The Portugal national under-20 football team is the national under-20

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team of

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and is controlled by the

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, the governing body for

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. 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

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and 12 in the

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History

The Golden Generation (1989–1991)

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

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The Silver Generation (2011)

The ''Courage Generation'' was the Generation of players that was runner up in the

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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

** Winner (2): 1989,

** Runner-up (1):

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** Third place (1):

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** 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 * Toulon Tournament

Players

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the friendly match and the

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match. * Match dates: 19 and 22 November 2022 * Opposition: and * Caps and goals correct as of: 27 September 2022, after the match against .

Previous squads

* 1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 1991 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 1993 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 1995 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal * 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

* 2007 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal * 2011 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal

Most appearances

Most goals

Notable players

Luís Figo Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-ti ...

Rui Costa Rui Manuel César Costa (; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors. ...

Fernando Couto Fernando Manuel Silva Couto (; born 2 August 1969) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre back. During a 21-year professional career, he played in a number of top clubs in Portugal, Spain and Italy (12 seasons in the latter ...

Jorge Costa Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (born 14 October 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of Académico de Viseu. Nicknamed ''Bicho'' (animal) and ''Tanque'' (tank) by his colleagues and fans for ...

João Vieira Pinto João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * ...

* Paulo Alves *

Paulo Sousa Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH (; born 30 August 1970) is a Portuguese football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. Starting his career at Benfica, he also represented Sporting CP in his countr ...

* Nuno Capucho *

Rui Bento Rui Fernando da Silva Calapez Pereira Bento (born 14 January 1972) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a central defender, currently manager of the Kuwait national team. Over 13 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 321 ...

Emílio Peixe Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of the Kuwait under-23 team. A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Por ...

Abel Xavier Abel Luís da Silva Costa Xavier (; born 30 November 1972) is a Portuguese football manager and former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Xavier played for clubs in Portugal, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, England, Turkey and ...

Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...

Head coaches

''As of 2022''

References

{{FIFA U-20 World Cup winners F European national under-20 association football teams