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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, 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. He leaves his post on 15 December 2022. On 9 January 2023, the Spaniard Roberto Martínez was appointed coach, he was the first Seleção coach to have a nationality other than Portuguese and Brazilian.

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.

As of 6 July 2024

Manager	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	Tournaments
Committee		18 December 1921	16 December 1923	3	0	0	3	—
Ribeiro dos Reis		15 May 1925	18 April 1926	4	1	1	2
Cândido de Oliveira		26 December 1926	24 March 1929	13	4	4	5
Maia Loureiro		1 December 1929	1 December 1929	1	0	0	1
Laurindo Grijó		12 January 1930	30 November 1930	4	2	0	2
Tavares da Silva (1)		12 April 1931	31 May 1931	2	1	0	1
Salvador do Carmo (1)		3 May 1932	2 April 1933	3	2	0	1
Ribeiro dos Reis (2)		11 February 1934	18 March 1934	2	0	0	2
Cândido de Oliveira (2)		5 May 1935	11 March 1945	15	4	3	8
Tavares da Silva (2)		6 May 1945	25 May 1947	9	4	1	4
Virgílio Paula		23 November 1947	23 May 1948	3	1	0	2
Armando Sampaio		27 February 1947	22 May 1949	4	1	1	2
Salvador do Carmo (2)		2 April 1950	21 May 1950	4	0	2	2
Tavares da Silva (3)		8 April 1951	17 June 1951	4	0	1	3
Cândido de Oliveira (3)		20 April 1952	14 December 1952	3	0	1	2
Salvador do Carmo (3)		26 September 1953	28 November 1954	5	1	2	2
Fernando Vaz		19 December 1954	2 May 1955	1	0	0	1
Tavares da Silva (4)		4 May 1955	16 June 1957	15	5	2	8
José Maria Antunes (1)		22 December 1957	22 May 1960	12	4	0	8
Armando Ferreira (1)		19 March 1961	4 June 1961	3	1	1	1
Fernando Peyroteo		8 October 1961	25 October 1961	2	0	0	2
Armando Ferreira (2)		6 May 1962	17 May 1962	3	0	0	3
José Maria Antunes (2)		7 November 1962	7 June 1964	10	4	1	5
Otto Glória (1)		15 November 1964	13 November 1966	20	15	2	3	1966 FIFA World Cup – Third place
José Gomes da Silva (1)		27 March 1967	17 December 1967	6	2	3	1	—
José Maria Antunes (3)		30 June 1968	10 December 1969	9	1	3	5
José Gomes da Silva (2)		10 May 1970	21 November 1971	7	3	1	3
José Augusto		29 March 1972	14 November 1973	15	9	4	2
José Maria Pedroto		3 April 1974	22 December 1976	15	6	4	5
Júlio Cernadas Pereira (1)		30 March 1977	8 March 1978	5	3	1	1
Mário Wilson		20 September 1978	26 March 1980	10	5	2	3
Júlio Cernadas Pereira (2)		24 September 1980	5 May 1982	18	6	3	9
Otto Glória (2)		22 September 1982	8 June 1983	7	3	1	3
Fernando Cabrita		21 September 1983	23 June 1984	9	5	2	2	1984 UEFA European Championship – Semi-finals
José Augusto Torres		6 September 1984	11 June 1986	17	8	1	8	1986 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Ruy Seabra		12 October 1986	29 March 1987	6	1	4	1	—
Júlio Cernadas Pereira (3)		23 September 1987	26 April 1989	10	6	3	1
Artur Jorge (1)		1 June 1989	1 June 1990	7	2	2	3
Carlos Queiroz (1)		1 August 1990	9 December 1993	31	14	11	6
Nelo Vingada		14 December 1993	30 June 1994	2	0	2	0
António Oliveira (1)		1 July 1994	31 July 1996	22	13	5	4	1996 UEFA European Championship – Quarter-finals
Artur Jorge (2)		1 August 1996	30 November 1997	12	5	5	2	—
Humberto Coelho		15 December 1997	31 July 2000	24	16	4	4	2000 UEFA European Championship – Semi-finals
António Oliveira (2)		1 August 2000	31 July 2002	22	13	5	4	2002 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Agostinho Oliveira (caretaker)		22 August 2002	10 January 2003	4	2	2	0	—
Luiz Felipe Scolari		11 January 2003	19 June 2008	74	42	18	14	2004 UEFA European Championship – Runner-up 2006 FIFA World Cup – Fourth place 2008 UEFA European Championship – Quarter-finals
Carlos Queiroz (2)		11 July 2008	9 September 2010	28	15	9	4	2010 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16
Paulo Bento		21 September 2010	11 September 2014	47	26	12	9	2012 UEFA European Championship – Semi-finals 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Fernando Santos		23 September 2014	15 December 2022	109	67	23	19	2016 UEFA European Championship – Champions 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup – Third place 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals – Champions 2020 UEFA European Championship – Round of 16 2022 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals
Roberto Martínez		9 January 2023	Present	26	20	2	4	2024 UEFA European Championship – Quarter-finals

References

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

External links

• Portugal national football team managers
• Lists of national association football team managers