Back منتخب البرتغال تحت 21 سنة لكرة القدم Arabic فريق پورتوجال تحت 21 سنه لكورة القدم ARZ Portuqaliya U-21 Azerbaijani Portugalská fotbalová reprezentace do 21 let Czech Portugals U/21-fodboldlandshold Danish Portugiesische Fußballnationalmannschaft (U-21-Männer) German Εθνική Πορτογαλίας Κ-21 (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών) Greek تیم ملی فوتبال زیر ۲۱ سال پرتغال Persian Équipe du Portugal espoirs de football French נבחרת פורטוגל בכדורגל עד גיל 21 HE
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| Nickname(s) | Esperanças (Hopes) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federação Portuguesa de Futebol | ||
| Head coach | Rui Jorge | ||
| Captain | Henrique Araújo | ||
| Most caps | Manuel Fernandes (30) | ||
| Top scorer | Hugo Almeida (16) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Portugal 3–1 South Africa  (Lisbon, Portugal; 16 November 1958) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Portugal 11–0 Liechtenstein  (Vizela, Portugal; 7 October 2021) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Italy 6–0 Portugal Piacenza, Italy; 2 December 1987 Records for competitive matches only. | |||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1994) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1994, 2015, 2021) | ||
The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). They are nicknamed "Esperanças." Esperança means hope, thus they are Portugal's hopes for the future.
Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Portuguese under-21 team was formed. Until 1994, the team had a rather poor record, failing to qualify for each of the first eight UEFA under-21 Championships. Since 1994, the team has improved its record greatly, qualifying for five of the next seven tournaments, including the 2006 finals.
Having qualified for the 2006 tournament finals, UEFA announced that Portugal would host the finals in May and June. From 2007 onwards, host nations will be announced before the qualification stage and will not need to qualify.