Portugal national under-20 football team

The **Portugal national under-20 football team** is the national under-20 football team of Portugal. It it controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation.

### FIFA U-20 World Cup

|Year|Round|Position|Games|Won|Drawn|Lost|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|colspan=9|_Did not enter_|||||||||
|1979|Quarter-finals|**7th**|**4**|**1**|**1**|**2**|**2**|**4**|**-2**||
|1981|rowspan=4 colspan=9|_Did not qualify_|||||||||
|1983|||||||||||
|1985|||||||||||
|1987|||||||||||
|1989|**Champions**|**1st**|**6**|**5**|**0**|**1**|**6**|**3**|**+3**||
|style="border: 3px solid red"|1991|**Champions**|**1st**|**6**|**5**|**1**|**0**|**9**|**1**|**+8**|
|1993|Group stage|**16th**|**3**|**0**|**0**|**3**|**1**|**5**|**-4**||
|1995|**Third place**|**3rd**|**6**|**5**|**0**|**1**|**12**|**6**|**+6**||
|1997|colspan=9|_Did not qualify_|||||||||
|1999|Round of 16|**13th**|**4**|**1**|**2**|**1**|**5**|**4**|**+1**||
|2001|rowspan=3 colspan=9|_Did not qualify_|||||||||
|2003|||||||||||
|2005|||||||||||
|2007|Round of 16|**15th**|**4**|**1**|**0**|**3**|**4**|**5**|**-1**||
|2009|colspan=9|_Did not qualify_|||||||||
|2011|**Runners-up**|**2nd**|**7**|**4**|**2**|**1**|**7**|**3**|**+4**||
|2013|Round of 16|**11th**|**4**|**2**|**1**|**1**|**12**|**7**|**+5**||
|2015|Quarter-finals|**6th**|**5**|**4**|**1**|**0**|**12**|**2**|**+10**||
|2017|Quarter-finals|**7th**|**5**|**2**|**2**|**1**|**9**|**7**|**+2**||
|2019|Group stage|**17th**|**3**|**1**|**1**|**1**|**2**|**3**|**-1**||
|2021|colspan=9|_Qualified_|||||||||
|**Total**|**2 Titles**|**2/12**|**57**|**31**|**11**|**15**|**81**|**50**|**+31**||
- _*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks._
- _**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
- _***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil._

|colspan=5|List of FIFA U-20 World Cup matches|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|1979|Group stage|align="left"|3–1|Lost|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|||
|Quarter-final|align="left"|1–0|Lost|||
|rowspan=6|1989|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|3–0|Loss|||
|Quarter-final|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Final|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|rowspan=6|1991|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|3–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Quarter-final|align="left"|2–1|Win|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Final|align="left"|0–0 4–2 (pen.) ||Win||||
|rowspan=3|1993|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Loss|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–2|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–2|Loss|||
|rowspan=6|1995|Group stage|align="left"|2–3|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–3|Win|||
|Quarter-final|align="left"|2–1|Win|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|1–0|Loss|||
|Third place match|align="left"|3–2|Win|||
|rowspan=4|1999|Group stage|align="left"|1–3|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|2–1|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|||
|Round of 16|align="left"|1–1 5–4 (pen.)||Draw||||
|rowspan=4|2007|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|2–1|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–2|Loss|||
|Round of 16|align="left"|1–0|Loss|||
|rowspan=7|2011|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1-0|Win|||
|Round of 16|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Quarter finals|align="left"|0–0 5–4 (pen.)||Draw||||
|Semi-finals|align="left"|2–0|Win|||
|Final|align="left"|2–3 a.e.t|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2013|Group stage|align="left"|2–3|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|2–2|Draw|||
|Group stage|align="left"|5-0|Win|||
|Round of 16|align="left"|2–3|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2015|Group stage|align="left"|3–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–4|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–3|Win|||
|Round of 16|align="left"|2–1|Win|||
|Quarter finals|align="left"|0–0 3–1 (pen.)||Draw||||
|rowspan=5|2017|Group stage|align="left"|1–2|Loss|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|||
|Group stage|align="left"|2–1|Win|||
|Round of 16|align="left"|1–3|Win|||
|Quarter finals|align="left"|2–2 4–5 (pen.)||Draw||||
|rowspan=5|2019|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–2|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|||

