Portugal women's national football team

Portugal
Nickname(s)	A Selecção das Quinas; As Navegadoras
Association	Portuguese Football Federation (FPF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Francisco Neto
Captain	Dolores Silva
Most caps	Ana Borges (164)
Top scorer	Edite Fernandes (39)
FIFA code	POR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	22 1 (16 August 2024)
Highest	19 (August 2023)
Lowest	47 (March 2007; October 2007 – March 2008)
First international
	France 0–0 Portugal ; (Le Mans, France; 24 October 1981)
Biggest win
	Armenia 0–8 Portugal ; (Yerevan, Armenia; 17 September 2011); Portugal 8–0 Moldova ; (Setúbal, Portugal; 24 November 2017)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 13–0 Portugal ; (Reutlingen, Germany; 15 November 2003)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	Group stage (2023)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage (2017, 2022)

The Portugal women's national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol Feminino) 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.

History

The Portuguese women's team historically was one of the weakest in Western Europe since its formation. In recent years however the team has made major strides, qualifying for the newly expanded UEFA Women's Euro 2017, marking the team's first appearance in a major tournament. Despite ultimately finishing last in their group, the team put in a respectable performance, picking up a win in their second match against a Scottish side which had been favored to beat them, and only losing to England by one goal.

After finishing a distant third in their qualifying group for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup behind Italy and Belgium and failing to qualify, the Portuguese team then looked forward to trying to repeat their achievement of four years prior by qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2022, which they eventually did under quite unusual circumstances. After a strong group stage campaign in which Portugal won all its games except for the two games against group winner Finland, including beating the heavily favored top seed Scotland both home and away, the team reached the play-off stage where they were drawn against Russia. The team came agonizingly close as they narrowly lost the first game in Portugal 0–1 before managing a goalless draw in the second leg in Russia. As a result Russia originally qualified for the Euro, but due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine all Russian representative teams were banned from competition by FIFA, thus giving Portugal a reprieve as they took Russia's place in Group C of the Women's Euro.^[3] Portugal is placed in group C with Sweden, the Netherlands and Switzerland as opponents. They were eliminated in the first round, finishing last with a point obtained thanks to a draw against Switzerland (2–2 after being 0–2 down and having dominated the game overall), and two defeats against the favorites of the group (a close one 2–3 against the Dutch title holders after having recovered a two-goal handicap for a while, then a much heavier defeat 0–5 against Sweden).

Portugal qualified for their first World Cup^[4] at the 2023 edition after beating Cameroon 2–1 at the International Playoff Final. They were placed in group E, with the United States, the Netherlands, and Vietnam. They finished third in the group stage. They won against Vietnam, which was their first win in any Women’s World Cup, and also included their first goal in any Women's World Cup, scored by Telma Encarnação.^[5] However, they drew with the USA, and lost to the Netherlands, and were eliminated from the competition.

Team image

Nicknames

The Portugal women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "A Selecção das Quinas".^[6]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

22 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	France	2–0	Portugal	Valenciennes, France
21:10	Geyoro 27' Bacha 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 18.377 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

26 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Portugal	3–2	Norway	Barcelos, Portugal
19:15 (18:15 WEST)	Jacinto 38' Costa 44' (pen.), 69' (pen.)	Report	Maanum 33' Terland 58'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 6.132 Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

27 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League	Austria	2–1	Portugal	Altach, Austria
18:00 CEST	Borges 63' (o.g.) Dunst 69'		Pinto 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Maria Caputi (Italy)

31 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League	Portugal	1–2	Austria	Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
18:15 WET (19:15 CET)	Ana Capeta 75'		Pinther 72' Campbell 77'	Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC Attendance: 3,598

1 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Norway	4–0	Portugal	Oslo, Norway
19:00 UTC+1	Hegerberg 3', 8' (pen.), 49' Román Haug 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 2,383 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Portugal	0–1	France	Leiria, Portugal
18:15 UTC±0		Report	Geyoro 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 5,337 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

2024

21 February Friendly	Portugal	3–1	Czech Republic	Estoril, Portugal
18:15 UTC±0	Ana Capeta 2' Carolina Mendes 4' Joana Marchão 75'		Khyrova 83'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 2.000

27 February Friendly	Portugal	5–1	South Korea	Estoril, Portugal
18:15 UTC±0	Joana Marchão 18' Andreia 37' Encarnação 45' Jessica Silva 45+2', 52'		Son Hwa-yeon 79'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: no data

