The Portugal women's national football team () represents Portugal in international women's football competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.

History

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 expanded UEFA Women's Euro 2017, marking the team's first appearance in a major tournament. Despite ultimately finishing last in their group, the team put in a respectable performance, picking up a win in their second match against a Scottish side which had been favored to beat them, and only losing to England by one goal.

After finishing a distant third in their qualifying group for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup behind Italy and Belgium and failing to qualify, the Portuguese team then looked forward to trying to repeat their achievement of four years prior by qualifying for UEFA 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 winner Finland, including beating the heavily favored top seed Scotland both home and away, the team reached the play-off stage where they were drawn against Russia. 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 the 2022 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. Portugal is placed in group C with Sweden, the Netherlands and Switzerland as opponents. They were eliminated in the first round, finishing last with a point obtained thanks to a draw against Switzerland (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 the Dutch title holders after having recovered a two-goal handicap for a while, then a much heavier defeat 0–5 against Sweden).

Portugal qualified for their first World Cup at the 2023 edition after beating Cameroon 2–1 at the International playoff Final. They are placed in a particularly strong group E, in the company of the United States (double world champions in title), the Netherlands (winner of the Euro 2017 and vice-world champions), as well as Vietnam. 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 to Telma Encarnação who became the first Portuguese scorer in the World Cup. 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. The Seleçao 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.

Established in 2022, the first edition of the Women's Nations League will kick off in September 2023. As such, the Portuguese women's team will take part in this new competition in League A and have been placed in a particularly challenging Group 2 alongside France, Austria, and Norway.

On September 22, 2023, the Portuguese team played their first match in this new competition against France, which they lost 2–0. However, the Portuguese team managed to pull off a feat four days later by defeating Norway (3–2), marking their first historic victory in this competition. 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.

Team image

Nicknames The Portugal women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "".Selecção das Quinas refers to the five shields ("Team of the Escutcheons") or the five dots inside them ("Team of the Bezants") in the Portuguese flag, used until the 70s as the shirt badge. Refer to Flag of Portugal for symbolism associated with these bezants.

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

2025

2026

Fixtures and Results, FPF.pt

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Head coach Francisco Neto Assistant coach Luis Marques Rita Goncalves Joana Tilly Goalkeeping coach Nuno Raphael

Manager history

Francisco Neto (2014–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches against Latvia and Finland on 5 and 9 June 2026, respectively. 

Caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2026, after the match against Finland. Portuguese Squad

Recent call-ups

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

Notes = Withdrew due to injury = Withdrew due to medical reasons = Preliminary squad / standby = Withdrew due to personal reasons

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad

UEFA European Women's Championship UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad UEFA Women's Euro 2025 squad

Algarve Cup

Algarve Cup 2013 squad Algarve Cup 2014 squad Algarve Cup 2015 squad Algarve Cup 2016 squad

Algarve Cup 2017 squad Algarve Cup 2018 squad Algarve Cup 2019 squad Algarve Cup 2020 squad

Records

Players

Players in bold are still active with the national team.

Most Appearances RankPlayerCareerCapsGoals1Carole Costa 2010–present 191 252Ana Borges 2009–present 187 113Dolores Silva 2009–present 183 194Carla Couto 1993–2012 145 295Tatiana Pinto 2014–present 137 86Cláudia Neto 2006–2021 136 197Jéssica Silva 2011–present 135 208Edite Fernandes 1997–2016 132 399Diana Silva 2014–present 125 2610Carolina Mendes 2007–present 124 24Sílvia Rebelo 2009–2024 124 2

Top goalscorers RankPlayerCareerGoalsCapsAvg.1Edite Fernandes 1997–2016 39 132 2Carla Couto 1993–2012 29 145 3Diana Silva 2014–present 26 125 4Carole Costa 2010–present 25 191 5Carolina Mendes 2007–present 24 124 6Jéssica Silva 2011–present 20 135 7Cláudia Neto 2006–2021 19 136 Dolores Silva 2009–present 19 183 9Francisca Nazareth 2020–present 16 54 Ana Capeta 2014–present 14 59 Patrícia Sequeira 1993–2002 13 75

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1991Did not enter 1991 UEFA Women's Championship 1995Did 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 2023Group stage 19th 31112113 10 1 2 34 12 2027To be determinedTo be determined 2031To be determinedTo be determined 2035To be determinedTo be determinedTotal1/103111215924431104123

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA European Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship recordQualification recordYearRound* 1984 Did not qualify 6 0 2 4 1 10 – 1987Did not enterDid not enter 1989 1991 1993 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 81082025517thTotalGroup stage 3/14 9 1 2 5 9 23 76 28 10 38 108 147 17th *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League UEFA Women's Nations League recordLeague phaseFinalsSeasonYear2023–24A24th610551313th 2024Did not qualify2025A34th611452113th 2025To be determinedTotal12 2 1 9 10 34 13thTotal – – – – – – –

Promoted at end of season No movement at end of season Relegated at end of season * Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Olympics

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal 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."

Algarve Cup recordYearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA19945th/6 31022819958th/8400411419967th/8410341019978th/840130819988th/840133819997th/8411221020008th/8400411720018th/84004311200211th/124103610200310th/12412155200410th/12420274200511th/12410359200611th/11200207200712th/12402227200810th/1242116520098th/12431063201010th/1242117420119th/12422063201210th/12420263201311th/12411236201412th/12410359201511th/1240225920168th/8400428201712th/1240130920183rd/12431062201912th/1231024820208th/83003152021Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic20224th/5310226Total–10626185297204

Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino recordYearResultPositionMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA 2012Fourth place4th411216Total1/10 titles411216

Notes

References

External links Official website FIFA profile