The following is a list of the Portugal national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Individual records

Player records

Most capped players

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's most capped player and all-time top scorer.

See also: List of Portugal international footballers and List of Portugal national football team captains
As of match played 6 December 2022[1]
Players in bold are still active with Portugal.
Rank Player Caps Goals First cap Latest cap
1 Cristiano Ronaldo 203 127 20 August 2003 16 October 2023
2 João Moutinho 146 7 17 August 2005 9 June 2022
3 Pepe 132 8 21 November 2007 6 December 2022
4 Luís Figo 127 32 12 October 1991 8 July 2006
5 Nani 112 24 1 September 2006 2 July 2017
6 Fernando Couto 110 8 19 December 1990 30 June 2004
7 Rui Patrício 105 0 17 November 2010 17 November 2022
8 Bruno Alves 96 11 5 June 2007 7 June 2018
9 Rui Costa 94 26 31 March 1993 4 July 2004
10 Ricardo Carvalho 89 5 11 October 2003 22 June 2016

Top goalscorers

See also: List of Portugal national football team hat-tricks
As of match played 16 October 2023[2]
Players in bold are still active for the national team.
Rank Player Goals Caps Average First cap Latest cap
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (list) 127 203 0.63 20 August 2003 16 October 2023
2 Pauleta (list) 47 88 0.53 20 August 1997 8 July 2006
3 Eusébio (list) 41 64 0.64 8 October 1961 13 October 1973
4 Luís Figo 32 127 0.25 12 October 1991 8 July 2006
5 Nuno Gomes 29 79 0.37 24 January 1996 11 October 2011
6 Hélder Postiga 27 71 0.38 13 June 2003 14 November 2014
7 Rui Costa 26 94 0.28 31 March 1993 4 July 2004
8 Nani 24 112 0.21 1 September 2006 2 July 2017
9 João Pinto 23 81 0.30 12 October 1991 14 June 2002
10 Nené 22 66 0.33 21 April 1971 23 June 1984
Simão 22 85 0.26 18 October 1998 29 June 2010

Other records

Most matches played in World Cup
21 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022)[3]
Most matches played in European Championship
25 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020)[4]
Oldest player (outfield and goalkeeper)
39 years, 9 months and 10 days – Pepe (6–1 against Switzerland on 6 December 2022)[5]
Longest national career
20 years and 54 days  – Cristiano Ronaldo (from 20 August 2003 to 13 October 2023) 
Longest national career for an outfield player
20 years and 54 days  – Cristiano Ronaldo (from 20 August 2003 to 13 October 2023) 
Youngest debutant
17 years, 6 months and 24 days – Paulo Futre (5–0 against Finland on 21 September 1983)[6]
Youngest player to reach 100 caps
27 years, 8 months and 11 days – Cristiano Ronaldo (1–1 against Northern Ireland on 16 October 2012)[7]

Manager records

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Goal records

Most goals scored in one World Cup
9 – Eusébio (1966)[8]
Most goals scored in World Cups
9 – Eusébio (1966)[8]
Most goals scored in one European Championship
5 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2020)
Most goals scored in European Championships
14 – Cristiano Ronaldo (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020)[9]
Oldest goalscorer
39 years, 9 months and 10 days – Pepe (6–1 against Switzerland on 6 December 2022)
Youngest goalscorer
17 years, 9 months and 25 days – Fernando Chalana (2–1 against Cyprus on 5 December 1976)
Most hat-tricks
10 – Cristiano Ronaldo (includes four goals against Andorra on 7 October 2016 and Lithuania on 10 September 2019)[10]
Most pokers
2 – Cristiano Ronaldo
Youngest player to score a hat-trick
20 years, 11 months and 4 days – André Silva (6–0 against Faroe Islands on 10 October 2016)[11]

Competition records

See also: Portugal national football team all-time record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Portugal at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Declined participation
Kingdom of Italy 1934 Did not qualify 2nd 2 0 0 2 1 11
French Third Republic 1938 2nd 1 0 0 1 1 2
Fourth Brazilian Republic 1950 2nd 2 0 1 1 3 7
Switzerland 1954 2nd 2 0 1 1 1 9
Sweden 1958 3rd 4 1 1 2 4 7
Chile 1962 2nd 4 1 1 2 9 7
England 1966 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 17 8 1st 6 4 1 1 9 4
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify 4th 6 1 2 3 8 10
West Germany 1974 2nd 6 2 3 1 10 6
Argentina 1978 2nd 6 4 1 1 12 6
Spain 1982 4th 8 3 1 4 8 11
Mexico 1986 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 2 4 2nd 8 5 0 3 12 10
Italy 1990 Did not qualify 3rd 8 4 2 2 11 8
United States 1994 3rd 10 6 2 2 18 5
France 1998 3rd 10 5 4 1 12 4
South Korea Japan 2002 Group stage 21st 3 1 0 2 6 4 1st 10 7 3 0 33 7
Germany 2006 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1* 2 7 5 1st 12 9 3 0 35 5
South Africa 2010 Round of 16 11th 4 1 2 1 7 1 P/O 12 7 4 1 19 5
Brazil 2014 Group stage 18th 3 1 1 1 4 7 P/O 12 8 3 1 24 11
Russia 2018 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 6 6 1st 10 9 0 1 32 4
Qatar 2022 Quarter-finals 8th 5 3 0 2 12 6 P/O 10 7 2 1 22 7
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Third place 8/22 30 14 6 10 49 35 149 83 35 31 284 146
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Portugal at the UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Did not qualify 4 3 0 1 8 8
Spain 1964 3 1 0 2 4 5
Italy 1968 6 2 2 2 6 6
Belgium 1972 6 3 1 2 10 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 6 2 3 1 5 7
Italy 1980 8 4 1 3 10 11
France 1984 Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 5 0 1 11 6
West Germany 1988 Did not qualify 8 2 4 2 6 8
Sweden 1992 8 5 1 2 11 4
England 1996 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 5 2 10 7 2 1 29 7
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 10 4 10 7 2 1 32 4
Portugal 2004 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1* 2 8 6 Qualified as hosts
Austria Switzerland 2008 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6 14 7 6 1 24 10
Poland Ukraine 2012 Semi-finals 3rd[a] 5 3 1* 1 6 4 10 6 2 2 27 14
France 2016 Champions 1st 7 3 4* 0 9 5 8 7 0 1 11 5
Europe 2020 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 7 7 8 5 2 1 22 6
Germany 2024 To be determined To be determined
Total 1 title 8/16 39 19 10 10 56 38 115 66 26 23 216 107
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA Nations League

Main article: Portugal in the UEFA Nations League
UEFA Nations League record
Season** Division Group Pld W D* L GF GA P/R Rank
Portugal 2018–19 A 3 6 4 2 0 9 4 Same position 1st
Italy 2020–21 A 3 6 4 1 1 12 4 Same position 5th
Netherlands 2022–23 A 2 6 3 1 2 11 3 Same position 6th
Total 18 11 4 3 32 11 1 title
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage. Red border colour indicates the finals stage will be held on home soil

FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: Portugal at the FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999
South KoreaJapan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017 Third place 3rd 5 3 2* 0 9 3
Total Third place 1/10 5 3 2 0 9 3
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Olympic Games

Main article: Football at the Summer Olympics

1968–1988 national amateur football team. Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

Olympic Games Record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Greece 1896 No football tournament
France 1900 Did not enter
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 7 5
United States 1932 No football tournament
Germany 1936 Did not enter
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984 Did not qualify
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996 Fourth place 6 2 2 2 6 10
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004 Group stage 3 1 0 2 6 9
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 5 6
Japan 2020 Did not qualify
Total Fourth place 16 7 3 6 24 30
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Minor tournaments

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Brazil 1964 Taça de Nações Third place, round-robin 3rd 3 0 1 2 2 7
Brazil 1972 Brazil Independence Cup Runners-up 2nd 8 6 1 1 17 5
United States 1992 U.S. Cup Round-robin 4th 3 0 1 2 0 3
Canada 1995 SkyDome Cup Winners, round-robin 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
Total 1 title 16 7 4 5 21 16
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

All-time results

Main article: Portugal national football team results

The following table shows Portugal's all-time international record, correct as of 29 March 2022.

Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total 647 315 151 181 1096 741

Source: Portugal - Historical results

Head-to-head record

Portugal national football team has played teams from every confederation. Their first international match was played on 18th December 1921 in Madrid against Spain, losing 3–1.[13] The team they have played the most is Spain, with a total of 40 matches played. Their biggest win has been by 9 goals in a European Qualifiers match against Luxembourg that ended 9-0 on the 11th September 2023.

