Portugal national football team results (1921–1939)

This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 1921 and 1939. Between their first match in 1921 and 1939, when competitive football stopped because of the Second World War, Portugal played in 42 matches, resulting in 13 victories, 7 draws, 22 defeats. Throughout this period they played in the 1928 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals where they got knocked out by Egypt.

Results

42 matches played: ^[1]

Key

Colour (with score)	Meaning
	Defeat
	Draw
	Win

1920s

Spain   v   Portugal

18 December 1921Friendly	Spain	3 – 1	Portugal	Campo de O'Donnell, Madrid
15:00 (UTC+0:00)	Meana 20' Alcántara 23', 50'	Report	Alberto Augusto 75'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Charles Barette

Portugal   v   Spain

17 December 1922Friendly	Portugal	1 – 2	Spain	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00)	Gonçalves 37'	Report	61' Piera 82' Monjardín	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Thomas Balvay

Spain   v   Portugal

16 December 1923Friendly	Spain	3 – 0	Portugal	Campo de la Reina Victoria, Sevilla
15:00 (UTC+0:00)	Zabala 14', 57', 70'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paul Putz

Portugal   v   Spain

17 May 1925Friendly	Portugal	0 – 2	Spain	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:30 (UTC+0:00)		Report	8' Carmelo 17' Piera	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Georges Vallat

Portugal   v   Italy

18 June 1925Friendly	Portugal	1 – 0	Italy	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
18:30 (UTC+0:00)	João Francisco 39'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Georges Theuerkauff

Portugal   v   Czechoslovakia Amateur

24 January 1926Friendly	Portugal	1 – 1	Czechoslovakia Amateur	Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:00 (UTC+0:00)	João Santos 59'	Report	75' Jelínek	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gaston Degotte

France   v   Portugal

18 April 1926Friendly	France	4 – 2	Portugal	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Salvano 16' Brunel 40', 65' Bonello 56'	Report	35' Augusto Silva 86' João Santos	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ed Dizerens

Portugal   v   Hungary

26 December 1926Friendly	Portugal	3 – 3	Hungary	Campo do Ameal, Porto
	João Santos 40' Severo Tiago 49' José Martins 60'	Report	9', 74' Holzbauer 22' Braun	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: José Llovera
Note: João dos Santos set the goal scoring record for Portugal (3 goals)

Portugal   v   France

16 March 1927Friendly	Portugal	4 – 0	France	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:30 (UTC+0:00)	Pepe 7', 44' José Martins 49', 74'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Luis Collina Álvarez

Italy   v   Portugal

17 April 1927Friendly	Italy	3 – 1	Portugal	Stadio Filadelfia, Turin
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Levratto 20', 70' Baloncieri 48'	Report	82' Cambalacho	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: František Cejnar

Spain   B ^[a] v   Portugal

29 May 1927Friendly [a]	Spain   B [a]	2 – 0	Portugal	Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid
17:30 (UTC+1:00)	Moraleda 60' Valderrama 80'	[2] [3] [4]		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Thomas Crewe

Portugal   v   Spain

8 January 1928Friendly	Portugal	2 – 2	Spain	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00)	José Martins 25' (pen.) João Santos 84'	Report	30' (pen.) Zaldúa 58' Goiburu	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Albert Prince-Cox

Portugal   v   Argentina

1 April 1928Friendly	Portugal	0 – 0	Argentina	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:30 (UTC+0:00)		Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ricardo Rocamora

Portugal   v   Italy

15 April 1928Friendly	Portugal	4 – 1	Italy	Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:30 (UTC)	Mota 20', 27', 77' Silva 57'	Report	38' Libonatti	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Henri Christophe

France   v   Portugal

29 April 1928Friendly	France	1 – 1	Portugal	Parc des Princes, Paris
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Nicolas 44'	Report	24' Armando Martins	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Stanley Rous

Portugal   v   Chile

27 May 1928 Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics Preliminary round	Portugal	4 – 2	Chile	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
15:00 (UTC+1:20)	Vítor Silva 38' Pepe 40', 50' Mota 63'	Report	14' Saavedra 30' Carbonell	Attendance: 2,309 Referee: Yussuf Muhammad

