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| Nickname(s) | A Selecção das Quinas[1] As Navegadoras | ||
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| Association | Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Francisco Neto | ||
| Captain | Dolores Silva | ||
| Mostcaps | Ana Borges (187) | ||
| Top scorer | Edite Fernandes (39) | ||
| FIFA code | POR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 23 1 (7 August 2025)[2] | ||
| Highest | 19 (August 2023) | ||
| Lowest | 47 (March 2007; October 2007 – March 2008) | ||
| First international | |||
 France 0–0Portugal  (Le Mans, France; 24 October 1981) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Armenia 0–8Portugal (Yerevan, Armenia; 17 September 2011) Portugal 8–0Moldova  (Setúbal, Portugal; 24 November 2017) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Germany 13–0Portugal (Reutlingen, Germany; 15 November 2003) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in2023) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2023) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in2017) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2017,2022,2025) | ||
ThePortugal women's national football team (Portuguese:Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol Feminino) representsPortugal in internationalwomen's football competition. The team is controlled by thePortuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member ofUEFA in various international football tournaments such as theFIFA Women's World Cup,UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and theAlgarve Cup.
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 expandedUEFA Women's Euro 2017, marking the team's first appearance in a major tournament.[3] Despite ultimately finishing last in their group, the team put in a respectable performance, picking up a win in their second match against aScottish side which had been favored to beat them, and only losing to England by one goal.
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After finishing a distant third in theirqualifying group for the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup behindItaly andBelgium and failing to qualify, the Portuguese team then looked forward to trying to repeat their achievement of four years prior by qualifying forUEFA Women's Euro 2022, 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 winnerFinland, including beating the heavily favored top seed Scotland both home and away, the team reached the play-off stage where they were drawn againstRussia. 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 the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 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.[4] Portugal is placed in group C withSweden, theNetherlands andSwitzerland as opponents. They were eliminated in the first round, finishing last with a point obtained thanks to a draw againstSwitzerland (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 theDutch title holders after having recovered a two-goal handicap for a while, then a much heavier defeat 0–5 againstSweden).
Portugal qualified for their first World Cup[5] at the2023 edition after beating Cameroon 2–1 at the International playoff Final. They are placed in a particularly stronggroup E, in the company of theUnited States (double world champions in title), theNetherlands (winner of the Euro 2017 and vice-world champions), as well asVietnam. On July 23, 2023, the Portuguese played their first World Cup match against the Netherlands at the end of which they lost (0–1). The following match on July 27, the Portuguese signed their first victory in the World Cup against Vietnam (2–0 victory), notably thanks toTelma Encarnação who became the first Portuguese scorer in the World Cup.[6] In doing so, the Lusitanians preserved their chances of qualifying for the round of 16 leaving them in a must win scenario the Americans, who were provisionally ahead of them by one point, in the last group match. TheSeleçao hung against all odds on their opponent, having had opportunities to score the winning goal including a shot hitting the post in the dying moments of the game. Ultimately, they did not succeed in passing the first round drawing 0–0, and finished the World Cup in 3rd place in its group with 4 points in its first participation.[7]
Established in 2022, the first edition of theWomen's Nations League will kick off in September 2023. As such, the Portuguese women's team will take part in this new competition inLeague A and have been placed in a particularly challenging Group 2 alongsideFrance,Austria, andNorway.
On September 22, 2023, the Portuguese team played their first match in this new competition againstFrance, which they lost 2–0. However, the Portuguese team managed to pull off a feat four days later by defeatingNorway (3–2), marking their first historic victory in this competition.[8] Subsequently, the Portuguese lost every match and finished last in their group with a record of one win in six matches, resulting in relegation to League B.[9]
The Portugal women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "A Selecção das Quinas".[10]
Win Draw Lose Fixture
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Czech Republic| 29 NovemberEuro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Portugal | 1–1 | Czech Republic | Porto, Portugal |
| 20:45(19:45UTC+0) |
| Report | Stadium:Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,189[11] Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy) |
v Portugal| 3 DecemberEuro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Czech Republic | 1–2 (2–3agg.) | Portugal | Teplice, Czech Republic |
| 17:45 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Na Stínadlech Attendance: 5,203[12] Referee:Lina Lehtovaara (Finland) |
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England| 21 February2025 UEFA Nations League group stage | Portugal | 1–1 | England | Portimão, Portugal |
| 19:45 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 3,221 Referee:Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia) |
v Portugal| 26 February2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | Belgium | 0–1 | Portugal | Leuven, Belgium |
| 20:15 | Report | Stadium:Den Dreef Attendance: 3,836[13] Referee:Eleni Antoniou (Greece) |
