Portugal women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Portugal national football team.

Portugal
Nickname(s)A Selecção das Quinas[1]
As Navegadoras
AssociationPortuguese Football Federation (FPF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachFrancisco Neto
CaptainDolores Silva
Most capsAna Borges (187)
Top scorerEdite Fernandes (39)
FIFA codePOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 23 Decrease 1 (7 August 2025)[2]
Highest19 (August 2023)
Lowest47 (March 2007; October 2007 – March 2008)
First international
 France 0–0  
(Le Mans, France; 24 October 1981)
Biggest win
 Armenia 0–8  
(Yerevan, Armenia; 17 September 2011)
  8–0 Moldova 
(Setúbal, Portugal; 24 November 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 13–0  
(Reutlingen, Germany; 15 November 2003)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage (2023)
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage (2017, 2022, 2025)

The Portugal women's national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol Feminino) 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.[3] 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.

Portuguese players celebrating

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.[4] 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[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Team image

Nicknames

The Portugal women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "A Selecção das Quinas".[10]

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

12 July Euro 2025 qualifying Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–0   Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19:00 Report Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium
16 July Euro 2025 qualifying   3–1  Malta Leiria, Portugal
19:00 (18:00 UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
25 October Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs Azerbaijan  1–4   Baku, Azerbaijan
14:00 (16:00 UTC+4)
Report
Stadium: Dalga Arena
Attendance: 253[11]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
29 October Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs   4–0
(8–1 agg.)		  Azerbaijan Vizela, Portugal
20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)
Report Stadium: Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela
Attendance: 4,535[12]
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
29 November Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs   1–1  Czech Republic Porto, Portugal
20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)
Report
Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 40,189[13]
Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)
3 December Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs Czech Republic  1–2
(2–3 agg.)		   Teplice, Czech Republic
17:45
Report
Stadium: Na Stínadlech
Attendance: 5,203[14]
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

2025

21 February 2025 UEFA Nations League group stage   1–1  England Portimão, Portugal
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
Attendance: 3,221
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)
26 February 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Belgium  0–1   Leuven, Belgium
20:15 Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 3,836[15]
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
4 April 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League   2–4  Spain Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
19:45 Amado 27'
Carole 56' (pen.)		 Report Guijarro 25'
Aleixandri 40'
Pina 43'
Esther 89'		 Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel
Attendance: 5,225
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
8 April 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Spain  7–1   Vigo, Spain
19:00
Report Fonseca 71' Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 15,526
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
30 May 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League England  6–0   London, England
19:45 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 48,531
Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark)
3 June 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League   0–3  Belgium Funchal, Portugal
18:00 Report
Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo
Attendance: 5,675
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
23 June Friendly   0–0  Nigeria Amadora, Portugal
19:00 Report Stadium: Estádio José Gomes
Attendance: 9,288
Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain)
3 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Spain  5–0   Bern, Switzerland
20:00
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf,
Attendance: 29,520
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
7 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025   1–1  Italy Geneva, Switzerland
20:00
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève,
Attendance: 22,713
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
11 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025   1–2  Belgium Sion, Switzerland
20:00
Report
Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon,
Attendance: 7,515
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
23 October Friendly United States  v   Chester, United States
01:00 Stadium: Subaru Park
26 October Friendly United States  v   East Hartford, United States
18:00 Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 8 November 2024.[16]
Position Name
Head coach Portugal Francisco Neto
Assistant coach Portugal Luis Marques
Portugal Rita Goncalves
Portugal Joana Tilly
Goalkeeping coach Portugal Nuno Raphael

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the Euro 2025 taking place from 2 to 27 July 2025.[17]