5 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Portugal	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Leiria
	Costa 28' Slišković 45+2' (o.g.) Silva 62'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

9 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Malta	0–2	Portugal	Ta' Qali
		Report		Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

31 May Euro 2025 qualifying	Portugal	4–0	Northern Ireland	Leiria
21:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	C. Costa 25' (pen.) Alves 49', 90+6' Amado 83'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 10,017 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

4 June Euro 2025 qualifying	Northern Ireland	1–2	Portugal	Lurgan
20:00 (19:00 UTC+1)	Wade 5'	Report	Nazareth 18' Norton 30'	Stadium: Mourneview Park Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

12 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–0	Portugal	Zenica
19:00		Report		Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium

16 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Portugal	3–1	Malta	Leiria
19:00 (18:00 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Official Portugal results and fixtures

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Francisco Neto

Manager history

Francisco Neto (2014–)

Players

Current squad

The following players are named in the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying match against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Malta on 16 July 2024.^[7]

Caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2024, after the match against Malta.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Inês Pereira	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 25)	42	0	Deportivo La Coruña
12	1GK	Patrícia Morais	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 32)	93	0	Braga
22	1GK	Sierra Cota-Yarde	(2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 21)	1	0	SMU Mustangs

2	2DF	Catarina Amado	(1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25)	37	1	Benfica
3	2DF	Alícia Correia	(2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 21)	11	0	Sporting CP
4	2DF	Ana Seiça	(2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23)	9	0	Tigres
5	2DF	Joana Marchão	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27)	48	3	Servette
9	2DF	Ana Borges (vice-captain)	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 34)	175	11	Sporting CP
15	2DF	Carole Costa	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 34)	169	23	Benfica
19	2DF	Diana Gomes	(1998-07-26) 26 July 1998 (age 26)	50	5	Sevilla

6	3MF	Andreia Jacinto	(2002-06-08) 8 June 2002 (age 22)	41	1	Real Sociedad
8	3MF	Andreia Norton	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 28)	89	5	Benfica
11	3MF	Tatiana Pinto	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30)	115	6	Atlético Madrid
13	3MF	Fátima Pinto	(1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28)	88	3	Sporting CP
14	3MF	Dolores Silva (captain)	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 33)	163	17	Braga
17	3MF	Joana Martins	(2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 23)	8	0	Sporting CP
20	3MF	Ana Rute	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Braga

7	4FW	Stephanie Ribeiro	(1994-06-10) 10 June 1994 (age 30)	1	1	UNAM
10	4FW	Jéssica Silva	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 29)	115	18	Benfica
16	4FW	Diana Silva	(1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 (age 29)	106	21	Sporting CP
18	4FW	Carolina Mendes	(1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 (age 36)	122	24	Racing Power
21	4FW	Ana Capeta	(1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 26)	38	10	Sporting CP
23	4FW	Telma Encarnação	(2001-10-11) 11 October 2001 (age 22)	37	7	Sporting CP

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a Portugal squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Bárbara Santos	(1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Marítimo	v. South Korea, 27 February 2024

DF	Lúcia Alves	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 26)	22	2	Benfica	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12 July 2024 ^PRE
DF	Nelly Rodrigues	(2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Nantes	v. Malta, 9 April 2024
DF	Ágata Filipa	(1999-10-19) 19 October 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Braga	v. South Korea, 27 February 2024
DF	Giovana Maia	(1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Panathinaikos	v. South Korea, 27 February 2024
DF	Inês Maia	(1999-06-17) 17 June 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Besiktas	v. South Korea, 27 February 2024
DF	Mariana Azevedo	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Braga	v. Austria, 31 October 2023
DF	Maria Miller	(2003-05-12) 12 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Braga	v. Austria, 31 October 2023
DF	Carole Costa	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 34)	169	23	Benfica	v. Norway, 26 September 2023
DF	Bruna Lourenço	(1999-04-10) 10 April 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Celtic	v. Norway, 26 September 2023

MF	Kika Nazareth	(2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 (age 21)	39	8	Barcelona	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12 July 2024 ^PRE
MF	Beatriz Fonseca	(1998-09-15) 15 September 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Sporting CP	v. Northern Ireland, 4 June 2024
MF	Andreia Faria	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 24)	23	2	Benfica	v. Northern Ireland, 4 June 2024
MF	Maria Alagoa	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Florida State Seminoles	v. South Korea, 27 February 2024

