Portugal at the UEFA European Championship

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Portugal have participated in nine editions of the UEFA European Championship. Their first tournament was in 1984, and the side have advanced past the group stage in every edition they've participated in so far. Portugal have reached the semi-finals on five occasions, and reached the final as hosts in 2004, however losing to the heavy tournament underdogs Greece. They captured their first major tournament win after defeating hosts France 1–0 in the final of Euro 2016.

UEFA Euro 1984

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3  West Germany 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4  Romania 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
West Germany 0–0 Portugal
Report
Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 44,707
Referee: Romualdas Juška (Soviet Union)
Portugal 1–1 Spain
  • Sousa 52'
 Report
  • Santillana 73'
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 24,364
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Portugal 1–0 Romania
  • Nené 81'
 Report
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 24,464
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
France 3–2 (a.e.t.) Portugal
  • Domergue 24', 114'
  • Platini 119'
 Report
  • Jordão 74', 98'
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 54,848
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

UEFA Euro 1996

Group stage

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Croatia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark 1–1 Portugal
  • B. Laudrup 22'
 Report
  • Sá Pinto 53'
Hillsborough, Sheffield
Attendance: 34,993
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Portugal 1–0 Turkey
  • Couto 66'
 Report
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 22,670
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Croatia 0–3 Portugal
Report
  • Figo 4'
  • João Pinto 33'
  • Domingos 82'
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 20,484
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Czech Republic 1–0 Portugal
  • Poborský 53'
 Report
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 26,832
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2000

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Romania 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  England 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Portugal 3–2 England
  • Figo 22'
  • João Pinto 37'
  • Nuno Gomes 59'
 Report
  • Scholes 3'
  • McManaman 18'
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Romania 0–1 Portugal
Report
  • Costinha 90+4'
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 28,400
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Portugal 3–0 Germany
  • Conceição 35', 54', 71'
 Report
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Portugal 2–0 Turkey
  • Nuno Gomes 44', 56'
 Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
Semi-finals
France 2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.) Portugal
  • Henry 51'
  • Zidane 117' (pen.)
 Report
  • Nuno Gomes 19'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

UEFA Euro 2004

Group stage

Pos Team
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.
Portugal 1–2 Greece
  • Ronaldo 90+3'
 Report
  • Karagounis 7'
  • Basinas 51' (pen.)
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 48,761
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Russia 0–2 Portugal
Report
  • Maniche 7'
  • Rui Costa 89'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 59,273
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Spain 0–1 Portugal
Report
  • Nuno Gomes 57'
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,491
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Portugal 2–2 (a.e.t.) England
  • Postiga 83'
  • Rui Costa 110'
 Report
  • Owen 3'
  • Lampard 115'
Penalties
  • Deco
  • Simão
  • Rui Costa
  • Ronaldo
  • Maniche
  • Postiga
  • Ricardo
6–5
  • Beckham
  • Owen
  • Lampard
  • Terry
  • Hargreaves
  • A. Cole
  • Vassell
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 62,564
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Semi-finals
Portugal 2–1 Netherlands
  • Ronaldo 26'
  • Maniche 58'
 Report
  • Andrade 63' (o.g.)
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 46,679
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Final
Portugal 0–1 Greece
Report
  • Charisteas 57'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 62,865
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2008

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4   Switzerland (H) 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–0 Turkey.
  2. Head-to-head result: Switzerland 0–1 Czech Republic.
Portugal 2–0 Turkey
  • Pepe 61'
  • Meireles 90+3'
 Report
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,106
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Czech Republic 1–3 Portugal
  • Sionko 17'
 Report
  • Deco 8'
  • Ronaldo 63'
  • Quaresma 90+1'
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,016
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Switzerland 2–0 Portugal
  • Yakin 71', 83' (pen.)
 Report
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 39,730
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Portugal 2–3 Germany
  • Nuno Gomes 40'
  • Postiga 87'
 Report
  • Schweinsteiger 22'
  • Klose 26'
  • Ballack 61'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 39,374
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

