The Portugal women's national football team () represents

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in international

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competition. The team is controlled by the

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(FPF) and competes as a member of

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in various international football tournaments such as the

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, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the

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History

The Portuguese women's team historically was one of the weakest in Western Europe since its formation. In recent years however the team has made major strides, qualifying for the newly expanded

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 The 2017 UEFA European Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2017, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship organised by UEFA for the ...

, marking the team's first appearance in a major tournament. Despite ultimately finishing last in their group, the team put in a respectable performance, picking up a win in their second match against a Scottish side which had been favored to beat them, and only losing to England by one goal. After finishing a distant third in their qualifying group for the

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behind

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and

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and failing to qualify, the Portuguese team then looked forward to trying to repeat their achievement of four years prior by qualifying for

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champio ...

, which they eventually did under quite unusual circumstances. After a strong group stage campaign in which Portugal won all its games except for the two games against group winner

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, including beating the heavily favored top seed Scotland both home and away, the team reached the play-off stage where they were drawn against

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. The team came agonizingly close as they narrowly lost the first game in Portugal 0–1 before managing a goalless draw in the second leg in Russia. As a result Russia originally qualified for the Euro, but due to the

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all Russian representative teams were banned from competition by FIFA, thus giving Portugal a reprieve as they took Russia's place in Group C of the Women's Euro. Portugal is placed in group C with

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, the

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and

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as opponents. They were eliminated in the first round, finishing last with a point obtained thanks to a draw against

(2–2 after being 0–2 down and having dominated the game overall), and two defeats against the favorites of the group (a close one 2–3 against the Dutch title holders after having recovered a two-goal handicap for a while, then a much heavier defeat 0–5 against

). Portugal qualified for their first World Cup at the 2023 edition after beating Cameroon 2–1 at the International Playoff Final. They were placed in

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, with the

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, the

, and

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. They lost to Netherlands in their first group match, then won against Vietnam which was their first win in any Women’s World Cup, and also included their first goal in any Women's World Cup, scored by Telma Encarnação. then played a goalless draw vs defending champions USA after hitting the post and were eliminated from the competition finishing third in the group.

Team image

Nicknames

The Portugal women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "".

Results and fixtures

* The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

2024

2025

Fixtures and Results
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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

* Francisco Neto (2014–present)

Players

Current squad

The following 27 players were called up for the training camp in preparation for the UEFA Women's Euro taking place from 2 to 27 July 2025. :''Caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2025, after the match against

.''

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months. ;Notes * = Withdrew due to injury * = Preliminary squad / standby * = Retired from the national team

Previous squads

;FIFA Women's World Cup * 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad ;UEFA European Women's Championship * UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad * UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad ;Algarve Cup * Algarve Cup 2013 squad * Algarve Cup 2014 squad * Algarve Cup 2015 squad * Algarve Cup 2016 squad * Algarve Cup 2017 squad * Algarve Cup 2018 squad * Algarve Cup 2019 squad * Algarve Cup 2020 squad

Records

* Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 May 2025.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided via

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.''

UEFA European Women's Championship

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

UEFA Women's Nations League

Olympics

Algarve Cup

The

is an invitational tournament for national teams in

women's association football Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams partic ...

hosted by the

(FPF). Held annually in the

Algarve The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelho, ''concelhos'' or ''município ...

region of

since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup."

Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino

Notes

References

External links

Official website

FIFA profile
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