Portugal have participated in nine editions of the UEFA European Championship. Their first tournament was in 1984, and the side have advanced past the group stage in every edition they've participated in so far. Portugal have reached the semi-finals on five occasions, and reached the final as hosts in 2004, however losing to the heavy tournament underdogs Greece. They captured their first major tournament win after defeating hosts France 1–0 in the final of Euro 2016.[1]
See main article: UEFA Euro 1984.
See main article: UEFA Euro 1984 Group 2.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 1984 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 1996.
See main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group D.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 1996 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2000.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2004.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group A.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2004 final.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2008.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group A.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2008 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2012.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group F.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 final.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group F.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout stage.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2024.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2024 Group F.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage.
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1960 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1964 | |||||||||
 1968 | |||||||||
 1972 | |||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||
| 1980 | |||||||||
| 1984 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
 1988 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1992 | |||||||||
| 1996 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
 2000 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |
 2004 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
  2008 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
  2012 | Semi-finals | 3rd[2] | 5 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2016 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 3 | 4* | 0 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2020 | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 2* | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| To be determined | |||||||||
 2032 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 9/17 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 61 | 41 |
| Portugal's UEFA European Championship record | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Match | Portugal 0–0 (14 June 1984; Strasbourg, France) | |
| Biggest Win | 0–3 Portugal (19 June 1996; Nottingham, England) Portugal 3–0 (20 June 2000; Rotterdam, Netherlands) 0–3 Portugal (15 June 2021; Budapest, Hungary) 0–3 Portugal (22 June 2024; Dortmund, Germany) | |
| Biggest Defeat | 2–0 Portugal (15 June 2008; Basel, Switzerland) Portugal 2–4 (19 June 2021; Munich, Germany) 2–0 Portugal (26 June 2024; Gelsenkirchen, Germany) | |
| Best Result | Champions in 2016 | |
| Worst Result | Round of 16 in 2020 | |
| Year | Round | Opponent | Score | Portugal scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Group stage | 0–0 | – | |
| 1–1 | Sousa | |||
| 1–0 | Nené | |||
| Semi-final | 2–3 | Jordão (2) | ||
| 1996 | Group stage | 1–1 | Sá Pinto | |
| 1–0 | Couto | |||
| 3–0 | Figo, João Pinto, Domingos | |||
| Quarter-final | 0–1 | – | ||
| 2000 | Group stage | 3–2 | Figo, João Pinto, Nuno Gomes | |
| 1–0 | Costinha | |||
| 3–0 | S. Conceição (3) | |||
| Quarter-final | 2–0 | Nuno Gomes (2) | ||
| Semi-final | 1–2 | Nuno Gomes | ||
| 2004 | Group stage | 1–2 | Ronaldo | |
| 2–0 | Maniche, Rui Costa | |||
| 1–0 | Nuno Gomes | |||
| Quarter-final | 2–2 | Postiga, Rui Costa | ||
| Semi-final | 2–1 | Ronaldo, Maniche | ||
| Final | 0–1 | – | ||
| 2008 | Group stage | 2–0 | Pepe, Meireles | |
| 3–1 | ||||
| 0–2 | – | |||
| Quarter-final | 2–3 | Nuno Gomes, Postiga | ||
| 2012 | Group stage | 0–1 | – | |
| 3–2 | Pepe, Postiga, Varela | |||
| 2–1 | Ronaldo (2) | |||
| Quarter-final | 1–0 | Ronaldo | ||
| Semi-final | 0–0 | – | ||
| 2016 | Group stage | 1–1 | Nani | |
| 0–0 | – | |||
| 3–3 | Nani, Ronaldo (2) | |||
| Round of 16 | 1–0 | Quaresma | ||
| Quarter-final | 1–1 | Sanches | ||
| Semi-final | 2–0 | Ronaldo, Nani | ||
| Final | 1–0 | Eder | ||
| 2020 | Group stage | 3–0 | Guerreiro, Ronaldo (2) | |
| 2–4 | Ronaldo, Jota | |||
| 2–2 | Ronaldo (2) | |||
| Round of 16 | 0–1 | – | ||
| 2024 | Group stage | 2–1 | Hranáč (o.g.), F. Conceição | |
| 3–0 | B. Silva, Akaydin (o.g.), Fernandes | |||
| 0–2 | – | |||
| Round of 16 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Quarter-final | 0–0 | – |
| Player | Goals | 1984 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Nuno Gomes | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Sérgio Conceição | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Nani | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hélder Postiga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Luís Figo | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rui Costa | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| João Vieira Pinto | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rui Jordão | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ricardo Quaresma | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Maniche | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Pepe | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Éder | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nené | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bernardo Silva | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bruno Fernandes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diogo Jota | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Deco | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Renato Sanches | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Raul Meireles | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Domingos Paciência | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ricardo Sá Pinto | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Costinha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Fernando Couto | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| António Sousa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Raphaël Guerreiro | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Silvestre Varela | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Francisco Conceição | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 61 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Opponent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 61 | 41 |