Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Portuguese coach coached two national teams (Portugal and South Korea) for (in total) 103 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 20- 6-1969
Country: Portugal
Matches as Coach:		 103	(W60-D25-L18 – GF189-GA94 – %70.39)
Matches as Coach for Portugal:    47	(W26-D12-L 9 – GF 91-GA49 – %68.08)
Matches as Coach for South Korea: 56	(W34-D13-L 9 – GF 98-GA45 – %72.32)

Age First Match: 41 yr 110 d	    8-10-10 vs. Denmark 3-1
Age Last Match:  53 yr 168 d	    5-12-22 vs. Brazil 1-4
National Team Career: 12 yr  58 d

Caps    Date    Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition 

Coach for Portugal
  1    8-10-10	Oporto  	Denmark 	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
  2   12-10-10	Reykjavík	Iceland 	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
  3   17-11-10	Lisboa  	Spain   	4-0	
  4    9- 2-11	Genčve  	Argentina	1-2	
  5   26- 3-11	Leiria  	Chile   	1-1	
  6   29- 3-11	Aveiro  	Finland 	2-0	
  7    4- 6-11	Lisboa  	Norway  	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
  8   10- 8-11	Faro-Loulé	Luxembourg	5-0	
  9    2- 9-11	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 10    7-10-11	Oporto  	Iceland 	5-3	European Ch. Qual.
 11   11-10-11	Křbenhavn	Denmark 	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
 12   11-11-11	Zenica  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 13   15-11-11	Lisboa  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	6-2	European Ch. Qual.
 14   29- 2-12	Warszawa	Poland  	0-0	
 15   26- 5-12	Leiria  	Macedonia	0-0	
 16    2- 6-12	Lisboa  	Turkey  	1-3	
 17    9- 6-12	Lviv    	Germany 	0-1	European Champ.
 18   13- 6-12	Lviv    	Denmark 	3-2	European Champ.
 19   17- 6-12	Kharkiv 	Netherlands	2-1	European Champ.
 20   21- 6-12	Warszawa	Czech Republic	1-0	European Champ.
 21   27- 6-12	Donetsk 	Spain    	0-0 [1]	European Champ.
 22   15- 8-12	Faro-Loulé	Panama  	2-0	
 23    7- 9-12	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 24   11- 9-12	Braga   	Azerbaijan	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 25   12-10-12	Moskva  	Russia  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 26   16-10-12	Oporto  	N. Ireland	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 27   14-11-12	Libreville	Gabon   	2-2	
 28    6- 2-13	Guimarăes	Ecuador 	2-3	
 29   22- 3-13	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	3-3	World Cup Qualifier
 30   26- 3-13	Baki    	Azerbaijan	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 31    7- 6-13	Lisboa  	Russia  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 32   10- 6-13	Genčve  	Croatia 	1-0	
 33   14- 8-13	Faro-Loulé	Netherlands	1-1	
 34    6- 9-13	Belfast 	N. Ireland	4-2	World Cup Qualifier
 35   10- 9-13	Foxboro  	Brazil  	1-3	
 36   11-10-13	Lisboa  	Israel  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 37   15-10-13	Coimbra 	Luxembourg	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 38   15-11-13	Lisboa  	Sweden  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 39   19-11-13	Stockholm	Sweden  	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 40    5- 3-14	Leiria  	Cameroon	5-1	
 41   31- 5-14	Oeiras  	Greece  	0-0	
 42    6- 6-14	Foxboro  	Mexico  	1-0	
 43   10- 6-14	New Jersey	Ireland 	5-1	
 44   16- 6-14	Salvador	Germany 	0-4	World Cup
 45   22- 6-14	Manaus  	United States	2-2	World Cup
 46   26- 6-14	Brasília	Ghana   	2-1	World Cup
 47    7- 9-14	Aveiro  	Albania 	0-1	European Ch. Qual. 

[1] Portugal lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.

