Portugal women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Portugal national football team.

Portugal

Nickname(s)	A Selecção das Quinas
Association	Portuguese Football Federation (FPF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Francisco Neto
Captain	Cláudia Neto
Most caps	Carla Couto (145)
Top scorer	Edite Fernandes (39)
FIFA code	POR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	21 (15 March 2024)
Highest	30 (March 2019)
Lowest	47 (March 2007)
First international
France 0–0 Portugal (Le Mans, France; 24 October 1981)
Biggest win
Armenia 0–8 Portugal (Yerevan, Armenia; 17 September 2011) Portugal 8–0 Moldova (Setúbal, Portugal; 24 November 2017)
Biggest defeat
Germany 13–0 Portugal (Reutlingen, Germany; 15 November 2003)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage (2017)

The Portugal women's national football team represents Portugal in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.

Players

Caps and goals may be incorrect.

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifier against Finland on 12 November 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Rute Costa	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994	2	0	Braga
	1GK	Patrícia Morais	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992	51	0	Sporting CP
	1GK	Inês Pereira	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999	5	0	Sporting CP
	2DF	Matilde Fidalgo	(1994-05-15) 15 May 1994	38	0	Manchester City
	2DF	Carole Costa	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990	106	10	Sporting CP
	2DF	Ana Borges	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990	112	9	Sporting CP
	2DF	Raquel Infante	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990	20	0	Benfica
	2DF	Diana Gomes	(1998-07-26) 26 July 1998	2	0	Braga
	2DF	Sílvia Rebelo	(1989-05-20) 20 May 1989	82	1	Benfica
	2DF	Mónica Mendes	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993	51	2	Milan
	3MF	Tatiana Pinto	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994	38	1	Sporting CP
	3MF	Inês Maia				Braga
	3MF	Dolores Silva	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991	89	11	Braga
	3MF	Andreia Norton	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996	26	3	Internazionale
	3MF	Fátima Pinto	(1996-01-16) 16 January 1996	42	1	Sporting CP
	3MF	Andreia Faria				Benfica
	3MF	Cláudia Neto (captain)	(1988-04-18) 18 April 1988	111	14	VfL Wolfsburg
	3MF	Vanessa Marques	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996	61	7	Braga
	4FW	Carolina Mendes	(1987-11-27) 27 November 1987	83	18	Sporting CP
	4FW	Melissa Gomes				Stade de Reims
	4FW	Jéssica Silva	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994	58	6	Lyon
	4FW	Telma Encarnação	(2001-10-11) 11 October 2001			Marítimo
	4FW	Diana Silva	(1995-06-04) 4 June 1995	47	8	Sporting CP

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Joana Marchão	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996	3	0	Sporting CP	v. Albania, 4 October 2019

Previous squads

European Football Championship

• UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad

Algarve Cup

• Algarve Cup 2013 squad
• Algarve Cup 2014 squad
• Algarve Cup 2015 squad
• Algarve Cup 2016 squad

• Algarve Cup 2017 squad
• Algarve Cup 2018 squad
• Algarve Cup 2019 squad
• Algarve Cup 2020 squad

Recent results and schedules

2020

Portugal v Italy

4 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup	Portugal	1–2	Italy	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:15 (21:15 CET)	Silva 34'	Report	78' Linari 90+4' (pen.) Girelli	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

Portugal v Belgium

7 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup	Portugal	0–1	Belgium	Parchal, Portugal
17:00		Report	De Caigny 65'	Stadium: Vista Municipal Stadium Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Portugal v Sweden

10 March 2020 2020 Algarve Cup	Portugal	0–2	Sweden	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00			Jakobsson 45+2' Rolfö 51'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										FIFA Women's World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify									UEFA Women's Euro 1991
1995										UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999										6	2	0	4	4	15
2003										6	1	1	4	4	26
2007										8	0	0	8	4	31
2011										8	4	0	4	17	10
2015										10	4	0	6	19	21
2019										8	3	2	3	22	8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Women's Championship record

UEFA Women's Championship record										UEFA Women's Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not qualify									6	0	2	4	1	10
1987	Did not enter									Did not enter
1989
1991
1993
1995	Did not qualify									6	3	0	3	13	11
1997										8	2	0	6	5	26
2001										8	2	1	5	5	17
2005										8	1	0	7	5	42
2009										8	0	2	6	4	18
2013										8	2	0	6	16	13
2017	Group Stage	14th	3	1	0	2	3	5		10	4	3	3	16	12

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994	5th/6	3	1	0	2	2	8
1995	8th/8	4	0	0	4	1	14
1996	7th/8	4	1	0	3	4	10
1997	8th/8	4	0	1	3	0	8
1998	8th/8	4	0	1	3	3	8
1999	7th/8	4	1	1	2	2	10
2000	8th/8	4	0	0	4	1	17
2001	8th/8	4	0	0	4	3	11
2002	11th/12	4	1	0	3	6	10
2003	10th/12	4	1	2	1	5	5
2004	10th/12	4	2	0	2	7	4
2005	11th/12	4	1	0	3	5	9
2006	11th/11	2	0	0	2	0	7
2007	12th/12	4	0	2	2	2	7
2008	10th/12	4	2	1	1	6	5
2009	8th/12	4	3	1	0	6	3
2010	10th/12	4	2	1	1	7	4
2011	9th/12	4	2	2	0	6	3
2012	10th/12	4	2	0	2	6	3
2013	11th/12	4	1	1	2	3	6
2014	12th/12	4	1	0	3	5	9
2015	11th/12	4	0	2	2	5	9
2016	8th/8	4	0	0	4	2	8
2017	12th/12	4	0	1	3	0	9
2018	3rd/12	4	3	1	0	6	2
2019	12th/12	3	1	0	2	4	8
2020	8th/8	3	0	0	3	1	5
Total	-	103	25	17	61	95	198

See also

• Geography of women's association football

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile