Portugal women's national football team

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Portugal
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)A Selecção das Quinas[1]
AssociationPortuguese Football Federation (FPF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachFrancisco Neto
CaptainCláudia Neto
Most capsCarla Couto (145)
Top scorerEdite Fernandes (39)
FIFA codePOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 29 Increase 1 (10 December 2021)[2]
Highest29 (April 2021)
Lowest47 (March 2007)
First international
 France 0–0 Portugal 
(Le Mans, France; 24 October 1981)
Biggest win
 Armenia 0–8 Portugal 
(Yerevan, Armenia; 17 September 2011)
 Portugal 8–0 Moldova 
(Setúbal, Portugal; 24 November 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 13–0 Portugal 
(Reutlingen, Germany; 15 November 2003)
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage (2017)

The Portugal women's national football team represents Portugal in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.

History[]

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Portugal women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "A Selecção das Quinas".[3]

Results and fixtures[]

  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

19 February Euro 2022 qualifying Finland  1–0  Portugal Helsinki, Finland
17:15 (18:15 EET)
  • Sällström Goal 90+3'
Report
(UEFA)
Stadium: Bolt Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
23 February Euro 2022 qualifying Scotland  0–2  Portugal Larnaca, Cyprus
16:10 (17:10 EET) Report
(UEFA)
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium[4]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
9 April UEFA Women's Euro Play-Offs Portugal  0–1  Russia Lisbon, Portugal
19:30 Report
(UEFA)
Korovkina Goal 51' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
13 April UEFA Women's Euro Play-Offs Russia  0–0  Portugal Moscow, Russia
17:00 Report
(UEFA)
Stadium: Sapsan Arena
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
10 June Friendly United States  1–0  Portugal Houston, Texas, United States
2:30 Report Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 9,951
Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)
13 June Friendly Portugal  3–3  Nigeria Houston, Texas, United States
1:15
Report
Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)
16 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup H Turkey  1–1  Portugal Alanya, Turkey
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium
Referee: Maika Vanderstiche (France)
19 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup H Israel  0–4  Portugal Rishon LeZion, Israel
18:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
21 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup H Portugal  2–1  Serbia Setúbal
Report
  • Goal 45+2'
Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup H Bulgaria  0–5  Portugal Stadion Lokomotiv, Plovdiv
17:00 (18:00 EEST) Report
Referee: (Romania)
25 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup H Portugal  4–0  Israel Faro
Report Stadium: Estádio de São Luís
Referee: (Croatia)

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Portugal Francisco Neto

Manager history[]

Players[]

Caps and goals may be incorrect.

Current squad[]

  • The following players were called up to play against Finland and Scotland on 19 and 23 February 2021 respectively.[5]
  • Caps and goals accurate up to 27 October 2020.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Inês Pereira (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 22) 21 0 Switzerland Servette
12 1GK Patrícia Morais (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 29) 56 0 Portugal Sporting CP
22 1GK Rute Costa (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 27) 2 0 Portugal Famalicão

2 2DF Mónica Mendes (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 28) 51 2 Portugal Sporting CP
4 2DF Sílvia Rebelo (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 32) 101 1 Portugal Benfica
5 2DF Joana Marchão (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 25) 5 0 Portugal Sporting CP
9 2DF Ana Borges (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 31) 125 9 Portugal Sporting CP
15 2DF Carole Costa (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 31) 120 10 Portugal Benfica
19 2DF Diana Gomes (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998 (age 23) 5 0 Portugal Braga
2DF Alícia Correia (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Portugal Sporting CP
2DF Ana Seiça (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Portugal Benfica

3 3MF Catarina Amado (1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 22) 0 0 Portugal Benfica
6 3MF Andreia Jacinto (2002-06-08) 8 June 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Portugal Sporting CP
7 3MF Cláudia Neto (C) (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 33) 131 19 Italy Fiorentina
8 3MF Andreia Norton (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 25) 37 4 Portugal Braga
11 3MF Tatiana Pinto (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 27) 38 1 Portugal Sporting CP
13 3MF Fátima Pinto (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 25) 42 1 Portugal Sporting CP
14 3MF Dolores Silva (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 30) 117 12 Portugal Braga
17 3MF Vanessa Marques (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 25) 61 7 Hungary
20 3MF Ana Capeta (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 24) 12 1 Portugal Sporting CP
21 3MF Kika Nazareth (2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Portugal Benfica
3MF Andreia Faria (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 21) 5 0 Portugal Benfica

