List of Portugal national football team managers explained

The first successful manager with Portugal was a Brazilian, Otto Glória. After making himself known on the bench of Benfica in particular, he took the reins of the selection in 1964. In two years he won fifteen of the twenty matches in which he participated. Led by a Eusébio at their peak, the Selecção das Quinas qualified for the World Cup for the first time and finished in 3rd place in the tournament. As he leaves his post after the competition, the selection regains anonymity.

More recently, another Brazilian shines at the head of the selection: Luiz Felipe Scolari was named in 2003, all proud of the title of world champion which he won with the Brazilian selection the previous year, with the objective of leading the Portuguese selection as much as possible during Euro 2004, played at home. Brilliant, the Portuguese reached the final for the first time but lost to Greece,[1] the surprise team of the tournament. Two years later, Portugal presents itself as an expected outsider. He reached the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, narrowly lost to France. This is the peak of the mandate Scolari, who leaves the selection after the elimination against a fresher and dashing Germany in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008.

Appointed in 2014, Fernando Santos will remain at the head of the Portuguese selection for eight years. He will bring Portugal the first two major titles in its history with the Euro 2016 and the 2018–19 Nations League.[2] [3] He leaves his post on 15 December 2022. On 9 January 2023, the Spaniard Roberto Martínez was appointed coach,[4] he was the first Seleção coach to have a nationality other than Portuguese and Brazilian.[5]

List

The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each Portugal manager's results in the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA European Championship and UEFA Nations League Finals.

ManagerFromToTournaments
Committee18 December 192116 December 19233003rowspan="23" style="text-align: left;"
Ribeiro dos Reis15 May 192518 April 19264112
Cândido de Oliveira26 December 192624 March 192913445
Maia Loureiro1 December 19291 December 19291001
Laurindo Grijó12 January 193030 November 19304202
Tavares da Silva (1)12 April 193131 May 19312101
Salvador do Carmo (1)3 May 19322 April 19333201
Ribeiro dos Reis (2)11 February 193418 March 19342002
Cândido de Oliveira (2)5 May 193511 March 194515438
Tavares da Silva (2)6 May 194525 May 19479414
Virgílio Paula23 November 194723 May 19483102
Armando Sampaio27 February 194722 May 19494112
Salvador do Carmo (2)2 April 195021 May 19504022
Tavares da Silva (3)8 April 195117 June 19514013
Cândido de Oliveira (3)20 April 195214 December 19523012
Salvador do Carmo (3)26 September 195328 November 19545122
Fernando Vaz19 December 19542 May 19551001
Tavares da Silva (4)4 May 195516 June 195715528
José Maria Antunes (1)22 December 195722 May 196012408
Armando Ferreira (1)19 March 19614 June 19613111
Fernando Peyroteo8 October 196125 October 19612002
Armando Ferreira (2)6 May 196217 May 19623003
José Maria Antunes (2)7 November 19627 June 196410415
Otto Glória (1)15 November 196413 November 19662015231966 FIFA World Cup – Third place
José Gomes da Silva (1)27 March 196717 December 19676231rowspan="9" style="text-align: left;"
José Maria Antunes (3)30 June 196810 December 19699135
José Gomes da Silva (2)10 May 197021 November 19717313
José Augusto29 March 197214 November 197315942
José Maria Pedroto3 April 197422 December 197615645
Júlio Cernadas Pereira (1)30 March 19778 March 19785311
Mário Wilson20 September 197826 March 198010523
Júlio Cernadas Pereira (2)24 September 19805 May 198218639
Otto Glória (2)22 September 19828 June 19837313
Fernando Cabrita21 September 198323 June 198495221984 UEFA European Championship – Semi-finals
José Augusto Torres6 September 198411 June 1986178181986 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Ruy Seabra12 October 198629 March 19876141rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"
Júlio Cernadas Pereira (3)23 September 198726 April 198910631
Artur Jorge (1)1 June 19891 June 19907223
Carlos Queiroz (1)1 August 19909 December 19933114116
Nelo Vingada14 December 199330 June 19942020
António Oliveira (1)1 July 199431 July 19962213541996 UEFA European Championship – Quarter-finals
Artur Jorge (2)1 August 199630 November 199712552style="text-align: left;"
Humberto Coelho15 December 199731 July 20002416442000 UEFA European Championship – Semi-finals
António Oliveira (2)1 August 200031 July 20022213542002 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Agostinho Oliveira (caretaker)22 August 200210 January 20034220style="text-align: left;"
Luiz Felipe Scolari11 January 200319 June 2008744218142004 UEFA European Championship – Runner-up
2006 FIFA World Cup – Fourth place
2008 UEFA European Championship – Quarter-finals
Carlos Queiroz (2)11 July 20089 September 20102815942010 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16
Paulo Bento21 September 201011 September 201447261292012 UEFA European Championship – Semi-finals
2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Fernando Santos23 September 201415 December 20221096723192016 UEFA European ChampionshipChampions
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup – Third place
2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16
2019 UEFA Nations League FinalsChampions
2020 UEFA European Championship – Round of 16
2022 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals
Roberto Martínez9 January 2023Present1815032024 UEFA European Championship – Quarter-finals

Notes and References

  1. News: McNulty . Phil . 4 July 2004 . Greece win Euro 2004 . . 9 February 2009.
  2. Web site: McNulty . Phil . 10 July 2016 . Portugal 1–0 France . 10 July 2016 . BBC Sport.
  3. Web site: Hafez . Shamoon . 9 June 2019 . Portugal 1–0 Netherlands . 12 July 2021 . BBC Sport.
  4. Web site: Ornstein . David . Martinez reaches verbal agreement to become Portugal head coach . 2023-05-11 . The Athletic . en.
  5. Web site: Marshall . Matthew . 23 March 2023 . Ronaldo at the double as Portugal beat Liechtenstein 4–0 in the Euro 2024 qualifiers . 23 March 2023 . PortuGOAL.