UEFA Euro 2012

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany 1–0 Portugal
  • Gómez 72'
 Report
Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 32,990
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Denmark 2–3 Portugal
  • Bendtner 41', 80'
 Report
  • Pepe 24'
  • Postiga 36'
  • Varela 87'
Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 31,840
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Portugal 2–1 Netherlands
  • Ronaldo 28', 74'
 Report
  • Van der Vaart 11'
Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 37,445
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Czech Republic 0–1 Portugal
Report
  • Ronaldo 79'
National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,590
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Semi-finals
Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Spain
Report
Penalties
  • Moutinho
  • Pepe
  • Nani
  • Alves
2–4
  • Alonso
  • Iniesta
  • Piqué
  • Ramos
  • Fàbregas
Donbas Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iceland 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Portugal 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
4  Austria 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Iceland 1–1 Hungary). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Portugal 1–1 Iceland
  • Nani 31'
 Report
  • B. Bjarnason 50'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 38,742
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Portugal 0–0 Austria
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 44,291
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Hungary 3–3 Portugal
  • Gera 19'
  • Dzsudzsák 47', 55'
 Report
  • Nani 42'
  • Ronaldo 50', 62'
Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 55,514
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 E  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
3 F  Portugal 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
4 C  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
5 D  Turkey 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
6 A  Albania 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.

Knockout stage

Round of 16
Croatia 0–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
Report
  • Quaresma 117'
Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
Attendance: 33,523
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Quarter-finals
Poland 1–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
  • Lewandowski 2'
 Report
  • Sanches 33'
Penalties
  • Lewandowski
  • Milik
  • Glik
  • Błaszczykowski
3–5
  • Ronaldo
  • Sanches
  • Moutinho
  • Nani
  • Quaresma
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 62,940
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Semi-finals
Portugal 2–0 Wales
  • Ronaldo 50'
  • Nani 53'
 Report
Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 55,679
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Final
Portugal 1–0 (a.e.t.) France
  • Eder 109'
 Report
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 75,868
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Germany (H) 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
4  Hungary (H) 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–4 Germany.
Hungary 0–3 Portugal
Report
  • Guerreiro 84'
  • Ronaldo 87' (pen.), 90+2'
Puskás Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 55,662
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Portugal 2–4 Germany
  • Ronaldo 15'
  • Jota 67'
 Report
  • Dias 35' (o.g.)
  • Guerreiro 39' (o.g.)
  • Havertz 51'
  • Gosens 60'
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 12,926
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Portugal 2–2 France
  • Ronaldo 31' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
 Report
  • Benzema 45+2' (pen.), 47'
Puskás Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 54,886
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Portugal 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 D  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 A   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4 C  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
5 B  Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
6 E  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout stage

Round of 16
Belgium 1–0 Portugal
  • T. Hazard 42'
 Report
Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville
Attendance: 11,504
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2024

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Georgia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Turkey 0–3 Portugal.
Portugal 2–1 Czech Republic
  • Hranáč 69' (o.g.)
  • Conceição 90+2'
 Report
  • Provod 62'
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 38,421
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Turkey 0–3 Portugal
Report
  • B. Silva 21'
  • Akaydin 28' (o.g.)
  • Fernandes 56'
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 61,047
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Georgia 2–0 Portugal
  • Kvaratskhelia 2'
  • Mikautadze 57' (pen.)
 Report
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 49,616
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Knockout stage

Round of 16
Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Slovenia
Report
Penalties
  • Ronaldo
  • Fernandes
  • B. Silva
3–0
  • Iličić
  • Balkovec
  • Verbič
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 46,576
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Quarter-finals
Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) France
Report
Penalties
  • Ronaldo
  • B. Silva
  • Félix
  • Mendes
3–5
  • Dembélé
  • Fofana
  • Koundé
  • Barcola
  • Hernandez
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 47,789
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Overall record

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1960 Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984 Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 2 1 4 4
1988 Did not qualify
1992
1996 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 5 2
2000 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 10 4
2004 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1* 2 8 6
2008 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6
2012 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 1* 1 6 4
2016 Champions 1st 7 3 4* 0 9 5
2020 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 7 7
2024 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 2* 1 5 3
2028 To be determined
2032
Total 1 Title 9/17 44 21 12 11 61 41
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Matches

