Portugal at the 2023 Women's World Cup: Fixtures, results, squad, scorers

Portugal's World Cup Group E fixtures

23 July: Netherlands 1-0 Portugal (Dunedin)
27 July: Portugal 2-0 Vietnam (Hamilton)
1 August: Portugal 0-0 United States (Auckland)

Portugal's final 23-player squad

Goalkeepers: Rute Costa (Benfica), Inês Pereira (Servette), Patrícia Morais (Braga)

Defenders: Ana Seiça (Benfica), Carole Costa (Benfica), Catarina Amado (Benfica), Diana Gomes (Sevilla), Joana Marchão (Parma), Lúcia Alves (Benfica), Sílvia Rebelo (Benfica)

Midfielders: Ana Rute (Braga), Andreia Norton (Benfica), Andreia Jacinto (Real Sociedad), Dolores Silva (Braga), Fátima Pinto (Deportivo Alavés), Kika Nazareth (Benfica), Tatiana Pinto (Levante)

Forwards: Ana Borges (Sporting CP), Ana Capeta (Sporting CP), Carolina Mendes (Braga), Diana Silva (Sporting CP), Jéssica Silva (Benfica), Telma Encarnação (Marítimo)

Source: FPF

How Portugal qualified

Group H runners-up: W7 D1 L2 F26 A9, Inter-confederation play-off winner

Türkiye 1-1 Portugal
Israel 0-4 Portugal
Portugal 2-1 Serbia
Bulgaria 0-5 Portugal
Portugal 4-0 Israel
Portugal 1-3 Germany
Germany 3-0 Portugal
Portugal 3-0 Bulgaria
Serbia 1-2 Portugal
Portugal 4-0 Türkiye
Portugal 2-1 Belgium (UEFA play-off round 1)
Portugal 4-1 Iceland (aet, UEFA play-off round 2)
Portugal 2-1 Cameroon (Inter-confederation play-off final, Hamilton)

Top scorers: Carole Costa, Diana Silva (5)

Portugal coach: Francisco Neto

Neto has been in charge since 2014 and made history by guiding his team to their first ever World Cup finals following a dramatic victory against Cameroon in the inter-confederation play-off in New Zealand courtesy of Carole Costa's added-time penalty.

Portugal captain: Dolores Silva

The Braga midfielder has worn the armband on a number of occasions since the retirement of previous skipper Cláudia Neto and is a crucial player in the team.

Portugal's World Cup history 

Best performance: N/A
2019 World Cup: Did not qualify

This is the first time that Portugal have qualified for the World Cup but they have appeared at the last two EUROs, exiting at the group stage in 2017 and 2022.

Portugal's other competition bests

Women's EURO: Group stage (2017, 2022)
Olympics: Never qualified

Portugal's Women's Nations League fixtures (Group A2)

22/09/2023: France vs Portugal
26/09/2023: Portugal vs Norway
27/10/2023: Austria vs Portugal
31/10/2023: Portugal vs Austria
01/12/2023: Norway vs Portugal
05/12/2023: Portugal vs France