Portugal national under-20 football team

Portugal Under-20
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Oceano Cruz
Captain	Diogo Prioste
Most caps	Tiago Ferreira (28)
Top scorer	Nuno Gomes; Lourenço; Nélson Oliveira; (9 goals each)
FIFA code	POR
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Spain 1–0 Portugal ; (Cáceres, Spain; 7 May 1979)
Biggest win
	Macau 0–6 Portugal ; (São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; 5 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 4–1 Portugal ; (Tokyo, Japan; 26 August 1994)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions (1989, 1991)

The Portugal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal.

The U20 team acts mainly as a feeder team for the under-21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 results.

The Portuguese team has 12 participations in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and 12 in the Toulon Tournament.

History

The Golden Generation (1989–1991)

The Golden Generation was the Generation of the players that won consecutive FIFA Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991.

The Silver Generation (2011)

The Courage Generation was the Generation of players that was runner up in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
1977	did not enter
1979	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	2	4	–2
1981	did not qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	6	3	+3
1991	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	9	1	+8
1993	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	5	–4
1995	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	12	6	+6
1997	did not qualify
1999	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
2001	did not qualify
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	4	5	–1
2009	did not qualify
2011	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	7	3	+4
2013	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	12	7	+5
2015	Quarter-finals	6th	5	4	1	0	12	2	+10
2017	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2
2019	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1
~~2021~~	Initially qualified, tournament later cancelled
2023	did not qualify
2025	did not qualify
Total	2 Titles	12/24	57	31	11	15	81	50	+31

*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.

List of FIFA U-20 World Cup matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Group stage	Canada	3–1	Lost
	Group stage	Paraguay	1–0	Win
	Group stage	South Korea	0–0	Draw
	Quarter-final	Uruguay	1–0	Lost
1989	Group stage	Czechoslovakia	0–1	Win
	Group stage	Nigeria	0–1	Win
	Group stage	Saudi Arabia	3–0	Loss
	Quarter-final	Colombia	1–0	Win
	Semi-final	Brazil	1–0	Win
	Final	Nigeria	1–0	Win
1991	Group stage	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Win
	Group stage	Argentina	3–0	Win
	Group stage	Korea	1–0	Win
	Quarter-final	Mexico	2–1	Win
	Semi-final	Australia	1–0	Win
	Final	Brazil	0–0 4–2 (pen.)	Win
1993	Group stage	Germany	0–1	Loss
	Group stage	Uruguay	1–2	Loss
	Group stage	Ghana	0–2	Loss
1995	Group stage	Honduras	2–3	Win
	Group stage	Argentina	0–1	Win
	Group stage	Netherlands	0–3	Win
	Quarter-final	Australia	2–1	Win
	Semi-final	Brazil	1–0	Loss
	Third place match	Spain	3–2	Win
1999	Group stage	South Korea	1–3	Win
	Group stage	Mali	2–1	Loss
	Group stage	Uruguay	0–0	Draw
	Round of 16	Japan	1–1 5–4 (pen.)	Draw
2007	Group stage	New Zealand	2–0	Win
	Group stage	Mexico	2–1	Loss
	Group stage	Gambia	1–2	Loss
	Round of 16	Chile	1–0	Loss
2011	Group stage	Uruguay	0–0	Draw
	Group stage	Cameroon	1–0	Win
	Group stage	New Zealand	1-0	Win
	Round of 16	Guatemala	1–0	Win
	Quarter finals	Argentina	0–0 5–4 (pen.)	Draw
	Semi-finals	France	2–0	Win
	Final	Brazil	2–3 a.e.t	Loss
2013	Group stage	Nigeria	2–3	Win
	Group stage	South Korea	2–2	Draw
	Group stage	Cuba	5-0	Win
	Round of 16	Ghana	2–3	Loss
2015	Group stage	Senegal	3–0	Win
	Group stage	Qatar	0–4	Win
	Group stage	Colombia	1–3	Win
	Round of 16	New Zealand	2–1	Win
	Quarter finals	Brazil	0–0 3–1 (pen.)	Draw
2017	Group stage	Zambia	1–2	Loss
	Group stage	Costa Rica	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	Iran	2–1	Win
	Round of 16	South Korea	1–3	Win
	Quarter finals	Uruguay	2–2 4–5 (pen.)	Draw
2019	Group stage	South Korea	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Argentina	0–2	Loss
	Group stage	South Africa	1–1	Draw

Toulon Tournament

Year	Round	Position	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
1996	Third place	3rd	4	3	1	0	12	3	+9
1997	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3
1998	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	4	1	+3
1999	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4
2000	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	4	0	7	4	+3
2001	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	12	5	+7
2002	Group stage	7th	4	0	3	1	1	2	–1
2003	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	11	2	+9
2004	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4
2006	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	3	1	+2
2007	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	2	2	0
2011	Group stage	5th	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
2013	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	8	8	+0
2014	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	11	4	+7
2016	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5
Total	2 Titles	2/16	72	36	22	14	101	53	+48

* Portugal also participated in the 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 2009 tournaments but with the u-21 squad instead of the u-20 squad.

