Colombia national beach soccer team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers) La Tricolor (The Tricolors)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Santiago Alzate
FIFA code	COL
BSWW ranking	45 (Mar. '18)
First colours Second colours
First international
Colombia 5–2 Ecuador (Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 December 2009)
Biggest win
Colombia 9–4 Ecuador (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 15–0 Colombia (Montevideo, Uruguay; 10 December 2009)
World Cup
Appearances	0
Best result	none

The Colombia national beach soccer team represents Colombia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF), the governing body for football in Colombia.

Colombia entered the international beach soccer scene in 2009 at the first edition of the South American Beach Games. The team subsequently debuted in the largest beach soccer event in South America, the World Cup qualifiers, in 2011, finishing in 4th place – their best finish in any major competition to date. Since then, Colombia have remained an active team, becoming regulars at the major CONMEBOL events of the World Cup qualifiers, Copa América and Liga Sudamericana, however have yet to achieve a podium finish.

Current squad

As of March 2018

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	COL	Alejandro Quintero
4		COL	Edwin Rojas
5	DF	COL	Escalante Lopez
6	DF	COL	Jose Gomez
7	FW	COL	Jose Arzuza Fonseca
8		COL	Edward Bonilla

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9		COL	Oscar Hurtado
10		COL	Kevin Zuluaga
11		COL	Kevin Henao
12	GK	COL	Levid Sanchez
13		COL	Carlos Mejia
20		COL	Miguel Parra

Coach: Santiago Alzate

Achievements

• CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup best: 4th place
  • 2011
• Copa América de Beach Soccer best: 8th place
  • 2016
• South American Beach Games best: 4th place
  • 2009

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
1995 – 2009	Did not enter
2011 – 2017	Did not qualify
2019	To be determined
Total	0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Copa América de Beach Soccer

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
2016	8th place of 10	5	2	0	0	3	16	20	–4
2018	9th place of 10	5	0	0	1	4	18	25	–7
Total	2/2	10	2	0	1	7	34	45	–11

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
2005†	Did not enter
2006
2007†
2008
2009
2011	4th place of 9	5	1	0	1	3	16	20	–4
2013	7th place of 9	6	3	0	0	3	19	24	–5
2015	8th place of 10	6	0	1	0	5	17	30	–13
2017	6th place of 10	6	2	0	0	4	30	32	–2
Total	4/9	23	6	1	1	15	82	106	–24

† – Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF

South American Beach Games

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
2009	4th place of 7	5	1	0	0	4	12	30	–18
2011	5th place of 8	3	1	0	0	2	10	10	0
2014	5th place of 8	5	2	0	0	3	12	18	–6
Total	3/3	13	4	0	0	9	34	58	–24

See also

• Colombia national futsal team

External links

• Colombia Profile, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Colombia, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
• List of results – '09, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18