National association football team
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
- *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.
Toulon Tournament
- * 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.
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
- Copa El Presidente de La Republica - Ricardo Martinelli
- SBS Cup International Youth Soccer
- Elite League U20
Individual awards
Players
Current squad
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.
Previous squads
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Toulon Tournament
Most appearances
Most goals
Notable players
Head coaches
As of 2022
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.