Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

Portugal vs Morocco match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

The FIFA World Cup has two international association football competitions, one contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The men's championship has been organized every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II, and the women's started in 1991.

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 48 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation/nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Portugal have qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup on nine occasions: in 1966, 1986, 2002 and every final phase held since. Their best performance, as of 2026, is a third place finish in 1966; they also finished fourth in 2006. Portugal is set to co-host the 2030 edition having been granted host status alongside Morocco and Spain.[1][2]

FIFA World Cup record

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Italy 1934 Did not qualify
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 17 8
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986Group stage17th310224
Italy 1990 Did not qualify
United States 1994
France 1998
South KoreaJapan 2002 Group stage 21st 3 1 0 2 6 4
Germany 2006Fourth place4th741275
South Africa 2010Round of 1611th412171
Brazil 2014Group stage18th311147
Russia 2018Round of 1613th412166
Qatar 2022Quarter-finals8th5302126
CanadaMexicoUnited States 2026 Round of 1613th522183
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 Qualified as co-hosts
Saudi Arabia 2034 To be determined
Total9/233rd40198136944
Note: Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
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

By match

Year Round Opponent Score Portugal scorers
England 1966 Group 3 Hungary3–1José Augusto (2), Torres
 Bulgaria3–0Vustov (o.g.), Eusébio, Torres
 Brazil3–1Simões, Eusébio (2)
Quarter-final North Korea5–3Eusébio (4), José Augusto
Semi-final England1–2Eusébio
Match for third place Soviet Union2–1Eusébio, Torres
Mexico 1986 Group F England1–0Carlos Manuel
 Poland0–1—
 Morocco1–3Diamantino
South Korea Japan 2002 Group D United States2–3Beto, Agoos (o.g.)
 Poland4–0Pauleta (3), Rui Costa
 South Korea0–1—
Germany 2006 Group D Angola1–0Pauleta
 Iran2–0Deco, Ronaldo
 Mexico2–1Maniche, Simão
Round of 16 Netherlands1–0Maniche
Quarter-final England0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		—
Semi-final France0–1—
Match for third place Germany1–3Nuno Gomes
South Africa 2010 Group G Ivory Coast0–0—
 North Korea7–0Meireles, Simão, Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo
 Brazil0–0—
Round of 16 Spain0–1—
Brazil 2014 Group G Germany0–4—
 United States2–2Nani, Varela
 Ghana2–1Boye (o.g.), Ronaldo
Russia 2018 Group B Spain3–3Ronaldo (3)
 Morocco1–0Ronaldo
 Iran1–1Quaresma
Round of 16 Uruguay1–2Pepe
Qatar 2022 Group H Ghana3–2Ronaldo, Félix, Leão
 Uruguay2–0Fernandes (2)
 South Korea1–2Horta
Round of 16  Switzerland6–1Ramos (3), Pepe, Guerreiro, Leão
Quarter-final Morocco0–1—
Canada Mexico United States 2026 Group K DR Congo1–1J. Neves
 Uzbekistan5–0Ronaldo (2), Mendes, Nematov (o.g.), Leão
 Colombia0–0—
Round of 32 Croatia2–1Ronaldo, Ramos
Round of 16 Spain0–1—
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 TBATBAv

Portugal in Qatar 2022

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Ghana 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Portugal 3–2 Ghana
 [Report 1]
Attendance: 42,662
Portugal 2–0 Uruguay
 [Report 2]
Attendance: 88,668
South Korea 2–1 Portugal
 [Report 3]
Attendance: 44,097

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Portugal 6–1 Switzerland
 [Report 4]
Attendance: 83,720

Quarter-finals

Morocco 1–0 Portugal
 [Report 5]
Attendance: 44,198

Portugal in North America 2026

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 2 0 6 1 +5 5
3  DR Congo 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Portugal 1–1 DR Congo
 [Report 6]
Attendance: 68,777
Portugal 5–0 Uzbekistan
 [Report 7]
Attendance: 68,777
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Colombia 0–0 Portugal
[Report 8]
Attendance: 64,478

Knockout stage

Round of 32
Portugal 2–1 Croatia
 [Report 9]
Attendance: 43,036
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Round of 16
Portugal 0–1 Spain
[Report 10]
Attendance: 70,649

Most appearances

Cristiano Ronaldo has played in a record 27 matches and six tournaments for Portugal at the World Cup.
Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Cristiano Ronaldo272006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026
2 Bernardo Silva132018, 2022 and 2026
3 Pepe122010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
4 Simão112006 and 2010
Bruno Fernandes112018, 2022 and 2026
6 Luís Figo102002 and 2006
Ricardo Carvalho102006 and 2010
William Carvalho102014, 2018 and 2022
Diogo Costa102022 and 2026
Rafael Leão102022 and 2026

Goalscorers

Eusébio scored nine goals at the 1966 World Cup, the most in a single edition by a Portuguese player.

Eusebio's nine goals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup made him that tournament's top goalscorer, which also won him the Bronze Ball.

Player Goals 1966 1986 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo 11 111413
Eusébio 9 9
Pauleta 4 31
Gonçalo Ramos 4 31
José Torres 3 3
José Augusto 3 3
Rafael Leão 3 21
Bruno Fernandes 2 2
Maniche 2 2
Pepe 2 11
Simão 2 11
Tiago 2 2
António Simões 1 1
Beto 1 1
Carlos Manuel 1 1
Rui Costa 1 1
Deco 1 1
Diamantino 1 1
Hugo Almeida 1 1
João Félix 1 1
Liédson 1 1
Raul Meireles 1 1
Nani 1 1
Nuno Gomes 1 1
Raphaël Guerreiro 1 1
Ricardo Horta 1 1
Ricardo Quaresma 1 1
João Neves 1 1
Nuno Mendes 1 1
Silvestre Varela 1 1
Own goals 4 1111
Total 69 17267746128
Own goals scored for opponents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Portugal 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group Statistics". ESPN. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sweden 2 Portugal 3; agg 2-4". Daily Telegraph. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

Reports

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