Caps and goals correct as of 11 July 2025, after the match against Belgium. [18]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Inês Pereira (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 49 0 Spain Deportivo La Coruña
12 1GK Patrícia Morais (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 100 0 Portugal Braga
22 1GK Sierra Cota-Yarde (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 1 0 Canada AFC Toronto
2 2DF Catarina Amado (1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 50 2 Portugal Benfica
3 2DF Lúcia Alves (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 25 2 Portugal Benfica
4 2DF Ana Seiça (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 14 0 Mexico Tigres UANL
5 2DF Joana Marchão (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 57 3 Switzerland Servette
9 2DF Ana Borges (vice-captain) (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 187 11 Portugal Sporting CP
15 2DF Carole Costa (3rd captain) (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 183 25 Portugal Benfica
18 2DF Carolina Correia (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 2 0 Portugal Torreense
19 2DF Diana Gomes (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998 59 7 Spain Sevilla
6 3MF Andreia Jacinto (2002-06-08) 8 June 2002 55 1 Spain Real Sociedad
7 3MF Francisca Nazareth (2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 45 10 Spain Barcelona
8 3MF Andreia Norton (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 102 5 Portugal Benfica
11 3MF Tatiana Pinto (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 129 7 Spain Atlético Madrid
13 3MF Fátima Pinto (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 95 4 Portugal Sporting CP
14 3MF Dolores Silva (captain) (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 175 18 Portugal Braga
16 3MF Andreia Faria (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 33 2 Portugal Benfica
20 3MF Beatriz Fonseca (1998-09-15) 15 September 1998 6 1 Portugal Sporting CP
10 4FW Jéssica Silva (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 125 18 United States Gotham FC
17 4FW Diana Silva (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 120 26 Portugal Sporting CP
21 4FW Ana Capeta (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 51 11 Portugal Sporting CP
23 4FW Telma Encarnação (2001-10-11) 11 October 2001 43 8 Portugal Sporting CP

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Rute Costa (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 8 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Spain, 8 April 2025
GK Bárbara Santos (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 0 0 Portugal Marítimo v.  South Korea, 27 February 2024
DF Bárbara Lopes PRE (2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 1 0 Portugal Torreense Euro 2025
DF Ana Rute (1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 8 0 Portugal Braga v.  Spain, 8 April 2025
DF Alícia Correia (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 13 0 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Czech Republic, 3 December 2024
DF Nelly Rodrigues (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 2 0 France Nantes v.  Czech Republic, 3 December 2024
DF Ágata Filipa (1999-10-19) 19 October 1999 3 0 Portugal Braga v.  South Korea, 27 February 2024
DF Giovana Maia (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 1 0 Greece Panathinaikos v.  South Korea, 27 February 2024
DF Inês Maia (1999-06-17) 17 June 1999 0 0 Turkey Besiktas v.  South Korea, 27 February 2024
MF Samara Lino PRE (1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 1 0 Portugal Torreense Euro 2025
MF Joana Martins (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 8 0 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Spain, 8 April 2025
MF Andreia Bravo (2005-03-26) 26 March 2005 2 0 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Czech Republic, 3 December 2024
MF Maria Alagoa (2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 2 0 United States Florida State Seminoles v.  South Korea, 27 February 2024
FW Stephanie Ribeiro PRE (1994-06-10) 10 June 1994 4 1 Mexico UNAM Euro 2025
FW Carolina Mendes INJ (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 124 24 Portugal Racing Power Euro 2025
FW Ana Dias (1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 15 0 Mexico Tigres v.  Belgium, 3 June 2025
FW Nádia Gomes (1996-11-09) 9 November 1996 2 1 United States Chicago Red Stars v.  Spain, 8 April 2025
FW Mélissa Gomes (1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 21 0 France Reims v.  South Korea, 27 February 2024
Notes
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • PRE = Preliminary squad / standby
  • RET = Retired from the national team

Previous squads

Records

  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 May 2025.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Portugal at the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not enter 1991 UEFA Women's Championship
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify UEFA Women's Euro 1995
United States 1999 6 2 0 4 4 15
United States 2003 6 1 1 4 4 26
China 2007 8 0 0 8 4 31
Germany 2011 8 4 0 4 17 10
Canada 2015 10 4 0 6 19 21
France 2019 8 3 2 3 22 8
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Group stage 19th 3 1 1 1 2 1 13 10 1 2 34 12
Brazil 2027 To be determined To be determined
MexicoUnited States 2031 To be determined To be determined
United Kingdom 2035 To be determined To be determined
Total 1/10 3 1 1 1 2 1 59 24 4 31 104 138
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA European Women's Championship

