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Argentina
Nickname(s)La Albiceleste
AssociationArgentine Football Association
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachGustavo Casado
CaptainLucas Medero
Home stadiumEzeiza
FIFA codeARG


First colours


Second colours
World Cup
Appearances8 no officials and 8 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (First in 2005)
Best resultFifth place: 2006, 2008, 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2005)
Best resultWinner (2013)
Websitewww.afa.org.ar

The Argentina national beach soccer team represents Argentina in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AFA, the governing body for football in Argentina.

The Argentina national beach soccer team has qualified and participated in all eight FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tournaments and has been a Winner of The CONMEBOL Competition once and Runners-up twice.Argentina is ranked 10th in the FIFA World Rankings.

Current squad

Correct as of April 2015:[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Marcelo Salgueiro
2 FW   Jonathan Levi
3 DF   Santiago Hilaire
4 MF   Rodrigo Lopez
5 DF   Luciano Franceschini
6 MF   Federico Costas
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 DF   Lucas Medero
8 FW   Federico Hilaire
9 FW   Luciano Sirico
10 FW   Cesar Leguizamon
11 MF   Cristian Cuevas
12 GK   Dardo Cortes

Current staff

  • Coach: Gustavo Casado
  • Technical Assistant: Esteban Pizzi
  • Head Delegation: Gustavo Lorenzo

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Record

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso 		L GF GA GD
Brazil2005 Quarterfinals 8th 3 1 0 2 8 16
Brazil2006 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 0 1 11 9
Brazil2007 First round 11th 3 1 0 2 9 9
France2008 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 0 1 13 7
United Arab Emirates2009 First round 9th 3 1 1 1 11 6
Italy2011 First round 11th 3 1 0 2 6 10
Tahiti2013 Quarterfinals 5th 4 2 0 2 18 17
Portugal2015 First round 12th 3 1 0 2 9 14
Total 8/8 - 27 13 1 13 85 89 -

Beach Soccer World Cup record

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso 		L GF GA GD
Brazil 1995 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 4 6
Brazil 1996 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 5 12
Brazil 1997 Semifinalist 4th 5 2 0 3 14 33
Brazil 1998 Quarterfinals 8th 4 1 0 3 13 19
Brazil 1999 Did not qualify
Brazil 2000 Group stage 10th 3 0 0 3 9 10
Brazil 2001 Semifinalist 3rd 5 4 0 1 22 12
Brazil 2002 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 12 27
Brazil 2003 Did not qualify
Brazil 2004 Quarterfinals 7th 3 1 1 1 8 15
Total 8/10 - 30 10 1 19 84 125 -

Regional honours

Mundialito de Futebol de Praia

  • 3rd (3) 2006, 2008, 2010

Copa Latina

  • 2nd (1) 2006
  • 3rd (4) 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010

References

  1. ^ Squad
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