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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
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 ...
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win , 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
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.
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 ...
Cristiano Ronaldo is an all-time great, but Portugal has a better shot at winning the World Cup with him on the bench.
Portugal didn't need Cristiano Ronaldo to rack up its biggest-ever win in a competitive game. A 9-0 rout of Luxembourg in European Championship qualifying on Monday was achieved without Ronaldo ...
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo look on during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Portugal and Switzerland, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.