Portugal national futsal team

Portugal
Nickname(s)	Seleção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jorge Braz
Captain	João Matos
Most caps	Arnaldo Pereira (208)
Top scorer	Ricardinho (135)
FIFA code	POR
FIFA ranking	3
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Spain 4–0 Portugal ; (A Coruña, Spain; 9 February 1987)
Biggest win
	Portugal 56–0 East Timor ; (Macau, China; 9 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 0–8 Brazil ; (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 1 December 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 2000)
Best result	Champions (2021)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions (2018, 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1991)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	1 (First in 2010)
Best result	6th place (2010)

The Portugal national futsal team represents Portugal in international men's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation. They are the reigning FIFA Futsal World Cup champions, the current and back-to-back winners of the UEFA Futsal Championship, and the first team to win the Futsal Finalissima.

Portugal has won the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup, the European Championship in 2018 and 2022 and the 2022 Futsal Finalissima. They are one of only four teams to win the World Cup as well as one of four to be crowned European champions and the winners of the first ever Futsal Finalissima. Portugal are, together with Spain, the only team from UEFA to be world champions and the only team, also alongside Spain, to successfully defend their European title. They are the only team to win the World Cup title as reigning European champions.

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

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2021

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group C	Thailand	1–4	Portugal	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 362 Referee: Ronny Zumbado Costa Rica)

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group C	Solomon Islands	0–7	Portugal	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 345 Referee: Carlos Martínez Paraguay)

19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group C	Portugal	3–3	Morocco	Klaipėda, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Švyturys Arena Attendance: 1,860 Referee: Anthony Riley New Zealand)

24 September 2021 (2021-09-24) FIFA Futsal World Cup Round of 16	Portugal	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Serbia	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 782 Referee: Daniel Rodríguez Uruguay)

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) FIFA Futsal World Cup Quarter-finals	Spain	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Portugal	Vilnius, Lithuania
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 1,629 Referee: Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Youssef Egypt)

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) FIFA Futsal World Cup Semi-finals	Portugal	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Kazakhstan	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 2,052 Referee: Nikola Jelić Croatia)

3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) FIFA Futsal World Cup Final	Argentina	1–2	Portugal	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Belarus and Lithuania on 6 and 11 October 2022, respectively.^[2]^[3]
Caps and goals are correct as of 12 October 2022.^[4]
Head coach: Jorge Braz

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	André Sousa	(1986-02-25) 25 February 1986 (age 37)	115	2	Benfica
12	1GK	André Correia	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Leões de Porto Salvo

2	2DF	André Coelho	(1993-10-30) 30 October 1993 (age 29)	89	25	FC Barcelona
4	2DF	Afonso Jesus	(1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 25)	39	12	Benfica
7	2DF	Mário Freitas	(1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 33)	33	2	AD Fundão
8	2DF	Erick Mendonça	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 28)	53	7	Sporting CP
9	2DF	João Matos (captain)	(1987-02-21) 21 February 1987 (age 36)	184	23	Sporting CP

3	4FW	Pauleta	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 29)	33	5	Sporting CP
5	4FW	Hugo Neves	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 23)	6	2	Sporting CP
6	4FW	Zicky Té	(2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 (age 22)	34	15	Sporting CP
10	4FW	Tiaguinho	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 25)	5	0	Quinta dos Lombos
11	4FW	Pany Varela	(1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 34)	79	25	Sporting CP
13	4FW	Tiago Brito	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 32)	112	29	SC Braga/AAUM
14	4FW	Silvestre Ferreira	(1999-05-05) 5 May 1999 (age 24)	6	1	Benfica

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Portugal squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Edu^INJ	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 27)	21	1	Viña Albali Valdepeñas	v. Belarus, 6 October 2022^PRE
GK	Bebé^RET	(1983-05-19) 19 May 1983 (age 40)	136	0	Retired	UEFA Futsal Euro 2022

DF	Bruno Coelho^INJ	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 36)	147	47	Benfica	v. Belarus, 6 October 2022
DF	Tomás Paçó^INJ	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 23)	15	1	Sporting CP	v. Belarus, 6 October 2022^PRE
DF	Fábio Cecílio	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993 (age 30)	115	30	SC Braga/AAUM	2022 Futsal Finalissima
DF	Gonçalo Sobral	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 27)	2	0	Benfica	v. Belgium, 9 April 2022

FW	Nuno Miranda	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 25)	2	1	Levante UD	v. Belgium, 9 April 2022
FW	Miguel Ângelo	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 29)	68	11	Sporting CP	v. Belgium, 9 April 2022
FW	Ricardinho^RET	(1985-09-03) 3 September 1985 (age 38)	188	142	Pendekar United	v. Belgium, 7 April 2022
^COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Retired from international futsal.

