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Portugal national team. UEFA (Europe). Nickname: A Selecção (the Selection). Home jersey: deep red with green trim.
-Portugal is in Group G (with Germany, Ghana, and United States), ‘2014 FIFA World Cup Group G‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification: 6th qualification out of 19 tries (1930, did not enter). Portugal has qualified for the World Cup in: 1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014.
Previous WC finish: 2010, Round of 16 (1-2-1). Highest finish: 1960, Third Place (5-0-1).
Population of Portugal: 10.4 million {2012 estimate}. Capital and largest city: Lisbon, metro area pop. 3.0 million {2011 est.}.
-Portugal coach, Paulo Bento. Paulo Bento.
-Portugal squad captain, LW Cristiano Ronaldo (of Real Madrid). Cristiano Ronaldo.
Below: Theoretical Best XI for Portugal (with 4 other player-options further below) -
Photo and Image credits above -
Portugal 2014 jersey, photo from store.nike.com.
Portugal/EU map, by NuclearVacuum at ‘File:EU-Portugal with islands circled.svg‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Portugal map by NordNordWest at ‘File:Portugal location map.svg‘; Madeira (Portugal) map also by NordNordWest at ‘File:Portugal Madeira location map.svg‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Coach,
Paulo Bento, photo by Mario Cruz/EPA via theguardian.com/football.
Goalkeeper,
Rui Patrício (Sporting CP), photo unattributed at svpn.blogspot.com.
Defenders,
João Pereira RB (Valencia), photo by Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Pepe CB/DCM (Real Madrid), photo by David Ramos/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Bruno Alves CB (Fenerbahçe), photo unattributed at sporting-heroes.net/football/fenerbahce.
Fábio Coentrão LB/DCM/LMF (Real Madrid), photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Midfielders,
João Moutinho DM (AS Monaco), photo by EPA via dailymail.co.uk.
Raul Meireles CM (Fenerbahçe), photo by EuroFootball/Getty Images via gettyimages.com.
Miguel Veloso DM (Dynamo Kyiv), photo unattributed cdn.record.xl.pt.
Forwards/Wingers,
Nani RW (Manchester United), photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Hélder Postiga FW (Valencia/Lazio), photo by sslazio.it.
Christiano Ronaldo LW (Real Madrid), photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Other player-options,
Josué AMF/RW/LW (Porto), photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Neto CB (Zenit), photo by Anna Volkova at demotix.com.
Hugo Almeida FW (Beşiktaş), photo by Getty Images via dailymail.co.uk/sport/football.
Silvestre Varela LW (Porto), photo by George Herringshaw via sporting-heroes.net.
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Thanks to the contributors at ‘2014 FIFA World Cup qualification‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to the contributors at ‘Portugal national football team‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/, for player-position details.
Thanks to Soccerway.com, for recent squad line-ups (with positions-on-the-field graphics), at int.soccerway.com/international/europe/wc-qualifying-europe/2014-brazil/1st-round/r15653/.
