Portugal in the World Cup Finals

Portugal qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on October 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Portugal's 4th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Third -- England 1966.

Portugal World Cup Preparations

Portugal have also chosen the former West German capital, Bonn, as their World Cup base and will use the same training facilities as Japan, at the Sportpark Nord.

Portugal Team Hotel
Dorint Venusberg:
AN Der Casselsruhe 1, Bonn.
A countryside hotel with personal service, the Dorint Sofitel Venusberg overlooks the town of Bonn, the Rhine and the Siebengebirge. Close to Kölner Flughafen (31km) yet set in something of a natural park, this location was considered the best choice for Portugal's 2006 World Cup campaign.

It was also used by Bayern Munich before the start of the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Hotels in Bonn:
Staying in Bonn is great for Portugal fans who want to be near their team but there will be more of a party atmosphere in nearby Cologne; especially as the Brazilian fans will be staying there. Portugal play their first game in Köln and both the following fixtures in Frankfurt and Gelsenkirchen are easy to get to from Bonn.

Portugal Friendly Matches
Beat Saudi Arabia (3-0), Wednesday 1st March. (Dusseldorf)
Goals from: Cristiano Ronaldo (30) (86) and Nuno Maniche (45).

Cape Verde Islands, Saturday 27th May. (Evora, Portugal)

Luxembourg, Saturday 3rd June. (Metz)

Portugal in the 2006 World Cup
Group D
Sunday, 11th June
Angola vs Portugal
Köln -- (21:00)

Saturday, 17th June
Portugal vs Iran
Frankfurt -- (15:00)

Wednesday, 21st June
Portugal vs Mexico
Gelsenkirchen -- (16:00)

Knockout Stage
Group D winner travels to Nürnberg and the runner-up goes to Leipzig.

Portugal World Cup Squad 2006
Selecção

Goalkeepers:
1 Ricardo (Sporting)
12 Quim (Benfica)
22 Bruno Vale (Estrela Amadora)

Defenders:
2 Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea, England)
3 Marco Caneira (Sporting)
4 Ricardo Costa (Porto)
5 Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart, Germany)
13 Miguel (Valencia, Spain)
14 Nuno Valente (Everton, England)
16 Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea, England)

Midfielders:
6 Costinha (Dynamo Moscow, Russia)
7 Luis Figo (Inter Milan, Italy)
8 Armando Petit (Benfica)
10 Hugo Viana (Valencia, Spain)
11 Simao Sabrosa (Benfica)
17 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, England)
18 Nuno Maniche (Chelsea, England)
19 Tiago (Olympique Lyon, France)
20 Deco (Barcelona, Spain)

Forwards:
9 Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
15 Luis Boa Morte (Fulham, England)
21 Nuno Gomes (Benfica)
23 Helder Postiga (Saint Etienne, France)

Trainer:
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).

Players to watch:
17 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, England)
9 Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain, France)

Destination Portugal

Portugal Travel Notes:
Find out more about Portugal @ Travel Notes.