Of the three big clubs (Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Futebol Clube do Porto, Sporting Clube de Portugal) in Portugal , the club of the Invicta, Futebol Clube do Porto, is the one which is represented by only one player, with Silvestre Varela this, unlike the two international of Benfica and Sporting.
From the provisional 30-man squad, FC Porto could put two players, Varela and Quaresma, but Paulo Bento has cut the name of Quaresma from the final 23-man squad who will participate in the world soccer championship.
In the last call, for Mundial2010, Porto managed to put four players, three of them remain in the current list, but now representing other clubs: Beto, Bruno Alves and Raul Meireles. Rolando ( Inter ), which at the time represented the blue and white colors, was also part of the final squad but, this time, was one of seven names cut.
Benfica, with André Almeida and Ruben Amorim, and Sporting, with Rui Patricio and William Carvalho, both will be represented by two players. SC Braga is the Portuguese club most represented in the final 23-man squad, with Eduardo, Rafa and Éder.
Portugal are in Group G with Germany, Ghana and the United States.
The players to be dropped are:
goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (Lyon)
defenders Antunes (Malaga), Rolando (Inter Milan)
midfielders Andre Gomes (Benfica) , Joao Mario (Vitoria FC)
forward Ivan Cavaleiro (Benfica)
The final 23-man squad is:
Goalkeepers:
Beto (Sevilla),
Eduardo (Braga)
Rui Patricio (Sporting).
Defenders:
Andre Almeida (Benfica)
Bruno Alves (Fenerbahce)
Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid)
Joao Pereira (Valencia)
Neto (Zenit)
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Ricardo Costa (Valencia).
Midfielders:
Joao Moutinho (Monaco)
Miguel Veloso (Dinamo Kiev)
Raul Meireles (Fenerbahce)
Ruben Amorim (Benfica)
William Carvalho (Sporting).
Forwards:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Eder (SC Braga)
Helder Postiga (Lazio)
Hugo Almeida (Besiktas)
Nani (Manchester United)
Rafa (Braga)
Varela (FC Porto)
Vieirinha (Wolfsburg).
