Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

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 (or 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 have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on six occasions, the first being in 1966 where they reached the semi final.

They have made their sixth appearance at the finals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[1][2]

Record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
1934 to 1962 Did Not Qualify
England 1966Third Place3rd6501178
1970 to 1982 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1986Group Stage17th310224
1990 to 1998 Did Not Qualify
South KoreaJapan 2002Group Stage21st310264
Germany 2006Fourth Place4th741275
South Africa 2010Round of 1611th412171
Brazil 2014Group Stage18th311147
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022 To Be Determined
Total6/202613494329
Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches

YearRoundOpponentScoreResult
1966 Round 1 Hungary3–1Win
Round 1 Bulgaria3–0Win
Round 1 Brazil3–1Win
Quarter-final North Korea5–3Win
Semi-final England1–2Loss
Third place match Soviet Union2–1Win
1986 Round 1 England1–0Win
Round 1 Poland0–1Loss
Round 1 Morocco1–3Loss
2002 Round 1 United States2–3Loss
Round 1 Poland4–0Win
Round 1 South Korea0–1Loss
2006 Round 1 Angola1–0Win
Round 1 Iran2–0Win
Round 1 Mexico2–1Win
Round 2 Netherlands1–0Win
Quarter-final England0–0
3–1 (pen.)		Draw
Semi-final France0–1Loss
Third place match Germany1–3Loss
2010 Round 1 Ivory Coast0–0Draw
Round 1 North Korea7–0Win
Round 1 Brazil0–0Draw
Round 2 Spain0–1Loss
2014 Round 1 Germany0–4Loss
Round 1 United States2–2Draw
Round 1 Ghana2–1Win

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.

External links

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