Bolivia national beach soccer team

The Bolivia national beach soccer team represents Bolivia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol (Bolivian Football Federation), the governing body for football in Bolivia.

 Bolivia
Nickname(s)La Verde (The Green)[1]
Los Altiplanicos (The Highlanders)[1]
AssociationBolivian Football Federation (FBF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachAntonio Gigliotti
FIFA codeBOL
BSWW ranking58 (Feb. '18)[2]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 El Salvador 7–3 Bolivia 
(Huanchaco, Peru; 7 December 2014)
Biggest win
 Bolivia 6–3 Dominican Republic 
(Huanchaco, Peru; 12 December 2014)
 Bolivia 5–2 Uruguay 
(Santa Cruz de Asia, Peru; 4 March 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 11–3 Bolivia 
(Recife, Brazil; 3 February 2015)
 Brazil 9–1 Bolivia 
(Santos, Brazil; 13 December 2016)
 Uruguay 11–3 Bolivia 
(Lambaré, Paraguay; 7 February 2017)
World Cup
Appearances0
Best resultnone

Bolivia first fielded a beach soccer team at the 2014 Bolivarian Beach Games in Huanchaco, Peru.[3] Subsequently, in 2015, La Verde became the final of the 10 members of CONMEBOL to start competing in the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, meaning all 10 were contesting the event together for the first time.[4] Since then, Bolivia have remained an active team, becoming regulars at the major CONMEBOL events of the World Cup qualifiers, Copa América and Liga Sudamericana, however have yet to achieve a podium finish.

Current squad

As of February 2017[5][6]

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  BOL Remberto Portales
2 FW  BOL Carlos Guardia
3 DF  BOL Marcelo Guzmán
4 DF  BOL Jorge Suárez
5 FW  BOL Oliver Algarañaz
6 MF  BOL Yhonny Morón
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW  BOL Pablo Zapata
8 FW  BOL Julio Zambrano
9 FW  BOL Iver Castedo
10 FW  BOL Pedro López
11 FW  BOL Berthy Alpire
12 GK  BOL Carlos Carreño

Coach: Antonio Gigliotti

Achievements

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
1995 – 2013 Did not enter
2015 – 2017 Did not qualify
2019 To be determined
Total0/1900000000

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
2005 Did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013
20159th place of 10510041521–6
201710th place of 1050005932–23
Total2/91010092453–29
– Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF

Copa América de Beach Soccer
Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
20167th place of 10520031827–9
20186th place of 10511032629–3
Total2/21031064456–12

See also

References
  1. "Famous Bolivian Footballers". Your Spanish Translation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. World rankings January 2018 (in Russian)
  3. Bolivia integrated its beach soccer team, announced – CONMEBOL
  4. Everything is planned for the South American Beach Soccer Championship – CONMEBOL
  5. BSWW
  6. "APF". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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