Team – Founded: 1914 – Affiliated: 1923
Confederation: UEFA - Europe
Squad's local nickname: Selecção das Quinas (Team of the 'Five Bezants' –
a bezant signaling a gold disc, in heraldry. The word 'quina,' itself, refers to "five,"
that is, a group of any five items. The connection with heraldry, in Portugal, dates
way back to 1557, when King Sebastião set as five the previously variable
number of the bezants displaying on the Portuguese Coat of Arms
(and seven, for the number of castles) – a decision reflected in the Portuguese Flag.
Thus the reference as 'As Quinas de Portugal,' the Quinas of Portugal, from then on.
It is worth remarking, in addition, that the term Quinas historically acquired further
semantic extensions, to connote the very Crown⁄State, Nation and soul of Portugal.
So, when the current Portuguese Flag was chosen (in the very early 1900's), the
Quinas were readily added, in celebration of "the human miracle of braveness,
tenacity, diplomacy and audacity which succeeded in tying the first knots of
social and political assertion of the Portuguese nationality." In fact, way back
in the 1500's, as Portuguese navigators took possession of the Brazilian coast,
it was not uncommon that this was done "for the Quinas"
(rendering it already unnecessary to name Portugal, directly).
So, Selecção das Quinas ultimately means Selecção de Portugal,
i.e., Portuguese Team⁄Squad, while bringing forth nationalism, and
indeed stirring the Portuguese Soul.
The Portuguese 'Quinas,' it should finally be observed, display also in
the above reproduced image symbol of the Portuguese Soccer Confederation.
The popular nickname Selecção das Quinas thus emerges as a
natural choice
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Additional Note: As far as the term Selecção, which is the
European Portuguese variant spelling of the word
Seleção, in Brazilian Portuguese, pls. refer to the respective remark
made on the Brazil entry page.)
The Squad (by jersey number) |
The Squad (by field position) |
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Ricardo Pereira  Paulo Ferreira Marco Caneira  Ricardo Costa Fernando Meira Costinha Luís Figo  Petit { } Pedro Pauleta ° ° Hugo Viana  Simão Sabrosa ° ° Quim Miguel Nuno Valente Luis Boa Morte Ricardo Carvalho Cristiano Ronaldo ° ° Maniche ° ° Tiago Deco ° ° Nuno Gomes ° ° Bruno Vale Paulo Santos Hélder Postiga
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 Ricardo Pereira (Sporting Portugal) Quim (Benfica) Bruno Vale (Estrela da Amadora)  Paulo Santos (SC Braga)   Miguel (Valencia, Spain) Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea, England) Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea, England) Fernando Meira (Stuttgart, Germany) Ricardo Costa (FC Porto) Marco Caneira (Sporting Portugal) Nuno Valente (Everton, England)  Costinha (Dynamo Moscow, Russia) Petit (Benfica) Maniche (Chelsea, England) Tiago (Olympique Lyon, France) Deco (Barcelona, Spain) Hugo Viana (Valencia, Spain)  Luís Figo (Internazionale Milan, Italy)  Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, England) Luis Boa Morte (Fulham, England) Simão Sabrosa (Benfica) Nuno Gomes (Benfica) Pedro Pauleta (Paris SG, France) Hélder Postiga (Saint-Etienne, France) |
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(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.
Coach⁄Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazilian-born – coach of the Brazilian Champion Squad in Korean⁄Japan.
In Brazil, a nickname is used for Scolari, in addition of course to his own name: Felipão, which means "Big Phil."
Scolari having been a very successful coach, at both Club and Squad levels, it is expected that the Portuguese
Squad comes to Germany with high hopes!).
(see list of 2005 Top Coaches)
°
° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {
}='own goal')
also took part in the 2002 World Cup.
Bruno Vale was replaced by Paulo Santos, after sustaining injury
in the UEFA Under-21 Championship match which Portugal played Serbia & Montenegro (May 25).
2006
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Footnote:
To those with a historical and⁄or literary interest, it is pertinent to remark the following, in addition to the above comments:
[1] Spanish playwright and poet Tirso de Molina (1571-1648), possibly best known for having introduced the character of Don Juan, wrote Las quinas de Portugal, a play reflecting the creation of the Portuguese nation. This play is available ; it is of course in Spanish (the same play, with introductory remarks in English can also be found ). A largely annotated edition, in traditional book form, should be available for on-line ordering, at your favorite book dealer, in case you have become interested: Tirso de Molina, Las quinas de Portugal. Edición de C. C. García Valdés. 2003. Publicaciones del Instituto de Estudios Tirsianos, Nr.14. 224 pp. ISBN 84-95494-09-4.
[2] The outstanding Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), who wrote under four different identities (heteronyms), in addition to his own, and whose incomparable literary & linguistic mastership and cultural significance has often been likened to that of Luís Vaz de Camões (1524?–1580, author of the Portuguese epic Os Lusíadas), like Camões, Pessoa also sung Portuguese history, mystique and soul, in his poetry. Pessoa's work includes a collection of poems published in a volume called Mensagem (Message). Amid these poems, a group of five is called "As Quinas," each of these "Quinas" celebrating a specially significant Portuguese King. Pessoa's Mensagem is also available , in Portuguese, obviously, but carrying also a translation to English (the site is worth visiting; it carries more on Portuguese culture, literature, and language, including other of Fernando Pessoa's works, and it spans throughout the Portuguese-speaking world!). Additionally, both Camões and Pessoa, along with a large number of Portuguese language poets (again throughout the Portuguese speaking nations) can be found & read @ . This excellent site is nearly exclusively in Portuguese language.
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