Portugal national football team results (1940–1959)

This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 1940 and 1959.

1940s

28 January 1940 Friendly	France	3–2	Portugal	Parc des Princes, Paris
14:15	Heisserer 17' Koranyi 23', 75'	Report	83', 85' Peyroteo	Attendance: 18,083 Referee: Bainbridge

12 January 1941 Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Spain	Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00	Carlos Pereira 59' Peyroteo 80'	Report	9' Guillermo Campanal 50' Escolà	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens

16 March 1941 Friendly	Spain	5–1	Portugal	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
15:30 (+1:00)	Herrerita 9' Guillermo Campanal 23' Campos 25' Epi 75', 85'	Report	63' Pinga	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens

1 January 1942 Friendly	Portugal	3–0	Switzerland	Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00	Alberto Gomes 26' Mourão 43', 47'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Agustín Vilalta

11 March 1945 Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Spain	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00)	Peyroteo 10', 75'	Report	20' César 58' Epi	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Eugenio Scherz

6 May 1945 Friendly	Spain	4–2	Portugal	Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
17:00 (+2:00)	Zarra 38', 41' Herrerita 70' César 76' (pen.)	Report	10', 87' Peyroteo	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Eugenio Scherz

21 May 1945 Friendly	Switzerland	1–0	Portugal	Sportplatz Rankhof, Basel
15:00 (+1:00)	Friedländer 51'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín

14 April 1946 Friendly	Portugal	2–1	France	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00)	Araújo 39' Peyroteo 72'	Report	68' Ernest Vaast	Attendance: 62,000 Referee: George Reader

16 June 1946 Friendly	Portugal	3–1	Ireland	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00 (+1:00)	Araújo 7' Pipi 15' Peyroteo 24'	Report	53' O'Reilly	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paul Von Wartburg

5 January 1947 Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Switzerland	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00	Pipi 17' Moreira 50'	Report	7', 55' Fatton	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Cyrill Barrick

26 January 1947 Friendly	Portugal	4–1	Spain	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00	Araújo 15', 32' Travaços 60', 88'	Report	1' Iriondo	Attendance: 68,000 Referee: James Wiltshire

23 March 1947 Friendly	France	1–0	Portugal	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
15:00 (+1:00)	Bihel 41'	Report		Attendance: 57,791 Referee: Cyrill Barrick

4 May 1947 Friendly	Ireland	0–2	Portugal	Dalymount Park, Dublin
15:30 (+1:00)		Report	13' Jesus Correia 34' Araújo	Attendance: 31,618 Referee: Henry Pearce

25 May 1947 Friendly	Portugal	0–10	England	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:30 (+1:00)		Report	1', 59', 71', 77' Mortensen 2', 11', 38', 61' Lawton 21' Finney 85' Matthews	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Charles Delasalle

23 November 1947 Friendly	Portugal	2–4	France	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00	Peyroteo 32' Araújo 71'	Report	47', 51', 77' Vaast 84' Benbarek	Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Paul Von Wartburg

21 March 1948 Friendly	Spain	2–0	Portugal	Estadio Chamartín, Madrid
17:00 (+1:00)	César 32' Gaínza 48' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 80,000 Referee: William Evans

23 May 1948 Friendly	Portugal	2–0	Ireland	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00)	Peyroteo 22' Albano 26'	Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo

27 February 1949 Friendly	Italy	4–1	Portugal	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00 (+1:00)	Menti 57' Carapellese 67' Mazzola 75' Maroso 81'	Report	21' Lourenço	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Victor Sdez

20 March 1949 Friendly	Portugal	1–1	Spain	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00	Peyroteo 57'	Report	47' Zarra	Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Charles Delasalle

15 May 1949 Friendly	Portugal	3–2	Wales	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00 (+1:00)	Patalino 39' José Mota 65' Vasques 79'	Report	11', 40' Ford	Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo

22 May 1949 Friendly	Ireland	1–0	Portugal	Dalymount Park, Dublin
15:30 (+1:00)	Coad 35' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 28,108 Referee: Marcel Le Foll

