Portugal national football team

Portugal
Nickname(s)	Selecção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Carlos Queiroz
Captain	Cristiano Ronaldo
Most caps	Luís Figo (127)
Top scorer	Pauleta (47)
FIFA code	POR
FIFA ranking	17
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (March 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	43 (August 1998)
Elo ranking	15
Highest Elo ranking	2 (June 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking	45 (November 1962)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Spain 3 - 1 Portugal ; (Madrid, Spain; 18 December 1921)
Biggest win
	Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein ; (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994); Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein ; (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999); Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait ; (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003)
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 0 - 10 England ; (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May 1947)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1966)
Best result	Third place, 1966
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1984)
Best result	Runners-up (2nd Place), 2004

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The Portuguese national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), finishing 4th at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The first appearance in the 1966 FIFA World Cup saw them reach the semifinal, losing 2-1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions England. Portugal finished in third place and Eusébio was considered the best player of the tournament. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, with Portugal going out in the first round both times. In the 1986 tournament, players went on strike over prize-money and refused to train between their first and second games.

In 2003, the Portuguese Football Federation decided to hire Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Brazilian who had led the Brazil national football team to win the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Scolari led Portugal to the final of Euro 2004, where they lost to the Greek national football team, and to their second World Cup semifinal in 2006. Scolari left after the Euro 2008 championships to manage Chelsea. Carlos Queiroz was appointed the new manager of Portugal in 2008.

[edit] FIFA World Cup

[edit] 1966 FIFA World Cup

The team started out with three wins in the group stage where they were in Group C when they beat Hungary, Bulgaria and two-time defending champions Brazil. Secondly they beat surprise quarter-finalist Korea DPR 5-3, with Eusébio getting four markers to overturn a 0-3 deficit. Later, they reached the semifinals where they were beaten by hosts England 2-1. Portugal then defeated the USSR 2-1 in the third place match for their best World Cup finish to date. Eusébio was the top scorer of the World Cup with nine goals. He also played in the 1970 and 1974 World Cup qualifiers but Portugal failed to make the tournament Finals.

[edit] 1986 FIFA World Cup

In qualification round, Portugal had to beat West Germany in Stuttgart in the last qualifying game to be able to go through to the final round. Portugal won 0-1 and become the first team to beat West Germany at their home ground in an official match. Portugal was a fan favourite to make a good campaign because of their 1984 European Football Championship. The team exited early in the group stages after a win and two losses. They started with a 1-0 win to England. Later they were beaten by Poland and Morocco, 1-0 and 3-1 respectively.

[edit] 2002 FIFA World Cup

Portugal entered the tournament as favourites to win Group D. However, they were upset 3-2 by the United States, at one point being three goals down in the match. They then rebounded with a 4-0 thrashing of Poland, with Pauleta getting a hat-trick.

Needing a draw to advance, they lost the final group game to hosts South Korea. Argentinian referee Ángel Sánchez sent off João Vieira Pinto for a tackle on Park Ji-Sung. Beto was ejected for his second yellow card of the match, reducing Portugal to nine men, and Park scored the winner to allow the Koreans to advance.^[3]

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

The Portuguese squad qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany under the leadership of manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. In the qualification, Portugal defeated Russia 7-1, and finished first place in Group D of the WC finals, with victories over Angola (1-0, goal from Pauleta, the leading goalscorer in the World Cup qualifiers), Iran (2-0, scored by Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo) and Mexico (2-1, goals from Maniche and Simão). Only Mexico's Francisco Fonseca was able to score against Portugal.

Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in the Round of 16 on 25 June in Nuremberg. The only goal came courtesy of a Maniche strike in an acrimonious match marked by 16 yellow cards, with 4 players (Khalid Boulahrouz, Costinha, Deco and Giovanni van Bronckhorst) being sent off. (See the Battle of Nuremberg).

