Brazil national beach soccer team

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Brazil
Nickname(s)Reis da Praia (Kings of the Beach)
Canarinha (Little Canary)
AssociationBrazilian Football Confederation
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachGilberto Costa
CaptainBruno Xavier
Top scorerNeném (336 goals)
FIFA codeBRA
BSWW ranking3 (7 September 2021)[1]
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Brazil 10–3 United States 
(2 July 1993, Miami, United States)
Biggest win
 Brazil 23–3 Mexico 
(3 March 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 4–9 Nigeria 
(18 December 2011, Lagos, Nigeria)

The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil. Portugal, Russia, Spain and Senegal are the only squads to have eliminated Brazil out of the World Cup. Brazil are ranked 1st in the BSWW World Rankings. They are, alongside Portugal, the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide.

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[]

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group C Switzerland   5–5 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		  Brazil Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3
  • Borer 6', 26'
  • Stankovic 15', 36'
  • Ott 34'
 Report (FIFA)
  • Edson Hulk 6'
  • Lucão 8'
  • Zé Lucas 24', 25', 27'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)
Penalties
  • soccer ball with check mark Lucão
  • soccer ball with check mark Zé Lucas
  • soccer ball with red X Antonio
  • soccer ball with check mark Edson Hulk
  • soccer ball with red X Rodrigo
22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group C Brazil  4–2  El Salvador Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3
  • Rodrigo 2', 25'
  • Filipe 28'
  • Mauricinho 35'
 Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group C Brazil  5–0  Belarus Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3
  • Rodrigo 3'
  • Edson Hulk 15'
  • Lucão 23' (pen.), 24'
  • Mauricinho 32'
 Report (FIFA) Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals Senegal  5–4 (a.e.t.)  Brazil Moscow, Russia
15:00 UTC+3
  • Mam. Diagne 9'
  • Man. Diagne 25', 39'
  • Mendy 34', 38'
 Report (FIFA)
  • Rodrigo 3', 39'
  • Catarino 21'
  • Zé Lucas 23'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,628
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

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 Brazil BRA Mão
2 FW Brazil BRA Alisson
3 DF Brazil BRA Antonio
4 DF Brazil BRA Catarino
5 DF Brazil BRA Filipe
6 FW Brazil BRA Lucão
7 FW Brazil BRA Edson Hulk
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 DF Brazil BRA Luis Enrique
9 FW Brazil BRA Rodrigo
10 DF Brazil BRA Datinha
11 FW Brazil BRA Mauricinho
12 GK Brazil BRA Rafa Padilha
13 FW Brazil BRA Zé Lucas
14 GK Brazil BRA Tiago Bobo
Head coach: Gilberto Costa
Goalkeeping coach: Julio Cesar Franco

Player records[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 26 August 2021[3]
*Players in bold are still active with Brazil.
Rank Player Goals
1 Neném 336
2 Júnior Negão 318
3 Jorginho 316
4 Benjamin 308
5 André 278
6 Buru 224
7 Bruno Malias 214
8 Júnior 202
Bruno Xavier 202
10 Juninho 153
Sidney 153
12 Rodrigo 146
13 Mauricinho 134
14 Daniel Zidane 127
15 Magal 123

Competitive record[]

Beach Soccer World Championships (no FIFA)[]

World Championships record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Brazil 1995 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 52 11 +41
Brazil 1996 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 39 9 +30
Brazil 1997 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 46 13 +33
Brazil 1998 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 52 9 +43
Brazil 1999 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 42 18 +24
Brazil 2000 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 42 16 +26
Brazil 2001 Fourth place 4th 5 3 0 2 38 16 +22
Brazil 2002 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 31 13 +18
Brazil 2003 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 41 10 +31
Brazil 2004 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 42 10 +32
Total 9 titles 10/10 50 48 0 2 425 125 +300

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record Qualification (CONMEBOL) record[a]
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Brazil 2005 Third place 3rd 5 4 0 1 39 14 +25 Automatically qualified as hosts
Brazil 2006 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 52 16 +36 Champions 1st 7 0 0 0 71 15 +56
Brazil 2007 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 43 19 +24 Automatically qualified as hosts
France 2008 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 34 15 +19 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 28 11 +17
United Arab Emirates 2009 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 47 19 +28 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 39 6 +33
Italy 2011 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 32 28 +4 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 39 6 +33
French Polynesia 2013 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 25 14 +11 Third place 3rd 5 4 0 1 61 23 +38
Portugal 2015 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 0 1 16 11 +5 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 48 18 +30
The Bahamas 2017 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 38 15 +23 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 51 14 +37
Paraguay 2019 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 0 1 32 15 +17 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 59 13 +46
Russia 2021 Quarterfinals 5th 4 2 0 2 18 12 +6 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 35 13 +22
Total 5 titles 11/11 59 49 3 7 376 178 +198 8 titles 9/11 50 41 0 2 431 119 +312
  1. ^ In 2005 and 2007 merged qualification tournament with CONCACAF

Honours[]

The Brazil team at the medals ceremony of the 2019 South American Beach Games.

Mundialito de Futebol de Praia[]

Winners (14): 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017

South American Beach Soccer League[]

Winners (2): 2017, 2018

Copa Latina[]

Winners (9): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship[]

Winner (1): 2005

CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship[]

Winners (8): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup[]

Winner (3): 2014, 2016, 2017

References[]

  1. ^ "Rankings".
  2. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
  3. ^ "Artilheiros". Retrieved 19 August 2021.

External links[]


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