List of Toulon Tournament matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Group stage	Brazil	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	Belgium	3–1	Win
	Group stage	England	3–1	Win
	Group stage	Angola	5–0	Win
1997	Group stage	Czech Republic	3–0	Win
	Group stage	Colombia	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Scotland	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	United States	1–1	Draw
	Final	France	2–1	Loss
1998	Group stage	Brazil	1–0	Win
	Group stage	China	1–0	Loss
	Group stage	Germany	1–0	Win
	Semi-final	France	0–0 4–2 (pen.)	Draw
	Third place match	China	2–0	Win
1999	Group stage	Colombia	1-1	Draw
	Group stage	Argentina	3–0	Loss
	Group stage	Netherlands	1–0	Loss
2000	Group stage	Ghana	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	Colombia	2–2	Draw
	Group stage	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Win
	Semi-final	Italy	0–0 3–5 (pen.)	Win
	Final	Colombia	1–1 3–1 (pen.)	Loss
2001	Group stage	France	2–3	Win
	Group stage	Poland	2–1	Win
	Group stage	Japan	4–1	Win
	Semi-final	Netherlands	1–0	Win
	Final	Colombia	2–1	Win
2002	Group stage	Poland	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	Brazil	0–0	Draw
	Group stage	England	1–0	Loss
	Group stage	China	0–0	Draw
2003	Group stage	England	0–3	Win
	Group stage	Argentina	0–3	Win
	Group stage	Japan	1–0	Loss
	Group stage	Turkey	2–0	Win
	Final	Italy	3–1	Win
2004	Group stage	Brazil	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Sweden	0–1	Loss
	Group stage	Japan	2–2	Draw
2005	Group stage	South Korea	0–4	Win
	Group stage	England	0–1	Win
	Group stage	Tunisia	2–0	Win
	Semi-final	Mexico	1–0	Win
	Final	France	4–1	Loss
2006	Group stage	Argentina	0–0	Draw
	Group stage	Czech Republic	2–0	Win
	Group stage	China	0–0	Draw
	Semi-final	Netherlands	0–1	Loss
	Third place match	China	1–0	Win
2007	Group stage	China	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	Ghana	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Netherlands	0–0	Draw
	Semi-final	France	1–0	Loss
	Third place match	Ivory Coast	0–0 5–4 (pen.)	Loss
2011	Group stage	Colombia	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	Italy	1–1	Draw
	Group stage	Ivory Coast	0–1	Win
2013	Group stage	Belgium	2–0	Win
	Group stage	Brazil	0–2	Loss
	Group stage	Mexico	3–3	Draw
	Group stage	Niger	2–1	Win
	Third place match	France	1–2	Loss
2014	Group stage	Mexico	2–0	Win
	Group stage	Chile	3–1	Win
	Group stage	China	4–1	Win
	Group stage	France	1–2	Loss
	Third place match	England	1–0	Win
2016	Group stage	England	0–1	Loss
	Group stage	Guinea	2–0	Win
	Group stage	Japan	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Paraguay	3–0	Win
	Third place match	Czech Republic	1–1 4–2 (pen.)	Win

Honours

Team

FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Winner (2): 1989, 1991
- Runner-up (1): 2011
- Third place (1): 1995
Toulon Tournament
- Winner (3): 1992, 2001, 2003
- Runner-up (4): 1994, 1997, 2000, 2005
- Third place (4): 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016
Torneio Internacional da Madeira
- Winner (7): 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
- Runner-up (4): 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006
Torneio Campos Verdes
- Winner (2): 2007, 2008
Copa El Presidente de La Republica - Ricardo Martinelli
- Third place (1): 2011
SBS Cup International Youth Soccer
- Runner-up (1): 2012
Elite League U20
- Runner-up (1): 2018-19

Individual awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1991	Emílio Peixe		Paulo Torres
1995		Dani
2011		Nélson Oliveira

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Show
1995		Dani
2013		Bruma

Year	Golden glove
2011	Mika

Toulon Tournament^[1]

Year	Top scorer
1996	Nuno Gomes
1997	Carlitos
2001	Lourenço
2003	Lourenço
2005	Ricardo Vaz Tê

Year	Most Elegant Player
1997	Edgar Pacheco
2000	Ednilson
2001	Ricardo Costa
2004	Raul Meireles
2005	Organista
2007	Bruno Gama

Year	Best Goalkeeper
1997	Nuno Santos
1998	Nuno Santos
2000	Sérgio Leite
2003	Bruno Vale
2016	Joel Pereira

Year	Revelation
2014	Ricardo Horta

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022–23 Under 20 Elite League matches.^[2]
Match dates: 23 and 28 March 2023
Opposition: Romania and Czech Republic
Caps and goals correct as of: 22 November 2022, after the match against Germany

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	João Carvalho	(2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Braga
1GK	Louis Mouquet	(2004-07-21) 21 July 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Paris Saint-Germain

