The Portugal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal.

The U20 team acts mainly as a feeder team for the under-21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 results.

Portugal national under-20 football team

The Portuguese team has 12 participations in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and 12 in the Toulon Tournament. Mahadi

Portugal national under-20 football team

History

The Golden Generation (1989–1991) The Golden Generation was the Generation of the players that won consecutive FIFA Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991.

Portugal national under-20 football team

The Silver Generation (2011) The Courage Generation was the Generation of players that was runner up in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

*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.

Toulon Tournament

* Portugal also participated in the 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 2009 tournaments but with the u-21 squad instead of the u-20 squad.

Honours

Team

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Winner (2): 1989, 1991

Runner-up (1): 2011

Third place (1): 1995

Toulon Tournament

Winner (3): 1992, 2001, 2003

Runner-up (4): 1994, 1997, 2000, 2005

Third place (4): 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016

Torneio Internacional da Madeira

Winner (7): 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008

Runner-up (4): 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006

Torneio Campos Verdes

Winner (2): 2007, 2008

Copa El Presidente de La Republica - Ricardo Martinelli

Third place (1): 2011

SBS Cup International Youth Soccer

Runner-up (1): 2012

Elite League U20

Runner-up (1): 2018-19

Individual awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Toulon Tournament

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022–23 Under 20 Elite League matches. Match dates: 23 and 28 March 2023 Opposition: and Caps and goals correct as of: 22 November 2022, after the match against

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Portugal under-20 squad in the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup

1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

1991 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

1993 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

1995 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

Toulon Tournament

2007 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal

2011 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal

Most appearances

Most goals

Notable players

Luís Figo

Rui Costa

Fernando Couto

Jorge Costa

João Vieira Pinto

Paulo Alves

Paulo Sousa

Nuno Capucho

Rui Bento

Emílio Peixe

Abel Xavier

Cristiano Ronaldo

Head coaches

As of 2022

References

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European national under-20 association football teams