Portugal qualified for Euro 2008 from Group A.
European Championships
Portugal have made four previous appearances at the European
Championship Finals: in 1984, 1996, 2000 and 2004 (as hosts).
Portugal finished runners-up when they hosted the tournament in 2004
and were semi-finalists at France 1984 and Belgium-Netherlands 2000.
World Cup Appearences
Portugal have made 4 World Cup Finals appearances:
1966, 1986, 2002 and 2006.
Portugal finished third in England 1966 and fourth in Germany 2006.
Portugal Team Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari - who will take over at Chelsea on July 1st, 2008.
Forwards
7 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
9 Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen)
11 Simão Sabrosa (Atlético de Madrid)
17 Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto)
19 Nani (Manchester United)
21 Nuno Gomes (Benfica)
23 Hélder Postiga (Panathinaikos)
Midfielders
6 Raul Meireles (FC Porto)
8 Petit (Benfica)
10 João Moutinho (Sporting Clube de Portugal)
18 Miguel Veloso (Sporting Clube de Portugal)
20 Deco (FC Barcelona)
Defenders
2 Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
3 Bruno Alves (FC Porto)
4 Bosingwa (FC Porto)
5 Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart)
13 Miguel (Valencia)
14 Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista)
15 Pepe (Real Madrid)
16 Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Goalkeepers
1 Ricardo (Real Betis Balompié)
12 Quim (SL Benfica) - Out
22 Rui Patrício (Sporting Clube de Portugal)
Portugal Team Hotel
Beau Rivage - Neuchatel,
Switzerland.
Portugal kick off their Group A campaign
with two games in Geneva and then move on to Basle.
Saturday, 7th June
Geneva: Portugal vs Turkey
(2:0)
Wednesday, 11th June
Geneva: Czech Republic
vs Portugal (1:3)
Portugal win Group A with a game to spare.
Sunday, 15th June
Basle: Switzerland
vs Portugal (2:0)
Quarter-finals
Thursday, 19th June (QF1)
Basle: Portugal vs Germany
(2:3)
Portugal were beaten by the height of the Germans and the bad
judgement of Ricardo.
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