FW	Ana Dias	(1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 (age 26)	11	0	Portland Thorns FC	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12 July 2024
FW	Nádia Gomes	(1996-11-09) 9 November 1996 (age 27)	2	1	Chicago Red Stars	v. Malta, 9 April 2024
FW	Mélissa Gomes	(1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 (age 30)	21	0	Reims	v. South Korea, 27 February 2024

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad

UEFA European Women's Championship

Algarve Cup

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2 September 2024.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps	Goals
1	Ana Borges	2006–	164	11
2	Carole Costa	2010–	160	20
3	Dolores Silva	2009–	154	17
4	Carla Couto	1993–2012	145	29
5	Cláudia Neto	2006–2021	136	20
6	Edite Fernandes	1997–2016	132	39
7	Sílvia Rebelo	2009–	124	2
8	Carolina Mendes	2007–2024	116	23
9	Tatiana Pinto	2014–	107	5
10	Jéssica Silva	2011–	105	16
11	Paula Cristina	1995–2010	103	9

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Edite Fernandes	1997–2016	39	132
2	Carla Couto	1993–2012	29	145
3	Carolina Mendes	2007–	23	116
4	Carole Costa	2010–	20	160
5	Cláudia Neto	2006–2021	19	136
Diana Silva	2014–	99	19
7	Dolores Silva	2009–	17	154
8	Jéssica Silva	2011–	16	105
9	Patrícia Sequeira	1993–2002	13	75
10	Vanessa Marques	2012–	12	89

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								1991 UEFA Women's Championship
1995	Did not qualify								UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999									6	2	0	4	4	15
2003									6	1	1	4	4	26
2007									8	0	0	8	4	31
2011									8	4	0	4	17	10
2015									10	4	0	6	19	21
2019									8	3	2	3	22	8
2023	Group stage	19th	3	1	1	1	2	1	13	10	1	2	34	12
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total		1/10	3	1	1	1	2	1	59	24	4	31	104	138

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA European Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualification record
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
1987	Did not enter								Did not enter
1989
1991
1993
1995	Did not qualify								6	3	0	3	13	11
1997									8	2	0	6	5	26
2001									8	2	1	5	5	17
2005									8	1	0	7	5	42
2009									8	0	2	6	4	18
2013									8	2	0	6	16	13
2017	Group stage	14th	3	1	0	2	3	5	10	4	3	3	16	12
2022	Group stage^[!]	14th	3	0	1	2	4	10	10	6	2	2	10	3
2025	To be determined								To be determined

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

^
Portugal originally failed to qualify after losing to Russia in the play-offs, but Russia was banned from FIFA and UEFA International matches after invading Ukraine (28 February 2022). On 2 May, Portugal was declared as the replacement.

Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase												Finals
Season	LG	Grp	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK	Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2023–24	A	2	4th	6	1	0	5	5	13		13rd	2024	Did Not Qualify
2025–26	B	To be determined										2026	To be determined
Total				6	5	0	1	23	9			Total	1 Title	2	2	0	0	5	0

Olympics

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an 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 and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup."^[9]

Algarve Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
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
2021	Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic^{[citation needed]}
2022	4th/5	3	1	0	2	2	6
Total	–	106	26	18	52	97	204

Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino

Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino record
Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2012	Fourth place	4th	4	1	1	2	1	6
Total	1/1	0 titles	4	1	1	2	1	6

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. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Russia Women To Be Replaced By Portugal At UEFA Women's Euro 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ Nowakowski, Wojciech (8 August 2023). "Morocco, Ireland, Portugal: All 8 Women's World Cup debutants and how far they made it". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ https://www.portugalresident.com/portugal-celebrates-first-win-ever-at-fifa-womens-world-cup/ ^{[bare URL]}
^ 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.
^ "Convocadas para os jogos com Bósnia e Herzegovina e com Malta" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad
^ "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)
FIFA profile

[cnote_!] 
Portugal originally failed to qualify after losing to Russia in the play-offs, but Russia was banned from FIFA and UEFA International matches after invading Ukraine (28 February 2022). On 2 May, Portugal was declared as the replacement.

[1] 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.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[3] "Russia Women To Be Replaced By Portugal At UEFA Women's Euro 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[4] Nowakowski, Wojciech (8 August 2023). "Morocco, Ireland, Portugal: All 8 Women's World Cup debutants and how far they made it". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[5] ttps://www.portugalresident.com/portugal-celebrates-first-win-ever-at-fifa-womens-world-cup/ ^{[bare URL]}

[6] 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.

[7] "Convocadas para os jogos com Bósnia e Herzegovina e com Malta" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[8] UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad

[9] "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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