Portugal national football team results (1921–1939)
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This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 1921 and 1939. Between their first match in 1921 and 1939, when competitive football stopped because of the Second World War, Portugal played in 42 matches, resulting in 13 victories, 7 draws, 22 defeats. Throughout this period they played in the 1928 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals where they got knocked out by Egypt.
Results
42 matches played:[1]
Colour (with score) | Meaning |
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Defeat | |
Draw | |
Win |
1920s
18 December 1921 Friendly | Spain ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Meana ![]() Alcántara ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 December 1922 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
14:30 (UTC+0:00) | Gonçalves ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
16 December 1923 Friendly | Spain ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Zabala ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 May 1925 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:30 (UTC+0:00) | Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 17,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 June 1925 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
18:30 (UTC+0:00) | João Francisco ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 January 1926 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+0:00) | João Santos ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
18 April 1926 Friendly | France ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Salvano ![]() Brunel ![]() Bonello ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 December 1926 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
João Santos ![]() Severo Tiago ![]() José Martins ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: João dos Santos set the goal scoring record for Portugal (3 goals) |
16 March 1927 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:30 (UTC+0:00) | Pepe ![]() José Martins ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 April 1927 Friendly | Italy ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Levratto ![]() Baloncieri ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 May 1927 Friendly[a] | Spain ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
17:30 (UTC+1:00) | Moraleda ![]() Valderrama ![]() |
[2][3][4] | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 January 1928 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
14:30 (UTC+0:00) | José Martins ![]() João Santos ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 April 1928 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
14:30 (UTC+0:00) | Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 April 1928 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:30 (UTC) | Mota ![]() Silva ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 April 1928 Friendly | France ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Nicolas ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 May 1928 ![]() | Portugal ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+1:20) | Vítor Silva ![]() Pepe ![]() Mota ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2,309 Referee: ![]() |
29 May 1928 ![]() | Portugal ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:00 (+1:20) | Vítor Silva ![]() Augusto Silva ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 1,226 Referee: ![]() |
4 June 1928 ![]() | Egypt ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
19:00 (UTC+1:20) | Mahmoud Mokhtar ![]() Riadh ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 3,448 Referee: ![]() |
17 March 1929 Friendly | Spain ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:00 (UTC+0:00) | Rubio ![]() Padrón ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 March 1929 Friendly | France ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Nicolas ![]() Galey ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 December 1929 Friendly | Italy ![]() | 6 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
14:30 (UTC+1:00) | Mihalic ![]() Orsi ![]() Baloncieri ![]() Sallustro ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (5 goals) |
1930s
12 January 1930 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
14:00 (UTC) | Pepe ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 February 1930 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:15 (UTC) | Pepe ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: Pepe set the goal scoring record for Portugal (7 goals) |
8 June 1930 Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:00 (UTC+1:00) | Vanderbauwhede ![]() Bastin ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 November 1930 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC) | Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 April 1931 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:00 (UTC+1:00) | Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
31 May 1931 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:30 (UTC+1:00) | Armando Martins ![]() Vítor Silva ![]() Pinga ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
3 May 1932 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
17:30 (UTC+1:00) | Pinga ![]() Valadas ![]() Soeiro ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 January 1933 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC) | Pinga ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
2 April 1933 Friendly | Spain ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:30 (UTC) | Larrínaga ![]() Elícegui ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
11 Mar 1934 ![]() | Spain ![]() | 9 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:00 (UTC) | Chacho ![]() Lángara ![]() Regueiro ![]() Ventolrà ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: ![]() | |
Note: Heaviest defeat of the Portugal football team at the time |
18 March 1934 ![]() | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:00 (UTC) | Vítor Silva ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 35,000 Referee: ![]() |
5 May 1935 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:45 (UTC+1:00) | Soeiro ![]() Pinga ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 January 1936 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC) | Nunes ![]() Soeiro ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 23,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 February 1936 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:30 (UTC) | Vítor Silva ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (8 goals) |
28 November 1937 Friendly[b] | [b]Spain Nationalist ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+0:00) | Gallart ![]() |
[14][15] | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: ![]() |
9 January 1938 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC) | Cruz ![]() Espírito Santo ![]() Soeiro ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 January 1938 Friendly[b] | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC) | Pinga ![]() |
