Portugal's players were greeted by tens of thousands of people on arrival in Lisbon a day after the team won the European Championship for their first major trophy.
Dozens of airport staff gathered on the tarmac to cheer on the players as they arrived from France just after midday on Monday.
Captain Cristiano Ronaldo and coach Fernando Santos held the cup up to great cheers upon stepping out of the plane.
Thousands of people packed the streets around the airport to greet the team. They traveled in an open-topped, double-decker bus to the Belem presidential palace to meet Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
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They were later to begin a parade through the city.
Portugal beat France 1-0 in extra time on Sunday in the final in Paris.