Portugal national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Portugal women's national under-17 football team.
Portugal Under-17
Nickname(s)Selecção das Quinas
AssociationPortuguese Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachJoão Santos
Most capsHélder Barbosa (37 caps)
Top scorerJosé Gomes (20 goals)
FIFA codePOR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Argentina 3–0  
(Cuenca, Spain; 05 August 1995)
Biggest win
  10–0 Kazakhstan 
(Aveiro, Portugal; 10 October 2018)
  10–0 Liechtenstein 
(Oeiras, Portugal; 13 November 2024)
Biggest defeat
  0–5 Brazil 
(Tampere, Finland; 17 August 2003)
  0–5 Germany 
(Algarve, Portugal; 9 February 2016)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1989)
Best resultThird place (1989)
European Championship
Appearances11 (first in 2002)
Best resultChampions (2003, 2016, 2025)
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Scotland Team
UEFA European U-17 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Portugal Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Azerbaijan Team
Gold medal – first place 2025 Albania Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Cyprus Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 France Team

The Portugal national under-17 football team represents Portugal in international football at this age level and is controlled by Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, the governing body for football in Portugal.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year Round GP Won Drawn* Lost GF GA
China 1985 did not qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989 Third place 6 3 2 1 11 7
Italy 1991 did not qualify
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995 Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 5 8
Egypt 1997 did not qualify
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 11 18
Peru 2005 did not qualify
South Korea 2007
Nigeria 2009
Mexico 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017
Brazil 2019
Peru 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1]
Indonesia 2023 did not qualify
Qatar 2025 Qualified
Total 3/20 14 5 3 6 27 33

UEFA European U-17 Championship

Portugal, champions of the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
Year Round GP Won Drawn* Lost GF GA
Denmark 2002 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 4
Portugal 2003 Champions 5 4 1 0 10 5
France 2004 Third place 5 1 2 2 10 10
Italy 2005 did not qualify
Luxembourg 2006
Belgium 2007
Turkey 2008
Germany 2009
Liechtenstein 2010 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 3
Serbia 2011 did not qualify
Slovenia 2012
Slovakia 2013
Malta 2014 Semi-finals 4 3 0 1 4 2
Bulgaria 2015 did not qualify
Azerbaijan 2016 Champions 6 4 2 0 15 1
Croatia 2017 did not qualify
England 2018 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 1
Republic of Ireland 2019 Quarter finals 4 2 0 2 6 5
Estonia 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2][3]
Cyprus 2021
Israel 2022 Semi-finals 5 3 1 1 14 9
Hungary 2023 Group stage 3 1 1 1 3 6
Cyprus 2024 Runners-up 6 4 0 2 12 10
Albania 2025 Champions 5 3 2 0 11 3
Total 12/22 52 28 10 14 94 59

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

  • Gold background color indicates first-place finish. Silver background color indicates second-place finish. Bronze background color indicates third-place finish.

Recent results

4 May 2019 2019 UEFA U-17 Euro group stage Hungary  1–0   UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:00 Kosznovszky 80' Report Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (MLT)
7 May 2019 2019 UEFA U-17 Euro group stage   2–1  Russia UCD Bowl, Dublin
15:00 Batalha 16'
Sousa 50'		 Report Schetinin 68' (pen.) Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (POL)
10 May 2019 2019 UEFA U-17 Euro group stage   4–2  Iceland City Calling Stadium, Longford
17:00 Tavares 32'
Silva 46'
Bernardo 76'
Cruz 84'		 Report Jóhannesson 37'
Ellertsson 71'		 Referee: Donald Robertson (SCO)
13 May 2019 2019 UEFA U-17 Euro quarter-final Italy  1–0   Tolka Park, Dublin
16:30 Tongya 26' Report Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (LTU)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, to be played 19 May – 1 June 2025.[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 19 May 2025, after the match against Albania.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Romário Cunha (2008-03-21) 21 March 2008 11 0 Portugal Braga
12 1GK Alex Tverdohlebov (2008-01-16) 16 January 2008 4 0 Portugal Sporting CP
2 2DF Gabriel Dbouk (2008-02-06) 6 February 2008 12 1 Portugal Braga
3 2DF Chelmik (2008-06-13) 13 June 2008 10 1 Portugal Porto
4 2DF Mauro Furtado (2008-07-30) 30 July 2008 10 2 Portugal Benfica
5 2DF José Neto (2008-04-19) 19 April 2008 11 1 Portugal Benfica
13 2DF Daniel Banjaqui (2008-03-24) 24 March 2008 12 0 Portugal Benfica
14 2DF Ricardo Neto (2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 6 0 Portugal Benfica
6 3MF Rafael Quintas (2008-03-08) 8 March 2008 16 2 Portugal Benfica
8 3MF Zeega (2008-11-05) 5 November 2008 14 1 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães
11 3MF Stevan (2008-06-11) 11 June 2008 13 2 Portugal Benfica
16 3MF Santi Verdi (2008-05-05) 5 May 2008 12 0 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães
18 3MF Bernadro Lima (2008-03-26) 26 March 2008 15 2 Portugal Porto
20 3MF Gil Neves (2008-02-09) 9 February 2008 16 4 Portugal Benfica
7 4FW Duarte Cunha (2008-01-25) 25 January 2008 15 1 Portugal Porto
9 4FW Anísio (2008-02-15) 15 February 2008 13 7 Portugal Benfica
10 4FW Mateus Mide (2008-05-10) 10 May 2008 16 5 Portugal Porto
15 4FW Yoan Pereira (2008-04-08) 8 April 2008 11 3 Portugal Porto
17 4FW João Aragão (2008-03-24) 24 March 2008 5 0 Portugal Braga
19 4FW Tomás Soares (2008-01-19) 19 January 2008 5 5 Portugal Benfica

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Diego Coxi (2008-07-31) 31 July 2008 3 0 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Serbia, 25 March 2025
FW Brandão Baptista (2008-07-22) 22 July 2008 10 2 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Serbia, 25 March 2025
FW Francisco Fernandes (2008-09-30) 30 September 2008 4 1 Portugal Porto v.  Serbia, 25 March 2025
FW Bernardo Nunes (2009-05-15) 15 May 2009 0 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Serbia, 25 March 2025

Former squads

FIFA U-17 World Championship
UEFA European Under-17

Most appearances

# Name Caps Goals First cap Latest cap
1 Hélder Barbosa 37 3 July 16, 2002 May 15, 2004
2 Bruno Gama 34 11 February 11, 2003 May 15, 2004
3 Rúben Neves 31 2 July 7, 2012 May 18, 2014

Most goals

# Name Goals Caps First cap Latest cap
1 José Gomes 20 26 September 19, 2014 May 21, 2016
2 Pipo 13 16 July 29. 2008 March 27, 2009
3 Bruno Gama 11 34 February 11, 2003 May 15, 2004

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Portugal's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Argentina 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 050.00
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 000.00
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 5 5 +0 000.00
 Colombia 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100.00
 Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Ghana 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Guinea 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 Scotland 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
 Spain 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3 000.00
 Yemen 1 1 0 0 4 3 +1 100.00
Total 14 5 3 6 27 33 −6 035.71

References

  1. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Convocatória para o Campeonato da Europa" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
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