2DF	Guilherme Montóia	(2003-09-14) 14 September 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Norwich City
2DF	Nazinho	(2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Sporting CP
2DF	João Tomé	(2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Benfica
2DF	Gilberto Batista	(2003-12-29) 29 December 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Sporting CP
2DF	José Müller	(2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Benfica
2DF	Ni	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Vitória de Guimarães
2DF	Alberto Cotsa	(2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Vitória de Guimarães

3MF	Renato Veiga	(2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Chelsea
3MF	Diogo Abreu	(2003-01-04) 4 January 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Sporting CP
3MF	Gustavo Mendonça	(2003-03-11) 11 March 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Canelas 2010
3MF	Daniel Carvalho	(2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Vitória de Setúbal
3MF	Matchoi Djaló	(2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Paços de Ferreira
3MF	Marco Cruz	(2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Sporting CP
3MF	Gonçalo Nogueira	(2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Vitória de Guimarães

4FW	Diogo Cabral	(2003-06-01) 1 June 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Sporting CP
4FW	Rodrigo Gomes	(2003-07-07) 7 July 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Braga
4FW	Pedro Santos	(2003-02-10) 10 February 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Benfica
4FW	Precatado	(2004-12-06) 6 December 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Benfica
4FW	Martim Tavares	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Boavista
4FW	Rodrigo Pereira	(2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Académico de Viseu

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Portugal under-20 squad in the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Diogo Pinto	(2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sporting CP	v. Germany, 22 November 2022

DF	Diogo Travassos	(2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sporting CP	v. Germany, 22 November 2022

MF	Dário Essugo	(2005-03-14) 14 March 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Sporting CP	v. Germany, 22 November 2022
MF	Mateus Fernandes	(2004-07-10) 10 July 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sporting CP	v. Germany, 22 November 2022

FW	Rodrigo Ribeiro	(2005-04-28) 28 April 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Nottingham Forest	v. Germany, 22 November 2022
FW	João Resende	(2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Benfica	v. Germany, 22 November 2022

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Toulon Tournament

Most appearances

#	Name	Caps	Goals	First cap	Latest cap
1	Tiago Ferreira	28	2	July 13, 2011	July 3, 2013
2	Paulo Costa	20	5	September 10, 1998	June 3, 2000
2	Sérgio Oliveira	20	3	October 7, 2010	April 18, 2012
4	Ricardo Esteves	19	0	September 10, 1998	June 3, 2000
	Danilo Pereira	19	3	October 7, 2010	August 21, 2011
	Pelé	19	3	October 7, 2010	August 21, 2011
	Nuno Reis	19	0	October 7, 2010	August 21, 2011
	Nélson Oliveira	19	9	October 7, 2010	August 21, 2011

Most goals

#	Name	Goals	Caps	First cap	Latest cap
1	Nuno Gomes	9	13	June 2, 1995	January 21, 1997
	Lourenço	9	17	22 February 2001	June 21, 2003
	Nélson Oliveira	9	19	October 7, 2010	August 21, 2011
4	André Silva	8	10	October 7, 2010	August 21, 2011
5	Bruma	6	6	March 24, 2013	July 3, 2013
	Carlitos	6	11	May 27, 1997	May 19, 1998
	Paulo Torres	6	12	December 18, 1990	June 30, 1991
	Bruno Gama	6	14	November 21, 2006	July 8, 2007
	Dani	6	15	August 26, 1994	June 1, 1996
6	Ricardo Vaz Tê	5	8	February 16, 2005	September 22, 2005

Notable players

Head coaches

As of 2022

Manager	Period	Record
Manager	Period	Matches	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Peres Bandeira	1979
Carlos Queiroz	1989–1991
Agostinho Oliveira	1993
Nelo Vingada	1994–1995
Jesualdo Ferreira	1996–2000
António Violante	2001–2002 2008–2009
Rui Caçador	2003–2004 2007–2008
José Couceiro	2006–2007	21	13	4	4	37	8	+29
Paulo Alves	2009–2010	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6
Oceano Cruz	2010
Ilídio Vale	2010–2012	24	9	12	3	27	20	+7
Edgar Borges	2012–2014 2015–2016	29	5	3	3	17	12	+5
Hélio Sousa	2014–2015 2018–2019	24	16	3	5	46	22	+24
Emílio Peixe	2016–2017 2021–2022	19	6	8	5	33	29	+4
José Guilherme	2017–2018	7	2	1	4	7	12	-5
Filipe Ramos	2019–2020	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6
Rui Bento	2020–2021

References

^ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
^ "Alteração À Convocatória" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

Awards
Preceded by Portugal national under-23 canoe sprint team	Portuguese Team of the Year 2011	Succeeded by 1000 meter K2 team (Emanuel Silva and Fernando Pimenta)

[1] "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.

[2] "Alteração À Convocatória" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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v t e Reserve and youth football in Portugal
National teams	Portugal B U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 U-14 U-13 U-12
Nationwide competitions	Juniores Juvenis Iniciados Infantis
Regional competitions	Juniores Juvenis Iniciados Infantis Sub-13 Infantis Sub-12 Benjamins Escolinhas Traquinas Petizes
Defunct competitions	Liga Intercalar