Key
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Negative balance (more Losses)
As of match against  Iceland on the 19th November 2023.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Albania 7 5 1 1 13 5 +8
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Andorra 6 6 0 0 29 1 +28
 Angola 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11
 Argentina 8 2 1 5 7 13 −6
 Armenia 6 4 2 0 9 4 +5
 Austria 11 2 6 3 11 19 −8
 Azerbaijan 8 7 1 0 22 1 +21
 Belgium 19 6 7 6 21 23 −2
 Bolivia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 5 1 0 16 2 +14
 Brazil 20 4 3 13 16 39 −23
 Bulgaria 13 4 3 6 16 18 −2
 Cameroon 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
 Canada 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3
 Cape Verde 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Chile 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5
 China 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
 Ivory Coast 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Croatia 7 6 1 0 15 4 +11
 Cyprus 11 10 1 0 35 6 +29
 Czech Republic 5 4 0 1 10 2 +8
 Denmark 16 11 2 3 32 18 +14
 Ecuador 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
 Egypt 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6
 England 23 3 10 10 25 46 −21
 Estonia 8 7 1 0 25 1 +24
 Faroe Islands 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15
 Finland 10 5 4 1 14 6 +8
 France 28 6 3 19 31 53 −22
 Gabon 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Georgia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Germany 19 3 5 11 18 33 −15
 Ghana 2 2 0 0 5 3 +1
 Gibraltar 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
 Greece 14 4 5 5 16 18 −2
 Hungary 14 10 4 0 33 10 +23
 Iceland 5 4 1 0 12 5 +7
 Iran 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
 Israel 7 4 2 1 16 9 +7
 Italy 28 6 4 18 23 51 −28
 Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5
 Kuwait 2 1 1 0 9 1 +8
 Latvia 6 6 0 0 18 4 +14
 Liechtenstein 9 8 1 0 41 3 +38
 Lithuania 4 4 0 0 20 3 +17
 Luxembourg 21 19 1 1 74 8 +66
 Macedonia 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3
 Malta 10 9 1 0 28 5 +23
 Mexico 5 3 2 0 7 4 +3
 Moldova 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Morocco 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2
 Mozambique 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Netherlands 14 8 4 2 16 10 +6
 New Zealand 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Nigeria 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 North Korea 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9
 Northern Ireland 13 4 7 2 14 13 +1
 Norway 11 8 2 1 18 5 +16
 Panama 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Paraguay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Poland 13 5 5 3 18 13 +5
 Qatar 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5
 Republic of Ireland 15 8 3 4 22 11 +11
 Romania 11 5 2 4 11 9 +2
 Russia 7 4 1 2 11 3 +8
 Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6
 Scotland 15 8 3 4 21 14 +7
 Serbia 9 3 4 2 14 11 +3
 Slovakia 6 5 1 0 10 3 +7
 South Africa 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
 Spain 40 6 17 17 45 77 −32
 Sweden 20 7 6 7 25 29 −4
  Switzerland 26 10 5 11 40 35 +5
 Tunisia 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
 Turkey 9 7 0 2 19 9 +10
 Ukraine 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1
 United States 7 2 3 2 8 8 0
 Uruguay 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4
 Wales 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5
Former Teams
 Czechoslovakia 9 3 3 3 7 10 −3
 East Germany 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1
 Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 4 6 −2
 Yugoslavia 5 3 0 2 10 12 −2

All-time results

Main article: Portugal national football team results

The following table shows Portugal's all-time international record, correct as of 5 June 2022.

Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total 653 318 153 182 1111 743

Source: Portugal - Historical results

Notes

  1. ^ Though there was no third place play-off, UEFA decided in the 2012 edition to award the semi-final losers (Germany and Portugal) bronze medals for the first time.[12]

References

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  2. ^ "Portugal national football team goal scorers". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Spain vs. Portugal final score: Crazy draw as Cristiano Ronaldo becomes oldest to score World Cup hat trick". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Ronaldo sets record for all-time EURO appearances". UEFA. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Euro 2016: A final swansong for Ricardo Carvalho?". Sportskeeda. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Adeus Alvalade: Paulo Futre encanta na estreia oficial" [Goodbye Alvalade: Paulo Futre delights in official debut]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 May 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Centurion Ronaldo honoured by UEFA". Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Eusebio's nine goals at 1966 World Cup". BBC Sport. 5 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first to score in four European Championships". espnfc.com. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  10. ^ Grez, Matias (11 September 2019). "Cristiano Ronaldo hits four against Lithuania and nears all-time goals record". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Chapa seis às Ilhas Faroé com "hat-trick" de André Silva" [Six past the Faroe Islands with André Silva hat-trick] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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