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Portugal national under 20 football team

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Most caps
  
Appearances
  
8 (first in 1979)

Location
  
FIFA code
  
POR

Best result
  
Winners, 1989, 1991

Confederation
  
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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.

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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.

The Portuguese team has 8 participations in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and 12 in the Toulon Tournament.

The Golden Generation (1989–1991)

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

The Silver Generation (2011)

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

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.

Team

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • Winner (2): 1989, 1991
  • Runner-up (1): 2011
  • Third place (1): 1995
  • Toulon Tournament
  • Winner (2): 2001, 2003
  • Runner-up (3): 1997, 2000, 2005
  • Third place (3): 1996, 1998, 2006
  • 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
  • Individual awards

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • Toulon Tournament
  • Current squad

    Portugal U-20 MNT head coach Edgar Borges has named 22 players to the roster that will compete in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup Qualifiers in 2016.

    Head coach: Edgar Borges

    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
  • Toulon Tournament

  • 2007 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal
  • 2011 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal
  • Head coaches

    As of 15 November 2012

    References

    Portugal national under-20 football team Wikipedia