Portugal national under-20 football team

The Portugal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal.

The U20 team acts mainly as a feeder team for the under-21s and provides further international development for youth players. The team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 results.

The Portuguese team has 12 participations in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and 12 in the Toulon Tournament.

The Golden Generation (1989–1991)
The Golden Generation was the Generation of the players that won consecutive FIFA Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991.

The Silver Generation (2011)
The Courage Generation was the Generation of players that was runner up in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

 * *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
 * **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
 * ***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Toulon Tournament

 * * Portugal also participated in the 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 2009 tournaments but with the u-21 squad instead of the u-20 squad.

Team

 * FIFA U-20 World Cup
 * Winner (2): 1989, 1991
 * Runner-up (1): 2011
 * Third place (1): 1995
 * Toulon Tournament
 * Winner (3): 1992, 2001, 2003
 * Runner-up (4): 1994, 1997, 2000, 2005
 * Third place (4): 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016
 * Torneio Internacional da Madeira
 * Winner (7): 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
 * Runner-up (4): 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006
 * Torneio Campos Verdes
 * Winner (2): 2007, 2008
 * Copa El Presidente de La Republica - Ricardo Martinelli
 * Third place (1): 2011
 * SBS Cup International Youth Soccer
 * Runner-up (1): 2012
 * Elite League U20
 * Runner-up (1): 2018-19

Individual awards

 * FIFA U-20 World Cup


 * Toulon Tournament

Current squad

 * The following players were called up for the 2022–23 Under 20 Elite League matches.
 * Match dates: 23 and 28 March 2023
 * Opposition: and
 * Caps and goals correct as of: 22 November 2022, after the match against

Recent call-ups
The following players have previously been called up to the Portugal under-20 squad in the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Previous squads
FIFA U-20 World Cup


 * 1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 1991 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 1993 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 1995 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal
 * 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads - Portugal

Toulon Tournament
 * 2007 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal
 * 2011 Toulon Tournament squads - Portugal

Notable players

 * Luís Figo
 * Rui Costa
 * Fernando Couto
 * Jorge Costa
 * João Vieira Pinto
 * Paulo Alves
 * Paulo Sousa
 * Nuno Capucho
 * Rui Bento
 * Emílio Peixe
 * Abel Xavier
 * Cristiano Ronaldo

Head coaches
As of 2022