1950s

2 April 1950 1950 World Cup Qualification	Spain	5–1	Portugal	Estadio Chamartín, Madrid
17:00 (+1:00)	Zarra 18', 58' Basora 19' Panizo 20' Molowny 65'	Report	38' Cabrita	Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Reginald Leafe

9 April 1950 1950 World Cup Qualification	Portugal	2–2	Spain	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:30	Travaços 52' Jesus Correia 54'	Report	25' Zarra 82' Gaínza	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jack Mowat

14 May 1950 Friendly	Portugal	3–5	England	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00	Ben David 47', 59' Vasques 70'	Report	4' (pen.), 28', 55', 72' (pen.) Finney 15' Mortensen	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Giuseppe Carpani

21 May 1950 Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Scotland	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00	Travaços 9' Albano 29'	Report	20' Bauld 23' Brown	Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Ramón Azón Roma

8 April 1951 Friendly	Portugal	1–4	Italy	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00)	Jesus Correia 85'	Report	7' Pandolfini 14' Burini 59' Amadei 72' Cappello	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: William Ling

12 May 1951 Friendly	Wales	2–1	Portugal	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 (+1:00)	Griffiths 36' Ford 73'	Report	78' Ben David	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: William Ling

19 May 1951 Friendly	England	5–2	Portugal	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 (+1:00)	Nicholson 1' Milburn 9', 83' Finney 75' Hassall 87'	Report	2' Patalino 48' Albano	Attendance: 52,686 Referee: Louis Baert

17 June 1951 Friendly	Portugal	1–1	Belgium	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
18:00 (+1:00)	Ben David 2'	Report	64' Givard	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo

20 April 1952 Friendly	France	3–0	Portugal	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
15:00 (+1:00)	Alpsteg 15' Strappe 68', 89'	Report		Attendance: 35,735 Referee: Alfred Bond

23 November 1952 Friendly	Portugal	1–1	Austria	Estádio das Antas, Porto
15:00	Travaços 32'	Report	71' Halla	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger

14 December 1952 Friendly	Portugal	1–3	Argentina	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00	Vasques 50'	Report	11' Loustau 36', 38' Labruna	Attendance: 70,000 Referee: William Ling

27 September 1953 1954 World Cup Qualification	Austria	9–1	Portugal	Praterstadion, Vienna
16:00 (+1:00)	Ocwirk 13' Probst 14', 19', 31', 59', 70' Happel 68' (pen.) Wagner 83' Dienst 87'	Report	Águas 60'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Henri Bauwens

22 November 1953 Friendly	Portugal	3–1	South Africa	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00	Hernâni 16' Águas 23' Matateu 73'	Report	75' Roos	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín

29 November 1953 1954 World Cup Qualification	Portugal	0–0	Austria	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
14:30		Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Louis Fauquembergue

14 March 1954 Friendly	Belgium	0–0	Portugal	Stade du Heysel, Brussels
15:00 (+1:00)		Report		Attendance: 47,590 Referee: Edouard Harzig

28 November 1954 Friendly	Portugal	1–3	Argentina	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00	Travaços 53'	Report	16' Micheli 69' Grillo 75' Cruz	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Archer Luty

19 December 1954 Friendly	Portugal	0–3	West Germany	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:30		Report	7' Erhardt 55' Pfaff 74' Juskowiak	Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Karel Van der Meer

4 May 1955 Friendly	Scotland	3–0	Portugal	Hampden Park, Glasgow
18:30 (+1:00)	Gemmell 7' Liddell 36' Reilly 89'	Report		Attendance: 20,858 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay

22 May 1955 Friendly	Portugal	3–1	England	Estádio das Antas, Porto
17:00 (+1:00)	Águas 24', 83' Matateu 79'	Report	19' Bentley	Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

20 November 1955 Friendly	Portugal	2–6	Sweden	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00	Águas 32', 79'	Report	11' Hamrin 65' Nilsson 70', 72' Löfgren 82' Jonsson 84' Sandell	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Cesare Jonni

