Portugal’s 1998 World Cup Failure | The Last Time They Missed the Tournament

Portugal, despite its small size, has been punching above their weight for 25 years.
In those 25 years, despite some scares, Portugal never missed a single major tournament.
Many credit that achievement to the rise of Cristiano Ronaldo — and while that’s a fair point, the truth is that the last time Portugal failed to qualify for a World Cup… they had a better team than many of the squads Ronaldo played in.
In fact, Portugal was at the peak of their so-called Golden Generation — with one of the best players in the world leading the attack.
There was quality in every position, decent depth, and talent everywhere.
And yet… in the end, Portugal still fell short of the big stage.
It was a failure that left fans in disbelief, and a generation of players forever marked by one inevitable question: how did this happen?
Today, let’s travel back to the distant year of 1998, the last time Portugal failed to reach a World Cup.
We’ll remember the stars, the flops, the leaders, and the villains — the faces that, for many, became eternal symbols of one of the darkest failures in modern Portuguese football.

Дата на публикация: 22 септември, 2025
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