Coach for South Korea
  1    7- 9-18	Goyang  	Costa Rica	2-0	
  2   11- 9-18	Busan   	Chile   	0-0	
  3   12-10-18	Seoul   	Uruguay 	2-1	
  4   16-10-18	Cheonan 	Panama  	2-2	
  5   17-11-18	Brisbane	Australia	1-1	
  6   20-11-18	Brisbane	Uzbekistan	4-0	
  7   30-12-18	Abu Dhabi	Saudi Arabia	0-0	
  8    7- 1-19	Dubai   	Philippines	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
  9   11- 1-19	Al-Ain  	Kyrgyzstan	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
 10   16- 1-19	Abu Dhabi	China   	2-0	Asian Nations Cup
 11   22- 1-19	Dubai   	Bahrain 	2-1	Asian Nations Cup
 12   25- 1-19	Abu Dhabi	Qatar   	0-1	Asian Nations Cup
 13   22- 3-19	Ulsan   	Bolivia 	1-0	
 14   26- 3-19	Seoul   	Colombia	2-1	
 15    7- 6-19	Busan   	Australia	1-0	
 16   11- 6-19	Seoul   	Iran    	1-1	
 17    5- 9-19	Istanbul	Georgia 	2-2	
 18   10- 9-19	Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 19   10-10-19	Hwaseong	Sri Lanka	8-0	World Cup Qualifier
 20   15-10-19	Pyongyang	North Korea	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 21   14-11-19	Beirut  	Lebanon 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 22   19-11-19	Abu Dhabi	Brazil  	0-3	
 23   11-12-19	Busan   	Hong Kong	2-0	East Asian Champ.
 24   15-12-19	Busan   	China   	1-0	East Asian Champ.
 25   18-12-19	Busan   	Japan   	1-0	East Asian Champ.
 26   14-11-20	Wiener Neustadt	Mexico  	2-3	
 27   17-11-20	Maria Enzersdf.	Qatar   	2-1	
 28   25- 3-21	Yokohama	Japan   	0-3	
 29    5- 6-21	Goyang  	Turkmenistan	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 30    9- 6-21	Goyang  	Sri Lanka	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 31   13- 6-21	Goyang  	Lebanon 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 32    2- 9-21	Seoul   	Iraq    	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 33    7- 9-21	Suwon   	Lebanon 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 34    7-10-21	Ansan   	Syria   	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 35   12-10-21	Tehran  	Iran    	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 36   11-11-21	Goyang  	UA Emirates	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 37   16-11-21	Al Rayyan	Iraq    	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 38   15- 1-22	Antalya 	Iceland 	5-1	
 39   21- 1-22	Antalya 	Moldova 	4-0	
 40   27- 1-22	Saida   	Lebanon 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 41    1- 2-22	Dubai   	Syria   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 42   24- 3-22	Seoul   	Iran    	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 43   29- 3-22	Dubai   	UA Emirates	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 44    2- 6-22	Seoul   	Brazil  	1-5	
 45    6- 6-22	Daejeon 	Chile   	2-0	
 46   10- 6-22	Suwon   	Paraguay	2-2	
 47   14- 6-22	Seoul   	Egypt   	4-1	
 48   19- 7-22	Toyota  	China   	3-0	East Asian Champ.
 49   24- 7-22	Toyota  	Hong Kong	3-0	East Asian Champ.
 50   27- 7-22	Toyota  	Japan   	0-3	East Asian Champ.
 51   23- 9-22	Goyang  	Costa Rica	2-2	
 52   27- 9-22	Seoul   	Cameroon	1-0	
 53   11-11-22	Hwaseong	Iceland 	1-0	
 54   24-11-22	Doha    	Uruguay 	0-0	World Cup
 55   28-11-22	Doha    	Ghana   	2-3	World Cup
 56    5-12-22	Al-Wakrah	Brazil  	1-4	World Cup 


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    103  60  25   18	189-  94	145	70.39


Types of Matches
Friendlies		 43
World Cup Qualifier	 29
European Ch. Qualifier	  9
East Asian Championship	  6	
World Cup		  6
European Championship	  5
Asian Nations Cup	  5

Total			103


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