Association football team representing Portugal at the Olympic Games
The Portugal national under-23 football team ( besides known as Portugal Olympic football team ) represents Portugal in international football competitions ( final stage and qualifiers ) in Olympic Games, a well as in under–23 football tournaments. The excerpt is limited to players under the age of 23, except three over-age players. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation ( FPF ). In three participations, Portugal ‘s highest place was fourth, in 1996. This team besides competed in the now-defunct Under-23 european Championship. The first clock time Portugal participated in the Olympic Football Tournament, they fielded main team players since the International Olympic Committee rules allowed to do thus back then and in the 1980s, the team was composed of semi-professional players. The team presently qualifies in accord to their under-21 team position in the UEFA Under-21 Championship. The results below consist both the under-23 team angstrom well as the Olympic team .

history [edit ]

1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam [edit ]

Portugal was invited to enter the 1928 Summer Olympics Football Tournament, which was, at that clock time, contested by the best national “ A ” team in the worldly concern and, therefore, considered to be the best international footballing tournament until the FIFA World Cup started, two years later, in 1930. The Portuguese team was drawn in the preliminary round against Chile for a place in the first gear round. After falling 2–0 behind, Portugal scored four goals, winning the game 4–2 in what was their first win away from home territory. After their antic win against Chile, they faced off Yugoslavia and won 2–1 thanks to a late goal in the 90th minute.

Egypt was the team that followed in the quarter-finals. here the portuguese gamble ended after a 2–1 frustration. In the following games, the Egyptians lost against Argentina 6–0 in the semi-final and Italy 11–3 for the bronze decoration match, which bittered the players. This was the first gear tournament the Portuguese team had always competed .

1972 european U-23 qualifiers [edit ]

Portugal was drawn to Group Five, along with Denmark, to play in a two-legged Play-off. After a 1–1 tie in Lisbon, the Portuguese lost the come back leg in Aalborg 2–1, ending with a 3–2 aggregate result .

1974 european U-23 qualifiers [edit ]

For the future tournament, Portugal was put in Group Six with Bulgaria. The playoff result was 2–1 ( 0–0 in the first stage in Porto and 2–1 in Pleven ) for the Bulgarians .

1976 european U-23 qualifiers [edit ]

With England and Czechoslovakia in Group One, Portugal ended second base with three points ( four less than England ) coming from a acquire and a draw against the central Europeans ( 2–0 in Faro and 1–1 in Teplice ). Both games against the English were loses ( 3–2 in Lisbon and 2–0 in London ) .

1984 Summer Olympics qualifiers [edit ]

Portugal was to play in Subgroup A of Group Four with Israel and West Germany for a place in the second qualify round. They finished second behind the Germans ( six points ) with four points. After an initial gain ( 3–1 in Lisbon ), they lost in Osnabrück 3–0, followed by a 1–0 kill in Tel Aviv and a 2–1 succeed against the Israelis in Lisbon .

1988 Summer Olympics qualifiers [edit ]

With firm sides to play with ( East Germany, Iceland, Italy, and the Netherlands ) the portuguese reservation was seen has unmanageable. With wins against Iceland ( 2–1 in Leiria and 1–0 in Reykjavík ), two off defeats ( 1–0 in Lecce, Italy and 3–0 in Aue, East Germany ) and all other games tied, they ended up in third plaza with eight points ( five behind group winners and qualifiers Italy ) .

1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta [edit ]

Portugal participated in the Atlanta Games and after a acquire over Tunisia ( 2–0 ) and 1–1 draws against Argentina and the United States, they ended in second place in Group A with the same points and goal difference as the first-placed Argentinians ( but with lesser goals scored ). then in the quarter-finals, a winnings over France ( 2–1 ) after extra-time assured them a place in the semi-finals. once again, they played against Argentina, but this clock time the South Americans won 2–0. For the bronze decoration match, they faced a hard Brazil full of worldly concern stars such as Bebeto, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, among others. Portugal was heavily defeated by a score of 5–0. This participation remains to this day as their best ever ending with the fourth put .

2004 Summer Olympics in Athens [edit ]

In the 2004 Games, the Portuguese were seen as major contenders for Olympic gold, but they did n’t make it past the group stage. This disappoint performance started with a 4–2 kill at the hands of Iraq. The second game ended in a 2–1 win over Morocco and in the one-third crippled, Portugal were once again defeated 4–2 by a minor team ( Costa Rica ) .

tournament history [edit ]

olympic [edit ]

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

european U-23 Championship [edit ]

  • 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification group.
  • 1974: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification group.
  • 1976: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

The follow 18 players were selected to participate at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [ 1 ] The watch is the Portugal police squad in the men ‘s football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July. [ 2 ] On 17 July, Pité replaced Nuno Santos. [ 3 ] On 21 July, Fábio Sturgeon left the police squad due to injury and was replaced by Fernando Fonseca. [ 4 ]
Head coach : Rui Jorge
* Over-aged actor.

previous squads [edit ]

References [edit ]