10 4FW Jéssica Silva (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 27) 64 7 France Lyon
16 4FW Diana Silva (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 (age 26) 58 13 England Aston Villa
18 4FW Carolina Mendes (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 (age 34) 91 19 Portugal Sporting CP
23 4FW Telma Encarnação (2001-10-11) 11 October 2001 (age 20) 4 0 Portugal Marítimo

Recent call-ups[]

  • The following players were named to a Portugal squad in the last 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up



Previous squads[]

Records[]

  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not qualify UEFA Women's Euro 1991
Sweden 1995 UEFA Women's Euro 1995
United States 1999 6 2 0 4 4 15
United States 2003 6 1 1 4 4 26
China 2007 8 0 0 8 4 31
Germany 2011 8 4 0 4 17 10
Canada 2015 10 4 0 6 19 21
France 2019 8 3 2 3 22 8
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined To be determined
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Women's Championship[]

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1984 Did not qualify 6 0 2 4 1 10
Norway 1987 Did not enter Did not enter
West Germany 1989
Denmark 1991
Italy 1993
Germany 1995 Did not qualify 6 3 0 3 13 11
NorwaySweden1997 8 2 0 6 5 26
Germany 2001 8 2 1 5 5 17
England 2005 8 1 0 7 5 42
Finland 2009 8 0 2 6 4 18
Sweden 2013 8 2 0 6 16 13
Netherlands 2017 Group Stage 14th 3 1 0 2 3 5 10 4 3 3 16 12
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup[]

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup."[7]

Portugal Algarve Cup record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1994 5th/6 3 1 0 2 2 8
1995 8th/8 4 0 0 4 1 14
1996 7th/8 4 1 0 3 4 10
1997 8th/8 4 0 1 3 0 8
1998 8th/8 4 0 1 3 3 8
1999 7th/8 4 1 1 2 2 10
2000 8th/8 4 0 0 4 1 17
2001 8th/8 4 0 0 4 3 11
2002 11th/12 4 1 0 3 6 10
2003 10th/12 4 1 2 1 5 5
2004 10th/12 4 2 0 2 7 4
2005 11th/12 4 1 0 3 5 9
2006 11th/11 2 0 0 2 0 7
2007 12th/12 4 0 2 2 2 7
2008 10th/12 4 2 1 1 6 5
2009 8th/12 4 3 1 0 6 3
2010 10th/12 4 2 1 1 7 4
2011 9th/12 4 2 2 0 6 3
2012 10th/12 4 2 0 2 6 3
2013 11th/12 4 1 1 2 3 6
2014 12th/12 4 1 0 3 5 9
2015 11th/12 4 0 2 2 5 9
2016 8th/8 4 0 0 4 2 8
2017 12th/12 4 0 1 3 0 9
2018 3rd/12 4 3 1 0 6 2
2019 12th/12 3 1 0 2 4 8
2020 8th/8 3 0 0 3 1 5
2021 Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
Total - 103 25 17 61 95 198

References[]

  1. ^ Selecção das Quinas refers to the five shields ("Team of the Escutcheons") or the five dots inside them ("Team of the Bezants") in the Portuguese flag, used until the 70s as the shirt badge. Refer to Flag of Portugal for symbolism associated with these bezants.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ Selecção das Quinas refers to the five shields ("Team of the Escutcheons") or the five dots inside them ("Team of the Bezants") in the Portuguese flag, used until the 70s as the shirt badge. Refer to Flag of Portugal for symbolism associated with these bezants.
  4. ^ "SWNT'S fixture against Portugal to be played in Cyprus". www.scottishfa.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Convocadas Para Finlandia E Escocia" (in Portuguese). Federacao Portuguesa De Futebol. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. ^ UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad
  7. ^ "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Setbacks before the Olympics – Algarve cup canceled". Tellerreport. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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