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. Portugal, Russia and Spain 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 and Canarinha
AssociationBrazilian Football Confederation
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachGilberto Costa
CaptainBruno Xavier
Top scorerNeném (336 goals)
FIFA codeBRA
BSWW ranking 1 (2 March 2020)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Brazil 2–1 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)

Achievements

Beach Soccer World Cup
Beach Soccer World Championships
Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
1995FinalChampions55005211+41
1996FinalChampions5500399+30
1997FinalChampions55004613+33
1998FinalChampions5500529+43
1999FinalChampions55004218+24
2000FinalChampions55004216+26
2001Third place match4th place53023816+22
2002FinalChampions55003113+18
2003FinalChampions55004110+31
2004FinalChampions55004210+32
Total10/109 Titles504802425125+300
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
2005Third place matchThird place54013914+25
2006FinalChampions66005216+36
2007FinalChampions65104319+24
2008FinalChampions66003415+19
2009FinalChampions66004719+28
2011FinalRunners up64113228+4
2013Third place matchThird place64112514+11
2015Quarter-finals5th place43011611+5
2017FinalChampions66003815+23
2019Quarter-finals5th place43013215+17
2021To be determined
Total10/115 titles514434326151+175

Mundialito de Futebol de Praia
Winners (14): 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017

South American Beach Soccer League

2017 , 2018

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

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

CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
Winners (7): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017,2019

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

Current squad
The Brazil team at the medals ceremony of the 2019 South American Beach Games.

2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squad.[2][3]

Caps and goals as of March 2020.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Ref.
1 GK Mão (1978-12-06) 6 December 1978 354 20
2 DF Rafinha (1988-11-10) 10 November 1988 43 27
3 DF Antonio (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 51 17
4 DF Catarino (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 72 52
5 MF Filipe (1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 82 60
6 MF Lucão (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 76 63
7 FW Bokinha (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 93 84
8 DF Bruno Xavier (captain) (1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 140 202
9 FW Rodrigo (1993-08-16) 16 August 1993 99 141
10 FW Datiñha (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 130 108
11 FW Mauricinho (1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 106 132
12 GK Rafa Padilha (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 90 4

Coach: Gilberto Costa

Players

Most goals
As of 5 November 2017.[4]
Players in bold are still active.
NoNameGoals
1Neném336
2Júnior Negão318
3Jorginho312
4Benjamin308
5André242
6Buru224
7Bruno Malias214
8Júnior202
9Bruno Xavier166
10Juninho153
Sidney153
12Daniel Zidane127
13Magal123
14Cláudio Adão97
Mauricinho97

References
  1. "World Ranking". BSWW. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. "Seleção definida para a Copa do Mundo FIFA 2019" (in Portuguese). Confederação de Beach Soccer do Brasil. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Jogadores (in Portuguese). Confederação de Beach Soccer do Brasil. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. "Artilheiros". Retrieved 6 November 2017.

MPC Rio Comunicação & Marketing (Public Relations of CBBS); CBBS (Confederação Brasileira de Beach Soccer); BSWW (Beach Soccer World Wide); and FIFA (Federation International of Football Association)

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