Nickname(s) | Die Nationalmannschaft (the national team) | ||
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Association | German Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Matteo Marrucci | ||
Captain | Sascha Weirauch | ||
Most caps | Sascha Weirauch (70) | ||
Top scorer | Christian Biermann (56) | ||
Home stadium | O2 World, Berlin | ||
FIFA code | GER | ||
BSWW ranking | 28 (31 December 2020) [1] | ||
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First international | |||
United States 5–1 Germany (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 24 January 1995) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Germany 11–3 Netherlands (Osnabrück, Germany; 2 August 2015) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Brazil 14–0 Germany (Alanya, Turkey; 15 July 2000) Brazil 14–0 Germany (Figueira da Foz, Portugal; 20 July 2000) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1995 ) | ||
Best result | 5th place, 1995 | ||
Euro Beach Soccer League | |||
Appearances | 15 (first in 1998 ) | ||
Best result | Champions, (1998) | ||
Euro Beach Soccer Cup | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 1999 ) | ||
Best result | 4th place (1998), (2001), (2003) |
The German beach soccer team represents Germany in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the G.F.A, the governing body for football in Germany.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification Record | ||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts |
2008 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 6 |
2009 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 3 |
2011 | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 0 |
2013 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
2015 | 10th Place | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 12 |
2017 | 12th Place | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 8 |
2019 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | –4 | 3 |
2021 | 6th Place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 12 | +11 | 6 |
2023 | Ongoing | |||||||||
Total | 9/9 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 104 | 115 | -11 | 35 |
Correct as of April 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coach: Sebastian Ulrich
Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is known today having been officially founded in late 2000 as a singular institution to develop the sport and organise international beach soccer competitions across the globe, primarily between national teams. The company is recognised as playing the biggest role in helping to establish the rules of beach soccer, to spread and evolve the sport around the world as cited by FIFA who took on governing body status of the sport from BSWW in 2005. Having established the sport's key regulations, FIFA acknowledged BSWW's framework, making their rules the official laws of beach soccer and now controls them and any modifications.
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.
The 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 18 of the 21 editions of the Beach Soccer World Cup, and its best results are three victories in 2001, 2015, and 2019. Alongside Brazil, Portugal is the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide. In European competitions, Portugal is record holder of titles.
The France national beach soccer team represents France in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FFF, the governing body for football in France.
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