Portugal national football team results (1940–1959)
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This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 1940 and 1959.
1940s edit
| 28 January 1940 Friendly | France  | 3–2 |  Portugal | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| 14:15 | Heisserer  17'Koranyi 23', 75' |
Report | 83', 85' Peyroteo |
Attendance: 18,083 Referee:  Bainbridge |
| 12 January 1941 Friendly | Portugal | 2–2 |  Spain | Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Carlos Pereira 59' Peyroteo 80' |
Report | 9' Guillermo Campanal 50' Escolà |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee:  Peco Bauwens |
| 16 March 1941 Friendly | Spain | 5–1 | Portugal | San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao |
| 15:30 (+1:00) | Herrerita 9' Guillermo Campanal 23'Campos 25'Epi 75', 85' |
Report | 63' Pinga |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee:  Peco Bauwens |
| 1 January 1942 Friendly | Portugal | 3–0 |  Switzerland | Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Alberto Gomes 26' Mourão 43', 47' |
Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Agustín Vilalta |
| 11 March 1945 Friendly | Portugal | 2–2 | Spain | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Peyroteo 10', 75' |
Report | 20' César 58' Epi |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Eugenio Scherz |
| 6 May 1945 Friendly | Spain | 4–2 | Portugal | Estadio Riazor, A Coruña |
| 17:00 (+2:00) | Zarra 38', 41' Herrerita 70'César 76' (pen.) |
Report | 10', 87' Peyroteo |
Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Eugenio Scherz |
| 21 May 1945 Friendly | Switzerland | 1–0 | Portugal | Sportplatz Rankhof, Basel |
| 15:00 (+1:00) | Friedländer 51' |
Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín |
| 14 April 1946 Friendly | Portugal | 2–1 | France | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Araújo 39' Peyroteo 72' |
Report | 68' Ernest Vaast |
Attendance: 62,000 Referee: George Reader |
| 16 June 1946 Friendly | Portugal | 3–1 |  Ireland | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 17:00 (+1:00) | Araújo 7' Pipi 15'Peyroteo 24' |
Report | 53' O'Reilly |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paul Von Wartburg |
| 5 January 1947 Friendly | Portugal | 2–2 | Switzerland | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Pipi 17' Moreira 50' |
Report | 7', 55' Fatton |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Cyrill Barrick |
| 26 January 1947 Friendly | Portugal | 4–1 |  Spain | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Araújo 15', 32' Travaços 60', 88' |
Report | 1' Iriondo |
Attendance: 68,000 Referee: James Wiltshire |
| 23 March 1947 Friendly | France | 1–0 | Portugal | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes |
| 15:00 (+1:00) | Bihel 41' |
Report | Attendance: 57,791 Referee: Cyrill Barrick |
| 4 May 1947 Friendly | Ireland | 0–2 | Portugal | Dalymount Park, Dublin |
| 15:30 (+1:00) | Report | 13' Jesus Correia 34' Araújo |
Attendance: 31,618 Referee: Henry Pearce |
| 25 May 1947 Friendly | Portugal | 0–10 | England | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:30 (+1:00) | Report | 1', 59', 71', 77' Mortensen 2', 11', 38', 61' Lawton 21' Finney 85' Matthews |
Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Charles Delasalle |
| 23 November 1947 Friendly | Portugal | 2–4 | France | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Peyroteo 32' Araújo 71' |
Report | 47', 51', 77' Vaast 84' Benbarek |
Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Paul Von Wartburg |
| 21 March 1948 Friendly | Spain | 2–0 | Portugal | Estadio Chamartín, Madrid |
| 17:00 (+1:00) | César 32' Gaínza 48' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 80,000 Referee: William Evans |
| 23 May 1948 Friendly | Portugal | 2–0 | Ireland | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Peyroteo 22' Albano 26' |
Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee:  Generoso Dattilo |
| 27 February 1949 Friendly | Italy | 4–1 | Portugal | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa |
| 15:00 (+1:00) | Menti 57' Carapellese 67'Mazzola 75'Maroso 81' |
Report | 21' Lourenço |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Victor Sdez |
| 20 March 1949 Friendly | Portugal | 1–1 | Spain | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:00 | Peyroteo 57' |
Report | 47' Zarra |
Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Charles Delasalle |
1950s edit
2 April 1950  1950 World Cup Qualification | Spain | 5–1 | Portugal | Estadio Chamartín, Madrid |
| 17:00 (+1:00) | Zarra 18', 58' Basora 19'Panizo 20'Molowny 65' |
Report | 38' Cabrita |
Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Reginald Leafe |
| 9 April 1950 1950 World Cup Qualification | Portugal | 2–2 | Spain | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:30 | Travaços 52' Jesus Correia 54' |
Report | 25' Zarra 82' Gaínza |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee:  Jack Mowat |
| 14 May 1950 Friendly | Portugal | 3–5 | England | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 17:00 | Ben David 47', 59' Vasques 70' |
Report | 4' (pen.), 28', 55', 72' (pen.) Finney 15' Mortensen |
Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Giuseppe Carpani |
| 21 May 1950 Friendly | Portugal | 2–2 | Scotland | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:00 | Travaços 9' Albano 29' |
Report | 20' Bauld 23' Brown |
Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Ramón Azón Roma |
| 8 April 1951 Friendly | Portugal | 1–4 | Italy | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Jesus Correia 85' |
Report | 7' Pandolfini 14' Burini 59' Amadei 72' Cappello |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: William Ling |
| 12 May 1951 Friendly | Wales  | 2–1 | Portugal | Ninian Park, Cardiff |
| 15:00 (+1:00) | Griffiths 36' Ford 73' |
Report | 78' Ben David |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: William Ling |
| 19 May 1951 Friendly | England | 5–2 | Portugal | Goodison Park, Liverpool |
| 15:00 (+1:00) | Nicholson 1' Milburn 9', 83'Finney 75'Hassall 87' |
Report | 2' Patalino 48' Albano |
Attendance: 52,686 Referee:  Louis Baert |
| 17 June 1951 Friendly | Portugal | 1–1 | Belgium | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 18:00 (+1:00) | Ben David 2' |
Report | 64' Givard |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Generoso Dattilo |
| 20 April 1952 Friendly | France | 3–0 | Portugal | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes |
| 15:00 (+1:00) | Alpsteg 15' Strappe 68', 89' |
Report | Attendance: 35,735 Referee: Alfred Bond |
| 23 November 1952 Friendly | Portugal | 1–1 |  Austria | Estádio das Antas, Porto |
| 15:00 | Travaços 32' |
Report | 71' Halla |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger |
| 14 December 1952 Friendly | Portugal | 1–3 |  Argentina | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Vasques 50' |
Report | 11' Loustau 36', 38' Labruna |
Attendance: 70,000 Referee: William Ling |
| 27 September 1953 1954 World Cup Qualification | Austria | 9–1 | Portugal | Praterstadion, Vienna |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Ocwirk 13' Probst 14', 19', 31', 59', 70'Happel 68' (pen.)Wagner 83'Dienst 87' |
Report | Águas 60' |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Henri Bauwens |
| 22 November 1953 Friendly | Portugal | 3–1 |  South Africa | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Hernâni 16' Águas 23'Matateu 73' |
Report | 75' Roos |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín |
| 29 November 1953 1954 World Cup Qualification | Portugal | 0–0 | Austria | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 14:30 | Report | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Louis Fauquembergue |
| 14 March 1954 Friendly | Belgium | 0–0 | Portugal | Stade du Heysel, Brussels |
| 15:00 (+1:00) | Report | Attendance: 47,590 Referee: Edouard Harzig |
| 28 November 1954 Friendly | Portugal | 1–3 | Argentina | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Travaços 53' |
Report | 16' Micheli 69' Grillo 75' Cruz |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Archer Luty |
| 19 December 1954 Friendly | Portugal | 0–3 |  West Germany | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:30 | Report | 7' Erhardt 55' Pfaff 74' Juskowiak |
Attendance: 70,000 Referee:  Karel Van der Meer |
| 4 May 1955 Friendly | Scotland | 3–0 | Portugal | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| 18:30 (+1:00) | Gemmell 7' Liddell 36'Reilly 89' |
Report | Attendance: 20,858 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay |
| 22 May 1955 Friendly | Portugal | 3–1 | England | Estádio das Antas, Porto |
| 17:00 (+1:00) | Águas 24', 83' Matateu 79' |
Report | 19' Bentley |
Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi |
| 20 November 1955 Friendly | Portugal | 2–6 |  Sweden | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Águas 32', 79' |
Report | 11' Hamrin 65' Nilsson 70', 72' Löfgren 82' Jonsson 84' Sandell |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Cesare Jonni |
| 18 December 1955 Friendly | Turkey  | 3–1 | Portugal | Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul |
| 14:00 (+2:00) | Küçükandonyadis 51' Oktay 57'Bilge 73' |
Report | 38' Hernâni |
Attendance: 22,313 Referee:  Mirko Romčević |