On 1 July at Gelsenkirchen, Portugal drew 0-0 after extra-time with England, but won 3-1 on penalties to reach their first World Cup semi-final since 1966. The game was marred by an allegedly violent challenge on Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho by England's Wayne Rooney, which resulted in him being sent off. Rooney later denied that it was intentional.

Portugal lost 1-0 against France in the semi-finals on 5 July at Munich. Two players had been forced to sit out due to accumulated bookings from the round of 16 and quarter-finals. It did not help that the team faced a hostile crowd of English and French fans; they relentlessly booed Ronaldo for his perceived unsportsmanlike behaviour in the previous round. As in the semi-finals of Euro 2000, Portugal were narrowly defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by Zinedine Zidane after Thierry Henry was awarded a penalty from a foul committed by Carvalho.

Portugal faced Germany in the third place play-off match on 8 July in Stuttgart. The match was notable for being captain Luís Figo's last before retirement from international football -- though, surprisingly, he was not selected to start the game, coming on as a substitute near the end and setting up Portugal's goal in a 3-1 defeat. All three German goals had the direct participation of Bastian Schweinsteiger, who scored twice and had another shot turned into an own goal by Portugal's Petit. Ultimately, the team won the "Most Entertaining Team" award for their play during the World Cup, in an award always organized through public participation in a poll.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup

Portugal are currently participating in the qualifying stages for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which is due to take place in South Africa.

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Third place	3	6	5	0	1	17	8
1970	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Round 1	17	3	1	0	2	2	4
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1	21	3	1	0	2	6	4
2006	Fourth place	4	7	4	1	2	7	5
2010
Total	4/18	1 third place	19	11	1	7	32	21

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] European Championships

[edit] 1984 European Championship

This was the first time that Portugal had ever qualified for the European Championship. In fact, the team almost didn't qualify, but a 1-0 victory over USSR in the last game made it possible. Portugal ended in group B, alongside Spain, West Germany and Romania. In the first two games, they tied 0-0 and 1-1 against West Germany and Spain, respectively. A 1-0 win over Romania gave them second place in the group, which was enough to go through to the knockout stage. S.L. Benfica's Tamagnini Nené scored the winner.

They played against the hosts, France, and eventual champions, in one of the most exciting matches in European Championship history. France scored first, but Portugal equalised almost an hour later. The game was tied after 90 minutes and went into extra time. Portugal made 2-1 in the first fifteen minutes and both teams could have scored more goals. In the second half of extra time France scored in the 114th and 119th minutes to eliminate Portugal and go through to the final.

[edit] 1996 European Championship

In the final tournament, Portugal drew 1-1 with European Champions Denmark, won 1-0 to Turkey and 3-0 against Croatia, finishing first in their group. In the quarter-finals they lost 1-0 to eventual runners-up, Czech Republic, due to a marvelous Karel Poborský second-half lob to goalkeeper Vítor Baía.

[edit] 2000 European Championship

This tournament was the inaugural success of the so-called "Geração Dourada" (Golden Generation), captained by Fernando Couto. They defeated England (3-2, recovering from a 2-0 disadvantage), Romania (1-0), and Germany (3-0, from a Conceição hat-trick), the last one using the B team, since they where already qualified in first of the group after the other 2 games, to finish atop their group and then defeated Turkey in the quarter-finals.

In the semi-final meeting with World Cup holders France, Portugal scored first. However, France equalized and Portugal were eliminated in extra time by a golden goal when Zidane converted a penalty. Austrian referee Gunter Benko awarded the spot kick for a handball after Abel Xavier blocked a shot from Sylvain Wiltord (Benko initially gave France a corner but changed his mind after consulting with Slovak linesman Igor Sramka). Xavier, Nuno Gomes (one of the top scorers in the tournament with four goals) and Paulo Bento were all given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.^[4]