[27][28][26] | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 April 1938 Friendly | Germany ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Siffling ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 54,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 May 1938 ![]() | Switzerland ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:00 (UTC+1:00) | Aeby ![]() Lajo ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 November 1938 Friendly | Switzerland ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Aeby ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 February 1939 Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
15:00 (UTC) | Cruz ![]() Soeiro ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 28,000 Referee: ![]() |
Notes
- ^ a b In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid[2][3][4] on the same day as they played Italy in Rome.[5][6][7][8] The squad for the Italy game was more experienced and considered to be stronger, while several players in the Portugal match made their debuts; consequently the Spain team is considered to have been equivalent to its B team[9] (although they won their match while the A team lost theirs)[8] and thus not a full international, although the match is included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved.[10][11][12][13]
- ^ a b c d Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, no official matches were played by Spain until 1941.[16] The vast majority of the squad in 1936[17] either originated from the Basque provinces, or played for FC Barcelona in Catalonia, both of which were initially within Republican territory in the conflict. The Basque players formed their own quasi-national team and left Spain to play a long series of exhibition matches on tour around Eastern Europe[18] and Latin America[19] to provide funds and exposure for local causes, and Barcelona did likewise;[20] most of the players in both groups never returned.[16] Back in Spain, as the Nationalist side took control of more of the country, General Franco saw the opportunity to use football as a positive propaganda tool, and arranged for a match to be played in his home region of Galicia against Portugal, whose leader Salazar was supportive of the Franco regime.[16][21][22][23] Recognition was granted by FIFA at short notice and the match took place in Vigo in November 1937. In contrast to Portugal's settled squad, the Spain pool was hastily assembled from the best available players in Nationalist areas, and Portugal won for their first victory over their neighbours.[21][22][24][25] A return match was arranged for the following January in Lisbon, also won by Portugal,[16][26][23] and which attracted attention when three local players refused to give the fascist salute before kick-off; they were initially imprisoned, but were soon released due to the political influence held by the hierarchy of the club they played for, Belenenses.[21][22]
References
- ^ "Portugal national football team results". Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ^ a b "International football match: 29.05.1927 Spain* v Portugal". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "29/05/1927: España 2 - 0 Portugal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Spain v Portugal, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "International football match: 29.05.1927 Italy v Spain". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "29/05/1927: Italia 2 - 0 España". BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Italy v Spain, 29 May 1927". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Los españoles, gandaores en el Stadium y derrotadoes en Bolonia por tanteo de 2 a 0" [The Spaniards, winners in the Stadium and defeated in Bologna by score of 2 to 0]. La Voz (digital archive) (in Spanish). 30 May 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "¿Sabes qué era la Selección Absoluta B?" [Do you know what the Senior B Team was?]. SEFútbol (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "España vs. Portugal: rivalidad y revancha" [Spain vs. Portugal: rivalry and revenge]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 June 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Regueiro: Pedro Regueiro Pagola [List of matches / Spain National Team]". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "National football team player: Jorge Vieira". EU-football.info. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Appearances for Portugal National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "International football match: 28.11.1937 Spain* v Portugal". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Spain v Portugal, 28 November 1937". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d Alberto Cosín (1 May 2014). "La hipotética selección española en el Mundial 1938" [The hypothetical Spanish national team in the 1938 World Cup]. Kaiser Football (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "España Amistosos 1936" [Spain Friendlies 1936 [squad list]]. BDFutbol. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Cuando 'Euzkadi' jugó en Rusia" [When 'Euzkadi' played in Russia]. Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Alfredo Relaño (10 October 2016). "La selección de Euskadi parte para América (1937)" [The Basque selection leaves for America (1937)]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Jordi Blanco (20 July 2019). "The tour that saved FC Barcelona". ESPN. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Francisco Pinheiro (11 September 2012). "Portugal, España y el fútbol. La construcción histórica de una amistad" [Portugal, Spain and football: the historical construction of a friendship] (in Portuguese). CSIC. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Miguel Ángel Lara (7 November 2012). "El poder de balón: España-Portugal, el partido que quiso Franco y que acabó en 'rebelión'" [The power of the ball: Spain-Portugal, the match that Franco wanted and that ended in 'rebellion']. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "El fútbol en las dos Españas" [Football in the two Spains]. Curiosidades del fútbol (Curiosities of football) (in Spanish). 7 November 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "El delantero de Osasuna que marcó cinco goles en un partido" [The Osasuna forward who scored five goals in a match]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 6 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Partido Internacional España-Portugal en Vigo (1937)" [International Match Spain-Portugal in Vigo (1937)]. Sucedió en Vigo (It happened in Vigo) (in Spanish). 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Portugal 1-0 Espanha 1938 Campo das Salésias". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ "International football match: 30.01.1938 Portugal v Spain*". EU-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Portugal v Spain, 30 January 1938". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.