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Players return to boost N Ireland

Northern Ireland welcome several players back to their squad for the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.

Last Match

Tue 26 March 2013 2013-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 World Cup Qualifying - European vs Azerbaijan (Away)

Won 0 - 2

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Fri 7 June 2013 2013-06-07T00:00:00+01:00 World Cup Qualifying - European vs Russia (Home)

20:45

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Portugal Squad

Goalkeepers

1 Eduardo
12 Rui Patricio
22 Beto

Defenders

2 Bruno Alves
3 Pepe
5 Fabio Coentrao
13 Sereno
13 Ricardo Costa
14 Nuno Andre
14 Luis Neto
15 Silvio
21 Joao Pereira

Midfielders

4 Veloso
6 Custodio
7 Vieirinha
7 Ronaldo
8 Joao Moutinho
10 Danny
10 Ruben Amorim
11 Paulo Machado
15 Ruben Micael
16 Meireles
17 Nani
19 Miguel Lopes
20 Carlos Martins

Forwards

9 Almeida
18 Varela
19 Pizzi
20 Eder
23 Postiga

Additional Players

11 Oliveira

UEFA Euro 2012

8th June - 1st July 2012

Finished:	Semi-Finals
Top Scorer:	Cristiano Ronaldo (3)
Overall winner:	Spain

Results

Wed 27 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Semi-Final

Portugal 0 - 0 Spain FT
Spain win 4-2 on penalties

Thu 21 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Quarter-Final

Czech Rep. 0 - 1 Portugal FT

Sun 17 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Group B

Portugal 2 - 1 Netherlands FT

Wed 13 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Group B

Denmark 2 - 3 Portugal FT

Sat 9 June 2012 - Euro 2012 Group B

Germany 1 - 0 Portugal FT

Latest Football

Tue 26 Mar 2013 - World Cup Qualifying - European

Azerbaijan 0 - 2 Portugal FT

Fri 22 Mar 2013 - World Cup Qualifying - European

Israel 3 - 3 Portugal FT

Fri 7 Jun 2013 - World Cup Qualifying - European

Portugal v Russia 20:45

World Cup Qualifying - European

Group A

World Cup Qualifying - European Group A summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Belgium	6	10	16
No movement 2	Croatia	6	7	16
No movement 3	Serbia	6	1	7
No movement 4	Wales	6	-8	6
No movement 5	Macedonia	6	-4	4
No movement 6	Scotland	6	-6	2

Group B

World Cup Qualifying - European Group B summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Italy	5	8	13
No movement 2	Bulgaria	6	7	10
Moving up 3	Czech Rep.	5	2	8
Moving down 4	Denmark	5	1	6
No movement 5	Armenia	4	-5	3
No movement 6	Malta	5	-13	0

Group C

World Cup Qualifying - European Group C summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Germany	6	15	16
Moving up 2	Austria	5	9	8
Moving down 3	Sweden	4	3	8
No movement 4	R. of Ireland	5	-1	8
No movement 5	Kazakhstan	6	-13	1
No movement 6	Faroe Islands	4	-13	0

Group D

World Cup Qualifying - European Group D summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Netherlands	6	18	18
No movement 2	Hungary	6	5	11
No movement 3	Romania	6	0	10
No movement 4	Turkey	6	0	7
No movement 5	Estonia	6	-6	6
No movement 6	Andorra	6	-17	0

Group E

World Cup Qualifying - European Group E summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Switzerland	5	6	11
No movement 2	Iceland	5	1	9
No movement 3	Albania	5	1	9
No movement 4	Norway	5	0	7
Moving up 5	Cyprus	5	-4	4
Moving down 6	Slovenia	5	-4	3

Group F

World Cup Qualifying - European Group F summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Russia	4	8	12
No movement 2	Israel	6	7	11
No movement 3	Portugal	6	5	11
No movement 4	Northern Ireland	5	-4	3
No movement 5	Azerbaijan	6	-6	3
No movement 6	Luxembourg	5	-10	2

Group G

World Cup Qualifying - European Group G summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Bosnia-H	5	15	13
No movement 2	Greece	5	2	10
No movement 3	Slovakia	5	2	8
No movement 4	Lithuania	5	-3	5
No movement 5	Latvia	5	-3	4
No movement 6	Liechtenstein	5	-13	1

Group H

World Cup Qualifying - European Group H summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

No movement 1	Montenegro	6	11	14
No movement 2	England	6	18	12
No movement 3	Poland	5	5	8
No movement 4	Ukraine	5	2	8
No movement 5	Moldova	6	-7	4
No movement 6	San Marino	6	-29	0

Group I

World Cup Qualifying - European Group I summary table; it charts each team by position, team name, games played, total goal difference and points
Position	Team	Played	Goal Difference	Points

Moving up 1	Spain	5	6	11
Moving down 2	France	5	4	10
No movement 3	Georgia	5	-4	4
No movement 4	Belarus	4	-5	3
No movement 5	Finland	3	-1	2

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