# Portugal at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup has two international association football competitions, one contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The men's championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II, and the women's started in 1991.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.
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 and Spain.

## Overall record

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1934 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1938 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1950 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1954 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1958 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1962 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1966 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| 1970 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1974 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1986 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1990 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2002 | Group stage | 21st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 2006 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 2010 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2014 | Group stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2030 | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts | Qualified as co-hosts |
| 2034 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 8/22 | - | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 41 |
    Note: Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Portugal's World Cup record :
| 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 and 2014 |

## Matches

| Year | Round | Opponent | Score | Portugal scorers |
| 1966 | Group 3 | Hungary | 3–1 | José Augusto (2), Torres |
| 1966 | Group 3 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Vustov (o.g.), Eusébio, Torres |
| 1966 | Group 3 | Brazil | 3–1 | Simões, Eusébio (2) |
| 1966 | Quarter-final | North Korea | 5–3 | Eusébio (4), José Augusto |
| 1966 | Semi-final | England | 1–2 | Eusébio |
| 1966 | Third place play-off | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Eusébio, Torres |
| 1986 | Group F | England | 1–0 | Carlos Manuel |
| 1986 | Group F | Poland | 0–1 | |
| 1986 | Group F | Morocco | 1–3 | Diamantino |
| 2002 | Group D | United States | 2–3 | Beto, Agoos (o.g.) |
| 2002 | Group D | Poland | 4–0 | Pauleta (3), Rui Costa |
| 2002 | Group D | South Korea | 0–1 | |
| 2006 | Group D | Angola | 1–0 | Pauleta |
| 2006 | Group D | Iran | 2–0 | Deco, Ronaldo |
| 2006 | Group D | Mexico | 2–1 | Maniche, Simão |
| 2006 | Round of 16 | Netherlands | 1–0 | Maniche |
| 2006 | Quarter-final | England | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) | |
| 2006 | Semi-final | France | 0–1 | |
| 2006 | Third place play-off | Germany | 1–3 | Nuno Gomes |
| 2010 | Group G | Ivory Coast | 0–0 | |
| 2010 | Group G | North Korea | 7–0 | Meireles, Simão, Almeida, Tiago (2), Liédson, Ronaldo |
| 2010 | Group G | Brazil | 0–0 | |
| 2010 | Round of 16 | Spain | 0–1 | |
| 2014 | Group G | Germany | 0–4 | |
| 2014 | Group G | United States | 2–2 | Nani, Varela |
| 2014 | Group G | Ghana | 2–1 | Boye (o.g.), Ronaldo |
| 2018 | Group B | Spain | 3–3 | Ronaldo (3) |
| 2018 | Group B | Morocco | 1–0 | Ronaldo |
| 2018 | Group B | Iran | 1–1 | Quaresma |
| 2018 | Round of 16 | Uruguay | 1–2 | Pepe |
| 2022 | Group H | Ghana | 3–2 | Ronaldo, Félix, Leão |
| 2022 | Group H | Uruguay | 2–0 | Fernandes (2) |
| 2022 | Group H | South Korea | 1–2 | Horta |
| 2022 | Round of 16 | Switzerland | 6–1 | Ramos (3), Pepe, Guerreiro, Leão |
| 2022 | Quarter-final | Morocco | 0–1 | |

## Portugal in Qatar 2022
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |

### Knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
## Record players

| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 22 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 |
| 2 | Simão | 11 | 2006 and 2010 |
| 2 | Pepe | 11 | 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 |
| 4 | Luís Figo | 10 | 2002 and 2006 |
| 4 | Ricardo Carvalho | 10 | 2006 and 2010 |
| 4 | William Carvalho | 10 | 2014, 2018 and 2022 |
| 7 | Pauleta | 9 | 2002 and 2006 |
| 7 | Tiago | 9 | 2006 and 2010 |
| 9 | Petit | 8 | 2002 and 2006 |
| 9 | Bernardo Silva | 8 | 2018 and 2022 |

## Top goalscorers

Eusebio's nine goals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup made him that tournament's top goalscorer, which also won him the Bronze Ball.
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
| 1 | Eusébio | 9 | 1966 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 8 | 2006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), 2018 (4) and 2022 (1) |
| 3 | Pauleta | 4 | 2002 (3) and 2006 (1) |
| 4 | José Augusto | 3 | 1966 |
| 4 | José Torres | 3 | 1966 |
| 4 | Gonçalo Ramos | 3 | 2022 |
| 7 | Maniche | 2 | 2006 |
| 7 | Tiago | 2 | 2010 |
| 7 | Bruno Fernandes | 2 | 2022 |
| 7 | Pepe | 2 | 2018 and 2022 |
| 7 | Rafael Leão | 2 | 2022 |
| 12 | 18 players | 1 | |