World Cup Football

Portugal

2006 will be Portugal's forth appearance at the World Cup, adding to appearances in 1966, 1986 and 2002. Their best performance was third in 1966.
Portugal qualified for their first FIFA World Cup finals in 1966 and caused something of a stir on their debut appearance. Trailing 3-0 to Korea DPR in the quarter-finals, the Portuguese recovered to win 5-3, thanks in large part to four goals from Eusebio. In the semi-final Portugal fell 2-1 to the eventual world champions England. In the play-off for third place they beat the USSR by the same score. Eusebio was the top goal scorer of the tournament with nine goals to his name.

In 1986 the Portuguese went home after the first round despite a win against England.
In 2002, their third appearance, they again were eliminated in the first round, after an unexpected 1-0 loss to Korea Republic in their final group game.
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