Portugal national beach soccer team

Portugal

Nickname(s)	Selecção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mário Narciso
Captain	Madjer
FIFA code	POR
First colours Second colours

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 15 of the 18 editions of the Beach Soccer World Cup (organised by FIFA since 2005), and its best results are two victories in 2001 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and 2015 (Espinho, Portugal). Alongside Brazil, Portugal is the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide.

Current squad

As of 19 July 2015

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		Tiago Petrony
2	DF		Rui Coimbra
3	DF		Léo Martins
4	DF		Bruno Torres
5	MF		Jordan Santos
6	DF		Alan

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF		Madjer (captain)
8	MF		Zé Maria
9	FW		Bruno Novo
10	FW		Belchior
11	DF		Bê Martins
12	GK		Elinton Andrade

Coach: Mário Narciso
Assistant coaches: Luís Bilro, Tiago Reis

Notable players

2007

• José Miguel Mateus a.k.a. Zé Miguel (GK)
• Bruno Manuel de Jesus M. Silva a.k.a. Bruno (GK)
• Ricardo António da Silva Ferreira a.k.a. Loja (FW)
• David Miguel Rodrigues a.k.a. David (FW)
• Hernâni Madruga Neves a.k.a. Hernâni (DF) (1998–2008)

Achievements

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Winners (1): 2015

Runners-up (1): 2005

Third place (3): 2008, 2009, 2011

Fourth place (1): 2006

Beach Soccer World Championships

Winners (1): 2001

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002

Third place (2): 2003, 2004

Euro Beach Soccer League

Winners (5): 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015

Runners-up (7): 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013

Third place (5): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2014

Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Winners (6): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Runners-up (3): 1999, 2010, 2012

Third place (3): 2005, 2007, 2009

Mundialito

Winners (5): 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014

Runners-up (10): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013

Fourth place (3): 1997, 1998, 2004

Copa Latina

Winners (1): 2000

Runners-up (5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003

Third place (1): 2005

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record

Year	Round	P	G	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	1	1	27	15	+12
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	0	2	43	24	+19
2007	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	1	1	2	18	22	−4
2008	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	0	1	41	22	+19
2009	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	0	2	32	24	+8
2011	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	1	1	33	12	+21
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Champions	1st	6	5	0	0	1	32	18	+14
2017	To be determined
Total		7/8	39	24	2	3	10	226	137	+89

External links

• Profile at FIFA.com