| 23 December 1955 Friendly | Egypt  | 0–4 | Portugal | Prince Farouk Stadium, Cairo |
| Report | 33', 90' Águas 36', 43' Matateu |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ricardo Pieri |
| 25 March 1956 Friendly | Portugal | 3–1 | Turkey | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 15:30 | Vasques 33' Beratligil 47' (o.g.)Matateu 79' |
Report | 89' Açıksöz |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Albert Dusch |
| 8 April 1956 Friendly | Portugal | 0–1 | Brazil | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Report | 11' Orlando |
Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Reg Leafe |
| 3 June 1956 Friendly | Portugal | 3–1 | Spain | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 17:00 (+1:00) | Palmeiro 5', 26', 43' |
Report | 38' Peiró |
Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Jacques Devillers |
| 9 June 1956 Friendly | Portugal | 2–2 |  Hungary | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 18:00 (+1:00) | Águas 45' Vasques 65' |
Report | 51' Kocsis 59' Lantos |
Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Vicenzo Orlandini |
| 16 January 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification | Portugal | 1–1 |  Northern Ireland | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon |
| 22:00 | Vasques 24' |
Report | 6' Bingham |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne |
| 24 March 1957 Friendly | Portugal | 0–1 | France | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon |
| 15:00 | Report | 55' Piantoni |
Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín |
| 1 May 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification | Northern Ireland | 3–0 | Portugal | Windsor Park, Belfast |
| 19:30 (+1:00) | Casey 22' Simpson 61'McIlroy 67' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hugh Phillips |
| 26 May 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification | Portugal | 3–0 | Italy | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon |
| 16:30 (+1:00) | Vasques 41' Teixeira 83'Matateu 87' |
Report | Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Werner Treichel |
| 11 June 1957 Friendly | Brazil | 2–1 | Portugal | Maracaña, Rio de Janeiro |
| 21:30 (-3:00) | Didi 14' Tite 61' |
Report | 52' Matateu |
Attendance: 180,000 Referee: Bertley Cross |
| 16 June 1957 Friendly | Brazil | 3–0 | Portugal | Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo |
| 15:15 (-3:00) | Zito 16' Altafini 78'Del Vecchio 84' |
Report | Attendance: 21,033 Referee: Bertley Cross |
| 22 December 1957 1958 World Cup Qualification | Italy | 3–0 | Portugal | San Siro, Milan |
| 14:30 (+1:00) | Gratton 36', 72' Pivatelli 84' |
Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ezio Damiani |
| 13 April 1958 Friendly | Spain | 1–0 | Portugal | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid |
| 17:00 (+1:00) | Di Stéfano 85' |
Report | Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne |
| 7 May 1958 Friendly | England | 2–1 | Portugal | Wembley Stadium (1923), London |
| 19:30 (+1:00) | Bobby Charlton 25', 62' |
Report | 51' Carlos Duarte |
Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Albert Alsteen |
| 16 May 1959 Friendly | Switzerland | 4–3 | Portugal | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 17:30 (+1:00) | Burger 31', 55' Hamel 44'Frey 69' |
Report | 9' Hernâni 46' Cavém 89' Matateu |
Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Joseph Barberan |
| 21 May 1959 Friendly | Sweden | 2–0 | Portugal | Ullevi, Gothenburg |
| 19:00 (+1:00) | Simonsson 45' (pen.) Olsson 52' |
Report | Attendance: 44,082 Referee: Leopold Horn |
| 3 June 1959 Friendly | Portugal | 1–0 | Scotland | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon |
| 22:00 (+1:00) | Matateu 25' |
Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui Izco |
| 21 June 1959 1960 EURO First round | East Germany  | 0–2 | Portugal | Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East-Berlin |
| Report | 12' Matateu 67' Coluna |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee:  Alois Obtulovič |
| 28 June 1959 1960 EURO First round | Portugal | 3–2 | East Germany | Estádio das Antas, Porto |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Coluna 45', 62' Cavém 68' |
Report | 47' Vogt 72' Kohle |
Attendance: 19,124 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay |
| 11 November 1959 Friendly | France | 5–3 | Portugal | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes |
| 17:30 (+1:00) | Just Fontaine 3', 54', 58' Pierre Grillet 11'Lucien Muller 22' |
Report | 36', 76' Matateu 41' Domiciano Cavém |
Attendance: 48,111 Referee: Ken Aston |