[edit] 2004 European Championship

Portuguese fans during Euro 2004

This tournament was held in Portugal. The host nation lost the first game against Greece, 1-2. They got their first win against Russia, 2-0, and also beat a strong Spain side 1-0, with the latter eventually knocked out in the group stages. They went through and went on to play against England, in an entertaining 2-2 draw that went into penalties, where Ricardo proved decisive, with an epic attitude taking of his goalkeeping gloves, saving a penalty and scoring right after the winner himself. Portugal beat the Netherlands 2-1 in the semi-final with a Maniche strike from outside the box. They were eventually beaten by rank outsiders Greece 1-0, credited to striker Angelos Charisteas, marking the first time in the history of the competition that the final featured the same two teams as the opening match. The match was considered a huge upset win for Greece.

[edit] 2008 European Championship

The Portuguese team was a featured part of TV network ESPNs ad campaign promoting their coverage of the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament.^[5]With the national side as one of the favorites to win the trophy, the first game was against Turkey and it was won 2-0, with first-ever scoring achievements for internationals Pepe and Raul Meireles. Their second game was against the Czech Republic, a 3-1 success. With assured qualification to the knockout stage, as first in group A, they played with the reserve team against Switzerland, and lost 2-0, with two Hakan Yakın goals.

On 19 June 2008, Portugal played against Germany, and were beaten 2-3 after falling behind 0-2 within the first half an hour. Portugal proceeded to score, followed by another German goal, a Michael Ballack header. Portugal scored a consolation goal in the final minutes of normal time, courtesy of Hélder Postiga, but was eventually knocked out of Euro 2008 at the quarterfinal stage.

[edit] European Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Semi-finals	4	1	2	1	4	4
1988	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	5	2
2000	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	10	4
2004	Final	6	3	1	2	8	6
2008	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	7	6
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	5/13	23	12	4	7	34	22

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

[edit] Matches

2008-05-31	Portugal	2 – 0	Georgia	Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu
	J. Moutinho 19' Simão 44' (pen.)			Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu

2008-06-07 20:45	Portugal	2 – 0	Turkey	Stade de Genève, Geneva Attendance: 29,106 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
	Pepe 61' R. Meireles 90+3'	(Report)

2008-06-11 18:00	Czech Republic	1 – 3	Portugal	Stade de Genève, Geneva Attendance: 29,016 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Sionko 17'	(Report)	Deco 8' Ronaldo 63' Quaresma 90+1'

2008-06-15 20:45	Switzerland	2 – 0	Portugal	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 39,730 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
	Yakin 71', 83' (pen.)	(Report)

2008-06-19 20:45	Portugal	2 – 3	Germany	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 39,374 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
	Nuno Gomes 40' H. Postiga 87'	(Report)	Schweinsteiger 22' Klose 26' Ballack 61'

2008-08-20	Portugal	5 – 0	Faroe Islands	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
	Martins 23' Simão 48' Duda 86' Bruno Alves 88' Nani 90'			Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

2008-09-06 20:00 UTC+2	Malta	0 – 4	Portugal	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
		Report	Said 26' (o.g.) Almeida 61' Simão 72' Nani 78'

2008-09-10 20:45 UTC+1	Portugal	2 – 3	Denmark	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
	Nani 42' Deco 86' (pen.)	Report	Bendtner 84' C. Poulsen 90' Jensen 90+2'

2008-10-11 20:00 UTC+2	Sweden	0 – 0	Portugal	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 33,241 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
		Report

2008-10-15 20:45 UTC+1	Portugal	0 – 0	Albania	Estádio AXA, Braga Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
		Report

2008-11-19	Brazil	6 – 2	Portugal	Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Gama
	Luís Fabiano 19', 25', 58' Maicon 56' Elano 65' Adriano 89'		Danny 4' Simão 62'	Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Gama

2009-02-11	Portugal	1 – 0	Finland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
	Ronaldo 78' (pen.)			Estádio Algarve, Faro

2009-03-28 20:45 UTC+0	Portugal	0 – 0	Sweden	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

