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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 .
On 13 July 2016, after an open vote with over 150,000 entries, UEFA announced that Hungarian midfielder Zoltán Gera's goal against Portugal had been named as fans' goal of the tournament. [115] In a separate poll, UEFA's technical observers decided that Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri 's goal against Poland deserved top spot in their list of the ...
Portugal, which qualified for the knock-out phase despite finishing third in its group, went on to win the championship by defeating heavily favoured host team France 1–0 in the Final, thanks to a goal from Eder in the 109th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal's world-renowned striker, came out of the game due to injury in the 25th minute.
Portugal were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Belgium. [3] Italy won their second European Championship title by beating England on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw after extra time. [4] The win came exactly on the 39th anniversary of Italy's 1982 FIFA World Cup final victory over West Germany. [5]
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men's national teams of their member associations.
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Portugal also participates to the Lusofonia Games and takes part in its football tournaments. In 2014, Portugal was one of the eight nations to take part in the first Unity World Cup . Following the retirement of all players from its "golden generation", Portugal, led by manager Fernando Santos , won Euro 2016 , defeating hosts France 1–0 in ...