Portugal national under-16 football team

The Portugal national under-16 football team is the association football team that represents the nation of Portugal at the under-16 level.

The following players were named in the squad for the September/October 2025 international activities, including preparatory matches and the Federations Cup in Turkey.^[1] Caps and goals are approximations for the beginning of the 2025/2026 season.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	António Luís	16	0	0	Benfica
	1GK	Guilherme Sousa Pinto	15	0	0	Sporting CP
	2DF	Tomás Ferreira	16	0	0	Benfica
	2DF	Vasco Dinis	16	0	0	Sporting CP
	2DF	Martim Gonçalves	16	0	0	Porto
	2DF	João Rijo	16	0	0	Sporting CP
	2DF	Rodrigo Valente	16	0	0	Braga
	2DF	Isaac Silva	15	0	0	Chelsea U18
	3MF	João Morais	16	0	0	Braga
	3MF	Francisco Simões	16	0	0	Benfica
	3MF	Martim Almeida	16	0	0	Sporting CP
	3MF	Gonçalo Fontes	16	0	0	Porto
	3MF	Henrique Maduro	16	0	0	Porto
	4FW	Gustavo Guerra	16	0	0	Benfica
	4FW	Gustavo Fonte	16	0	0	Porto
	4FW	Afonso Ferreirinha	16	0	0	Sporting CP
	4FW	Tiago Rodrigues	16	0	0	Benfica
	4FW	Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.	15	0	0	Al Nassr
	4FW	Abdu Cassamá	16	0	0	Porto
	4FW	Gonçalo Santos	16	0	0	Porto

Portugal have qualified for one FIFA U-16 World Championship with their performance being a third place finish in the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

FIFA U-16 World Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1985–1987	Did not qualify
1989	Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4
Total	Third place	1/3	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4

UEFA European Under-16 Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1982–1984	Did not qualify
1985	First stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4
1986	First stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	5	–1
1987	First stage	5th	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
1988	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	2	0	6	0	+6
1989	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	15	2	+13
1990	Fourth place	4th	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2
1991	First stage	5th	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
1992	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	5	6	–1
1993	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3
1994	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	5	1	+4
1995	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	14	5	+11
1996	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	16	3	+13
1997	Did not qualify
1998	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2
1999	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1
2000	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3
2001	Did not qualify
Total	4 titles	15/19	67	38	14	15	113	64	+49

• UEFA U-16 Championship

Champions (4): 1989, 1995, 1996, 2000

Runners-up (1): 1988

• Montaigu Tournament

Champions (4): 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018

Runners-up (2): 1993, 1994