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Portugal national under-20 football team

National association football team

Field	Value
Name	Portugal Under-20
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Coach	Oceano Cruz
Captain	Diogo Prioste
Most caps	Tiago Ferreira (28)
Top scorer	Nuno Gomes
Lourenço
Nélson Oliveira
(9 goals each)
FIFA Trigramme	POR
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First game	1–0
(Cáceres, Spain; 7 May 1979)
Largest win	0–6
(São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; 5 October 2006)
0–6
(Macau; 5 October 2006)
Largest loss	4–1
(Tokyo, Japan; 26 August 1994)
Regional name	FIFA U-20 World Cup
Regional cup apps	12
Regional cup first	1979
Regional cup best	Champions (1989, 1991)

Lourenço Nélson Oliveira (9 goals each) (Cáceres, Spain; 7 May 1979) (São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; 5 October 2006) 0–6 (Macau; 5 October 2006) (Tokyo, Japan; 26 August 1994)

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	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
TUN 1977	Did not enter
JPN 1979	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	2	4
Australia 1981	Did not qualify
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989	Champions	6	5	0	1	6	3
Portugal 1991	6	5	1	0	9	1
Australia 1993	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	5
Qatar 1995	Third place	6	5	0	1	12	6
Malaysia 1997	Did not qualify
Nigeria 1999	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	5	4
Argentina 2001	Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	4	5
Egypt 2009	Did not qualify
Colombia 2011	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	7	3
Turkey 2013	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	12	7
New Zealand 2015	Quarter-finals	5	4	1	0	12	2
South Korea 2017	5	2	2	1	9	7
Poland 2019	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	3
Argentina 2023	Did not qualify
Chile 2025
AzerbaijanUzbekistan 2027	To be determined

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	Portugal1991	Emílio Peixe	Paulo Torres	Portugal1995	Dani	Portugal2011	Nélson Oliveira

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Show	Portugal1995	Dani	Portugal2013	Bruma

Year	Golden glove	Portugal2011	Mika

Toulon Tournament

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

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

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

Year	Revelation	2014	Ricardo Horta

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Under 20 Elite League matches against Czech Republic and Poland on 4 and 9 September 2025.

On 31 August, Gustavo Ferreira replaced Keyan Varela due to injury. Two days later, João Veloso was called up to the under-21s squad and was replaced by Gabriel Costa.

Caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2025, after the match against the Germany

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.

INJ Withdrew due to injury.

SEN Called up to Under-21s squad.

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
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	November 17, 2014	June 14, 2015
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

Head coaches

As of 2022

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

References

(Emanuel Silva and Fernando Pimenta)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Portugal's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Total

References

"Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon".
(29 August 2025). "Convocatória para jogos da Liga de Elite". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol.
(31 August 2025). "Alteração nos convocados". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol.
(2 September 2025). "Gabriel Costa integra estágio". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol.

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