Portugal national football team results (1940–1959)

This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 1940 and 1959.





1940s

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28 January 1940 Friendly France   3–2   Portugal   Parc des Princes, Paris
14:15 Heisserer   17'
Koranyi   23', 75'
Report   83', 85' Peyroteo Attendance: 18,083
Referee:   Bainbridge
12 January 1941 Friendly Portugal   2–2   Spain   Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 Carlos Pereira   59'
Peyroteo   80'
Report   9' Guillermo Campanal
  50' Escolà
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Peco Bauwens
16 March 1941 Friendly Spain   5–1   Portugal   San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
15:30 (+1:00) Herrerita   9'
Guillermo Campanal   23'
Campos   25'
Epi   75', 85'
Report   63' Pinga Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Peco Bauwens
1 January 1942 Friendly Portugal   3–0    Switzerland   Estádio JM Soares, Lisbon
15:00 Alberto Gomes   26'
Mourão   43', 47'
Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Agustín Vilalta
11 March 1945 Friendly Portugal   2–2   Spain   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00) Peyroteo   10', 75' Report   20' César
  58' Epi
Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   Eugenio Scherz
6 May 1945 Friendly Spain   4–2   Portugal   Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
17:00 (+2:00) Zarra   38', 41'
Herrerita   70'
César   76' (pen.)
Report   10', 87' Peyroteo Attendance: 40,000
Referee:   Eugenio Scherz
21 May 1945 Friendly Switzerland   1–0   Portugal   Sportplatz Rankhof, Basel
15:00 (+1:00) Friedländer   51' Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Pedro Escartín
14 April 1946 Friendly Portugal   2–1   France   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00) Araújo   39'
Peyroteo   72'
Report   68' Ernest Vaast Attendance: 62,000
Referee:   George Reader
16 June 1946 Friendly Portugal   3–1   Ireland   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00 (+1:00) Araújo   7'
Pipi   15'
Peyroteo   24'
Report   53' O'Reilly Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Paul Von Wartburg
5 January 1947 Friendly Portugal   2–2    Switzerland   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 Pipi   17'
Moreira   50'
Report   7', 55' Fatton Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Cyrill Barrick
26 January 1947 Friendly Portugal   4–1   Spain   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 Araújo   15', 32'
Travaços   60', 88'
Report   1' Iriondo Attendance: 68,000
Referee:   James Wiltshire
23 March 1947 Friendly France   1–0   Portugal   Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
15:00 (+1:00) Bihel   41' Report Attendance: 57,791
Referee:   Cyrill Barrick
4 May 1947 Friendly Ireland   0–2   Portugal   Dalymount Park, Dublin
15:30 (+1:00) Report   13' Jesus Correia
  34' Araújo
Attendance: 31,618
Referee:   Henry Pearce
25 May 1947 Friendly Portugal   0–10   England   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:30 (+1:00) Report   1', 59', 71', 77' Mortensen
  2', 11', 38', 61' Lawton
  21' Finney
  85' Matthews
Attendance: 65,000
Referee:   Charles Delasalle
23 November 1947 Friendly Portugal   2–4   France   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 Peyroteo   32'
Araújo   71'
Report   47', 51', 77' Vaast
  84' Benbarek
Attendance: 70,000
Referee:   Paul Von Wartburg
21 March 1948 Friendly Spain   2–0   Portugal   Estadio Chamartín, Madrid
17:00 (+1:00) César   32'
Gaínza   48' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 80,000
Referee:   William Evans
23 May 1948 Friendly Portugal   2–0   Ireland   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00) Peyroteo   22'
Albano   26'
Report Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Generoso Dattilo
27 February 1949 Friendly Italy   4–1   Portugal   Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
15:00 (+1:00) Menti   57'
Carapellese   67'
Mazzola   75'
Maroso   81'
Report   21' Lourenço Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   Victor Sdez
20 March 1949 Friendly Portugal   1–1   Spain   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 Peyroteo   57' Report   47' Zarra Attendance: 54,000
Referee:   Charles Delasalle
15 May 1949 Friendly Portugal   3–2   Wales   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00 (+1:00) Patalino   39'
José Mota   65'
Vasques   79'
Report   11', 40' Ford Attendance: 51,000
Referee:   Generoso Dattilo
22 May 1949 Friendly Ireland   1–0   Portugal   Dalymount Park, Dublin
15:30 (+1:00) Coad   35' (pen.) Report Attendance: 28,108
Referee:   Marcel Le Foll

