Portugal at the FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
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 have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on seven occasions, the first being in 1966 where they came third.[1][2]
Record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1930 |
Did Not Enter | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
To Be Determined | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2026 | ||||||||
| Total | 7/21 | - | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 35 |
- Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
| 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
| Year | Round | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Round 1 | Hungary | 3–1 | José Augusto (2), José Torres |
| Round 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria | 3–0 | Eusébio, José Torres, Own Goal | |
| Round 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | 3–1 | Simões , Eusébio (2) | |
| Quarter-final | North Korea | 5–3 | Eusébio (4), José Augusto | |
| Semi-final | England | 1–2 | Eusébio | |
| Third place match |  Soviet Union | 2–1 | Eusébio, José Torres | |
| 1986 | Round 1 | England | 1–0 | Carlos Manuel |
| Round 1 |  Poland | 0–1 | ||
| Round 1 |  Morocco | 1–3 | Diamantino | |
| 2002 | Round 1 | United States | 2–3 | Beto, Own Goal |
| Round 1 | Poland | 4–0 | Pauleta (3), Rui Costa | |
| Round 1 | South Korea | 0–1 | ||
| 2006 | Round 1 |  Angola | 1–0 | Pauleta |
| Round 1 |  Iran | 2–0 | Deco, Ronaldo | |
| Round 1 | Mexico | 2–1 | Maniche, Simão | |
| Round of 16 |  Netherlands | 1–0 | Maniche | |
| Quarter-final | England | 0–0 3–1 (pen.) | ||
| Semi-final | France | 0–1 | ||
| Third place match | Germany | 1–3 | Nuno Gomes | |
| 2010 | Round 1 |  Ivory Coast | 0–0 | |
| Round 1 | North Korea | 7–0 | Raul Meireles, Simão, Hugo Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo | |
| Round 1 | Brazil | 0–0 | ||
| Round of 16 | Spain | 0–1 | ||
| 2014 | Round 1 | Germany | 0–4 | |
| Round 1 | United States | 2–2 | Nani, Varela | |
| Round 1 |  Ghana | 2–1 | Ronaldo, Own Goal | |
| 2018 | Round 1 | Spain | 3–3 | Ronaldo (3) |
| Round 1 | Morocco | 1–0 | Ronaldo | |
| Round 1 | Iran | 1–1 | Quaresma | |
| Round of 16 | Uruguay | 1–2 | Pepe | |
Record players
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| No. | Name | Matches | World Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 17 | 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 |
| 2 | Simão | 11 | 2006 and 2010 |
| 3 | Luís Figo | 10 | 2002 and 2006 |
| Ricardo Carvalho | 10 | 2006 and 2010 | |
| 5 | Pauleta | 9 | 2002 and 2006 |
| Tiago | 9 | 2006 and 2010 | |
| 7 | Petit | 8 | 2002 and 2006 |
| Pepe | 8 | 2010, 2014 and 2018 | |
| 9 | Maniche | 7 | 2006 |
| Fernando Meira | 7 | 2006 | |
| Ricardo | 7 | 2006 | |
| Miguel | 7 | 2006 and 2010 | |
| Bruno Alves | 7 | 2010 and 2014 |
Top goalscorers
Eusebio's nine goals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup made him that tournament's top goalscorer, which also won him the Bronze Ball.
| No. | Name | Goals | World Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eusébio | 9 | 1966 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 7 | 2006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1) and 2018 (4) |
| 3 | Pauleta | 4 | 2002 (3) and 2006 (1) |
| 4 | José Augusto | 3 | 1966 |
| José Torres | 3 | 1966 | |
| 5 | Maniche | 2 | 2006 |
| Tiago | 2 | 2010 | |
| 6 | 16 players | 1 |
References
- "Portugal 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group Statistics". ESPN. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- "Sweden 2 Portugal 3; agg 2-4". Daily Telegraph. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
External links
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