S.C. Braga (beach soccer)

Sporting Clube de Braga - Beach Soccer is a beach soccer club based in Braga, Portugal. The team was created in 2013 and in its first season won the Portuguese National Championship. In 2019 SC Braga won their sixth national championship, defending the titles won in the previous two seasons. They have also won the 2017, 2018, 2019 Euro Winners Cup. Among its players there are 5 Portugal national beach soccer team players.[1] In 2019 they won the Mundialito de Clubes and the first Portuguese Cup. They are currently the defending world, European, and Portuguese champions as well as leaders of the world beach soccer club ranking.

Braga - Beach Soccer
Full nameSporting Clube de Braga - Beach Soccer
Nickname(s)Os Arcebispos (The Archbishops)
Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenalists)
Minhotos (Those from Minho)
Os Guerreiros do Minho (The Minho Warriors)
Short nameBraga - Beach Soccer
Founded2013
GroundApúlia beach
Esposende, Portugal
PresidentAntónio Salvador
Head CoachBruno Torres
LeagueCircuito Nacional de Futebol de Praia
2019National Champion (6th title)
WebsiteClub website

Technical Team
Technical Team
Name Post
Bruno Miguel Magalhães da Silva Torres Head Coach
Diogo Macedo Correia de Barros Assistant Coach
José Miguel Gonçalves Dias Goal-keeper's coach
José Pedro Macedo Carneiro Guimarães Manager
Filipa Jácome Physiotherapist

Historical results

International results
Competition G W D L GF GA Classification
2014 Euro Winners Cup 7 5 0 2 31 20 3rd place
2015 Euro Winners Cup 7 6 0 1 42 22 5th place
2016 Euro Winners Cup 8 4 2 0 51 14 3rd place
2017 Euro Winners Cup 7 7 0 0 53 18 Champion
2018 Euro Winners Cup 7 6 1 0 53 12 Champion
2019 Mundialito de Clubes 5 4 1 0 28 18 Champion
2019 Euro Winners Cup 8 8 0 0 53 10 Champion
2020 Mundialito de Clubes 5 4 0 1 33 18 Champion
2020 Euro Winners Cup 7 6 1 0 57 10 Runner-up

National results
Competition G W D L GF GA Classification
2013 National Championship 8 8 0 0 42 12 Champion
2014 National Championship 12 11 0 1 85 28 Champion
2015 National Championship 10 8 0 2 63 31 Champion
2016 National Championship 9 8 0 1 58 22 Runner-up
2017 National Championship 10 8 1 1 55 22 Champion
2018 National Championship 10 9 0 1 65 29 Champion
2019 National Championship 10 8 0 2 50 23 Champion
2019 National Cup 4 4 0 0 25 11 Champion
2020 National Championship 10 9 0 1 60 27 Runner-up

Current squad

As of 2019 Mundialito de Clubes

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  POR David Assunção
2 DF  BRA Filipe Silva
4 MF  POR Bruno Miguel Magalhães da Silva Torres
5 MF  POR Jordan Alexandre Grilo Santos
7 FW  BRA Bokinha (Rafael Antonio Jesus Pinto)
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 DF  BRA Bruno da Silva Xavier
10 FW  POR Bê Bernardo Barral Martins Santos
11 FW  POR Leonardo Barral Martins Santos
12 GK  BRA Rafael Padilha
13 MF  BRA Bernardo Botelho

References
  1. "Archived copy" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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