2009-04-01	Portugal	2 – 0	South Africa	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Attendance: 24,000
	Bruno Alves 4' Edinho 58'			Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Attendance: 24,000

2009-06-06 20:45 UTC+2	Albania	1 – 2	Portugal	Qemal Stafa, Tirana
	Bogdani 29'		Almeida 27' Bruno Alves 90+3'	Qemal Stafa, Tirana

2009-06-10 21:30 UTC+2	Estonia	0 – 0	Portugal	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)

2009-08-12	Liechtenstein	v	Portugal	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz Referee: N/A (N/A)
				Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz Referee: N/A (N/A)

2009-09-05	Denmark	v	Portugal	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
				Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

2009-09-09	Hungary	v	Portugal	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest
				Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest

2009-10-10	Portugal	v	Hungary

2009-10-14	Portugal	v	Malta

[edit] Head Coach

Last updated May 9, 2009

Manager	Period	Record
Manager	Period	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost
Committee	1921–1923	3	0	0	3
Ribeiro dos Reis	1925–1926	6	1	1	4
Cândido de Oliveira	1926–1929, 1935–1945, 1952	31	8	9	14
Maia Loureiro	1929	1	0	0	1
Laurindo Grijó	1930	4	2	0	2
Tavares da Silva	1931, 1945–1947, 1951, 1955–1957	30	10	4	16
Salvador do Carmo	1932–1933, 1950, 1953–1954	12	3	4	5
Virgílio Paula	1947–1948	3	1	0	2
Armando Sampaio	1949	4	1	1	2
Fernando Vaz	1954	1	0	0	1
José Maria Antunes	1957–1960, 1962–1964, 1968–1969	31	9	4	18
Armando Ferreira	1961, 1962–1964	6	1	1	4
Fernando Peyroteo	1961	2	0	0	2
Manuel da Luz Afonso	1964–1966	20	15	2	3
José Gomes da Silva	1967, 1970–1971	13	5	4	4
José Augusto	1972–1973	15	9	4	2
José Maria Pedroto	1974–1976	16	6	4	6
Juca	1977–1978, 1987–1989	40	17	9	14
Mário Wilson	1978–1980	10	5	2	3
Otto Glória	1982–1983	7	3	1	3
Fernando Cabrita	1983–1984	9	5	2	2
José Augusto Torres	1984–1986	17	8	1	8
Rui Seabra	1986–1987	6	1	4	1
Artur Jorge	1990–1991, 1996–1997	20	9	8	3
Carlos Queirós	1991–1993, 2008–	29	12	10	7
Nelo Vingada	1994	2	0	2	0
António Oliveira	1994–1996, 2000–2002	44	26	10	8
Humberto Coelho	1997–2000	24	16	4	4
Agostinho Oliveira	2002	4	2	2	0
Luiz Felipe Scolari	2003–2008	74	42	18	14

bold - signifies current manager

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Albania on June 6, 2009 and for the friendly match against Estonia on June 10, 2009.^[6]^[7]

Caps and goals are correct as of June 10, 2009.