Portugal   v   Yugoslavia

29 May 1928 Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics Round of 16	Portugal	2 – 1	Yugoslavia	Old Stadion, Amsterdam
16:00 (+1:20)	Vítor Silva 25' Augusto Silva 90'	Report	31' Bonačić	Attendance: 1,226 Referee: Alfred Birlem

Egypt   v   Portugal

4 June 1928 Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals	Egypt	2 – 1	Portugal	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
19:00 (UTC+1:20)	Mahmoud Mokhtar 15' Riadh 48'	Report	76' Vítor Silva	Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Giovanni Mauro

Spain   v   Portugal

17 March 1929Friendly	Spain	5 – 0	Portugal	Estadio de la Exposición, Seville
16:00 (UTC+0:00)	Rubio 2', 9', 20' Padrón 30', 45'	Report		Attendance: 14,000 Referee: John Langenus

France   v   Portugal

24 March 1929Friendly	France	2 – 0	Portugal	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
15:00 (UTC+0:00)	Nicolas 49' Galey 80'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Raphaël van Praag

Italy   v   Portugal

1 December 1929Friendly	Italy	6 – 1	Portugal	San Siro, Milan
14:30 (UTC+1:00)	Mihalic 6', 88' Orsi 36', 37' Baloncieri 51' Sallustro 77'	Report	29' Vítor Silva	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Louis Baert
Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (5 goals)

1930s

Portugal   v   Czechoslovakia

12 January 1930Friendly	Portugal	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
14:00 (UTC)	Pepe 61'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín

Portugal   v   France

23 February 1930Friendly	Portugal	2 – 0	France	Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:15 (UTC)	Pepe 44', 70'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: John Langenus
Note: Pepe set the goal scoring record for Portugal (7 goals)

Belgium   v   Portugal

8 June 1930Friendly	Belgium	2 – 1	Portugal	Bosuilstadion, Antwerp
16:00 (UTC+1:00)	Vanderbauwhede 75' Bastin 83'	Report	43' Armando Martins	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Johannes Mutters

Portugal   v   Spain

30 November 1930Friendly	Portugal	0 – 1	Spain	Campo do Ameal, Porto
15:00 (UTC)		Report	16' Peña	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Louis Baert

Portugal   v   Italy

12 April 1931Friendly	Portugal	0 – 2	Italy	Estádio do Lima, Porto
16:00 (UTC+1:00)		Report	33' Orsi 41' Ferrari	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José Llovera

Portugal   v   Belgium

31 May 1931Friendly	Portugal	3 – 2	Belgium	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
15:30 (UTC+1:00)	Armando Martins 15' Vítor Silva 84' Pinga 88'	Report	25' Van Beeck 31' Hellemans	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ramón Melcón

Portugal   v   Yugoslavia

3 May 1932Friendly	Portugal	3 – 2	Yugoslavia	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
17:30 (UTC+1:00)	Pinga 23' Valadas 42' Soeiro 65'	Report	34', 85' Vujadinović	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín

Portugal   v   Hungary

29 January 1933Friendly	Portugal	1 – 0	Hungary	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC)	Pinga 36'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ramón Melcón

Spain   v   Portugal

2 April 1933Friendly	Spain	3 – 0	Portugal	Balaídos, Vigo
16:30 (UTC)	Larrínaga 22' Elícegui 59', 65'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: John Langenus

Spain   v   Portugal

11 Mar 1934 1934 World Cup Qualification	Spain	9 – 0	Portugal	Estadio Chamartín, Madrid
16:00 (UTC)	Chacho 3' Lángara 10', 12' (pen.), 46', 77', 86' Regueiro 68', 76' Ventolrà 75'	Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Raphaël Van Praag
Note: Heaviest defeat of the Portugal football team at the time

Portugal   v   Spain

18 March 1934 1934 World Cup Qualification	Portugal	1 – 2	Spain	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:00 (UTC)	Vítor Silva 11'	Report	13', 25' Lángara	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Raphaël Van Praag

Portugal   v   Spain

5 May 1935Friendly	Portugal	3 – 3	Spain	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:45 (UTC+1:00)	Soeiro 61' Pinga 70', 77' (pen.)	Report	23', 38' Lángara 58' Gorostiza	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Roger Conrié

