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The national team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home games are played at the Estádio Nacional stadiums in Portugal, and its primary training ground and technical headquarters, Cidade do Futebol , is located in Oeiras .
For lists of Portugal national football team results every twenty years see: Portugal national football team results (1921–39) Portugal national football team results (1940–59) Portugal national football team results (1960–79) Portugal national football team results (1980–99) Portugal national football team results (2000–19)
Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's most capped player. This is a list of players who earned 25 or more caps for the Portugal national football team. For all players who have played for Portugal, see Category:Portugal men's international footballers. As of November 2024, 125 players have reached this milestone for Portugal.
Portugal have played against teams from every confederation. Their first international match was played on 18 December 1921 in Madrid against Spain , losing 3–1. [ 13 ] The team they have faced the most often is also Spain, with a total of 40 matches played.
Portugal started the Nations League defeating Italy in a home 1–0 victory, with André Silva scoring the match's only goal, in a game where Portugal was always on top of an Italian team that rarely showed danger. This was Portugal's first victory in an official game against Italy since 1958.
A list of current and former players who have played for the senior Portugal national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Portuguese men's footballers .
The Indonesian men's national football team has represented Indonesia in international men's football matches since 1945. The men's national team is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), the governing body for football in Indonesia, which is a part of AFC, under the jurisdiction of FIFA.
Portuguese football fans supporting the Portugal national team. On 26 May 2010, Portugal attained the third place in the FIFA World Ranking, their highest ever. They repeated this feat in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2018. Their lowest rank was 43rd overall in 1998.