United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team

United Arab Emirates
Association	UAEFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohamed Bashir Al Maazmi
Most caps	Humaid Jamal Shambih Bilal Alblooshi (62)
Top scorer	Waleed Beshr Mohammed Beshr Salem (29)
FIFA code	UAE
BSWW ranking	14 (31 December 2020)
; First colours	; Second colours
First international
	UAE 3–7 France ; (Dubai, UAE; 18 April 2001)
Biggest win
	Qatar 1–8 UAE ; (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia; 7 March 2017) ; UAE 8–1 Malaysia ; (Pattaya, Thailand; 14 March 2019)
Biggest defeat
	UAE 4–15 Brazil ; (Dubai, UAE; 2 November 2017)

The United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team represents United Arab Emirates in beach soccer. They are one of the most successful Asian national teams, having won twice the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (2007, 2008). At the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, however, they have never got past the Group Stage. The UAE team has participated in every edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, which was founded after the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was hosted in the United Arab Emirates and which is played only in the UAE.

Roster[]

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[4]

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	UAE	Bahri
2	FW	UAE	Haitham
3	MF	UAE	Ahmed B.
4	MF	UAE	Waleed B.
5	DF	UAE	Abbas
6	DF	UAE	Rashed
7	MF	UAE	Hesham


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	UAE	Ali
9	FW	UAE	Ali Karim
10	FW	UAE	Walid
11	FW	UAE	Hasan
12	GK	UAE	Humaid
13	GK	UAE	Hussain
14	MF	UAE	Yaqoub S.

Head coach:

Mohamed Abbas Mohamed Bashir Almaazmi

Assistant coach:

Victor Barros da Silva Vasques

Goalkeeping coach:

Mohamed Hamza Ali Hussain Almazami

Results and fixtures[]

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) World Cup	United Arab Emirates	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Tahiti	Moscow, Russia
15:00 UTC+3	W. Beshr 24' Alhammadi 25' Paama 33' (o.g.) A. Beshr 39'	Report (FIFA)	Tetauira 21' Taiarui 36' Li 36'	Stadium: Attendance: 472 Referee: Sérgio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) World Cup	Mozambique	4–2	United Arab Emirates	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	Figo 5', 21', 28', 33'	Report (FIFA)	Alhammadi 8' A. Beshr 36'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,032 Referee: Roman Borisov (Russia)

23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) World Cup	Spain	5–3	United Arab Emirates	Moscow, Russia
15:00 UTC+3	Chiky 13' Eduard 15' Torres 17' Perez 21', 30'	Report (FIFA)	A. Mohammad 7', 22' Malahi 9'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,183 Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) Intercontinental Cup	United Arab Emirates	6–4	Spain	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:15 UTC+4	Walid 6' Waleed Beshr 7', 34' Malahi 20' Ahmed Beshr 21' Abbas 24'	Report	Joselito 6', 24', 27' Suárez 34'	Stadium: Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Intercontinental Cup	United Arab Emirates	3–5	Portugal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:15 UTC+4	Walid 16' Abbas 17', 23'	Report	B. Martins 3', 34' Brilhante 16' Lourenço 16' L. Martins 22'	Stadium: Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Intercontinental Cup	Senegal	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:45 UTC+4	Samb 1' Seydina 1' (pen.) Diatta 34'	Report	Waleed 11' (pen.) Ahmed 17', 20'	Stadium: Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
	Penalties
	Sylla Mam. Diagne Seydina Man. Diagne Diatta		Abbas Hasan Kamal Malahi Waleed

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) Intercontinental Cup	United Arab Emirates	4–6	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4	Abbas 13' Waleed 16' Ali 33' Hasan 33'	Report	Okuyama 2' Oba 12', 35' Matsuoka 26' Akaguma 30' Tanaka 35'	Stadium: Referee: Abdullah Saleh (Bahrain)

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) Intercontinental Cup	United Arab Emirates	3–8	Paraguay	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:00 UTC+4	Ahmed 23' Walid 20' Malahi 18'	Report	V. Benitez 3', 9', 17' G. Benitez 8', 20' Escobar 19', 29' Medina 26'	Stadium: Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)

Competitive record[]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification (AFC) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Did not enter									No qualification matches
2006	Did not qualify									Group stage	5th	2	0	0	2	7	11	−4
2007	Group stage	14th	3	0	0	3	13	16	−3	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	21	10	+11
2008	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	12	14	−2	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	18	6	+12
2009	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	12	12	0	Automatically qualified as hosts
2011	Did not qualify									Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	20	12	+8
2013	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	8	14	−6	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12
2015	Did not qualify									Fifth place	5th	5	3	0	2	20	19	+1
2017	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	25	16	+9
2019	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	Runners-up	2nd	5	5	0	1	28	10	+18
2021	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	9	12	−3	Cancelled^[a]
Total	0 titles	7/11	21	4	2	15	66	83	–17	2 titles	8/9	36	27	1	9	162	95	+67

^ The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.^[5]^[6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,^[7] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.^[8] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.^[9]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup[]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2006	Group stage	2	0	0	0	2	7	11	−4
2007	Champions	4	4	0	0	0	21	10	+11
2008	Champions	4	4	0	0	0	18	6	+12
2009	Did not enter
2011	Fourth place	6	4	0	0	2	20	12	+8
2013	Third place	5	4	0	0	1	23	11	+12
2015	Fifth place	5	3	0	0	2	20	19	+1
2017	Runner-ups	5	3	0	1	1	25	16	+9
2019	Runner-ups	5	5	0	0	1	28	10	+18
2021	Cancelled^[a]
Total	2 titles	36	26	0	1	9	162	95	+67

^ see above

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup[]

BSIC record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2011	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	13	17	−4
2012	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	21	20	+1
2013	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	18	17	+1
2014	Sixth place	6th	5	1	0	4	12	16	−4
2015	Fifth place	5th	5	3	1	1	17	13	+4
2016	Seventh place	7th	5	1	0	4	13	30	−17
2017	Fifth place	5th	5	2	0	3	17	27	−10
2018	Sixth place	6th	5	1	0	4	17	27	−10
2019	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	12	9	+3
2021	Eighth place	8th	5	1	1	3	19	26	–7
Total	0 titles	10/10	50	19	3	28	159	202	–43

Reference[]

^ Japan, Oman and UAE lead Asian charge at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021
^ "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ INTERNATIONAL BEACH SOCCER RESULTS – 2001 (MEN). theroonba.com.
^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 December 2019.
^ "AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". en.vff.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.
^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
^ "Latest update on AFC representatives for upcoming FIFA competitions". AFC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links[]

United Arab Emirates at FIFA
United Arab Emirates at BSWW
(in Russian) United Arab Emirates at Beach Soccer Russia

[10] The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.^[5]^[6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,^[7] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.^[8] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.^[9]

[11] see above

[1] Japan, Oman and UAE lead Asian charge at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021

[BSWW_World_Ranking-2] "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[3] INTERNATIONAL BEACH SOCCER RESULTS – 2001 (MEN). theroonba.com.

[4] FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List

[5] "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 December 2019.

[6] "AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". en.vff.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[7] "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.

[8] "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.

[afcp-9] "Latest update on AFC representatives for upcoming FIFA competitions". AFC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

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