Culture of Portugal FC Porto, and Sporting CP. Portugal hosted and nearly won EURO 2004, getting defeated in the final by surprise winner Greece. The Portuguese national team also reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup twice, in 1966, when Eusébio was the top scorer, with 9 goals, and also in 2006. The year 2006 was the year that Portugal nearly won the FIFA World Cup tournament, ranking 4th overall, being defeated by France and Germany. This was the first time since 1966, that the Portuguese football team had advanced to such a high qualifying round in a World Cup tournament. The
Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer) 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with nine wins in ten games. In the finals in Russia, the tournament ended in the round-of-16 after a 1–2 loss against Uruguay. Santos earned a degree in electrical and telecommunications engineering, awarded in 1977 by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa. As he was in charge when Porto won its fifth consecutive championship in 1999, he was nicknamed "Engenheiro do Penta" (Penta's engineer). Porto AEK Athens Portugal Individual Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer) Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos (born 10 October 1954) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defender, and