14' Saavedra
  30' Carbonell
Attendance: 2,309
Referee:   Yussuf Muhammad
29 May 1928   Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics Round of 16 Portugal   2 – 1   Yugoslavia   Old Stadion, Amsterdam
16:00 (+1:20) Vítor Silva   25'
Augusto Silva   90'
Report   31' Bonačić Attendance: 1,226
Referee:   Alfred Birlem
4 June 1928   Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals Egypt   2 – 1   Portugal   Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
19:00 (UTC+1:20) Mahmoud Mokhtar   15'
Riadh   48'
Report   76' Vítor Silva Attendance: 3,448
Referee:   Giovanni Mauro
17 March 1929 Friendly Spain   5 – 0   Portugal   Estadio de la Exposición, Seville
16:00 (UTC+0:00) Rubio   2', 9', 20'
Padrón   30', 45'
Report Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   John Langenus
24 March 1929 Friendly France   2 – 0   Portugal   Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
15:00 (UTC+0:00) Nicolas   49'
Galey   80'
Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Raphaël van Praag
1 December 1929 Friendly Italy   6 – 1   Portugal   San Siro, Milan
14:30 (UTC+1:00) Mihalic   6', 88'
Orsi   36', 37'
Baloncieri   51'
Sallustro   77'
Report   29' Vítor Silva Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Louis Baert
Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (5 goals)

1930s

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12 January 1930 Friendly Portugal   1 – 0   Czechoslovakia   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:00 (UTC) Pepe   61' Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Pedro Escartín
23 February 1930 Friendly Portugal   2 – 0   France   Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:15 (UTC) Pepe   44', 70' Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   John Langenus
Note: Pepe set the goal scoring record for Portugal (7 goals)
8 June 1930 Friendly Belgium   2 – 1   Portugal   Bosuilstadion, Antwerp
16:00 (UTC+1:00) Vanderbauwhede   75'
Bastin   83'
Report   43' Armando Martins Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Johannes Mutters
30 November 1930 Friendly Portugal   0 – 1   Spain   Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:00 (UTC) Report   16' Peña Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Louis Baert
12 April 1931 Friendly Portugal   0 – 2   Italy   Estádio do Lima, Porto
16:00 (UTC+1:00) Report   33' Orsi
  41' Ferrari
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   José Llovera
31 May 1931 Friendly Portugal   3 – 2   Belgium   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
15:30 (UTC+1:00) Armando Martins   15'
Vítor Silva   84'
Pinga   88'
Report   25' Van Beeck
  31' Hellemans
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Ramón Melcón
3 May 1932 Friendly Portugal   3 – 2   Yugoslavia   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
17:30 (UTC+1:00) Pinga   23'
Valadas   42'
Soeiro   65'
Report   34', 85' Vujadinović Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Pedro Escartín
29 January 1933 Friendly Portugal   1 – 0   Hungary   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC) Pinga   36' Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Ramón Melcón
2 April 1933 Friendly Spain   3 – 0   Portugal   Balaídos, Vigo
16:30 (UTC) Larrínaga   22'
Elícegui   59', 65'
Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   John Langenus
11 Mar 1934   1934 World Cup Qualification Spain   9 – 0   Portugal   Estadio Chamartín, Madrid
16:00 (UTC) Chacho   3'
Lángara   10', 12' (pen.), 46', 77', 86'
Regueiro   68', 76'
Ventolrà   75'
Report Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Raphaël Van Praag
Note: Heaviest defeat of the Portugal football team at the time
18 March 1934   1934 World Cup Qualification Portugal   1 – 2   Spain   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:00 (UTC) Vítor Silva   11' Report   13', 25' Lángara Attendance: 35,000
Referee:   Raphaël Van Praag
5 May 1935 Friendly Portugal   3 – 3   Spain   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:45 (UTC+1:00) Soeiro   61'
Pinga   70', 77' (pen.)
Report   23', 38' Lángara
  58' Gorostiza
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Roger Conrié
26 January 1936 Friendly Portugal   2 – 3   Austria   Estádio do Lima, Porto
15:00 (UTC) Nunes   47'
Soeiro   61'
Report   25' Zischek
  41' Binder
  50' Bican
Attendance: 23,000
Referee:   Ramón Melcón
27 February 1936 Friendly Portugal   1 – 3   Germany   Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:30 (UTC) Vítor Silva   64' Report   20' Hohmann
  48' Kitzinger
  52' Lehner
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Pedro Escartín
Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (8 goals)
28 November 1937 Friendly[b] [b]Spain Nationalist   1 – 2   Portugal   Balaídos, Vigo
15:00 (UTC+0:00) Gallart   76' [14][15]   59' Pinga
  75' Valadas
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Rinaldo Barlassina
9 January 1938 Friendly Portugal   4 – 0   Hungary   Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC) Cruz   14', 15'
Espírito Santo   48'
Soeiro   60'
Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Georges Capdeville
30 January 1938 Friendly[b] Portugal   1 – 0   Spain Nationalist[b]   Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC) Pinga   40' [27][28][26] Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Francesco Mattea
24 April 1938 Friendly Germany   1 – 1   Portugal   Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:00 (UTC+1:00) Siffling   75' Report   18' Pinga Attendance: 54,000
Referee:   Rinaldo Barlassina
1 May 1938   1938 FIFA World Cup Qualification Switzerland   2 – 1   Portugal   Arena Civica, Milan
16:00 (UTC+1:00) Aeby   23'
Lajo   28'
Report   73' (pen.) Peyroteo Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Francesco Mattea
6 November 1938 Friendly Switzerland   1 – 0   Portugal   Stade Olympique, Lausanne
15:00 (UTC+1:00) Aeby   47' Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Georges Capdeville
12 February 1939 Friendly Portugal   2 – 4    Switzerland   Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC) Cruz   15'
Soeiro   47'
Report   3', 19' Aeby
  60' Bickel
  62' Sydler
Attendance: 28,000
Referee:   Georges Capdeville

