Portugal at the FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.
Portugal have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on six occasions, the first being in 1966 where they reached the semi final.
They have made their sixth appearance at the finals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[1][2]
FIFA World Cup record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1930 |
Did Not Enter | |||||||
| 1934 to 1962 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1966 |
Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| 1970 to 1982 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1986 |
Group Stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1990 to 1998 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
  2002 |
Group Stage | 21st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
 2006 |
Fourth Place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
 2010 |
Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
 2014 |
Group Stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
 2018 |
To Be Determined | |||||||
 2022 |
To Be Determined | |||||||
| Total | 6/20 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 29 | |
- Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA World Cup matches
| List of FIFA World Cup matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 1966 | Round 1 |  Hungary |
3–1 | Win |
| Round 1 |  Bulgaria |
3–0 | Win | |
| Round 1 | 23x15px Brazil | 3–1 | Win | |
| Quarter-final |  North Korea |
5–3 | Win | |
| Semi-final | England |
1–2 | Loss | |
| Third place match |  Soviet Union |
2–1 | Win | |
| 1986 | Round 1 | England |
1–0 | Win |
| Round 1 |  Poland |
0–1 | Loss | |
| Round 1 |  Morocco |
1–3 | Loss | |
| 2002 | Round 1 |  United States |
2–3 | Loss |
| Round 1 | Poland |
4–0 | Win | |
| Round 1 | South Korea |
0–1 | Loss | |
| 2006 | Round 1 |  Angola |
1–0 | Win |
| Round 1 |  Iran |
2–0 | Win | |
| Round 1 | Mexico |
2–1 | Win | |
| Round 2 |  Netherlands |
1–0 | Win | |
| Quarter-final | England |
0–0 3–1 (pen.) |
Draw | |
| Semi-final |  France |
0–1 | Loss | |
| Third place match | Germany |
1–3 | Loss | |
| 2010 | Round 1 |  Ivory Coast |
0–0 | Draw |
| Round 1 | North Korea |
7–0 | Win | |
| Round 1 | Brazil |
0–0 | Draw | |
| Round 2 |  Spain |
0–1 | Loss | |
| 2014 | Round 1 | Germany |
0–4 | Loss |
| Round 1 | United States |
2–2 | Draw | |
| Round 1 |  Ghana |
2–1 | Win | |
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