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Portugal World Cup 2006

Country - Portugal
Capital City- Lisbon
Continent- Europe
Manager- Luiz Felipe Scolari
Star Man- To choose one star man for Portugal would be impossible as this generation of players is named the ‘Golden Generation’. The likes of Luis Figo of Inter Milan, Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United, Deco of FC Barcelona and Maniche of Dynamo Moscow make up the main star men but there are many more to choose from. You can see from this Portugal are real contenders for the 2006 World Cup in Germany having such an impressive squad.

How did they qualify - Portugal stormed their qualifying group finishing first on 30 points not losing a game. They finished 7 points clear of second place Slovakia. Portugal’s most impressive performance was against Russia defeating them 7-1 and Russia are no push over, they themselves finished third only on goal difference. To cap it all off Portugal scored 35 goals and only conceded 5 in the 12 games they played. I think we can safely say Portugal will be looking forward to their World Cup Germany 2006 campaign and full of confidence after cruising through the qualifying round.

Portugal National team photo is above.

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Team History
First International: Spain 3 - 1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921)
Largest win: Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994)
Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999)
Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003)
Worst defeat: Portugal 0 - 10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May 1947)
World Cup
Appearances:		 4 (First in 1966) Best result Third place, 1966
European Championship
Appearances:		 4 (First in 1984) Best result Runners-up, 2004
World Cup Record: 1930 - Did not enter
1934 to 1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Third place
1970 to 1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Round 1
1990 to 1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Qualified
Current Notable Players:

Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Carvalho, Miguel, Tiago, Paulo Ferreira, Petit, Nuno Valente
Jorge Andrade, Maniche, Hugo Viana, Ricardo Quaresma, Helder Postiga, Ricardo Pereira, Luis Boa Morte, Simao Sabrosa

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