European U21 Championship Qual | 09/09 14:00 | 1 | Croatia U21 vs Portugal U21 | - | View | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 10/10 14:00 | 1 | Faroe Islands U21 vs Portugal U21 | - | View | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 10/14 14:00 | 1 | Andorra U21 vs Portugal U21 | - | View |
European U21 Championship Qual | 03/26 17:30 | 1 | [1] Portugal U21 v Croatia U21 [3] | W | 5-1 | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 03/21 17:30 | 1 | [1] Portugal U21 v Faroe Islands U21 [4] | W | 4-0 | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 11/20 14:00 | 1 | [3] Greece U21 v Portugal U21 [1] | L | 2-1 | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 10/17 18:00 | 1 | [1] Portugal U21 v Greece U21 [3] | W | 2-0 | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 10/13 16:30 | 1 | [1] Portugal U21 v Belarus U21 [5] | W | 6-1 | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 09/12 13:00 | 1 | [3] Belarus U21 v Portugal U21 [2] | W | 0-5 | |
European U21 Championship Qual | 09/08 16:30 | 1 | [5] Portugal U21 v Andorra U21 [3] | W | 3-0 | |
European U21 Championship | 07/02 16:00 | 3 | [1] England U21 v Portugal U21 [2] | L | 1-0 | |
European U21 Championship | 06/27 16:00 | 3 | [4] Portugal U21 v Belgium U21 [2] | W | 2-1 | |
European U21 Championship | 06/24 16:00 | 2 | [4] Portugal U21 v Netherlands U21 [2] | D | 1-1 | |
European U21 Championship | 06/21 16:00 | 1 | Georgia U21 v Portugal U21 | L | 2-0 | |
U21 International | 03/28 18:00 | - | Portugal U21 v Norway U21 | W | 3-0 |
Total | Home | Away | |
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Matches played | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Wins | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Draws | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Losses | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Goals for | 29 | 23 | 6 |
Goals against | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Clean sheets | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Failed to score | 2 | 0 | 2 |
The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). They are nicknamed "Esperanças." Esperança means hope, thus they are Portugal's hopes for the future.
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 under-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.