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Spain| 4 April2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | Portugal | 2–4 | Spain | Paços de Ferreira, Portugal |
| 19:45 | Amado 27'Carole 56' (pen.) | Report | Guijarro 25' Aleixandri 40'Pina 43'Esther 89' | Stadium:Estádio Capital do Móvel Attendance: 5,225 Referee:Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania) |
v Portugal| 8 April2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | Spain | 7–1 | Portugal | Vigo, Spain |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Fonseca 71' | Stadium:Balaídos Attendance: 15,526 Referee:Stéphanie Frappart (France) |
v Portugal| 30 May2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | England | 6–0 | Portugal | London, England |
| 19:45 UTC+1 |
| Report | Stadium:Wembley Stadium Attendance: 48,531 Referee:Frida Klarlund (Denmark) |
v Belgium| 3 June2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | Portugal | 0–3 | Belgium | Funchal, Portugal |
| 18:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 5,675 Referee:Tess Olofsson (Sweden) |
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Nigeria| 23 JuneFriendly | Portugal | 0–0 | Nigeria | Amadora,Portugal |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium:Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 9,288 Referee:Ainara Acevedo (Spain) |
v Portugal| 3 JulyUEFA Women's Euro 2025 | Spain | 5–0 | Portugal | Bern, Switzerland |
| 20:00 |
| Report | Stadium:Stadion Wankdorf, Attendance: 29,520 Referee:Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania) |
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Italy| 7 JulyUEFA Women's Euro 2025 | Portugal | 1–1 | Italy | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 20:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Stade de Genève, Attendance: 22,713 Referee:Ivana Martinčić (Croatia) |
v Belgium| 11 JulyUEFA Women's Euro 2025 | Portugal | 1–2 | Belgium | Sion, Switzerland |
| 20:00 |
| Report | Stadium:Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 7,515 Referee:Tess Olofsson (Sweden) |
v Portugal| 23 OctoberFriendly | United States | 1–2 | Portugal | Chester, United States |
| 01:00 |
| Report | Stadium:Subaru Park Attendance: 17,297 Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras) |
v Portugal| October 26Friendly | United States | 3–1 | Portugal | East Hartford, Connecticut |
| 16:00 ET | Report |
| Stadium:Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 26,492 Referee: Karen Hernandez (Mexico) |
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Netherlands| 28 NovemberFriendly | Portugal | v | Netherlands | |
| 20:45 |
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Brazil| 2 DecemberFriendly | Portugal | v | Brazil | Aveiro, Portugal |
| 19:45 UTC+0 | Stadium:Estádio Municipal de Aveiro |
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Francisco Neto |
| Assistant coach | Luis Marques Rita Goncalves Joana Tilly |
| Goalkeeping coach | Nuno Raphael |
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Francisco Neto (2014–present)The following players were called up for thefriendly matches againstUnited States on 23 and 26 October 2025. [15]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Inês Pereira | (1999-05-26)26 May 1999 (age 26) | 50 | 0 | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 12 | 1GK | Patrícia Morais | (1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (age 33) | 101 | 0 | Braga |
| 22 | 1GK | Sierra Cota-Yarde | (2003-07-04)4 July 2003 (age 22) | 1 | 0 |  AFC Toronto |
| 2 | 2DF | Catarina Amado | (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (age 26) | 52 | 2 | Benfica |
| 3 | 2DF | Lúcia Alves | (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (age 28) | 27 | 2 | Benfica |
| 4 | 2DF | Alice Marques | (2005-05-04)4 May 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Sevilla |
| 5 | 2DF | Bárbara Lopes | (2002-01-15)15 January 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Torreense |
| 15 | 2DF | Carole Costa | (1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (age 35) | 184 | 25 | Benfica |
| 18 | 2DF | Carolina Correia | (2002-04-03)3 April 2002 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | Torreense |
| 19 | 2DF | Diana Gomes | (1998-07-26)26 July 1998 (age 27) | 61 | 8 | Sevilla |
| 20 | 2DF | Beatriz Fonseca | (1998-09-15)15 September 1998 (age 27) | 7 | 1 | Sporting CP |
| 24 | 2DF | Érica Cancelinha | (2006-12-26)26 December 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Sporting CP |
| 6 | 3MF | Andreia Jacinto | (2002-06-08)8 June 2002 (age 23) | 57 | 1 | Real Sociedad |
| 7 | 3MF | Francisca Nazareth | (2002-11-17)17 November 2002 (age 23) | 47 | 10 | Barcelona |
| 8 | 3MF | Maria Alagoa | (2003-04-21)21 April 2003 (age 22) | 3 | 0 | Florida State Seminoles |
| 11 | 3MF | Tatiana Pinto | (1994-03-28)28 March 1994 (age 31) | 131 | 7 | Atlético Madrid |
| 13 | 3MF | Fátima Pinto | (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 (age 29) | 96 | 5 | Sporting CP |
| 16 | 3MF | Andreia Faria | (2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (age 25) | 35 | 2 | Benfica |
| 17 | 3MF | Dolores Silva(captain) | (1991-08-07)7 August 1991 (age 34) | 177 | 18 | Braga |
| 9 | 4FW | Stephanie Ribeiro | (1994-06-10)10 June 1994 (age 31) | 5 | 1 |  UNAM |
| 10 | 4FW | Jéssica Silva | (1994-12-11)11 December 1994 (age 30) | 127 | 19 | Gotham FC |
| 14 | 4FW | Diana Silva | (1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (age 30) | 122 | 26 | Sporting CP |
| 21 | 4FW | Maísa Correia | (2006-10-11)11 October 2006 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Sporting CP |
| 23 | 4FW | Carolina Santiago | (2006-08-31)31 August 2006 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Sporting CP |
The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Rute Costa | (1994-06-01)1 June 1994 (age 31) | 8 | 0 | Benfica | v. Spain, 8 April 2025 |
| DF | Ana Borges | (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (age 35) | 187 | 11 | Sporting CP | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| DF | Joana Marchão | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (age 29) | 57 | 3 |  Servette | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| DF | Ana Seiça | (2001-03-25)25 March 2001 (age 24) | 14 | 0 | Tigres UANL | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| DF | Ana Rute | (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 (age 27) | 8 | 0 | Braga | v. Spain, 8 April 2025 |
