Portugal national football team

**Portugal national football team** is the national football team of Portugal. In July 2016, they won the European Championship. Their captain is Cristiano Ronaldo.

### Most capped players

|#|Name|Caps|Goals|First cap|Latest cap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|**Cristiano Ronaldo**|**221**|138|23 August 2003|9 June 2025|
|2|Luís Figo|**127**|32|12 October 1991|8 July 2006|
|3|**João Moutinho**|**126**|7|17 August 2005|14 October 2020|
|4|**Pepe**|**113**|7|21 November 2007|14 October 2020|
|5|Nani|**112**|24|1 September 2006|2 July 2017|
|6|Fernando Couto|**110**|8|19 December 1990|30 June 2004|
|7|Bruno Alves|**96**|11|5 June 2007|7 June 2018|
|8|Rui Costa|**94**|26|31 March 1993|4 July 2004|
|9|**Rui Patrício**|**90**|0|17 November 2010|14 October 2020|
|10|Ricardo Carvalho|**89**|5|11 October 2003|22 June 2016|

### Top goalscorers

- _Players in **bold** are still active for the national team._

|#|Name|Goals|Caps|Average|First cap|Latest cap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|**Cristiano Ronaldo**|**101**|167|0.61|23 August 2003|11 October 2020|
|2|Pauleta|**47**|88|0.53|20 August 1997|8 July 2006|
|3|Eusébio|**41**|64|0.64|8 October 1961|13 October 1973|
|4|Luís Figo|**32**|127|0.25|12 October 1991|8 July 2006|
|5|Nuno Gomes|**29**|79|0.37|24 January 1996|11 October 2011|
|6|Hélder Postiga|**27**|71|0.38|13 June 2003|14 November 2014|
|7|Rui Costa|**26**|94|0.28|31 March 1993|4 July 2004|
|8|Nani|**24**|112|0.21|1 September 2006|2 July 2017|
|9|João Pinto|**23**|81|0.30|12 October 1991|14 June 2002|
|10|Nené|**22**|66|0.33|21 April 1971|23 June 1984|
|Simão|**22**|85|0.26|18 October 1998|29 June 2010||

## Honours

**Major:**
- **FIFA World Cup**
    - Third place: 1966
    - Fourth place: 2006
- **UEFA European Championship**
    - **Winners**: 2016
    - Runners-up: 2004
- **FIFA Confederations Cup**
    - Third place: 2017
- **UEFA Nations League**
    - **Winners**: 2018–19, 2025-26
- **Olympic Games**
    - Fourth place: 1996

**Minor:**
- **SkyDome Cup**
    - **Winners:** 1995
- **Brazil Independence Cup**
    - Runners-up: 1972

**Other:**
- **FIFA World Cup Most Entertaining Team**: 2006
- **Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year**:
    - Nominations: 2017

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Portugal
- **nickname**: (Selection of the Quinas); The Navigators
- **association**: Portuguese Football Federation (FPF)
- **home stadium**: Changes
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Roberto Martínez
- **captain**: Cristiano Ronaldo
- **most caps**: Cristiano Ronaldo (219
)
- **top scorer**: Cristiano Ronaldo (136)
- **fifa trigramme**: POR
- **fifa max**: 3
- **fifa max date**: May–June 2010, October 2012, April–June 2014, September 2017 – April 2018
- **fifa min**: 43
- **fifa min date**: August 1998
- **elo max**: 2
- **elo max date**: June 2006
- **elo min**: 42
- **elo min date**: November 1962
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- **first game**: 3–1
(Madrid, Spain; 18 December 1921)
- **largest win**: 8–0
(Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994)
 8–0
(Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999)
 8–0
 (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003)
- **largest loss**: 0–10
(Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May 1947)
- **world cup apps**: 7
- **world cup first**: 1966
- **world cup best**: Third Place (1966 FIFA World Cup, 1966)
- **regional name**: UEFA European Championship, European Championship
- **regional cup apps**: 8
- **regional cup first**: UEFA Euro 1984, 1984
- **regional cup best**: Champions (UEFA Euro 2016, 2016)
- **confederations cup apps**: 1
- **confederations cup first**: 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2017
- **confederations cup best**: Third Place (2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2017)