Brazil national beach soccer team

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. Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner a record six times and having won the defunct World Championships also a record nine times. The Seleção also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms. 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.

Brazil
Nickname(s)Reis da Praia (Kings of the Beach)
Canarinha (Little Canary)
Verde e Amarela (Green and Yellow)
AssociationBrazilian Football Confederation
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachMarco Octávio
CaptainBruno Xavier
Most capsMão (381)
Top scorerNeném (336)
FIFA codeBRA
BSWW ranking 1 Steady (8 April 2024)[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)

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
  • Ott soccer ball with red X
  • Steinemann soccer ball with check mark
  • Misev soccer ball with check mark
  • Borer soccer ball with check mark
  • Stankovic soccer ball with check mark
  • 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)
  • Perdomo 3' (pen.)
  • Velásquez 18'
 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
1Neném336
2Júnior Negão318
3Jorginho316
4Benjamin308
5André278
6Buru224
7Bruno Malias214
8Júnior202
Bruno Xavier202
10Juninho153
Sidney153
12Rodrigo146
13Mauricinho134
14Daniel Zidane127
15Magal123

Competitive record

Beach Soccer World Championships (no FIFA)
World Championships record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Brazil 1995Champions1st55005211+41
Brazil 1996Champions1st5500399+30
Brazil 1997Champions1st55004613+33
Brazil 1998Champions1st5500529+43
Brazil 1999Champions1st55004218+24
Brazil 2000Champions1st55004216+26
Brazil 2001Fourth place4th53023816+22
Brazil 2002Champions1st55003113+18
Brazil 2003Champions1st55004110+31
Brazil 2004Champions1st55004210+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[lower-alpha 1]
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Brazil 2005Third place3rd54013914+25 Automatically qualified as hosts
Brazil 2006Champions1st66005216+36 Champions1st77007115+56
Brazil 2007Champions1st65104319+24 Automatically qualified as hosts
France 2008Champions1st66003415+19 Champions1st44002811+17
United Arab Emirates 2009Champions1st66004719+28 Champions1st5500396+33
Italy 2011Runners-up2nd64113228+4 Champions1st5500396+33
French Polynesia 2013Third place3rd64112514+11 Third place3rd54016123+38
Portugal 2015Quarterfinals5th43011611+5 Champions1st65014818+30
The Bahamas 2017Champions1st66003815+23 Champions1st66005114+37
Paraguay 2019Quarterfinals5th43013215+17 Champions1st66005913+46
Russia 2021Quarterfinals5th42021812+6 Champions1st66003513+22
United Arab Emirates 2024Champions1st64202918+11 Champions1st66005516+39
Total 6 titles 12/13 65 52 5 7 405 196 +209 9 titles 10/13 56 54 0 2 486 135 +341
  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.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Winners (6): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2024

Beach Soccer World Championships
Winners (9): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004

Mundialito
Winners (15): 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2023

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Winner (3): 2014, 2016, 2017

Copa América of Beach Soccer
Winners (3): 2016, 2018, 2023

CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
Winners (8): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
Winner (1): 2005

CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League
Winners (4): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022

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

References
  1. "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
  3. "Artilheiros". Retrieved 19 August 2021.


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