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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 when it was granted host status alongside Morocco ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
These wins secured Portugal's place in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Portugal were drawn into Group G with Germany, Ghana, and the United States. They played Germany first at the Arena Fonte Nova. Germany took the lead early on with a Thomas Müller penalty kick after a foul on Mario Götze. Toni Kroos then scored Germany's second. Pepe was involved ...
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Eusébio helped Portugal reach third place at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, being the top goalscorer of the tournament with nine goals. [10] He remains Portugal's all-time top scorer at the World Cup. He won the Ballon d'Or in 1965 and was runner-up in 1962 and 1966. He is Benfica's all-time top scorer with 473 goals in 440 competitive matches.
Soccer triumph! Portugal erupted into jubilation on Sunday as they took down France to win the Euro Cup 2016
At the 2022 World Cup, Portugal defeated Ghana 3–2 in their first group game [112] and then beat Uruguay 2–0. [113] to qualify for the knockout stages. [114] The Portuguese would demolish Switzerland 6–1 in the next round, their highest tally in a World Cup knockout game since the 1966 World Cup, with Gonçalo Ramos scoring a hat-trick.
FIFA World Cup history 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, 2014