### Toulon Tournament

|Year|Round|Position|Games|Won|Drawn|Lost||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1996|Third place|**3rd**|**4**|**3**|**1**|**0**|**12**|**3**|**+9**|
|1997|Runners-up|**2nd**|**5**|**2**|**2**|**1**|**7**|**4**|**+3**|
|1998|Third place|**3rd**|**5**|**3**|**1**|**1**|**4**|**1**|**+3**|
|1999|Group stage|**7th**|**3**|**0**|**1**|**2**|**1**|**5**|**-4**|
|2000|Runners-up|**2nd**|**5**|**1**|**4**|**0**|**7**|**4**|**+3**|
|2001|Champions|**1st**|**5**|**5**|**0**|**0**|**12**|**5**|**+7**|
|2002|Group stage|**7th**|**4**|**0**|**3**|**1**|**1**|**2**|**-1**|
|2003|Champions|**1st**|**5**|**4**|**0**|**1**|**11**|**2**|**+9**|
|2004|Group stage|**5th**|**3**|**1**|**1**|**1**|**3**|**3**|**0**|
|2005|Runners-up|**2nd**|**5**|**4**|**0**|**1**|**9**|**5**|**+4**|
|2006|Third place|**3rd**|**5**|**2**|**2**|**1**|**3**|**1**|**+2**|
|2007|Fourth place|**4th**|**5**|**1**|**3**|**1**|**2**|**2**|**0**|
|2011|Group stage|**5th**|**3**|**1**|**2**|**0**|**3**|**2**|**+1**|
|2013|Fourth place|**4th**|**5**|**2**|**1**|**2**|**8**|**8**|**+0**|
|2014|Third place|**3rd**|**5**|**4**|**0**|**1**|**11**|**4**|**+7**|
|2016|Third place|**3rd**|**5**|**3**|**1**|**1**|**7**|**2**|**+5**|
|**Total**|**2 Titles**|**2/16**|**72**|**36**|**22**|**14**|**101**|**53**|**+48**|

- _* Portugal also participated in the 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 2009 tournaments but with the u-21 squad instead of the u-20 squad._

|colspan=5|List of Toulon Tournament matches|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|1996|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|3–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|3–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|5–0|Win|||
|rowspan=5|1997|Group stage|align="left"|3–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|||
|Final|align="left"|2–1|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|1998|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|0–0 4–2 (pen.)||Draw||||
|Third place match|align="left"|2–0|Win|||
|rowspan=3|1999|Group stage|align="left"|1-1|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|3–0|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2000|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|2–2|Draw|||
|Group stage|align="left"|3–0|Win|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|0–0 3–5 (pen.)||Win||||
|Final|align="left"|1–1 3–1 (pen.)||Loss||||
|rowspan=5|2001|Group stage|align="left"|2–3|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|2–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|4–1|Win|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Final|align="left"|2–1|Win|||
|rowspan=4|2002|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|||
|rowspan=5|2003|Group stage|align="left"|0–3|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–3|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|||
|Final|align="left"|3–1|Win|||
|rowspan=3|2004|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|2–2|Draw|||
|rowspan=5|2005|Group stage|align="left"|0–4|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Final|align="left"|4–1|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2006|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|0–1|Loss|||
|Third place match|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|rowspan=5|2007|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–0|Draw|||
|Semi-final|align="left"|1–0|Loss|||
|Third place match|align="left"|0–0 5–4 (pen.)||Loss||||
|rowspan=3|2011|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|
|Group stage|align="left"|1–1|Draw|||
|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Win|||
|rowspan=5|2013|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|0–2|Loss|||
|Group stage|align="left"|3–3|Draw|||
|Group stage|align="left"|2–1|Win|||
|Third place match|align="left"|1–2|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2014|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|
|Group stage|align="left"|3–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|4–1|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–2|Loss|||
|Third place match|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|rowspan=5|2016|Group stage|align="left"|0–1|Loss|
|Group stage|align="left"|2–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|1–0|Win|||
|Group stage|align="left"|3–0|Win|||
|Third place match|align="left"|1–1 4–2 (pen.)||Win||||

