Portugal national under-20 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
  • 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 2022–23 Under 20 Elite League matches.
• Match dates: 23 and 28 March 2023
• Opposition:  Romania and  Czech Republic
• Caps and goals correct as of: 22 November 2022, after the match against  Germany

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

• 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

Toulon Tournament

• 2007 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal
• 2011 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal

Most appearances

Most goals

Notable players

Head coaches

As of 2022

References

1. Brazil national under-20 football team
2. Portugal national football team
3. Portugal national under-17 football team
4. Portugal national under-21 football team
5. Argentina national under-20 football team
6. England national under-20 football team
7. Portugal national under-19 football team
8. Japan national under-20 football team
9. Uruguay national under-20 football team
10. Italy national under-20 football team
11. Japan national under-23 football team
12. Brazil women's national under-20 football team
13. Portugal national under-18 football team
14. Guatemala national under-20 football team
15. Germany national under-20 football team
16. South Korea national under-20 football team
17. Honduras national under-20 football team
18. Portugal Olympic football team
19. New Zealand men's national under-20 football team
20. Spain national under-20 football team