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The Portugal national under-17 football team represents Portugal in international football at this age level and is controlled by Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, the governing body for football in that nation.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Round	G	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987	Did not qualify
1989	Third place	6	3	2	1	11	7
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1995	Quarter-finals	4	1	0	3	5	8
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	11	18
2005	Did not qualify
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025	Champions	8	6	1	1	23	4
2026	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
2028
2029
Total	4/24	22	11	4	7	50	37

UEFA European U-17 Championship

Year	Round	GP	Won	Drawn*	Lost	GF	GA
2002	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4
2003	Champions	5	4	1	0	10	5
2004	Third place	5	1	2	2	10	10
2005	did not qualify
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	3
2011	did not qualify
2012
2013
2014	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	4	2
2015	did not qualify
2016	Champions	6	4	2	0	15	1
2017	did not qualify
2018	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	1
2019	Quarter finals	4	2	0	2	6	5
~~2020~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
2022	Semi-finals	5	3	1	1	14	9
2023	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	6
2024	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	12	10
2025	Champions	5	3	2	0	11	3
2026	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
2028
2029
Total:12/22	3 Titles	52	28	10	14	94	59

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Gold background color indicates first-place finish. Silver background color indicates second-place finish. Bronze background color indicates third-place finish.

Recent results

2025

12 November 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Euro qualification	Portugal	10–0	Liechtenstein	Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé
16:00	Ribeiro 15', 18', 47' Constantino 61' Fawler 65', 90+2' Batista 71' Semedo 74' Ferreirinha 76', 81'	Report		Attendance: 85 Referee: Gal Levi (Israel)

15 November 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Euro qualification	Portugal	1–1	Wales	Estádio de São Luís, Faro
15:00	Semedo 62'	Report	Donczew 83'	Attendance: 216 Referee: Daniel Higraff (Norway)

18 November 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Euro qualification	Slovenia	2–4	Portugal	Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé
16:00	Bogatinov 58' Ferreira 71' (o.g.)	Report	Ferreirinha 28', 45+2' Tomás 30' Guerra 47'	Attendance: 146 Referee: Seth Galia (Gibraltar)

2026

25 March 2026 2026 UEFA U-17 Euro qualification	Italy	3–2	Portugal	Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio
15:00	Perillo 46' Okon 51' Landi 75'	Report	Guerra 11' Ferreirinha 15'	Referee: Lasse Læbel Graagaard (Denmark)

28 March 2026 2026 UEFA U-17 Euro qualification	Portugal	0–1	Romania	Carlo Angelo Luzi, Gualdo Tadino
12:00		Report	Tripon 34'	Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)

31 March 2026 2026 UEFA U-17 Euro qualification	Portugal	1–2	Iceland	Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia
18:00	Guerra 48'	Report	Ingólfsson 40' Guðjónsson 90+2'	Referee: Duncan Nicolson (Scotland)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Italy, Romania and Iceland on 25, 28 and 31 March 2026; respectively in Italy.^[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2026, after the match against Romania.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	André Marques	(2010-10-03) 3 October 2010 (age 15)	1	0	Braga
12	1GK	Pippo Gaidão	(2009-03-06) 6 March 2009 (age 17)	1	0	Benfica

3	2DF	Isaac Badu	(2009-12-05) 5 December 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Chelsea
4	2DF	Tomás Ferreira	(2009-01-30) 30 January 2009 (age 17)	1	0	Benfica
5	2DF	Ricardo Batista	(2009-03-05) 5 March 2009 (age 17)	2	0	Benfica
13	2DF	Kilian Ferreira	(2009-08-18) 18 August 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Calavera
14	2DF	Rodrigo Silva	(2009-12-17) 17 December 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Braga
15	2DF	Francisco Cabeçana	(2009-01-29) 29 January 2009 (age 17)	1	0	Sporting CP

6	3MF	Hugo Gomes	(2009-01-26) 26 January 2009 (age 17)	2	0	Benfica
8	3MF	Rúben Correia	(2009-02-06) 6 February 2009 (age 17)	2	0	Benfica
10	3MF	Nélio Batista	(2009-01-14) 14 January 2009 (age 17)	2	0	Marítimo
16	3MF	Rodrigo Gonçalves	(2009-02-12) 12 February 2009 (age 17)	0	0	Porto
17	3MF	João Silva	(2009-12-03) 3 December 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Vitória de Guimarães

2	4FW	Estefânio	(2009-09-05) 5 September 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Sporting CP
7	4FW	Duarte Tomás	(2009-01-20) 20 January 2009 (age 17)	1	0	Sporting CP
9	4FW	Afonso Ferreirinha	(2009-01-16) 16 January 2009 (age 17)	2	1	Benfica
11	4FW	Vlad	(2009-03-19) 19 March 2009 (age 17)	2	0	Paços de Ferreira
18	4FW	Gustavo Guerra	(2009-03-31) 31 March 2009 (age 17)	2	1	Porto
19	4FW	Tiago Rodrigues	(2009-01-25) 25 January 2009 (age 17)	2	0	Benfica
20	4FW	Sandro Ferreira	(2009-05-29) 29 May 2009 (age 17)	2	0	Sporting CP

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up



FW	Bernardo Nunes	(2009-05-15) 15 May 2009 (age 17)	0	0	Benfica	v. Serbia, 25 March 2025
FW	Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.	(2010-06-17) 17 June 2010 (age 16)	0	0	Al-Nassr FC

Former squads

FIFA U-17 World Championship

UEFA European Under-17

Most appearances

#	Name	Caps	Goals	First cap	Latest cap
1	João Simões	39	5	September 22, 2022	June 2, 2024
2	Hélder Barbosa	37	3	July 16, 2002	May 15, 2004
3	Bruno Gama	34	11	February 11, 2003	May 15, 2004

Most goals

#	Name	Goals	Caps	First cap	Latest cap
1	José Gomes	20	26	September 19, 2014	May 21, 2016
2	Pipo	13	16	July 29. 2008	March 27, 2009
3	Bruno Gama	11	34	February 11, 2003	May 15, 2004

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Portugal's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	5	5	+0	000.00
Colombia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Guinea	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Scotland	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Yemen	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
Total	14	5	3	6	27	33	−6	035.71

References

↑ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
↑ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
↑ "Convocatória para apuramento para o Europeu" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

[2020_Cancellation-1] "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[2] "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[3] "Convocatória para apuramento para o Europeu" (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

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Reserve and youth football in Portugal
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