### Team

- **FIFA U-20 World Cup**
    - **Winner (2)**: 1989, 1991
    - Runner-up  (1): 2011
    - Third place (1): 1995
- **Toulon Tournament**
    - **Winner (2)**: 2001, 2003
    - Runner-up (3): 1997, 2000, 2005
    - Third place (3): 1996, 1998, 2006
- **Torneio Internacional da Madeira**
    - **Winner (7)**: 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
    - Runner-up (4): 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006
- **Torneio Campos Verdes**
    - **Winner (2)**: 2007, 2008
- **Copa El Presidente de La Republica - Ricardo Martinelli**
    - Third place (1): 2011
- **SBS Cup International Youth Soccer**
    - Runner-up (1): 2012

### Most appearances

|#|Name|Caps|Goals|First cap|Latest cap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Tiago Ferreira|28|2|July 13, 2011|July 3, 2013|
|2|Paulo Costa|20|5|September 10, 1998|June 3, 2000|
|Sérgio Oliveira|20|3|October 7, 2010|April 18, 2012||
|4|Ricardo Esteves|19|0|September 10, 1998|June 3, 2000|
|Danilo Pereira|19|3|October 7, 2010|August 21, 2011||
|Pelé|19|3|October 7, 2010|August 21, 2011||
|Nuno Reis|19|0|October 7, 2010|August 21, 2011||
|Nélson Oliveira|19|9|October 7, 2010|August 21, 2011||

### Most goals

|#|Name|Goals|Caps|First cap|Latest cap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Nuno Gomes|9|13|June 2, 1995|January 21, 1997|
|Lourenço|9|17|22 February 2001|June 21, 2003||
|Nélson Oliveira|9|19|October 7, 2010|August 21, 2011||
|4|André Silva|8|10|October 7, 2010|August 21, 2011|
|5|Bruma|6|6|March 24, 2013|July 3, 2013|
|Carlitos|6|11|May 27, 1997|May 19, 1998||
|Paulo Torres|6|12|December 18, 1990|June 30, 1991||
|Bruno Gama|6|14|November 21, 2006|July 8, 2007||
|Dani|6|15|August 26, 1994|June 1, 1996||
|6|Ricardo Vaz Tê|5|8|February 16, 2005|September 22, 2005|

### Notable players

- Luís Figo
- Rui Costa
- Fernando Couto
- Jorge Costa
- João Vieira Pinto
- Paulo Alves
- Paulo Sousa
- Nuno Capucho
- Rui Bento
- Emílio Peixe
- Abel Xavier
- Cristiano Ronaldo

## Head coaches

_As of 15 November 2012''
|rowspan="2"|Manager|rowspan="2"|Period|colspan="8"|Record||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Peres Bandeira|1979||||||||
|Carlos Queiroz|1989–1991||||||||
|Agostinho Oliveira|1993||||||||
|Nelo Vingada|1994-95||||||||
|Jesualdo Ferreira|1996–2000||||||||
|António Violante|2001–2002, 2008||||||||
|Rui Caçador|2003–2004, 2007–2008||||||||
|José Couceiro|2006–2007|21|13|4|4|37|8|+29|
|Paulo Alves|2009–2010|5|3|1|1|9|3|+6|
|Ilídio Vale|2010–2012|24|9|12|3|27|20|+7|
|Edgar Borges|2012-2014, 2015-2016|11|5|3|3|17|12|+5|
|Hélio Sousa|2014-2015||||||||
|Emílio Peixe|2016-||||||||

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Portugal Under-20
- **association**: Portuguese Football Federation, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Hélio Sousa
- **most caps**: Tiago Ferreira (footballer, born 1993), Tiago Ferreira (28)
- **top scorer**: Nuno Gomes
Luis Lourenço, Lourenço
Nélson Oliveira
(9 goals each)
- **fifa trigramme**: POR
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- **first game**: 1–0
(Cáceres, Spain, Cáceres, Spain; 7 May 1979)
- **largest win**: 0–6
(São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; 5 October 2006)
- **largest loss**: 4–1
(Tokyo, Japan; 26 August 1994)
- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 12
- **regional cup first**: 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979
- **regional cup best**: Champions (1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1989, 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1991)