Portugal national beach soccer team

Portugal

Nickname(s)	Selecção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mário Narciso
Most caps	Madjer (584)
Top scorer	Madjer (1090)
FIFA code	POR
BSWW ranking	3 (8 April 2024) [1]
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Portugal 15–0 Moldova   (Jesolo, Italy; 2 September 2016)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 11–2 Portugal   (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 March 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	11
Best result	Champions(2015, 2019)

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 19 of the 22 editions of the Beach Soccer World Cup (organised by FIFA since 2005), and its best results are two victories in 2015 (Espinho, Portugal), and 2019 (Luque, Paraguay). 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.

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

Portugal   v   Oman

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	5–3	Oman	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	L. Martins 2', 11', 21' Costa 20' Andrade 24'	Report (FIFA)	Al-Zadjali 11' Al-Sinani 13' Costa 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,019 Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

Portugal   v   Senegal

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	3–5	Senegal	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Von 9' Pinhal 18' (pen.) Lourenço 24'	Report (FIFA)	Mendy 9', 24' Man. Diagne 11' (pen.), 33' Diatta 35'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

Uruguay   v   Portugal

24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Uruguay	7–6	Portugal	Moscow, Russia
19:00	Bella 6', 10' L. Quinta 9', 23', 25' Laens 26' Guerrero 32'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	L. Martins 3', 12', 16', 22', 25' Von 5'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 1,977 Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Coach: Mário Narciso
Assistant coach: Luís Bilro
Assistant coach: Tiago Reis

Managerial history

• Mário Narciso (????–)

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   POR Tiago Petrony 2 FW   POR Pedro Marques 3 MF   POR André Lourenço 4 DF   POR Bruno Torres 5 FW   POR Miguel Pintado 6 MF   POR Rodrigo Pinhal 7 MF   POR Ruben Brilhante

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF   POR Bê Martins 9 FW   POR João Gonçalves 10 MF   POR Belchior 11 FW   POR Léo Martins 12 GK   POR Elinton Andrade 13 MF   POR Fabio Costa 14 GK   POR Pedro Mano

Head coach: Mário Narciso

1st assistant coach: Diago dos Reis

2nd assistant coach: Luis Pereira

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification (UEFA) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD		Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	27	15	+12		No qualification matches
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	43	24	+19
2007	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	2	2	18	22	−4
2008	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	41	22	+19		Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	47	12	+35
2009		3rd	6	4	0	2	32	24	+8		Fourth place	4th	7	5	0	2	47	29	+18
2011		3rd	6	4	1	1	33	12	+21		Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	37	25	+12
2013	Did not qualify										Round of 16	–	4	2	0	2	21	9	+12
2015	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	32	18	+14		Automatically qualified as hosts
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	15	10	+5		Third place	3rd	8	7	0	1	61	14	+47
2019	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	33	20	+13		Fifth place	5th	8	5th	1	2	56	21	+35
2021	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	14	15	-1		Third place	3rd	6	5th	0	1	24	12	+12
2024	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	16	11	+5		Playoffs	–	4	4	0	0	28	13	+15
2025	Qualified										Qualified
Total	2 titles	10/11	52	30	4	15	288	182	+106	0 titles	8/9	51	39	2	10	321	135	+186

Medals

Last Update: 15 October 2024 ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	2	1	3	6
Beach Soccer World Championships	1	2	2	5
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)	1	2	2	5
Euro Beach Soccer League	9	10	6	24
Euro Beach Soccer Cup	7	3	3	13
BSWW Mundialito	7	12	1	20
Copa Latina (beach soccer)	1	5	1	7
Beach soccer at the European Games	1	0	1	2
Mediterranean Beach Games	0	2	0	2
World Beach Games	0	0	0	0
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	0	1	1	2
Total	26	38	20	84

Honours

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners (2): 2015, 2019 Runners-up (1): 2005 Third place (3): 2008, 2009, 2011 Fourth place (1): 2006

Beach Soccer World Championship Winners (1): 2001 Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002 Third place (2): 2003, 2004

Euro Beach Soccer League Winners (9): 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 Runners-up (10): 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022 Third place (6): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2018

Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners (7): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016 Runners-up (3): 1999, 2010, 2012 Third place (3): 2005, 2007, 2009

Mundialito Winners (7): 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019 Runners-up (12): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017 Third place (1): 2022 Fourth place (3): 1997, 1998, 2004

Copa Latina Winners (1): 2000 Runners-up (5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 Third place (1): 2005

European Games Gold medal (1): 2019 Bronze medal (1): 2015 Fourth place (1): 2023

Mediterranean Beach Games Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup World Beach Games

References

1. '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000005-QINU`"' "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
3. "The Roon Ba".

External links

• Portugal at FIFA
• Portugal at BSWW
• (in Russian) Portugal at Beach Soccer Russia

Awards
Preceded by Portugal national table tennis team	Portuguese Team of the Year 2015	Succeeded by Portugal national football team