Portugal national under-20 football team

Portugal Under-20
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Oceano Cruz
Captain	Diogo Prioste
Most caps	Tiago Ferreira (28)
Top scorer	Nuno Gomes; Lourenço; Nélson Oliveira; (9 goals each)
FIFA code	POR
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Spain 1–0 Portugal ; (Cáceres, Spain; 7 May 1979)
Biggest win
	Macau 0–6 Portugal ; (São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; 5 October 2006) ; São Tomé and Príncipe 0–6 Portugal ; (Macau; 5 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 4–1 Portugal ; (Tokyo, Japan; 26 August 1994)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions (1989, 1991)

AssociationFederação Portuguesa de Futebol

ConfederationUEFA (Europe)

Head coachOceano Cruz

CaptainDiogo Prioste

The Portugal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal.

The U20 team acts mainly as a feeder team for the under-21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 results.

The Portuguese team has 12 participations in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and 12 in the Toulon Tournament.

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not enter
1979	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	2	4
1981	Did not qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Champions	6	5	0	1	6	3
1991	Champions	6	5	1	0	9	1
1993	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	5
1995	Third place	6	5	0	1	12	6
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	5	4
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	4	5
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	7	3
2013	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	12	7
2015	Quarter-finals	5	4	1	0	12	2
2017	Quarter-finals	5	2	2	1	9	7
2019	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	3
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
Total	12/25	57	31	11	15	81	50

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Francisco Silva	(2005-11-20) 20 November 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Sporting CP
12	4FW	Diogo Fernandes	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 21)	6	0	Porto
	1GK	João Afonso	(2007-04-30) 30 April 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Santa Clara

2	2DF	José Silva	(2005-08-20) 20 August 2005 (age 20)	5	0	Arouca
3	2DF	Miguel Alves	(2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Sporting CP
4	2DF	José Sampaio	(2005-01-04) 4 January 2005 (age 21)	6	0	Vizela
5	2DF	Tiago Parente	(2006-06-12) 12 June 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Benfica
13	2DF	Gu Costa	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Académico de Viseu
14	2DF	André Oliveira	(2006-02-15) 15 February 2006 (age 20)	3	0	Vitória de Guimarães
15	2DF	Jónatas Noro	(2005-07-09) 9 July 2005 (age 20)	10	0	Braga
23	2DF	Dinis	(2005-01-12) 12 January 2005 (age 21)	3	0	Porto

6	3MF	Mathys De Carvalho	(2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Lyon
8	3MF	Afonso Assis	(2006-07-15) 15 July 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Moreirense
10	3MF	Manuel Mendonça	(2005-03-24) 24 March 2005 (age 21)	2	0	Sporting CP
19	3MF	Tiago Freitas	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006 (age 19)	2	2	Benfica
21	3MF	Martim Ferreira	(2006-01-26) 26 January 2006 (age 20)	2	0	Benfica
	3MF	Rafael Luís	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Strasbourg
	3MF	Miguel Nogueira	(2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 (age 21)	0	0	Vitória Guimarães

7	4FW	Gonçalo Sousa	(2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 (age 19)	6	0	Porto
9	4FW	Gustavo Varela	(2005-01-30) 30 January 2005 (age 21)	1	1	Gil Vicente
11	4FW	Fabio Baldé	(2005-07-20) 20 July 2005 (age 20)	2	1	Hamburger SV
16	4FW	Tiago Andrade	(2005-10-21) 21 October 2005 (age 20)	9	3	Porto
17	4FW	Rafael Nel	(2005-04-03) 3 April 2005 (age 21)	3	0	Sporting CP
18	4FW	Vivaldo Semedo	(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 21)	2	1	Watford
20	4FW	Mauro Couto	(2005-11-15) 15 November 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Sporting CP

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Gonçalo Ribeiro	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 20)	2	0	Porto	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
GK	José Ribeiro	(2006-05-13) 13 May 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Vitória de Guimarães	v. Poland, 9 September 2025

DF	Leandro Santos	(2005-09-28) 28 September 2005 (age 20)	6	0	Benfica	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
DF	Luís Gomes	(2005-04-13) 13 April 2005 (age 21)	4	0	Porto	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
DF	Rayhan Momade	(2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 20)	0	0	Sporting CP	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
DF	Guilherme Peixoto	(2006-05-25) 25 May 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Twente	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
DF	Ricardo Ribeiro	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006 (age 20)	0	0	Vitória de Guimarães	v. Poland, 9 September 2025

MF	João Rego	(2005-06-20) 20 June 2005 (age 20)	6	0	Benfica	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
MF	Leonardo Cardoso	(2006-10-18) 18 October 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Chelsea	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
MF	Gabriel Costa	(2006-11-14) 14 November 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Feirense	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
MF	Lucas Ferreira	(2006-11-25) 25 November 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Luzern	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
MF	Gonçalo Moreira	(2006-01-03) 3 January 2006 (age 20)	0	0	Benfica	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
MF	João Veloso	(2005-06-26) 26 June 2005 (age 20)	5	0	Benfica	September 2025 Camp^SEN

FW	Rodrigo Ribeiro	(2005-04-28) 28 April 2005 (age 21)	9	1	Sporting CP	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
FW	Gustavo Ferreira	(2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Benfica	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
FW	Olívio Tomé	(2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 20)	0	0	Benfica	v. Poland, 9 September 2025
FW	Keyan Varela	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006 (age 20)	0	0	Servette	September 2025 Camp^INJ
^INJ Withdrew due to injury. ^SEN Called up to Under-21s squad.

#	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
2	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

#	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	November 17, 2014	June 14, 2015
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

Portugal national under-20 football team

The Golden Generation (1989–1991)

The Silver Generation (2011)

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Honours

Team

Individual awards

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

Most appearances

Most goals

Head coaches

References

Head-to-head record

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Manager	Period	Record
Manager	Period	Matches	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Peres Bandeira	1979
Carlos Queiroz	1989–1991
Agostinho Oliveira	1993
Nelo Vingada	1994–1995
Jesualdo Ferreira	1996–2000
António Violante	2001–2002 2008–2009
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
Oceano Cruz	2010
Ilídio Vale	2010–2012	24	9	12	3	27	20	+7
Edgar Borges	2012–2014 2015–2016	29	5	3	3	17	12	+5
Hélio Sousa	2014–2015 2018–2019	24	16	3	5	46	22	+24
Emílio Peixe	2016–2017 2021–2022	19	6	8	5	33	29	+4
José Guilherme	2017–2018	7	2	1	4	7	12	-5
Filipe Ramos	2019–2020	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6
Rui Bento	2020–2021

v t e Reserve and youth football in Portugal
National teams	Portugal B U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 U-14 U-13 U-12
Nationwide competitions	Juniores Juvenis Iniciados Infantis
Regional competitions	Juniores Juvenis Iniciados Infantis Sub-13 Infantis Sub-12 Benjamins Escolinhas Traquinas Petizes
Defunct competitions	Liga Intercalar

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Australia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Brazil	5	1	2	2	3	4	−1	020.00
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Canada	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Colombia	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Cuba	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
France	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Gambia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Ghana	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	000.00
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Honduras	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Iran	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Japan	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Korea	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Mali	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Mexico	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Senegal	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
South Africa	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
South Korea	5	3	2	0	9	4	+5	060.00
Spain	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Uruguay	5	0	3	2	3	5	−2	000.00
Zambia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total	57	31	11	15	81	50	+31	054.39