Portugal national beach soccer team

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 18 of the 21 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.

Portugal
Nickname(s)Selecção das Quinas
AssociationFederação Portuguesa de Futebol
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMário Narciso
CaptainMadjer
Most capsMadjer (500+)
Top scorerMadjer (1000+)
FIFA codePOR
BSWW ranking2 (7 September 2021)[1]


First colours


Second colours
Biggest win
 Portugal 15–0 Moldova 
(Jesolo, Italy; 2 September 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 11–2 Portugal 
(2000, 26 March Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

Managerial history
  • Mário Narciso (????–)

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  POR Tiago Petrony
2 FW  POR Pedro Marques
3 MF  POR André Lourenço
4 DF  POR Bruno Torres
5 FW  POR Miguel Pintado
6 MF  POR Rodrigo Pinhal
7 MF  POR Ruben Brilhante
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  POR Bê Martins
9 FW  POR João Gonçalves
10 MF  POR Belchior
11 FW  POR Léo Martins
12 GK  POR Elinton Andrade
13 MF  POR Fabio Costa
14 GK  POR Pedro Mano
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 record Qualification (UEFA) record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
2005Runners-up2nd53112715+12 No qualification matches
2006Fourth place4th64024324+19
2007Quarter-finals8th40221822−4
2008Third place3rd64114122+19 Runners-up2nd76014712+35
2009Third place3rd64023224+8 Fourth place4th75024729+18
2011Third place3rd64113312+21 Runners-up2nd75113725+12
2013Did not qualify Round of 16–4202219+12
2015Champions1st65013218+14 Automatically qualified as hosts
2017Quarter-finals8th41121510+5 Third place3rd87016114+47
2019Champions1st64113320+13 Fifth place5th85th125621+35
2021Group Stage Third place3rd65th012412+12
Total 2 titles 9/11 49 29 4 13 274 167 +107 0 titles 7/8 47 35 2 10 293 122 171+

Honours

References
  1. "Rankings".
  2. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
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