Portugal national beach soccer team

Portugal

Nickname(s)	Selecção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mário Narciso
Captain	Madjer
FIFA code	POR
BSWW ranking	1[1]
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Portugal 15–0 Moldova  (Jesolo, Italy; 2 September 2016)

Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for Portuguese football. The team has participated in 15 of the 18 editions of the Beach Soccer World Cup (organised by FIFA since 2005), and its best results are two victories in 2001 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and 2015 (Espinho, Portugal). Alongside Brazil, Portugal is the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide.

Current squad

As of 19 July 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tiago Petrony 2 DF Rui Coimbra 3 DF Léo Martins 4 DF Bruno Torres 5 MF Jordan Santos 6 DF Alan

No. Position Player 7 MF Madjer (captain) 8 MF Zé Maria 9 FW Bruno Novo 10 FW Belchior 11 DF Bê Martins 12 GK Elinton Andrade

Coach: Mário Narciso
Assistant coaches: Luís Bilro, Tiago Reis

Notable players

2007

• José Miguel Mateus a.k.a. Zé Miguel (GK)
• Bruno Manuel de Jesus M. Silva a.k.a. Bruno (GK)
• Ricardo António da Silva Ferreira a.k.a. Loja (FW)
• David Miguel Rodrigues a.k.a. David (FW)
• Hernâni Madruga Neves a.k.a. Hernâni (DF) (1998–2008)

Achievements

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners (1): 2015 Runners-up (1): 2005 Third place (3): 2008, 2009, 2011 Fourth place (1): 2006

Beach Soccer World Championships Winners (1): 2001 Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002 Third place (2): 2003, 2004

Euro Beach Soccer League Winners (5): 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015 Runners-up (8): 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016 Third place (5): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2014

Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners (7): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016 Runners-up (3): 1999, 2010, 2012 Third place (3): 2005, 2007, 2009

Mundialito Winners (5): 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 Runners-up (11): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 Fourth place (3): 1997, 1998, 2004

Copa Latina Winners (1): 2000 Runners-up (5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 Third place (1): 2005

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record

Year	Round	P	G	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	1	1	27	15	+12
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	0	2	43	24	+19
2007	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	1	1	2	18	22	−4
2008	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	0	1	41	22	+19
2009	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	0	2	32	24	+8
2011	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	1	1	33	12	+21
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Champions	1st	6	5	0	0	1	32	18	+14
2017	Qualified
Total		7/8	39	24	2	3	10	226	137	+89

References

1. Beach soccer World Ranking

External links

• Profile at FIFA.com