Portugal national futsal team

Portugal

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Nickname(s)	Seleção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jorge Braz
Captain	João Matos
Most caps	Arnaldo Pereira (208)
Top scorer	Ricardinho (135)
FIFA code	POR
FIFA ranking	2
Home colours Away colours
First international
Spain 4–0 Portugal (A Coruña, Spain; 9 February 1987)
Biggest win
Portugal 56–0 East Timor (Macau, China; 9 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
Portugal 0–8 Brazil (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 1 December 2000)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 2000)
Best result	Champions (2021)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions (2018, 2022)
AMF World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1991)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	1 (First in 2010)
Best result	6th place (2010)

The Portugal national futsal team represents Portugal in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation.

Portugal has won the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championship in 2018 and 2022. They are one of only four teams to win the World Cup as well as one of four to be crown European champions. Portugal are, together with Spain, the only team from UEFA to be world champions and the only team, also alongside Spain, to successfully defend their European title.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Portugal national futsal team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2021

Thailand v Portugal

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group C	Thailand	1–4	Portugal	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 362 Referee: Ronny Zumbado Costa Rica)

Solomon Islands v Portugal

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group C	Solomon Islands	0–7	Portugal	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 345 Referee: Carlos Martínez Paraguay)

Portugal v Morocco

19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group C	Portugal	3–3	Morocco	Klaipėda, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Švyturys Arena Attendance: 1,860 Referee: Anthony Riley New Zealand)

Portugal v Serbia

24 September 2021 (2021-09-24) FIFA Futsal World Cup Round of 16	Portugal	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Serbia	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 782 Referee: Daniel Rodríguez Uruguay)

Spain v Portugal

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) FIFA Futsal World Cup Quarter-finals	Spain	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Portugal	Vilnius, Lithuania
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 1,629 Referee: Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Youssef Egypt)

Portugal v Kazakhstan

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) FIFA Futsal World Cup Semi-finals	Portugal	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Kazakhstan	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 2,052 Referee: Nikola Jelić Croatia)

Argentina v Portugal

3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) FIFA Futsal World Cup Final	Argentina	1–2	Portugal	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the Portugal squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022.
Caps and goals are correct as of 16 January 2022.
Head coach: Jorge Braz

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	André Sousa	(1986-02-25) 25 February 1986	103	2	Benfica
12	1GK	Edu Sousa	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996	21	1	Viña Albali Valdepeñas
9	2DF	João Matos (captain)	(1987-02-21) 21 February 1987	172	21	Sporting CP
5	2DF	Fábio Cecílio	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993	105	30	SC Braga/AAUM
2	2DF	André Coelho	(1993-10-30) 30 October 1993	78	23	FC Barcelona
8	2DF	Erick Mendonça	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995	43	6	Sporting CP
4	2DF	Afonso Jesus	(1998-01-06) 6 January 1998	27	6	Benfica
3	2DF	Tomás Paçó	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000	15	1	Sporting CP
10	3MF	Bruno Coelho	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987	136	44	Napoli
13	3MF	Tiago Brito	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991	102	27	SC Braga/AAUM
11	3MF	Pany Varela	(1989-02-25) 25 February 1989	67	18	Sporting CP
7	3MF	Miguel Ângelo	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994	60	10	Sporting CP
14	3MF	Pauleta	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994	23	4	Sporting CP
6	4FW	Zicky Té	(2001-09-01) 1 September 2001	24	9	Sporting CP

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Portugal squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Bebé	(1983-05-19) 19 May 1983	136	0	Leões Porto Salvo	UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 INJ
GK	Vítor Hugo	(1982-11-30) 30 November 1982	78	1	Braga/AAUM	2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
MF	Ricardinho	(1985-09-03) 3 September 1985	173	139	ACCS	2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup RET
MF	Márcio Moreira	(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990	29	4	Modicus Sandim	v. Czech Republic, 10 March 2021
MF	Pedro Cary	(1984-05-10) 10 May 1984	159	39	Leões de Porto Salvo	v. Czech Republic, 6 March 2021 INJ
MF	Silvestre Ferreira	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999	0	0	SL Benfica	Training camp, 6 December 2020
FW	Fernando Cardinal	(1985-06-26) 26 June 1985	121	97	Sporting CP	v. Poland, 3 February 2021
FW	Ludgero Lopes	(1997-08-17) 17 August 1997	2	0	Quinta dos Lombos	Training camp, 20 September 2020
FW	Hugo Neves	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000	0	0	Sporting CP	Training camp, 20 September 2020
COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from international football.