Notes

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  1. ^ a b In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid[2][3][4] on the same day as they played Italy in Rome.[5][6][7][8] The squad for the Italy game was more experienced and considered to be stronger, while several players in the Portugal match made their debuts; consequently the Spain team is considered to have been equivalent to its B team[9] (although they won their match while the A team lost theirs)[8] and thus not a full international, although the match is included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved.[10][11][12][13]
  2. ^ a b c d Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, no official matches were played by Spain until 1941.[16] The vast majority of the squad in 1936[17] either originated from the Basque provinces, or played for FC Barcelona in Catalonia, both of which were initially within Republican territory in the conflict. The Basque players formed their own quasi-national team and left Spain to play a long series of exhibition matches on tour around Eastern Europe[18] and Latin America[19] to provide funds and exposure for local causes, and Barcelona did likewise;[20] most of the players in both groups never returned.[16] Back in Spain, as the Nationalist side took control of more of the country, General Franco saw the opportunity to use football as a positive propaganda tool, and arranged for a match to be played in his home region of Galicia against Portugal, whose leader Salazar was supportive of the Franco regime.[16][21][22][23] Recognition was granted by FIFA at short notice and the match took place in Vigo in November 1937. In contrast to Portugal's settled squad, the Spain pool was hastily assembled from the best available players in Nationalist areas, and Portugal won for their first victory over their neighbours.[21][22][24][25] A return match was arranged for the following January in Lisbon, also won by Portugal,[16][26][23] and which attracted attention when three local players refused to give the fascist salute before kick-off; they were initially imprisoned, but were soon released due to the political influence held by the hierarchy of the club they played for, Belenenses.[21][22]

References

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  3. ^ a b "29/05/1927: España 2 - 0 Portugal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Spain v Portugal, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ "International football match: 29.05.1927 Italy v Spain". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ "29/05/1927: Italia 2 - 0 España". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Italy v Spain, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Los españoles, gandaores en el Stadium y derrotadoes en Bolonia por tanteo de 2 a 0" [The Spaniards, winners in the Stadium and defeated in Bologna by score of 2 to 0]. La Voz (digital archive) (in Spanish). 30 May 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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  20. ^ Jordi Blanco (20 July 2019). "The tour that saved FC Barcelona". ESPN. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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  27. ^ "International football match: 30.01.1938 Portugal v Spain*". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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