Records

As of matches played 27 February 2021

Players in bold are still active for the national team.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	First Cap	Last Cap
1	Arnaldo Pereira	208	23-12-1999	08-02-2016
2	Ricardinho	187	26-06-2003	03-10-2021
3	João Benedito	181	18-11-2000	08-02-2014
4	João Matos	172	25-11-2008	03-09-2022
5	Gonçalo Alves	171	22-10-2001	08-02-2014
6	Pedro Cary	159	22-01-2008	03-10-2021
7	Joel Queirós	143	24-04-2002	28-10-2014
8	Bebé	137	22-11-2005	03-10-2021
9	Bruno Coelho	130	13-04-2011	03-10-2021
10	Fernando Cardinal	121	25-03-2008	03-02-2021

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Avg
1	Ricardinho	141	187	0.76
2	André Lima	107	111	0.96
2	Joel Queirós	107	143	0.75
4	Arnaldo Pereira	98	208	0.47
5	Fernando Cardinal	97	121	0.80
6	Gonçalo Alves	75	171	0.44
7	Israel Alves	60	104	0.58
8	Pedro Costa	53	119	0.45
9	Ivan Dias	46	106	0.43
10	Bruno Coelho	43	130	0.33

Competitive record

A gold background colour indicates that Portugal won the tournament, a silver background colour indicates they were runner-up, a bronze background colour indicates a third place in the tournament, and a blue background indicates a fourth place finish. A green border colour indicates that the tournament was hosted in Portugal.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Third place	8	5	0	3	23	23
2004	Second round	6	3	1	2	18	8
2008	First round	4	3	0	1	15	8
2012	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	18	14
2016	Fourth place	7	4	2	1	26	11
2021	Champions	7	5	2	0	26	12
Total	6/9	37	22	6	9	126	76

UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
1999	First round	3	0	2	1	4	6
2001	Did not qualify
2003	First round	3	1	1	1	10	12
2005	First round	3	1	0	2	9	14
2007	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	13	7
2010	Runners-up	5	1	2	2	12	14
2012	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	7	5
2014	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	18	17
2016	Quarter-finals	3	1	0	2	9	11
2018	Champions	5	5	0	0	23	9
2022	Champions	6	6	0	0	19	9
Total	10/12	41	21	7	13	124	104

Futsal Finalissima

Futsal Finalissima record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2022	Champions	2	1	1	0	3	2
Total	1/1	2	1	1	0	3	2

FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup

AMF Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1982	Did not enter
1985	Second round	?	?	?	?	?	?
1988	Fourth place	8	3	2	3	23	18
1991	Champions	?	?	?	?	?	?
1994	Second round	6	3	0	3	13	12
1997	Second round	?	?	?	?	?	?
2000	Did not enter
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	5/12	?	?	?	?	?	?

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil 2005	Did not enter
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
Brazil 2008
Brazil 2009
Brazil 2010	Sixth place	6	3	0	3	10	13
Brazil 2011	Did not enter
Brazil 2013
Brazil 2014
Brazil 2015
Total	1/11	6	3	0	3	10	13

Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Libya 2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Italy 1994	Did not enter
Brazil 1995
Brazil 1996
Brazil 1998
Brazil 2001	Third place	4	2	1	1	8	6
Italy 2002	Did not enter
Portugal 2006	Champions	4	4	0	0	31	3
Portugal 2007	Champions	4	4	0	0	23	6
Portugal 2008	Champions	4	4	0	0	34	1
Total	4/9	16	14	1	1	96	16

Note: Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

^ Futsal World Ranking
^ "Convocados para o início da qualificação para o Mundial" (in Portuguese). FPF. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ "Portugal Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ "Seleção A Futsal" (in Portuguese). FPF. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[1] Futsal World Ranking

[2] "Convocados para o início da qualificação para o Mundial" (in Portuguese). FPF. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[3] "Portugal Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[4] "Seleção A Futsal" (in Portuguese). FPF. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

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