Portugal national under-16 football team

The Portugal national under-16 football team is the association football team that represents the nation of Portugal at the under-16 level.

Current squad edit

The following 22 players were named in the squad for the 2023 UEFA Under-16 Development Tournament in May.[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 8 April 2023, after the match against Saudi Arabia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Diogo Ferreira (2007-02-10) 10 February 2007 (age 17) 5 0   Benfica
1GK Miguel Gouveia (2007-09-12) 12 September 2007 (age 16) 0 0   Sporting CP

2DF Edgar Mota (2007-03-08) 8 March 2007 (age 17) 7 0   Braga
2DF Rafael Mota (2007-02-07) 7 February 2007 (age 17) 6 0   Sporting CP
2DF Duarte Soares (2007-02-19) 19 February 2007 (age 17) 6 0   Benfica
2DF Afonso Sousa (2007-04-17) 17 April 2007 (age 17) 5 1   Braga
2DF Denilson Santos (2007-02-02) 2 February 2007 (age 17) 5 0   Sporting CP
2DF Atanásio (2007-01-06) 6 January 2007 (age 17) 3 0   Sporting CP
2DF Rui Silva (2007-03-18) 18 March 2007 (age 17) 3 0   Benfica
2DF Martim Cunha (2007-02-28) 28 February 2007 (age 17) 1 0   Porto

3MF Manuel Miranda (2007-04-13) 13 April 2007 (age 17) 8 1   Porto
3MF João Trovisco (2007-10-23) 23 October 2007 (age 16) 8 1   Braga
3MF Dinis Telehovschi (2007-04-25) 25 April 2007 (age 17) 8 0   Benfica
3MF Eduaro Felicíssimo (2007-01-08) 8 January 2007 (age 17) 4 0   Sporting CP
3MF João Martins (2007-06-02) 2 June 2007 (age 16) 3 0   Vitória de Guimarães

4FW Afonso Vieira (2007-01-12) 12 January 2007 (age 17) 8 0   Vitória de Guimarães
4FW Afonso Patrão (2007-02-03) 3 February 2007 (age 17) 5 1   Braga
4FW Rafael Camacho (2007-03-28) 28 March 2007 (age 17) 5 0   Sporting CP
4FW Rodrigo Mora (2007-05-05) 5 May 2007 (age 16) 3 1   Porto
4FW Gustavo Ferreira (2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 (age 16) 2 0   Benfica
4FW Tiago Sousa (2006-07-27) 27 July 2006 (age 17) 2 0   Porto
4FW Vasco Sousa (2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 17) 0 0   Porto

Competitive record edit

FIFA U-16 World Championship edit

Portugal have qualified for one FIFA U-16 World Championship with their performance being a third place finish in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

FIFA U-16 World Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA GD
19851987 Did not qualify
  1989 Third place 3rd 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4
Total Third place 1/3 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4

UEFA European U-16 Championship edit

UEFA European Under-16 Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA GD
19821984 Did not qualify
  1985 First stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 5 –4
  1986 First stage 9th 3 1 1 1 4 5 –1
  1987 First stage 5th 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2
  1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 2 0 6 0 +6
  1989 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 15 2 +13
  1990 Fourth place 4th 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2
  1991 First stage 5th 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3
  1992 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 5 6 –1
  1993 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 3 6 –3
  1994 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 5 1 +4
  1995 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 14 5 +11
  1996 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 16 3 +13
  1997 Did not qualify
  1998 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2
  1999 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1
  2000 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3
  2001 Did not qualify
Total 4 titles 15/19 67 38 14 15 113 64 +49

Honours edit

Champions (4): 1989, 1995, 1996, 2000
Runners-up (1): 1988
Champions (4): 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018
Runners-up (2): 1993, 1994

References edit

  1. ^ "Alteração à convocatória" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.