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England
Nickname(s)	The Three Lions
Association	England Beach Soccer
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Captain	Aaron Clarke
FIFA code	ENG
BSWW ranking	55 1 (15 January 2024)
; First colours	; Second colours
First international
	Argentina 3 – 2 England ; (Rio, Brazil; 1995)
Biggest win
	Ireland 3 – 11 England ; (Barcelona, Spain; 16 February 2002); England 8 – 0 Georgia ; (Warnemünde, Germany; 25 August 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 17 – 4 England ; (Porto, Portugal; 1 November 2009)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1995)
Best result	3rd place, 1995
Euro Beach Soccer League
Appearances	14 (first in 2001)
Best result	6th place, Division A (2001, 2004)
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
Best result	5th place (2002, 2004)

The England national beach soccer team represents England in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by England Beach Soccer — independent of the governing body of football in England, The Football Association.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Coaching staff edit

Position	Staff
Head Coach
Head of Delegation	Dan Hulme
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Physiotherapist	Abi Lunn

Source: ^[10]

Current squad edit

Caps and goals updated as of 9 August 2018.^{[citation needed]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Taylor Humm	(1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28)	72	2	Eastleigh Spitfires
2	2DF	Jake Younie	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 31)	24	16	Isle of Wight
3	2DF	Priestley Farquharson	(1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 27)	61	14	Gunners
4	3MF	Tom O'Neill	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 26)	66	16	WKR Santos BSC
6	2DF	Scott Lawson	(1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 32)	102	35	Corinthian Casuals
7	4FW	Jaz Camara	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 25)	25	7	WKR Santos BSC
8	4FW	Cameron O'Rourke	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25)	51	32	WKR Santos BSC
10	4FW	Aaron Clarke	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 32)	119	124	Levante
11	3MF	Jack Morris	(1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 (age 32)	48	8	Isle of Wight
12	2DF	Ben Bowra	(1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 (age 37)	2	0	Corinthian Casuals
13	1GK	Dan Hulme	(1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 (age 34)	15	0	Corinthian Casuals
14	4FW	Jack Love	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24)	11	4	Isle of Wight
15	1GK	Steve Mowthorpe	(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 29)	2	0	Eastleigh Spitfires
16	3MF	Mitchell Day	(1982-08-18) 18 August 1982 (age 41)	126	103	Victoria
21	1GK	Tommy Jackson	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 24)	58	0	Isle of Wight

Recent results and upcoming fixtures edit

Matches played within the last 12 months, as well as upcoming fixtures, are displayed.

16 May 2018 Friendly	France	2–1	England	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
	Soares Angeletti	Report	Clarke

17 May 2018 Friendly	France	3–2	England	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
	Soares François Angeletti	Report	Clarke

7 July 2018 Friendly	Japan	2–1	England	Akashi, Japan
	Suzuki Goto	Report	Clarke

8 July 2018 Friendly	Japan	4–3	England	Akashi, Japan
	Ozu Okuyama Oba	Report	Clarke Lawson

28 July 2018 Friendly	England	6–3	Germany	London, England
17:00	Lawson 2', 17' Younie 14' Maxwell 18', 25' Clarke 35'	Report(de)	6' Franz 16', 31' Biermann	Stadium: Lee Valley White Water Center

29 July 2018 Friendly	England	8–13	Germany	London, England
11:00	O'Rourke 2', 23', 27' Morris 4' Maxwell 7' Clarke 18', 26', 30'	Report(de)	1', 25' Meltzer 4', 8', 15', 21', 34', 36' Biermann 4' Stehr 13', 32' Thurk 18' (o.g.) Maxwell 35' Lovchev	Stadium: Lee Valley White Water Center

4 August 2018 Friendly

Tahiti

8–2

England

Biel, Switzerland

14 August 2018 Friendly

Poland

1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)

England

Kołobrzeg, Poland

15 August 2018 Friendly

Poland

4–3

England

Kołobrzeg, Poland

24 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Division B	England	5–1	Denmark	Warnemunde, Germany
13:45	Clarke 1', 17' O'Rourke 8', 14', 20' (p)	Report(ru)	33' Khattab	Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany)

25 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Division B	England	8–0	Georgia	Warnemunde, Germany
12:45	Clarke 2' (p), 2', 28' (p) O'Rourke 11', 16', 31' Younie 22', 27'	Report(ru)		Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy)

26 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Division B	Hungary	6–7	England	Warnemunde, Germany
14:00	Balazs 4' Fekete 9' Menyhei 11', 27' Berkes 33' Besenyei 35'	Report(ru)	9', 20', 29', 36' Clarke 17' Younie 19' O'Rourke 36' Lawson	Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

6 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final	Norway	2–3 (a.e.t.)	England	Alghero, Italy
11:30	H. Salveson 24' Sorensen 35'	Report(ru)	23', 35' Younie 38' O'Rourke	Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

7 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final	England	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Romania	Alghero, Italy
11:30	Lawson 5', 37' Clarke 16'	Report(ru)	18', 38' Tanase 31' Andrei Paul	Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy)
	Penalties
	Maxwell Morris Clarke O'Rourke		Maciuca Alin Boata Tanase

8 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final	England	4–4 (a.e.t.) (0–2 p)	Bulgaria	Alghero, Italy
11:30	Clarke 14' O'Rourke 21' Farquharson 30' Younie 37'	Report(ru)	4', 33' (p), 36' Filipov 28' Tsvetkov	Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
	Penalties
	O'Rourke Morris		Tsvetkov Filipov

