Portugal national beach soccer team explained

Portugal
Fifa Trigramme:POR
Nickname:Selecção das Quinas
Association:Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Mário Narciso
Most Caps:Madjer (584)
Top Scorer:Madjer (1090)
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Largest Win: 15–0
(Jesolo, Italy; 2 September 2016)
Largest Loss: 11–2
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 March 2000)
World Cup Apps:19
World Cup Best:Champions (2001, 2015 and 2019)

The 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 19 of the 22 editions of the Beach Soccer World Cup (organised by FIFA since 2005), and its best results are three victories in 2001 (Costa do Sauipe, Brazil), 2015 (Espinho, Portugal), and 2019 (Luque, Paraguay). Alongside Brazil, Portugal is the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide. In European competitions, Portugal is record holder of titles.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2021

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Coach: Mário Narciso
Assistant coach: Luís Bilro
Assistant coach: Tiago Reis

Managerial history

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1]

Head coach: Mário Narciso

1st assistant coach: Diago dos Reis

2nd assistant coach: Luis Pereira

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup recordwidth=1% rowspan="16"Qualification (UEFA) record
width=40Yearwidth=50Roundwidth=20Poswidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20W+width=20Lwidth=20GFwidth=20GAwidth=20GDwidth=50Roundwidth=20Poswidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20W+width=20Lwidth=20GFwidth=20GAwidth=20GD
2005Runners-up2nd53112715+12 No qualification matches
2006Fourth place4th64024324+19
2007Quarter-finals8th40221822−4
2008Third place3rd64114122+19Runners-up2nd76014712+35
2009Third place3rd64023224+8Fourth place4th75024729+18
2011Third place3rd64113312+21 Runners-up2nd75113725+12
2013did not qualifyRound of 164202219+12
2015Champions1st65013218+14Automatically qualified as hosts
2017Quarter-finals8th41121510+5Third place3rd87016114+47
2019Champions1st64113320+13Fifth place5th85th125621+35
2021Group stage10th31021415-1Third place3rd65th012412+12
2024Quarter-finals5th42021611+5Playoffs44002813+15
2025to be determinedto be determined
Total2 titles10/115230415288182+1060 titles8/95139210321135+186

Medals

Last Update: 5 March 2024 [2]

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2 1 3 6
1 2 2 5
0 2 2 4
8 10 6 24
7 3 3 13
7 12 1 20
1 5 1 7
1 0 1 2
0 2 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 1 1 2
Total 26 38 20 84

Honours

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
  • Winners (2): 2015, 2019
  • Runners-up (1): 2005
  • Third place (3): 2008, 2009, 2011
  • Fourth place (1): 2006
    Beach Soccer World Championship
  • Winners (1): 2001
  • Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002
  • Third place (2): 2003, 2004
    Euro Beach Soccer League
  • Winners (8): 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Runners-up (10): 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022 Third place (6): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2018
    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 (7): 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019
  • Runners-up (12): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
  • Third place (1): 2022
  • Fourth place (3): 1997, 1998, 2004
    Copa Latina
  • Winners (1): 2000
  • Runners-up (5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Third place (1): 2005
    European Games
  • Gold medal (1): 2019
  • Bronze medal (1): 2015
  • Fourth place (1): 2023
    Mediterranean Beach Games
  • Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
  • World Beach Games
  • External links

    Notes and References

    1. https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce6/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
    2. https://theroonba.com/beachsoccer/men/ranking.html