No	Player	DoB (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)
Goalkeepers
1	Eduardo	19 September 1982 (1982-09-19) (age 26)	Braga	4 (0)
	Daniel Fernandes	25 September 1983 (1983-09-25) (age 25)	Bochum	2 (0)
22	Beto	5 January 1982 (1982-01-05) (age 27)	Porto	1 (0)
12	José Moreira	20 March 1982 (1982-03-20) (age 27)	Benfica	0 (0)
Defenders
2	Bruno Alves	27 November 1981 (1981-11-27) (age 27)	Porto	20 (4)
3	José Bosingwa	24 August 1982 (1982-08-24) (age 26)	Chelsea	18 (0)
5	Gonçalo Brandão	9 October 1986 (1986-10-09) (age 22)	Siena	2 (0)
4	Rolando	31 August 1985 (1985-08-31) (age 23)	Porto	4 (0)
15	Pepe	26 February 1983 (1983-02-26) (age 26)	Real Madrid	17 (1)
6	Ricardo Carvalho	18 May 1978 (1978-05-18) (age 31)	Chelsea	53 (4)
13	Miguel	4 January 1980 (1980-01-04) (age 29)	Valencia	52 (1)
	Zé Castro	13 January 1983 (1983-01-13) (age 26)	Deportivo La Coruña	1 (0)
Midfielders
5	Duda	27 June 1980 (1980-06-27) (age 29)	Málaga	6 (1)
16	Raul Meireles	17 March 1983 (1983-03-17) (age 26)	Porto	22 (1)
18	João Moutinho	8 September 1986 (1986-09-08) (age 22)	Sporting CP	23 (1)
19	Tiago	2 May 1981 (1981-05-02) (age 28)	Juventus	43 (1)
10	Deco	27 August 1977 (1977-08-27) (age 31)	Chelsea	64 (5)
	Eliseu	1 August 1983 (1983-08-01) (age 25)	Lazio	1 (0)
Forwards
7	Cristiano Ronaldo	5 February 1985 (1985-02-05) (age 24)	Real Madrid	65 (22)
9	Hugo Almeida	23 May 1984 (1984-05-23) (age 25)	Werder Bremen	20 (3)
11	Simão	31 October 1979 (1979-10-31) (age 29)	Atlético Madrid	71 (18)
14	Edinho	7 July 1982 (1982-07-07) (age 27)	AEK Athens	3 (1)
17	Nani	17 November 1986 (1986-11-17) (age 22)	Manchester United	26 (5)
8	Luís Boa Morte	4 August 1977 (1977-08-04) (age 31)	West Ham United	28 (1)

[edit] Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the Portugal squad within the last twelve months.

No	Player	DoB (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)	Latest callup
Goalkeepers
	Quim	November 13, 1975 (1975-11-13) (age 33)	Benfica	29 (0)	v. Brazil, November 19, 2008
	Ricardo	February 11, 1976 (1976-02-11) (age 33)	Real Betis	79 (0)	UEFA Euro 2008
	Nuno	January 25, 1974 (1974-01-25) (age 35)	Porto	0 (0)	UEFA Euro 2008
	Rui Patrício	February 15, 1988 (1988-02-15) (age 21)	Sporting CP	0 (0)	UEFA Euro 2008
Defenders
	Nélson	June 10, 1983 (1983-06-10) (age 26)	Real Betis	1 (0)	v. South Africa, March 31, 2009
	Paulo Ferreira	January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) (age 30)	Chelsea	56 (0)	v. Finland, February 11, 2009
	Fernando Meira	June 5, 1978 (1978-06-05) (age 31)	Zenit St. Petersburg	54 (2)	v. Brazil, November 19, 2008
	César Peixoto	May 12, 1980 (1980-05-12) (age 29)	Braga	1 (0)	v. Brazil, November 19, 2008
	Antunes	April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01) (age 22)	Roma	3 (0)	v. Albania, October 15, 2008
	Tonel	April 13, 1980 (1980-04-13) (age 29)	Sporting CP	1 (0)	v. Albania, October 15, 2008
	Jorge Ribeiro	November 9, 1981 (1981-11-09) (age 27)	Benfica	9 (0)	UEFA Euro 2008
Midfielders
	Maniche	November 11, 1977 (1977-11-11) (age 31)	Unattached	53 (7)	v. South Africa, March 31, 2009
	Danny	August 7, 1983 (1983-08-07) (age 25)	Zenit St. Petersburg	8 (1)	v. South Africa, March 31, 2009
	Manuel Fernandes	February 5, 1986 (1986-02-05) (age 23)	Valencia	5 (1)	v. Albania, October 15, 2008
	Carlos Martins	April 29, 1982 (1982-04-29) (age 27)	Benfica	5 (1)	v. Albania, October 15, 2008
	Pedro Mendes	February 26, 1979 (1979-02-26) (age 30)	Rangers	2 (0)	v. Denmark, September 10, 2008
	Miguel Veloso	May 11, 1986 (1986-05-11) (age 23)	Sporting CP	7 (0)	UEFA Euro 2008
Forwards
	Orlando Sá	May 26, 1988 (1988-05-26) (age 21)	Braga	1 (0)	v. Finland, February 11, 2009
	Nuno Gomes	July 5, 1976 (1976-07-05) (age 33)	Benfica	74 (29)	v. Albania, October 15, 2008
	Ricardo Quaresma	September 26, 1983 (1983-09-26) (age 25)	Internazionale	25 (3)	v. Albania, October 15, 2008
	Yannick Djaló	May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05) (age 23)	Sporting CP	0 (0)	v. Albania, October 15, 2008
	Hélder Postiga	August 2, 1982 (1982-08-02) (age 26)	Sporting CP	34 (11)	UEFA Euro 2008

