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Portugal national football team
The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in international men's football competition since 1921. It is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal.
Portugal national rugby union team
The Portugal national rugby union team is rated as a performance team in the World Rugby four-band classification system, the second highest. Portugal had their first match in 1935 and now compete in the European Nations Cup and occasionally in the IRB Nations Cup.
Portugal national football team results (2000–19)
This page is a list of all the matches that Portugal national football team has played between 2000 and 2019.
Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Portugal competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Portuguese athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's debut in 1912.
Portugal at the UEFA European Championship
Portugal have participated in seven UEFA European Championship editions ; their first tournament was in 1984, and they have survived the first round in every edition they've participated in. Portugal have reached the semi-finals on five occasions, and they reached the final as hosts in 2004, but lost to tournament underdogs Greece.
Argentina national football team
{{Infobox national football team | Name = Argentina | Badge = Afa logo jerseys.png | Badge_size = 170px | FIFA Trigramme = ARG | Nickname = La Albiceleste La Celeste y blanca (The White and Sky Blue) | Association = Argentine Football Association (AFA) | Confederation = CONMEBOL (South America) | Coach = Jorge Sampaoli | Captain = Lionel Messi | Most caps = Javier Zanetti (143) | Top scorer = Lionel Messi (61) | Home Stadium = Antonio Vespucio Liberti (El Monumental)| | FIFA Rank = 5 1 (12 April 2018) | FIFA max = 1 | FIFA min = 24 | FIFA max date = March 2007, October 2007 – June 2008, July – October 2015, April 2016 – April 2017 | FIFA min date = August 1996 | Elo Rank = 4 (18 April 2018) | Elo max = 1 | Elo max date = July 2007, May – July 2017 | Elo min = 18 | Elo min date = June 1990 |pattern_la1=_arg18h|pattern_b1=_arg18h|pattern_ra1=_arg18h|pattern_sh1=_arg18h|pattern_so1=_arg18h|leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=000000|socks1=FFFFFF |pattern_la2=_arg18a|pattern_b2=_arg18a|pattern_ra2=_arg18a|pattern_sh2=_arg18a|pattern_so2=_arg18a|leftarm2=000000|body2=000000|rightarm2=000000|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=101010 | First game = Uruguay 2–3 Argentina (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901) | Largest win = Argentina 12–0 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 22 January 1942) | Largest loss = Czechoslovakia 6–1 Argentina (Helsingborg, Sweden; 15 June 1958) Uruguay 5–0 Argentina (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 6 December 1959) Argentina 0–5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993) Bolivia 6–1 Argentina (La Paz, Bolivia; 1 April 2009) Spain 6–1 Argentina (Madrid, Spain; 27 March 2018) | World cup apps = 17 | World cup first = 1930 | World cup best = Champions, 1978 and 1986and [[2018 FIFA World cup 2018 | Regional name = Copa América | Regional cup apps = 41 | Regional cup first = 1916 | Regional cup best = Champions, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991 and 1993 | Confederations cup apps = 3 | Confederations cup first = 1992 | Confederations cup best = Champions, 1992 | 2ndRegional name = | 2ndRegional cup apps = | 2ndRegional cup first = | 2ndRegional cup best = | Medaltemplates = }} The Argentina national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires.
Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)
Argentina v England, played on 22 June 1986, was a football match between Argentina and England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The game was held four years after the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom, and was a key part in the already intense Argentina–England football rivalry.
1978 FIFA World Cup
The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, quadrennial international football world championship tournament, was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 at River Plate's home stadium Estadio Monumental in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires after extra time in the final.
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División , named Superliga Argentina (English: Argentine Superleague) since the 2017–18 season, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the homonymous entity, that is administrated independently and has its own statute. Nevertheless, the Superliga is contractually linked with the main football body, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) that had been organising all the championships from 1893 to 2017.
Argentina national rugby union team
The Argentina national rugby team, officially nicknamed Los Pumas, play in sky blue and white jerseys, and are organised by the Argentine Rugby Union . Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British Isles team.
Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently residing in Portland, Oregon.
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since its debut at the 1964 contest. Since then it has missed five contests .
Portugal during World War II
At the start of World War II in 1939, the Portuguese Government announced on 1 September that the 550-year-old Anglo-Portuguese Alliance remained intact, but since the British did not seek Portuguese assistance, Portugal was free to remain neutral in the war and would do so. In an aide-mémoire of 5 September 1939, the British Government confirmed the understanding.