9 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final playoff	Hungary	4–2	England	Alghero, Italy
10:15	Besenyei 9' Szentes-Biro 22' Rutai 30', 36' (pen.)	Report(ru)	8' (o.g.) Fekete 29' Clarke	Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

27 September 2018 Thailand 5s BS Championship

England

–

Afghanistan

Bangkok, Thailand

28 September 2018 Thailand 5s BS Championship

Thailand

–

England

Bangkok, Thailand

29 September 2018 Thailand 5s BS Championship

England

–

Malaysia

Bangkok, Thailand

Competition history edit

England participated in the first ever Beach Soccer World Cup in 1995, finishing third, but did not participate in any of the competitions between 1995 and 2001. In 2001 England began competing in the EBSL which doubled as a qualifying competition for the following year's World Cup until 2008 but England did not perform well enough during these years to qualify for the finals. In 2008, a separate qualifying competition was introduced, but England have still failed to progress to the World Cup finals.

World Cup edit

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
Beach Soccer World Championships
Brazil 1995	Third place	5	2	0	3	20	26	−6
Brazil 1996	did not enter
Brazil 1997
Brazil 1998
Brazil 1999
Brazil 2000
Brazil 2001
Brazil 2002	did not qualify
Brazil 2003
Brazil 2004
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Brazil 2005	did not qualify
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
France 2008
UAE 2009
Italy 2011
Tahiti 2013
Portugal 2015
Bahamas 2017
Paraguay 2019
Russia 2021
UAE 2023
Seychelles 2025	to be determined
Total	1/17	5	2	0	3	20	26	−6

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (UEFA) edit

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2008	-	3	1	1	0	1	8	15	-7	5
2009	-	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	-4	3
2011	-	3	1	0	0	2	6	11	-5	3
2013	-	3	0	0	0	3	4	18	-14	0
2015	-	8	2	1	0	5	26	35	-9	8
2017	-	3	1	0	0	2	7	15	-8	3
2019	did not qualify
2021	-	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	-6	4
2023	did not qualify
Total	8/9	22	5	2	0	15	58	106	-48	19

Euro Beach Soccer League edit

Key:

Indicator	Description
Yes	Qualified to the Promotion Final (see † for more)
1st place	If the team was playing in the Superfinal, this indicates the team won the event and became league champions If the team was playing in the Promotion Final, this indicates the team won the event and earned promotion.
†	2001–2008: Teams could qualify to the Superfinal from all divisions to contest the league title (A, B and C) 2009–present: Only teams from Division A can qualify to the Superfinal to contest the league title 2009–present: Only teams from Division B can qualify to the Promotion Final and contest promotion to Division A (and last place Division A)
‡	A sole division comprising all teams of the EBSL existed in this year
§	The Superfinal was not established until 2001

Results:

Year	Main season			Superfinal / Promotion Final^†			Match stats
Year	Division	No. of Teams	Result	Qualified?	No. of Teams	Result	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1998	did not enter
1999
2000
2001	‡	8	6th place	No	—		9	1	1	7	37	88	−51	5
2002	B	6	5th place	No	—		12	4	0	8	47	81	−34	12
2003	A	5	5th place	No	—		12	0	0	12	40	87	−47	0
2004	A	6	6th place	No	—		9	0	0	9	26	62	−36	0
2005	B	8	6th place	No	—		3	1	1	1	11	21	−10	5
2006	B	9	7th place	No	—		6	0	2	4	16	24	−8	4
2007	‡	12	7th place	No	—		2	1	0	1	8	7	+1	3
2008	‡	17	16th place	No	—		3	0	0	3	6	13	–7	0
2009	B	10	7th place	No	—		2	1	0	1	7	7	0	3
2010		11	6th place	No¹	6	6th place	5	1	0	4	9	17	–8	3
2011		12	10th place	No	—		2	0	0	2	5	12	–7	0
2012		12	9th place	No	—		3	1	0	2	9	15	–6	3
2013		12	2nd place	Yes	8	8th place	7	3	0	4	23	19	+4	9
2014		12	7th place	Yes	8	6th place	7	2	1	3	33	32	+1	8
2015		8	6th place	Yes	8	4th place	7	2	1	4	24	25	–1	8
2016		14	4th place	Yes	8	3rd place	6	3	1	2	20	11	+9	11
2017		15	2nd place	Yes	8
Total	n/a	17/20					95	20	7	68	321	521	−200	74

1. England did not qualify during the regular season but did compete in the Promotion Final due to replacing the Czech Republic's as the next best team after the Czechs' withdrawal

Euro Beach Soccer Cup edit

Year	Round	Result	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
1998	did not enter
1999
2001
2002	Group Stage	Fifth place /8	3	2	0	1	18	10	+8
2003	did not qualify
2004	Group Stage	Fifth place /8	3	2	0	1	8	11	–3
2005	did not qualify
2006
2007
2008	Group Stage	Sixth place /6	3	0	0	3	5	16	–11
2009	did not qualify/enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
Total	3/15		9	4	0	5	31	37	−6

Best performances edit

Beach Soccer World Cup
- Third place (1): 1995
Euro Beach Soccer League
- Single Division era ('98–'01, '07–'08)
  - Sixth place (of 8), Main Season: 2001
- Multi-Division era ('02–'06, 09'–present)
  - Division A: Fifth place, Main Season: 2003
  - Division B: Third place, Promotion Final: 2016

References edit

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