[edit] Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Football Championship

[edit] Most appearances

As of March 31, 2009.^[8]

No	Name	Caps	Goals	First game	Last game
1	Luís Figo	127	32	October 12, 1991	July 8, 2006
2	Fernando Couto	110	8	December 19, 1990	June 30, 2004
3	Rui Costa	94	26	March 31, 1993	July 4, 2004
4	Pauleta	88	47	August 20, 1997	July 8, 2006
5	João Vieira Pinto	81	23	October 12, 1991	June 14, 2002
6	Vítor Baía	80	0	December 19, 1990	September 7, 2002
7	Ricardo	79	0	June 2, 2001	June 19, 2008
8	Nuno Gomes	75	29	January 24, 1996	October 15, 2008
9	Simão	70	18	October 18, 1998	March 31, 2009
9	João Domingos Pinto	70	1	February 16, 1983	November 9, 1996

bold denotes player still available for selection

[edit] Most goals

As of March 31, 2009.^[9]

No	Name	Goals	Caps	Avg	First game	Last game
1	Pauleta	47	88	0.53	August 20, 1997	July 8, 2006
2	Eusébio	41	64	0.64	October 8, 1961	October 13, 1973
3	Luís Figo	32	127	0.25	October 12, 1991	July 8, 2006
4	Nuno Gomes	29	75	0.39	January 24, 1996	October 15, 2008
5	Rui Costa	26	94	0.28	March 31, 1993	July 4, 2004
6	João Vieira Pinto	23	81	0.28	October 12, 1991	June 14, 2002
7	Cristiano Ronaldo	22	64	0.34	August 20, 2003	March 31, 2009
7	Nené	22	66	0.33	April 21, 1971	June 23, 1984
9	Simão	18	70	0.26	October 18, 1998	March 31, 2009
10	Rui Jordão	15	43	0.35	March 29, 1972	January 25, 1989

bold denotes player still available for selection

[edit] 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.
^ Cristiano Ronaldo named captain (Portuguese)
^ FIFA suspends Pinto
^ UEFA suspends Portuguese trio
^ Euro 2008 promotional video, on YouTube
^ Selecção Nacional convocada
^ Mapa do Internacionalizações
^ Todas as Internacionalizações
^ Melhores Marcadores

[edit] External links

Portuguese Football Federation official website (Portuguese)
Portuguese National Football Team (Portuguese)
Portuguesefutebol.com Your source for Portuguese football (in English)

[0] 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.

[1] Cristiano Ronaldo named captain (Portuguese)

[2] FIFA suspends Pinto

[3] UEFA suspends Portuguese trio

[4] Euro 2008 promotional video, on YouTube

[5] Selecção Nacional convocada

[6] Mapa do Internacionalizações

[7] Todas as Internacionalizações

[8] Melhores Marcadores

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