Portugal in Saransk

Portugal in Saransk

Portugal will play with Iran on June 25, 2018 in Saransk. Portugal's national football team (Port A Selecção Nacional de Futebol de Portugal) - represents Portugal in international football tournaments and friendly matches. Team Portugal is one of the leading teams of world football. For the first time the Portuguese national team participated in the World Cup in 1966. Losing in the semi-final to the future world champions of the England team, the Portuguese took the 3rd place. The next time, Portugal qualified for the World Cup only in 1986, then in 2002, flying both times after the group stage of the tournament. As of January 18, 2018, the team in the FIFA rankings ranked 3rd [1], and in the UEFA rating on October 11, 2017 - the 2nd. In 2016, Portugal for the first time in its history won the international cup, namely the European Championships, held in France. In the final, the Portuguese defeated the French national team with a score of 1: 0. The only goal scored by Eder in the second extra half. Team Portugal has established a kind of anti-record, winning for the entire tournament only one match in regular time (semi-final with Wales).