1950s

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2 April 1950   1950 World Cup Qualification Spain   5–1   Portugal   Estadio Chamartín, Madrid
17:00 (+1:00) Zarra   18', 58'
Basora   19'
Panizo   20'
Molowny   65'
Report   38' Cabrita Attendance: 80,000
Referee:   Reginald Leafe
9 April 1950   1950 World Cup Qualification Portugal   2–2   Spain   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:30 Travaços   52'
Jesus Correia   54'
Report   25' Zarra
  82' Gaínza
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Jack Mowat
14 May 1950 Friendly Portugal   3–5   England   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00 Ben David   47', 59'
Vasques   70'
Report   4' (pen.), 28', 55', 72' (pen.) Finney
  15' Mortensen
Attendance: 65,000
Referee:   Giuseppe Carpani
21 May 1950 Friendly Portugal   2–2   Scotland   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 Travaços   9'
Albano   29'
Report   20' Bauld
  23' Brown
Attendance: 68,000
Referee:   Ramón Azón Roma
8 April 1951 Friendly Portugal   1–4   Italy   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00) Jesus Correia   85' Report   7' Pandolfini
  14' Burini
  59' Amadei
  72' Cappello
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   William Ling
12 May 1951 Friendly Wales   2–1   Portugal   Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 (+1:00) Griffiths   36'
Ford   73'
Report   78' Ben David Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   William Ling
19 May 1951 Friendly England   5–2   Portugal   Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 (+1:00) Nicholson   1'
Milburn   9', 83'
Finney   75'
Hassall   87'
Report   2' Patalino
  48' Albano
Attendance: 52,686
Referee:   Louis Baert
17 June 1951 Friendly Portugal   1–1   Belgium   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
18:00 (+1:00) Ben David   2' Report   64' Givard Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Generoso Dattilo
20 April 1952 Friendly France   3–0   Portugal   Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
15:00 (+1:00) Alpsteg   15'
Strappe   68', 89'
Report Attendance: 35,735
Referee:   Alfred Bond
23 November 1952 Friendly Portugal   1–1   Austria   Estádio das Antas, Porto
15:00 Travaços   32' Report   71' Halla Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Ernst Dörflinger
14 December 1952 Friendly Portugal   1–3   Argentina   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 Vasques   50' Report   11' Loustau
  36', 38' Labruna
Attendance: 70,000
Referee:   William Ling
27 September 1953   1954 World Cup Qualification Austria   9–1   Portugal   Praterstadion, Vienna
16:00 (+1:00) Ocwirk   13'
Probst   14', 19', 31', 59', 70'
Happel   68' (pen.)
Wagner   83'
Dienst   87'
Report Águas   60' Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   Henri Bauwens
22 November 1953 Friendly Portugal   3–1   South Africa   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 Hernâni   16'
Águas   23'
Matateu   73'
Report   75' Roos Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Manuel Asensi Martín
29 November 1953   1954 World Cup Qualification Portugal   0–0   Austria   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
14:30 Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Louis Fauquembergue
14 March 1954 Friendly Belgium   0–0   Portugal   Stade du Heysel, Brussels
15:00 (+1:00) Report Attendance: 47,590
Referee:   Edouard Harzig
28 November 1954 Friendly Portugal   1–3   Argentina   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 Travaços   53' Report   16' Micheli
  69' Grillo
  75' Cruz
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Archer Luty
19 December 1954 Friendly Portugal   0–3   West Germany   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:30 Report   7' Erhardt
  55' Pfaff
  74' Juskowiak
Attendance: 70,000
Referee:   Karel Van der Meer
4 May 1955 Friendly Scotland   3–0   Portugal   Hampden Park, Glasgow
18:30 (+1:00) Gemmell   7'
Liddell   36'
Reilly   89'
Report Attendance: 20,858
Referee:   Juan Gardeazábal Garay
22 May 1955 Friendly Portugal   3–1   England   Estádio das Antas, Porto
17:00 (+1:00) Águas   24', 83'
Matateu   79'
Report   19' Bentley Attendance: 51,000
Referee:   Giorgio Bernardi
20 November 1955 Friendly Portugal   2–6   Sweden   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 Águas   32', 79' Report   11' Hamrin
  65' Nilsson
  70', 72' Löfgren
  82' Jonsson
  84' Sandell
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Cesare Jonni