Year Round Opponent Score Portugal scorers
1984 Group stage  West Germany 0–0 –
 Spain 1–1 Sousa
 Romania 1–0 Nené
Semi-final  France 2–3 (a.e.t.) Jordão (2)
1996 Group stage  Denmark 1–1 Sá Pinto
 Turkey 1–0 Couto
 Croatia 3–0 Figo, João Pinto, Domingos
Quarter-final  Czech Republic 0–1 –
2000 Group stage  England 3–2 Figo, João Pinto, Nuno Gomes
 Romania 1–0 Costinha
 Germany 3–0 S. Conceição (3)
Quarter-final  Turkey 2–0 Nuno Gomes (2)
Semi-final  France 1–2 (a.s.d.e.t.) Nuno Gomes
2004 Group stage  Greece 1–2 Ronaldo
 Russia 2–0 Maniche, Rui Costa
 Spain 1–0 Nuno Gomes
Quarter-final  England 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Postiga, Rui Costa
Semi-final  Netherlands 2–1 Ronaldo, Maniche
Final  Greece 0–1 –
2008 Group stage  Turkey 2–0 Pepe, Meireles
 Czech Republic 3–1 Deco, Ronaldo, Quaresma
  Switzerland 0–2 –
Quarter-final  Germany 2–3 Nuno Gomes, Postiga
2012 Group stage  Germany 0–1 –
 Denmark 3–2 Pepe, Postiga, Varela
 Netherlands 2–1 Ronaldo (2)
Quarter-final  Czech Republic 1–0 Ronaldo
Semi-final  Spain 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 –
2016 Group stage  Iceland 1–1 Nani
 Austria 0–0 –
 Hungary 3–3 Nani, Ronaldo (2)
Round of 16  Croatia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Quaresma
Quarter-final  Poland 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Sanches
Semi-final  Wales 2–0 Ronaldo, Nani
Final  France 1–0 (a.e.t.) Eder
2020 Group stage  Hungary 3–0 Guerreiro, Ronaldo (2)
 Germany 2–4 Ronaldo, Jota
 France 2–2 Ronaldo (2)
Round of 16  Belgium 0–1 –
2024 Group stage  Czech Republic 2–1 Hranáč (o.g.), F. Conceição
 Turkey 3–0 B. Silva, Akaydin (o.g.), Fernandes
 Georgia 0–2 –
Round of 16  Slovenia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 –
Quarter-final  France 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		 –

Goalscorers

Player Goals 1984 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Cristiano Ronaldo 14 2 1 3 3 5
Nuno Gomes 6 4 1 1
Sérgio Conceição 3 3
Nani 3 3
Hélder Postiga 3 1 1 1
Luís Figo 2 1 1
Rui Costa 2 2
João Vieira Pinto 2 1 1
Rui Jordão 2 2
Ricardo Quaresma 2 1 1
Maniche 2 2
Pepe 2 1 1
Éder 1 1
Nené 1 1
Bernardo Silva 1 1
Bruno Fernandes 1 1
Diogo Jota 1 1
Deco 1 1
Renato Sanches 1 1
Raul Meireles 1 1
Domingos Paciência 1 1
Ricardo Sá Pinto 1 1
Costinha 1 1
Fernando Couto 1 1
António Sousa 1 1
Raphaël Guerreiro 1 1
Silvestre Varela 1 1
Francisco Conceição 1 1
Own goals 2 2
Total 61 4 5 10 8 7 6 9 7 5
Own goals scored for opponents
  • Jorge Andrade (scored for Netherlands in 2004)
  • Rúben Dias (scored for Germany in 2020)
  • Raphaël Guerreiro (scored for Germany in 2020)

Head-to-head record

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Austria 1 0 1 0 0 0
 Belgium 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Croatia 2 2 0 0 4 0
 Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 6 3
 Denmark 2 1 1 0 4 3
 England 2 1 1 0 5 4
 France 5 1 2 2 6 7
 Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Germany 5 1 1 3 7 8
 Greece 2 0 0 2 1 3
 Hungary 2 1 1 0 6 3
 Iceland 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Netherlands 2 2 0 0 4 2
 Poland 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Romania 2 2 0 0 2 0
 Russia 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Slovenia 1 0 1 0 0 0
 Spain 3 1 2 0 2 1
  Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Turkey 4 4 0 0 8 0
 Wales 1 1 0 0 2 0
Total 44 21 12 11 61 41

See also

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