Records

See also: List of Portugal international futsal players

As of matches played 27 February 2021

Players in bold are still active for the national team.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	First Cap	Last Cap
1	Arnaldo Pereira	208	23-12-1999	08-02-2016
2	Ricardinho	187	26-06-2003	03-10-2021
3	João Benedito	181	18-11-2000	08-02-2014
4	Gonçalo Alves	171	22-10-2001	08-02-2014
5	João Matos	166	25-11-2008	03-10-2021
6	Pedro Cary	159	22-01-2008	03-10-2021
7	Joel Queirós	143	24-04-2002	28-10-2014
8	Bebé	137	22-11-2005	03-10-2021
9	Bruno Coelho	130	13-04-2011	03-10-2021
10	Fernando Cardinal	121	25-03-2008	03-02-2021

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Avg
1	Ricardinho	141	187	0.76
2	André Lima	107	111	0.96
	Joel Queirós	107	143	0.75
4	Arnaldo Pereira	98	208	0.47
5	Fernando Cardinal	97	121	0.80
6	Gonçalo Alves	75	171	0.44
7	Israel Alves	60	104	0.58
8	Pedro Costa	53	119	0.45
9	Ivan Dias	46	106	0.43
10	Bruno Coelho	43	130	0.33

Competitive record

A gold background colour indicates that Portugal won the tournament, a silver background colour indicates they were runner-up, a bronze background colour indicates a third place in the tournament, and a blue background indicates a fourth place finish. A green border colour indicates that the tournament was hosted in Portugal.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1996
2000	Third place	8	5	0	3	23	23
2004	Second round	6	3	1	2	18	8
2008	First round	4	3	0	1	15	8
2012	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	18	14
2016	Fourth place	7	4	2	1	26	11
2021	Champions	7	5	2	0	26	12
Total	6/9	36	22	6	9	126	76

UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
1999	First round	3	0	2	1	4	6
2001	Did not qualify
2003	First round	3	1	1	1	10	12
2005	First round	3	1	0	2	9	14
2007	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	13	7
2010	Runners-up	5	1	2	2	12	14
2012	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	7	5
2014	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	18	17
2016	Quarter-finals	3	1	0	2	9	11
2018	Champions	5	5	0	0	23	9
2022	Champions	6	6	0	0	19	9
Total	10/12	41	21	7	13	124	104

FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup

AMF Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1982	Did not enter
1985	Second round	?	?	?	?	?	?
1988	Fourth place	8	3	2	3	23	18
1991	Champions	?	?	?	?	?	?
1994	Second round	6	3	0	3	13	12
1997	Second round	?	?	?	?	?	?
2000	Did not enter
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	5/12	?	?	?	?	?	?

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil 2005	Did not enter
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
Brazil 2008
Brazil 2009
Brazil 2010	Sixth place	6	3	0	3	10	13
Brazil 2011	Did not enter
Brazil 2013
Brazil 2014
Brazil 2015
Total	1/11	6	3	0	3	10	13

Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Libya 2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Italy 1994	Did not enter
Brazil 1995
Brazil 1996
Brazil 1998
Brazil 2001	Third place	4	2	1	1	8	6
Italy 2002	Did not enter
Portugal 2006	Champions	4	4	0	0	31	3
Portugal 2007	Champions	4	4	0	0	23	6
Portugal 2008	Champions	4	4	0	0	34	1
Total	4/9	16	14	1	1	96	16

Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.