18 December 1955 Friendly Turkey   3–1   Portugal   Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
14:00 (+2:00) Küçükandonyadis   51'
Oktay   57'
Bilge   73'
Report   38' Hernâni Attendance: 22,313
Referee:   Mirko Romčević
23 December 1955 Friendly Egypt   0–4   Portugal   Prince Farouk Stadium, Cairo
Report   33', 90' Águas
  36', 43' Matateu
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Ricardo Pieri
25 March 1956 Friendly Portugal   3–1   Turkey   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:30 Vasques   33'
Beratligil   47' (o.g.)
Matateu   79'
Report   89' Açıksöz Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Albert Dusch
8 April 1956 Friendly Portugal   0–1   Brazil   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:00 (+1:00) Report   11' Orlando Attendance: 55,000
Referee:   Reg Leafe
3 June 1956 Friendly Portugal   3–1   Spain   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
17:00 (+1:00) Palmeiro   5', 26', 43' Report   38' Peiró Attendance: 75,000
Referee:   Jacques Devillers
9 June 1956 Friendly Portugal   2–2   Hungary   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
18:00 (+1:00) Águas   45'
Vasques   65'
Report   51' Kocsis
  59' Lantos
Attendance: 70,000
Referee:   Vicenzo Orlandini
16 January 1957   1958 World Cup Qualification Portugal   1–1   Northern Ireland   Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon
22:00 Vasques   24' Report   6' Bingham Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Marcel Lequesne
24 March 1957 Friendly Portugal   0–1   France   Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon
15:00 Report   55' Piantoni Attendance: 42,000
Referee:   Manuel Asensi Martín
1 May 1957   1958 World Cup Qualification Northern Ireland   3–0   Portugal   Windsor Park, Belfast
19:30 (+1:00) Casey   22'
Simpson   61'
McIlroy   67' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee:   Hugh Phillips
26 May 1957   1958 World Cup Qualification Portugal   3–0   Italy   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
16:30 (+1:00) Vasques   41'
Teixeira   83'
Matateu   87'
Report Attendance: 37,000
Referee:   Werner Treichel
11 June 1957 Friendly Brazil   2–1   Portugal   Maracaña, Rio de Janeiro
21:30 (-3:00) Didi   14'
Tite   61'
Report   52' Matateu Attendance: 180,000
Referee:   Bertley Cross
16 June 1957 Friendly Brazil   3–0   Portugal   Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
15:15 (-3:00) Zito   16'
Altafini   78'
Del Vecchio   84'
Report Attendance: 21,033
Referee:   Bertley Cross
22 December 1957   1958 World Cup Qualification Italy   3–0   Portugal   San Siro, Milan
14:30 (+1:00) Gratton   36', 72'
Pivatelli   84'
Report Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Ezio Damiani
13 April 1958 Friendly Spain   1–0   Portugal   Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
17:00 (+1:00) Di Stéfano   85' Report Attendance: 80,000
Referee:   Marcel Lequesne
7 May 1958 Friendly England   2–1   Portugal   Wembley Stadium (1923), London
19:30 (+1:00) Bobby Charlton   25', 62' Report   51' Carlos Duarte Attendance: 72,000
Referee:   Albert Alsteen
16 May 1959 Friendly Switzerland   4–3   Portugal   Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:30 (+1:00) Burger   31', 55'
Hamel   44'
Frey   69'
Report   9' Hernâni
  46' Cavém
  89' Matateu
Attendance: 13,000
Referee:   Joseph Barberan
21 May 1959 Friendly Sweden   2–0   Portugal   Ullevi, Gothenburg
19:00 (+1:00) Simonsson   45' (pen.)
Olsson   52'
Report Attendance: 44,082
Referee:   Leopold Horn
3 June 1959 Friendly Portugal   1–0   Scotland   Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon
22:00 (+1:00) Matateu   25' Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Daniel Zariquiegui Izco
21 June 1959   1960 EURO First round East Germany   0–2   Portugal   Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East-Berlin
Report   12' Matateu
  67' Coluna
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Alois Obtulovič
28 June 1959   1960 EURO First round Portugal   3–2   East Germany   Estádio das Antas, Porto
16:00 (+1:00) Coluna   45', 62'
Cavém   68'
Report   47' Vogt
  72' Kohle
Attendance: 19,124
Referee:   Juan Gardeazábal Garay
11 November 1959 Friendly France   5–3   Portugal   Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
17:30 (+1:00) Just Fontaine   3', 54', 58'
Pierre Grillet   11'
Lucien Muller   22'
Report   36', 76' Matateu
  41' Domiciano Cavém
Attendance: 48,111
Referee:   Ken Aston
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