18 December 1955 Friendly	Turkey	3–1	Portugal	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
14:00 (+2:00)	Küçükandonyadis 51' Oktay 57' Bilge 73'	Report	38' Hernâni	Attendance: 22,313 Referee: Mirko Romčević

23 December 1955 Friendly	Egypt	0–4	Portugal	Prince Farouk Stadium, Cairo
		Report	33', 90' Águas 36', 43' Matateu	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ricardo Pieri

25 March 1956 Friendly	Portugal	3–1	Turkey	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:30	Vasques 33' Beratligil 47' (o.g.) Matateu 79'	Report	89' Açıksöz	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Albert Dusch

8 April 1956 Friendly	Portugal	0–1	Brazil	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00)		Report	11' Orlando	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Reg Leafe

3 June 1956 Friendly	Portugal	3–1	Spain	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00 (+1:00)	Palmeiro 5', 26', 43'	Report	38' Peiró	Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Jacques Devillers

9 June 1956 Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Hungary	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
18:00 (+1:00)	Águas 45' Vasques 65'	Report	51' Kocsis 59' Lantos	Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Vicenzo Orlandini

16 January 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification	Portugal	1–1	Northern Ireland	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon
22:00	Vasques 24'	Report	6' Bingham	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne

24 March 1957 Friendly	Portugal	0–1	France	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon
15:00		Report	55' Piantoni	Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín

1 May 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification	Northern Ireland	3–0	Portugal	Windsor Park, Belfast
19:30 (+1:00)	Casey 22' Simpson 61' McIlroy 67' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hugh Phillips

26 May 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification	Portugal	3–0	Italy	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:30 (+1:00)	Vasques 41' Teixeira 83' Matateu 87'	Report		Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Werner Treichel

11 June 1957 Friendly	Brazil	2–1	Portugal	Maracaña, Rio de Janeiro
21:30 (-3:00)	Didi 14' Tite 61'	Report	52' Matateu	Attendance: 180,000 Referee: Bertley Cross

16 June 1957 Friendly	Brazil	3–0	Portugal	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
15:15 (-3:00)	Zito 16' Altafini 78' Del Vecchio 84'	Report		Attendance: 21,033 Referee: Bertley Cross

22 December 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification	Italy	3–0	Portugal	San Siro, Milan
14:30 (+1:00)	Gratton 36', 72' Pivatelli 84'	Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ezio Damiani

13 April 1958 Friendly	Spain	1–0	Portugal	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
17:00 (+1:00)	Di Stéfano 85'	Report		Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne

7 May 1958 Friendly	England	2–1	Portugal	Wembley Stadium (1923), London
19:30 (+1:00)	Bobby Charlton 25', 62'	Report	51' Carlos Duarte	Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Albert Alsteen

16 May 1959 Friendly	Switzerland	4–3	Portugal	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30 (+1:00)	Burger 31', 55' Hamel 44' Frey 69'	Report	9' Hernâni 46' Cavém 89' Matateu	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Joseph Barberan

21 May 1959 Friendly	Sweden	2–0	Portugal	Ullevi, Gothenburg
19:00 (+1:00)	Simonsson 45' (pen.) Olsson 52'	Report		Attendance: 44,082 Referee: Leopold Horn

3 June 1959 Friendly	Portugal	1–0	Scotland	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon
22:00 (+1:00)	Matateu 25'	Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui Izco

21 June 1959 1960 EURO First round	East Germany	0–2	Portugal	Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East-Berlin
		Report	12' Matateu 67' Coluna	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alois Obtulovič

28 June 1959 1960 EURO First round	Portugal	3–2	East Germany	Estádio das Antas, Porto
16:00 (+1:00)	Coluna 45', 62' Cavém 68'	Report	47' Vogt 72' Kohle	Attendance: 19,124 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay

11 November 1959 Friendly	France	5–3	Portugal	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
17:30 (+1:00)	Just Fontaine 3', 54', 58' Pierre Grillet 11' Lucien Muller 22'	Report	36', 76' Matateu 41' Domiciano Cavém	Attendance: 48,111 Referee: Ken Aston

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