Portugal World Cup 2002

Portugal World Cup Achievements

Qualified as winners of European Group Two
Qualified: third time (1966, 1986, 2002)
Best World Cup Show: 3rd place in 1966
Approx Odds: 14-1

Portugal World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:
Nelson Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Ricardo Pereira (Boavista Porto), Vitor Baia (Porto).

Defenders:
Abel Xavier (Liverpool, England), Roberto Severo "Beto" (Sporting Lisbon), Marco Caneira (Benfica), Fernando Couto (Lazio, Italy), Nuno Frechaut (Boavista), Jorge Andrade (Porto), Jorge Costa (Porto), Rui Jorge Oliveira (Sporting Lisbon)

Midfielders:
Nuno Rocha "Capucho" (Porto), Luis Figo (Real Madrid, Spaain), Paulo Bento (Sporting Lisbon), Paulo Sousa (Espanyol, Spain), Pedro Barbosa (Sporting Lisbon), Armando Teixeira "Petit" (Boavista), Rui Costa (AC Milan, Italy), Sergio Conceicao (Inter Milan, Italy), Hugo Viana (Sporting Lisbon)

Forwards:
Joao Pinto (Sporting Lisbon), Nuno Ribeiro "Gomes" (Fiorentina, Italy), Pedro Resendes "Pauleta" (Bordeaux, France