Portugal vs Belgium facts

Portugal and Belgium meet for the first time at a major international tournament as Group B of UEFA Women's EURO 2025 concludes in Sion.

Portugal lost 0-5 to Spain in their opener but struck late to earn a 1-1 draw against Italy on Matchday 2, while Belgium lost 0-1 to Italy and 2-6 against Spain in Thun.

Portugal will be unable to reach the quarter-finals unless they beat Belgium and Italy lose to Spain in the section's other Matchday 3 game. In that case, Portugal and Italy would be split for second and third place on overall goal difference, then overall goals scored, then lower disciplinary points then higher position in the overall European Qualifiers phase rankings.

Belgium are unable to reach the quarter-finals.

Previous meetings

This is a first Women's EURO meeting between the nations, including qualifying, but they have faced off in seven FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers, notably in each of the last three campaigns. They recorded three wins apiece in those fixtures ahead of the 2015, 2019 and 2023 finals, with one draw.

The latest of those came in round 1 of the play-offs for the 2023 World Cup, where Tessa Wullaert's 40th-minute penalty had cancelled out Diana Silva's opener, only for Fátima Pinto's late winner for the hosts in Vizela helping Portugal on their way to their first ever Women's World Cup.

The nations traded away victories in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, a 51st-minute Carole Costa penalty giving visitors Portugal a 1-0 win in Leuven on 26 February before a 3-0 Belgium triumph in Funchal on 3 June, Justine Vanhaevermaet's first-half opener added to by a Wullaert double after the break as Group A3 came to a close.

Form guide

Portugal

After losing 0-5 to Spain on Matchday 1, an 89th-minute Diana Gomes goal earned a point for Portugal in their dramatic Matchday 2 meeting with Italy, and ensured their knockout hopes remain alive. Portugal captain Ana Borges was sent off in added time for a second yellow card.

Unbeaten Portugal (W5 D1) topped their qualifying group ahead of Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Malta to advance to the play-offs, where they recorded an 8-1 aggregate victory against Azerbaijan (4-1 a, 4-0 h) before a 3-2 defeat of Czechia (1-1 h, 2-1 a).

Silva, who scored both in the second leg against Czechia, was Portugal's top scorer in qualifying with six goals.

After featuring in both 2017 and 2022, this is Portugal's third Women's EURO appearance; they are yet to progress beyond the group stage.

A 2-1 win over Scotland in the 2017 group stage is Portugal's only Women's EURO victory; their finals record otherwise is D1 L4.

In charge since February 2014, Francisco Neto guided Portugal to their first-ever World Cup in 2023, where they exited at the group stage with the record W1 D1 L1.

Belgium

Despite twice levelling against Spain on Matchday 2 through Vanhaevermaet (24) and Hannah Eurlings (50), Belgium – who lost 0-1 to Italy in their opener – were ultimately on the end of a 2-6 defeat on Matchday 2, the world champions scoring four goals in the second half. The eight goals is a joint record for a Women's EURO match and Belgium's record defeat at the tournament.

Belgium's record in qualifying Group A2 was W1 D1 L4 as they finished third behind Spain and Denmark, but ahead of Czechia on head-to-head record.

In the play-offs, a side coached by Ives Serneels firstly defeated Greece 5-0 (0-0 a, 5-0 h) before seeing off Ukraine with a 4-1 aggregate victory (2-0 a, 2-1 h).

Wullaert finished as Belgium's top scorer in qualifying with five goals; Ella Van Kerkhoven was on target three times during the play-offs.

The Red Flames were eliminated at the group stage on their Women's EURO debut in 2017, but they went one better in 2022 thanks to that win against Italy, which followed a 1-1 draw with Iceland and a 1-2 defeat by France. In the quarter-finals, they conceded in added time to lose 0-1 to Sweden.

That remains their only knockout tie in women's senior football.

Serneels' 14-year reign as head coach came to an end in January, with Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir named as his successor.

Key facts

• Portugal are without a win in their last seven international matches (D2 L5).

• Portugal have conceded the first goal in seven of their eight Women's EURO final tournament matches.

• Janice Cayman and Tessa Wullaert have appeared in all nine of Belgium's Women's EURO finals games.

• Tessa Wullaert has scored six international goals against Portugal.