Portugal at the UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA P/R Rnk
1984 Did not qualify 6 0 2 4 1 10 –
Norway 1987 Did not enter Did not enter
West Germany 1989
Denmark 1991
Italy 1993
Germany 1995 Did not qualify 6 3 0 3 13 11 –
NorwaySweden 1997 8 2 0 6 5 26
Germany 2001 8 2 1 5 5 17
England 2005 8 1 0 7 5 42
Finland 2009 8 0 2 6 4 18
Sweden 2013 8 2 0 6 16 13
Netherlands 2017 Group stage 14th 3 1 0 2 3 5 10 4 3 3 16 12
England 2022 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 10 10 6 2 2 10 3
Switzerland 2025 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 8 10 8 2 0 25 5 Rise[a] 17th
Total Group stage 3/14 9 1 2 5 9 23 76 28 10 38 108 147 17th
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
  1. ^
    Portugal originally failed to qualify after losing to Russia in the play-offs, but Russia was banned from FIFA and UEFA International matches after invading Ukraine (28 February 2022). On 2 May, Portugal was declared as the replacement.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase Finals
Season LG Grp Pos Pld W D L GF GA P/R Rnk Year Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2023–24 A 2 4th 6 1 0 5 5 13 Fall 13th Europe 2024 Did not qualify
2025 A 3 To be determined N/A 2025 To be determined
Total 6 5 0 1 23 9 13th Total – – – – – – –
Rise Promoted at end of season
Same position No movement at end of season
Fall 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."[20]

Algarve Cup record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1994 5th/6 3 1 0 2 2 8
1995 8th/8 4 0 0 4 1 14
1996 7th/8 4 1 0 3 4 10
1997 8th/8 4 0 1 3 0 8
1998 8th/8 4 0 1 3 3 8
1999 7th/8 4 1 1 2 2 10
2000 8th/8 4 0 0 4 1 17
2001 8th/8 4 0 0 4 3 11
2002 11th/12 4 1 0 3 6 10
2003 10th/12 4 1 2 1 5 5
2004 10th/12 4 2 0 2 7 4
2005 11th/12 4 1 0 3 5 9
2006 11th/11 2 0 0 2 0 7
2007 12th/12 4 0 2 2 2 7
2008 10th/12 4 2 1 1 6 5
2009 8th/12 4 3 1 0 6 3
2010 10th/12 4 2 1 1 7 4
2011 9th/12 4 2 2 0 6 3
2012 10th/12 4 2 0 2 6 3
2013 11th/12 4 1 1 2 3 6
2014 12th/12 4 1 0 3 5 9
2015 11th/12 4 0 2 2 5 9
2016 8th/8 4 0 0 4 2 8
2017 12th/12 4 0 1 3 0 9
2018 3rd/12 4 3 1 0 6 2
2019 12th/12 3 1 0 2 4 8
2020 8th/8 3 0 0 3 1 5
2021 Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 4th/5 3 1 0 2 2 6
Total – 106 26 18 52 97 204

Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino

Brazil Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino record
Year Result Position Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
Brazil 2012 Fourth place 4th 4 1 1 2 1 6
Total 1/1 0 titles 4 1 1 2 1 6

Notes

  1. ^ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  3. ^ "A História da Seleção Feminina de Futebol: Da estreia em Le Mans, em 1981, ao cumprir do sonho do Mundial, com alguns percalços pelo meio". SAPO Desporto. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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  9. ^ UEFA.com (5 December 2023). "UEFA Women's Nations League 2023/24, résultats de la phase de groupes". UEFA.com (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  10. ^ 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.
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  13. ^ "Portugal v Czech Republic" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Czech Republic v Portugal" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Belgium v Portugal" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  16. ^ "Seleção A Feminina - A equipa técnica FPF" (in Portuguese). PFP. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  17. ^ "As 23 "Navegadoras" para o Europeu na Suíça" [The 23 "Navigators" called up for the Switzerland Euro] (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol/Portuguese Football Federation. 24 June 2025.
  18. ^ Portuguese Team
  19. ^ "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad". Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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