Portugal’s first ever participation in major football tournaments like FIFA World Cup dates back to 1966. Portugal qualified again in the year 1986 and 2002. In the 1966 FIFA World Cup hosted by England, Portugal made it up to the semi-finals and thus taking the third place by defeating Soviet Union with the score of 2-1. Portuguese team did not displayed any excellence in rest of their attendance until the year 2002 where they became fourth in the FIFA World Cup hosted by Germany. As of January 18, 2018, Portugal football team is third in FIFA ranking.

Caption: Cristiano Ronaldo and Coach Fernando Santos

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Coached by the current head coach Fernando Santos, the Portuguese team has again qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup hosted by Russia. With their captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who holds the record for most caps and goals the Portugal football team has high hopes for doing well in the upcoming 2018 World Cup.

Portugal football team had a squad of 23 players in the previous 2014 World Cup, in the recent call ups, they had 20 players and in the recent game between Saudi Arabia and US, they had 24 players. The details of Portugal football team are given below:

Within the last 12 months, several other players have been called to the Portugal squad. Few players from the 2014 FIFA World Cup like Nani (24 goals), Bruno Alves (11 goals) and William Carvalho (2 goals) have also been called up to the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.