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The Portuguese Football Federation was formed in 1914 with the name União Portuguesa de Futebol (by 1926, they changed to its current name) and the aim of creating national tournaments (since it only existed regional championships) and promoting games in which a Portuguese representative team would play against other teams from various parts of the globe, but unfortunately, due to the World War I, the dream was not made possible for the next seven years.
Portugal’s first game was on the 18th December 1921 against Spain, the game ended in a defeat for the national team (3–1). The following year, the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Portugal (a knock-out tournament, precursor of the ’’Taça de Portugal’’) was contested, the winner was defined as the “Portuguese Champion”. The Portuguese national football team is governed by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), finishing 4th at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The first appearance in the 1966 FIFA World Cup saw them reach the semifinal, losing 2–1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions England. Portugal finished in third place and Eusébio was considered the best player of the tournament. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, with Portugal going out in the first round both times. In the 1986 tournament, players went on strike over prize-money and refused to train between their first and second games.
In 2003, the Portuguese Football Federation decided to hire Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Brazilian who had led the Brazil national football team to win the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Scolari led Portugal to the final of UEFA Euro 2004, where they lost to the Greek national team, and to their second World Cup semi-final in the 2006 World Cup. Scolari left after the Euro 2008 championships to manage Chelsea. Carlos Queiroz was appointed the new manager of Portugal in 2008.
Having qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Selecção das Quinas had it’s most successful decade up to date,In the Final Draw, on 4th December 2009, Portugal was drawn in one of the toughest groups, the so called Group of Death where the Selecção das Quinas will be facing 5-time champions Brazil, Africa’s top contenders Côte d’Ivoire and 1966 opponents North Korea. Portugal National Football Team is one of the favourite team among the other teams of the World Cup 2010. Ticket4football.com provides the fans to get the Portugal World Cup Tickets online without any headache. Along with that fans can also get the world cup football tickets for other teams of the tournament as well. Now World Cup Tickets are at a distance of one click.
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