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Portugal Under-21

Nickname	?
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Coach	José Couceiro
Captain	{{{Captain}}}
Most caps	? (?)
Top scorer	? (?)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International U23: Portugal 1-1 Denmark Lisbon, October 14, 1970 U21: Luxemburg 1-2 Portugal Esch-sur-Alzette, November 28, 1976
Largest win Portugal 8-1 Armenia Estoril, August 19, 1997
Worst defeat Italy 6-0 Portugal Piacenza, December 2, 1987 Records for competitive matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1994)
Best result	Runners-up in 1994
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The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Portuguese Under-21 team was formed. Until 1994, the team had a rather poor record - failing to qualify for each of the first eight UEFA U-21 Championships. Since 1994, the team has improved its record greatly, qualifying for five of the next seven tournaments, including the 2006 finals.

Having qualified for the 2006 tournament finals, UEFA announced that Portugal would host the finals in May and June. From 2007 onwards, host nations will be announced before the qualification stage and will not need to qualify.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start ot a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Portugal's record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

Contents 1 UEFA U-23 Championship Record 2 UEFA U-21 Championship Record 3 See also 4 Sources/External links

• 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification 'group'.
• 1974: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification 'group'.
• 1976: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.

• 1978: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1980: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1982: Did not enter.
• 1984: Losing semi-finalists.
• 1986: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1988: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1990: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1992: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1994: Runners-up.
• 1996: Losing quarter-finalists.
• 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2002: Finished 3rd of 4 in finals group.
• 2004: Third place.
• 2006: Finished 4th of 4 in finals group. Hosts.

• Portugal national football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

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