UEFA EURO 2020 NATION PRESENTATION: PORTUGAL

 

NICKNAME: A Selecao / The Selection

MANAGER: Fernando Santos

Former footballer who played for Estoril and Maritimo in first and second portuguese league. He retired at the age of 33 when he started his coaching career. Santos was manager of all three big clubs in Portugal, several clubs in Greece including their national team. From 2014 he is manager of Portugal national team. He led them to their only EURO title which happened in France at the last European championship.

MOST CAPS: Cristiano Ronaldo- 164 caps from 2003

TOP SCORER: Cristiano Ronaldo- 99 caps from 2003

HOST NATION: Portugal was the host nation in 2004.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD: 8th EURO for them.

BEST RESULT: Best result is title from 2016. Portugal was in a group with Hungary, Iceland and Austria. They finished 3rd with all three draws. They have been lucky to be one of the best 3rd placed teams so they advanced to the knockout phase. In the round of 16 Portugal faced Croatia and was better by a Quaresma goal in extra-time. Poland was their next opponent. Match finished 1-1 in regular time and Portugal was better on PKs. In the semi-final Portugal have won their first match in regular time in this tournament. They were better than a big surprise of the tournament Wales. Ronaldo and Nani scored for 2-0 win. Their last opponent for the title was host nation France. Another Portugal match in this tournament went into extra time after a goalless draw in regular time. Eder was Portugal's hero with a goal in 109 min. It was the first Portugal title in big tournaments.