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
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mário Narciso
Most caps	Madjer (584)
Top scorer	Madjer (1090)
FIFA code	POR
BSWW ranking	1 (31 December 2020)^[1]
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Portugal 15–0 Moldova  (Jesolo, Italy; 2 September 2016)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 11–2 Portugal  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 March 2000)

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

2021

Portugal   v   Oman

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	5–3	Oman	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	L. Martins   2', 11', 21' Costa   20' Andrade   24'	Report (FIFA)	Al-Zadjali   11' Al-Sinani   13' Costa   14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,019 Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

Portugal   v   Senegal

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	3–5	Senegal	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Von   9' Pinhal   18' (pen.) Lourenço   24'	Report (FIFA)	Mendy   9', 24' Man. Diagne   11' (pen.), 33' Diatta   35'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

Uruguay   v   Portugal

24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Uruguay	7–6	Portugal	Moscow, Russia
19:00	Bella   6', 10' L. Quinta   9', 23', 25' Laens   26' Guerrero   32'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	L. Martins   3', 12', 16', 22', 25' Von   5'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 1,977 Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

Managerial history

• Mário Narciso (????–)

Team

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
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	27	15	+12		No qualification matches
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	43	24	+19
2007	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	2	2	18	22	−4
2008	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	41	22	+19		Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	47	12	+35
2009	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	2	32	24	+8		Fourth place	4th	7	5	0	2	47	29	+18
2011	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	33	12	+21		Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	37	25	+12
2013	did not qualify										Round of 16	–	4	2	0	2	21	9	+12
2015	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	32	18	+14		Automatically qualified as hosts
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	15	10	+5		Third place	3rd	8	7	0	1	61	14	+47
2019	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	33	20	+13		Fifth place	5th	8	5th	1	2	56	21	+35
2021	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	14	15	-1		Third place	3rd	6	5th	0	1	24	12	+12
2023	qualified										ongoing
2025	to be determined										to be determined
Total	2 titles	10/11	52	30	4	15	288	182	+106		0 titles	7/8	47	35	2	10	293	122	171+

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

References

1. "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
2. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List

External links

• at FIFA
• Portugal at BSWW
• (in Russian) Portugal at Beach Soccer Russia

Awards
Preceded by Portugal national table tennis team	Portuguese Team of the Year 2015	Succeeded by Portugal national football team