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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 .
Vítor Gonçalves captained Portugal in their first international on home soil, on 17 December 1922 against the same opposition. The current individual with the most caps, as captain of the Portugal team is Cristiano Ronaldo.
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)
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.
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.
He will bring Portugal the first two major titles in its history with the Euro 2016 and the 2018–19 Nations League. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He leaves his post on 15 December 2022. On 9 January 2023, the Spaniard Roberto Martínez was appointed coach, [ 4 ] he was the first Seleção coach to have a nationality other than Portuguese and Brazilian.
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 .
Moved to Portugal as a child. [46] Cape Verde: Portuguese Cape Verde: Paris: 1 0 1983 [47] Cape Verde: Rolando: 21 0 2009– Moved to Portugal at age 14. [48] DR Congo Zaire: José Bosingwa: 27 0 2007–2015 Born to a Portuguese father. Moved to Portugal as a child. [49] DR Congo Zaire: Ariza Makukula: 4 1 2007–2008 Born to a Portuguese ...