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.

Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup
YearRoundPositionGamesWonDrawnLost 1977Did not enter 1979Quarter-finals7th411224-2 1981Did not qualify 1983 1985 1987 1989Champions1st650163+3 1991Champions1st651091+8 1993Group stage16th300315-4 1995Third place3rd6501126+6 1997Did not qualify 1999Round of 1613th412154+1 2001Did not qualify 2003 2005 2007Round of 1615th410345-1 2009Did not qualify 2011Runners-up2nd742173+4 2013Round of 1611th4211127+5 2015 Quarter-finals6th5410122+10 2017 Quarter-finals7th522197+2 2019 Group stage17th311123-1 2021QualifiedTotal2 Titles2/12573111158150+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.List of FIFA U-20 World Cup matchesYearRoundOpponentScoreResult1979Group stage3–1LostGroup stage1–0WinGroup stage0–0DrawQuarter-final1–0Lost1989Group stage0–1WinGroup stage0–1WinGroup stage3–0LossQuarter-final1–0WinSemi-final1–0WinFinal1–0Win1991Group stage2–0WinGroup stage3–0WinGroup stage1–0WinQuarter-final2–1WinSemi-final1–0WinFinal0–04–2 (pen.) Win1993Group stage0–1LossGroup stage1–2LossGroup stage0–2Loss1995Group stage2–3WinGroup stage0–1WinGroup stage0–3WinQuarter-final2–1WinSemi-final1–0LossThird place match3–2Win1999Group stage1–3WinGroup stage2–1LossGroup stage0–0DrawRound of 161–1 5–4 (pen.)Draw2007Group stage2–0WinGroup stage2–1LossGroup stage1–2LossRound of 161–0Loss2011Group stage0–0DrawGroup stage1–0WinGroup stage1-0WinRound of 161–0WinQuarter finals0–0 5–4 (pen.)DrawSemi-finals2–0WinFinal2–3 a.e.tLoss2013Group stage2–3WinGroup stage2–2DrawGroup stage5-0WinRound of 162–3Loss2015Group stage3–0WinGroup stage0–4WinGroup stage1–3WinRound of 162–1WinQuarter finals0–0 3–1 (pen.)Draw2017Group stage1–2LossGroup stage1–1DrawGroup stage2–1WinRound of 161–3WinQuarter finals2–2 4–5 (pen.)Draw2019Group stage1–0WinGroup stage0–2LossGroup stage1–1Draw

Toulon Tournament
YearRoundPositionGamesWonDrawnLost1996Third place3rd4310123+91997Runners-up2nd522174+31998Third place3rd531141+31999Group stage7th301215-42000Runners-up2nd514074+32001Champions1st5500125+72002Group stage7th403112-12003Champions1st5401112+92004Group stage5th31113302005Runners-up2nd540195+42006Third place3rd522131+22007Fourth place4th51312202011Group stage5th312032+12013Fourth place4th521288+02014Third place3rd5401114+72016Third place3rd531172+5Total2 Titles2/167236221410153+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.List of Toulon Tournament matchesYearRoundOpponentScoreResult1996Group stage1–1DrawGroup stage3–1WinGroup stage3–1WinGroup stage5–0Win1997Group stage3–0WinGroup stage1–0WinGroup stage1–1DrawGroup stage1–1DrawFinal2–1Loss1998Group stage1–0WinGroup stage1–0LossGroup stage1–0WinSemi-final0–04–2 (pen.)DrawThird place match2–0Win1999Group stage1-1DrawGroup stage3–0LossGroup stage1–0Loss2000Group stage1–1DrawGroup stage2–2DrawGroup stage3–0WinSemi-final0–03–5 (pen.)WinFinal1–13–1 (pen.)Loss2001Group stage2–3WinGroup stage2–1WinGroup stage4–1WinSemi-final1–0WinFinal2–1Win2002Group stage1–1DrawGroup stage0–0DrawGroup stage1–0LossGroup stage0–0Draw2003Group stage0–3WinGroup stage0–3WinGroup stage1–0LossGroup stage2–0WinFinal3–1Win2004Group stage1–0WinGroup stage0–1LossGroup stage2–2Draw2005Group stage0–4WinGroup stage0–1WinGroup stage2–0WinSemi-final1–0WinFinal4–1Loss2006Group stage0–0DrawGroup stage2–0WinGroup stage0–0DrawSemi-final0–1LossThird place match1–0Win2007Group stage1–1DrawGroup stage1–0WinGroup stage0–0DrawSemi-final1–0LossThird place match0–05–4 (pen.)Loss2011Group stage1–1DrawGroup stage1–1DrawGroup stage0–1Win2013Group stage2–0WinGroup stage0–2LossGroup stage3–3DrawGroup stage2–1WinThird place match1–2Loss2014Group stage2–0WinGroup stage3–1WinGroup stage4–1WinGroup stage1–2LossThird place match1–0Win2016Group stage0–1LossGroup stage2–0WinGroup stage1–0WinGroup stage3–0WinThird place match1–14–2 (pen.)Win

Honours

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, 20132Paulo Costa  20  5  September 10, 1998  June 3, 2000  Sérgio Oliveira  20  3  October 7, 2010  April 18, 20124Ricardo 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, 2003Nélson Oliveira 9 19  October 7, 2010  August 21, 20114 André Silva 8 10  October 7, 2010  August 21, 20115 Bruma 6 6  March 24, 2013  July 3, 2013Carlitos 6 11  May 27, 1997  May 19, 1998Paulo Torres 6 12  December 18, 1990  June 30, 1991Bruno Gama 6 14  November 21, 2006  July 8, 2007Dani 6 15  August 26, 1994 June 1, 19966  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 coachesAs of 15 November 2012''
ManagerPeriodRecordMatchesWonDrawLostGFGAGD Peres Bandeira1979        Carlos Queiroz1989–1991        Agostinho Oliveira1993        Nelo Vingada1994-95        Jesualdo Ferreira1996–2000        António Violante2001–2002, 2008 Rui Caçador2003–2004, 2007–2008       José Couceiro2006–2007211344378+29 Paulo Alves2009–2010531193+6 Ilídio Vale2010–20122491232720+7 Edgar Borges2012-2014, 2015-2016115331712+5 Hélio Sousa2014-2015       Emílio Peixe2016-      

References

Category:Football in Portugal
Category:National youth sports teams of Portugal
Category:European national under-20 football teams