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Portugal vs Norway UEFA Euros Tournament Record
Portugal first qualified for the UEFA European Championships in 1984, and that came after six previous attempts that proved unsuccessful. They made the most of it and fought their way to the Semi-Finals before they were beaten by France in a thrilling 3-2 clash in Marseille.
At Euro 1996, they were undone by a Karel Poborsky winner at Villa Park in the Quarter-Finals. Four years later, it was France again that ended their dreams, Zinedine Zidane scoring the extra-time winner for the eventual winners.
Hosting the tournament in 2004, Portugal broke England’s hearts in the Quarter-Finals, with Wayne Rooney famously being sent off before the Three Lions lost on penalties. A narrow win over the Netherlands then saw the Portuguese face Greece in the final in Lisbon.
Despite having 17 shots to Greece’s 4, it was the latter who won the game thanks to an Angelos Charisteas goal 12 minutes into the second half, pulling off one of the biggest shocks in the tournament’s history in the process.
2008 and 2012 saw Portugal once again get to the latter stages of the tournament, with defeats in the Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals, respectively, before they got into gear at Euro 2016.
In France, they fought their way out of a tough group and then past Croatia, Poland, and Wales to set up a final against the hosts. Cristiano Ronaldo went off injured after just 25 minutes, and the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, and Paul Pogba were running the game until substitute Eder fired home from fully 25 yards to win the game, and the tournament for Portugal.
Euro 2020 saw Portugal have an uncharacteristically weak tournament, with Belgium beating them in Seville in the Round of 16.
Between 1960 and 2020, Norway attempted to qualify for the UEFA European Championship finals on 16 occasions, and on just one occasion, they successfully did so.
They secured eight wins from ten qualifiers to make it to the Euro 2000 finals in Belgium and the Netherlands. The tournament started incredibly well, with Steffen Iversen scoring the winner as Norway beat Spain in Rotterdam.
However, they lost their second game to the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, and that meant they needed to beat Slovenia in their final group game to be sure of making progress, but they could only manage a goalless draw in Arnhem and were subsequently sent home.
Portugal vs Norway Head-to-Head
Portugal and Norway have met on six occasions in qualifying for the UEFA European Championships, the first four of which ended in a win for the Portuguese.
In September 2010, in the qualifying stage for Euro 2012, a goal from Erik Huseklepp earned Norway a 1-0 win in Oslo. In June of the following year, Helder Postiga got the winner in a 1-0 victory in Lisbon.