Portugal   v   Austria

26 January 1936Friendly	Portugal	2 – 3	Austria	Estádio do Lima, Porto
15:00 (UTC)	Nunes 47' Soeiro 61'	Report	25' Zischek 41' Binder 50' Bican	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ramón Melcón

Portugal   v   Germany

27 February 1936Friendly	Portugal	1 – 3	Germany	Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon
16:30 (UTC)	Vítor Silva 64'	Report	20' Hohmann 48' Kitzinger 52' Lehner	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín
Note: Vítor Silva set the goal scoring record for Portugal (8 goals)

^[b] Spain Nationalist   v   Portugal

28 November 1937Friendly [b]	[b] Spain Nationalist	1 – 2	Portugal	Balaídos, Vigo
15:00 (UTC+0:00)	Gallart 76'	[25] [26]	59' Pinga 75' Valadas	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

Portugal   v   Hungary

9 January 1938Friendly	Portugal	4 – 0	Hungary	Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC)	Cruz 14', 15' Espírito Santo 48' Soeiro 60'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Georges Capdeville

Portugal   v   Spain Nationalist ^[b]

30 January 1938Friendly [b]	Portugal	1 – 0	Spain Nationalist [b]	Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC)	Pinga 40'	[27] [28] [24]		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Francesco Mattea

Germany   v   Portugal

24 April 1938Friendly	Germany	1 – 1	Portugal	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Siffling 75'	Report	18' Pinga	Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina

Switzerland   v   Portugal

1 May 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Switzerland	2 – 1	Portugal	Arena Civica, Milan
16:00 (UTC+1:00)	Aeby 23' Lajo 28'	Report	73' (pen.) Peyroteo	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Francesco Mattea

Switzerland   v   Portugal

6 November 1938Friendly	Switzerland	1 – 0	Portugal	Stade Olympique, Lausanne
15:00 (UTC+1:00)	Aeby 47'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Georges Capdeville

Portugal   v    Switzerland

12 February 1939Friendly	Portugal	2 – 4	Switzerland	Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 (UTC)	Cruz 15' Soeiro 47'	Report	3', 19' Aeby 60' Bickel 62' Sydler	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Georges Capdeville

Notes

1. In May 1927, Spain played a friendly against Portugal in Madrid ^{[2] [3] [4]} on the same day as they played Italy in Rome. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} The squad for the Italy game was more experienced and considered to be stronger, while several players in the Portugal match made their debuts; consequently the Spain team is considered to have been equivalent to its B team ^[9] (although they won their match while the A team lost theirs) ^[8] and thus not a full international, although the match is included in some media articles relating to the rivalry and in some statistical tallies of caps for the players involved. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}
2. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, no official matches were played by Spain until 1941. ^[14] The vast majority of the squad in 1936 ^[15] either originated from the Basque provinces, or played for FC Barcelona in Catalonia, both of which were initially within Republican territory in the conflict. The Basque players formed their own quasi-national team and left Spain to play a long series of exhibition matches on tour around Eastern Europe ^[16] and Latin America ^[17] to provide funds and exposure for local causes, and Barcelona did likewise; ^[18] most of the players in both groups never returned. ^[14] Back in Spain, as the Nationalist side took control of more of the country, General Franco saw the opportunity to use football as a positive propaganda tool, and arranged for a match to be played in his home region of Galicia against Portugal, whose leader Salazar was supportive of the Franco regime. ^{[14] [19] [20] [21]} Recognition was granted by FIFA at short notice and the match took place in Vigo in November 1937. In contrast to Portugal's settled squad, the Spain pool was hastily assembled from the best available players in Nationalist areas, and Portugal won for their first victory over their neighbours. ^{[19] [20] [22] [23]} A return match was arranged for the following January in Lisbon, also won by Portugal, ^{[14] [24] [21]} and which attracted attention when three local players refused to give the fascist salute before kick-off; they were initially imprisoned, but were soon released due to the political influence held by the hierarchy of the club they played for, Belenenses. ^{[19] [20]}

References

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External links

• Portugal: Fixtures and Results - FIFA.com
• Seleção A Jogos e Resultados FPF
• Portugal national football team match results
• Portugal - International Results