Portugal national under-21 football team

Portugal Under-21
Nickname(s) Esperanças (Hopes)
Association Federação Portuguesa
de Futebol
Head coach Rui Jorge
Captain Sérgio Oliveira
Top scorer Hugo Almeida (16)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Portugal Portugal 3–1 South Africa South Africa
Lisbon, 16 November 1958
Biggest win
Portugal Portugal 8–1 Armenia Armenia
Estoril, 19 August 1997
Biggest defeat

Italy Italy 6–0 Portugal Portugal
Piacenza, 2 December 1987

Records for competitive
matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 7 (first in 1994)
Best result Runners-up in 1994, 2015

The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). They are nicknamed "Esperanças." Esperança means hope, thus they are Portugal's hopes for the future.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Portuguese under-21 team was formed. Until 1994, the team had a rather poor record, failing to qualify for each of the first eight UEFA under-21 Championships. Since 1994, the team has improved its record greatly, qualifying for five of the next seven tournaments, including the 2006 finals.

Having qualified for the 2006 tournament finals, UEFA announced that Portugal would host the finals in May and June. From 2007 onwards, host nations will be announced before the qualification stage and will not need to qualify.

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Year Round Position Games Won Drawn Lost GF GA
1978 Did not qualify
1980
1982 Did not enter
1984 Did not qualify
1986
1988
1990
1992
France 1994 Runners-up2nd430172
Spain 1996 Quarter-finals7th210112
Romania 1998 Did not qualify
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002 Group stage5th311144
Germany 2004 Third place3rd5212911
Portugal 2006 Group stage6th310213
Netherlands 2007 Group stage6th412152
Sweden 2009 Did not qualify
Denmark 2011
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015 Runners-up2nd523171
Poland 2017 Qualified
TotalRunners-up8/202611793425
*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.

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the friendly matches against Czech Republic on 11 November 2016 and Netherlands on 15 November 2016.

Players born in on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible for the current 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers

Caps and goals are correct as of 24 March 2016 after the game against Liechtenstein.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
- 1GK Bruno Varela (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 7 0 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
- 1GK Joel Pereira (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 1 0 Portugal Belenenses
- 1GK Rui Silva (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 1 0 Portugal Nacional
- 2DF Fernando Fonseca (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 1 0 Portugal Porto B
- 2DF Edgar Ié (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 4 1 Spain Villarreal B
- 2DF Tobias Figueiredo (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 11 1 Portugal Nacional
- 2DF Rúben Semedo (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 2 1 Portugal Sporting CP
- 2DF Domingos Duarte (1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 0 0 Portugal Belenenses
- 2DF Pedro Rebocho (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 1 0 Portugal Moreirense
- 2DF Simãozinho (1995-05-31) 31 May 1995 0 0 Portugal Braga B
- 3MF Rúben Neves (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 11 2 Portugal Porto
- 3MF Bruno Fernandes (captain) (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 9 2 Italy Sampdoria
- 3MF André Horta (1996-11-07) 7 November 1996 1 0 Portugal Benfica
- 3MF João Carvalho (1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 0 0 Portugal Benfica B
- 3MF Francisco Geraldes (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 0 0 Portugal Moreirense
- 3MF Rony Lopes (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 10 1 France Lille
- 4FW Bruma (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 7 2 Turkey Galatasaray
- 4FW Iuri Medeiros (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 13 0 Portugal Boavista
- 4FW Daniel Podence (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 1 0 Portugal Moreirense
- 4FW Carlos Mané (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 14 3 Germany Stuttgart
- 4FW Diogo Jota (1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 2 0 Portugal Porto
- 4FW Gonçalo Guedes (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 3 1 Portugal Benfica
- 4FW Ricardo Horta (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 12 4 Portugal Braga

Previous squads

Head coaches

Manager Period Record
MatchesWonDrawLostGFGAGD
Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira1996-2000
Portugal Agostinho Oliveira2001-2002
Portugal José Romão2002-2004
Portugal Agostinho Oliveira2004-2006
Portugal José Couceiro2006-2007
Portugal Rui Caçador2007-2009
Portugal Oceano Cruz2009-2010
Portugal Rui Jorge2010-

Honours

See also

References

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