Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

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 awarded 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.

For the women's team, see Portugal at the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Portugal vs Morocco match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

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 men's team have qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions: in 1966, 1986, 2002 and every final phase held since. Their best performance, as of 2022, is the third place in 1966; they also finished fourth in 2006.[1][2]

Overall 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 to be determined
Total8/22-35176126141
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

Matches
YearRoundOpponentScorePortugal scorers
1966 Group stage 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
Third place match Soviet Union2–1Eusébio, Torres
1986 Group stage England1–0Carlos Manuel
 Poland0–1
 Morocco1–3Diamantino
2002 Group stage United States2–3Beto, Agoos (o.g.)
 Poland4–0Pauleta (3), Rui Costa
 South Korea0–1
2006 Group stage 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
Third place match Germany1–3Nuno Gomes
2010 Group stage Ivory Coast0–0
 North Korea7–0Meireles, Simão, Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo
 Brazil0–0
Round of 16 Spain0–1
2014 Group stage Germany0–4
 United States2–2Nani, Varela
 Ghana2–1Boye (o.g.), Ronaldo
2018 Group stage Spain3–3Ronaldo (3)
 Morocco1–0Ronaldo
 Iran1–1Quaresma
Round of 16 Uruguay1–2Pepe
2022 Group stage Ghana3–2Ronaldo, Félix, Leão
 Uruguay2–0Fernandes (2)
 South Korea1–2Horta
Round of 16  Switzerland6–1Ramos (3), Pepe, Guerreiro, Leão
Quarter-final Morocco0–1

Portugal in Qatar 2022

Group stage
Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advanced 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
Attendance: 42,662
Portugal 2–0 Uruguay
 Report
Attendance: 88,668
South Korea 2–1 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 44,097

Round of 16
Portugal 6–1  Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 83,720

Quarter-finals
Morocco 1–0 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 44,198

Record players
Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016
Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Cristiano Ronaldo222006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
2 Simão112006 and 2010
Pepe112010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
4 Luís Figo102002 and 2006
Ricardo Carvalho102006 and 2010
William Carvalho102014, 2018 and 2022
7 Pauleta92002 and 2006
Tiago92006 and 2010
9 Petit82002 and 2006
Bernardo Silva82018 and 2022

Top goalscorers
Eusébio as Portugal's captain against Argentina

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

Rank Player Goals World Cups
1 Eusébio91966
2 Cristiano Ronaldo82006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), 2018 (4) and 2022 (1)
3 Pauleta42002 (3) and 2006 (1)
4 José Augusto31966
José Torres31966
Gonçalo Ramos32022
7 Maniche22006
Tiago22010
Bruno Fernandes22022
Pepe22018 and 2022
Rafael Leão22022
12 18 players1

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.
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