Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

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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 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. Portugal is set to co-host the 2030 edition having been granted host status alongside Morocco and Spain.

Overall record

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did not enter
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 Quarter-finals 8th 5 3 0 2 12 6
2026 Qualified
2030 Qualified as co-hosts
2034 To be determined
Total 9/23 - 35 17 6 12 61 41
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

Year Round Opponent Score Portugal scorers
1966 Group 3  Hungary 3–1 José Augusto (2), Torres
 Bulgaria 3–0 Vustov (o.g.), Eusébio, Torres
 Brazil 3–1 Simões, Eusébio (2)
Quarter-final  North Korea 5–3 Eusébio (4), José Augusto
Semi-final  England 1–2 Eusébio
Third place play-off  Soviet Union 2–1 Eusébio, Torres
1986 Group F  England 1–0 Carlos Manuel
 Poland 0–1
 Morocco 1–3 Diamantino
2002 Group D  United States 2–3 Beto, Agoos (o.g.)
 Poland 4–0 Pauleta (3), Rui Costa
 South Korea 0–1
2006 Group D  Angola 1–0 Pauleta
 Iran 2–0 Deco, Ronaldo
 Mexico 2–1 Maniche, Simão
Round of 16  Netherlands 1–0 Maniche
Quarter-final  England 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Semi-final  France 0–1
Third place play-off  Germany 1–3 Nuno Gomes
2010 Group G  Ivory Coast 0–0
 North Korea 7–0 Meireles, Simão, Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo
 Brazil 0–0
Round of 16  Spain 0–1
2014 Group G  Germany 0–4
 United States 2–2 Nani, Varela
 Ghana 2–1 Boye (o.g.), Ronaldo
2018 Group B  Spain 3–3 Ronaldo (3)
 Morocco 1–0 Ronaldo
 Iran 1–1 Quaresma
Round of 16  Uruguay 1–2 Pepe
2022 Group H  Ghana 3–2 Ronaldo, Félix, Leão
 Uruguay 2–0 Fernandes (2)
 South Korea 1–2 Horta
Round of 16   Switzerland 6–1 Ramos (3), Pepe, Guerreiro, Leão
Quarter-final  Morocco 0–1

Portugal in Qatar 2022

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 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
  • Ronaldo 65' (pen.)
  • Félix 78'
  • Leão 80'
 Report
  • A. Ayew 73'
  • Bukari 89'
Stadium 974, Doha
Attendance: 42,662
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
Portugal 2–0 Uruguay
  • Fernandes 54', 90+3' (pen.)
 Report
Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Attendance: 88,668
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
South Korea 2–1 Portugal
  • Kim Young-gwon 27'
  • Hwang Hee-chan 90+1'
 Report
  • Horta 5'
Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 44,097
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Portugal 6–1 Switzerland
  • Ramos 17', 51', 67'
  • Pepe 33'
  • Guerreiro 55'
  • Leão 90+2'
 Report
  • Akanji 58'
Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Attendance: 83,720
Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

Morocco 1–0 Portugal
  • En-Nesyri 42'
 Report
Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 44,198
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Record players

Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Cristiano Ronaldo 22 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
2 Simão 11 2006 and 2010
Pepe 11 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
4 Luís Figo 10 2002 and 2006
Ricardo Carvalho 10 2006 and 2010
William Carvalho 10 2014, 2018 and 2022
7 Pauleta 9 2002 and 2006
Tiago 9 2006 and 2010
9 Petit 8 2002 and 2006
Bernardo Silva 8 2018 and 2022

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.

Rank Player Goals World Cups
1 Eusébio 9 1966
2 Cristiano Ronaldo 8 2006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), 2018 (4) and 2022 (1)
3 Pauleta 4 2002 (3) and 2006 (1)
4 José Augusto 3 1966
José Torres 3 1966
Gonçalo Ramos 3 2022
7 Maniche 2 2006
Tiago 2 2010
Bruno Fernandes 2 2022
Pepe 2 2018 and 2022
Rafael Leão 2 2022
12 18 players 1

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