| DF | Alícia Correia | (2003-04-29)29 April 2003 (age 22) | 13 | 0 | Sporting CP | v. Czech Republic, 3 December 2024 |
| DF | Nelly Rodrigues | (2003-05-27)27 May 2003 (age 22) | 2 | 0 |  Nantes | v. Czech Republic, 3 December 2024 |
| MF | Andreia Norton | (1996-08-15)15 August 1996 (age 29) | 102 | 5 | Benfica | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| MF | Samara LinoPRE | (1999-01-14)14 January 1999 (age 26) | 1 | 0 | Torreense | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| MF | Joana Martins | (2000-10-04)4 October 2000 (age 25) | 8 | 0 | Sporting CP | v. Spain, 8 April 2025 |
| MF | Andreia Bravo | (2005-03-26)26 March 2005 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Sporting CP | v. Czech Republic, 3 December 2024 |
| FW | Ana Capeta | (1997-12-22)22 December 1997 (age 27) | 51 | 11 | Sporting CP | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| FW | Telma Encarnação | (2001-10-11)11 October 2001 (age 24) | 43 | 8 | Sporting CP | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| FW | Carolina MendesINJ | (1987-11-27)27 November 1987 (age 37) | 124 | 24 | Racing Power | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| FW | Ana Dias | (1997-10-02)2 October 1997 (age 28) | 15 | 0 | Tigres | v. Belgium, 3 June 2025 |
| FW | Nádia Gomes | (1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (age 29) | 2 | 1 | Chicago Red Stars | v. Spain, 8 April 2025 |
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| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1991 | Did not enter | 1991 UEFA Women's Championship | |||||||||||||
 1995 | Did not qualify | UEFA Women's Euro 1995 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||||||||
| 2003 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 26 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 31 | |||||||||
| 2011 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | |||||||||
  2023 | Group stage | 19th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 12 | |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
  2031 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
 2035 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1/10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 104 | 138 | ||
Portugal at the UEFA Women's Championship
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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | |
| 1984 | Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | – | |||||||||
 1987 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
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 1991 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1995 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | – | |||||||||
| 1997 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 2001 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 42 | |||||||||||
 2009 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 2022 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 2025 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 |  [a] | 17th | |
| Total | Group stage | 3/14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 76 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 108 | 147 | 17th | ||
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| League phase | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | LG | Grp | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 2023–24 | A | 2 | 4th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 |  | 13th |  2024 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2025 | A | 3 | To be determined |  2025 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13th | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
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 | No movement at end of season |
| Relegated at end of season |
| * | Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
TheAlgarve Cup is an invitationaltournament for national teams inwomen's association football hosted by thePortuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in theAlgarve region ofPortugal 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."[18]
| Algarve Cup record | |||||||
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| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA |
| 1994 | 5th/6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 1995 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 1996 | 7th/8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 1997 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1998 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 1999 | 7th/8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2000 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 2001 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 2002 | 11th/12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 2003 | 10th/12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 2005 | 11th/12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2006 | 11th/11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 12th/12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 2009 | 8th/12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2010 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 2011 | 9th/12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 10th/12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 2013 | 11th/12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 12th/12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 11th/12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2016 | 8th/8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12th/12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018 | 3rd/12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 12th/12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8th/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | Cancelled because of theCOVID-19 pandemic[citation needed] | ||||||
| 2022 | 4th/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | – | 106 | 26 | 18 | 52 | 97 | 204 |
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| Year | Result | Position | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA |
| 2012 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 1/1 | 0 titles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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