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Portugal
Nickname(s)	Selecção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mário Narciso
Most caps	Madjer (584)
Top scorer	Madjer (1090)
FIFA code	POR
BSWW ranking	3 (8 April 2024)
; First colours	; Second colours
Biggest win
	Portugal 15–0 Moldova ; (Jesolo, Italy; 2 September 2016)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 11–2 Portugal ; (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 March 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	19
Best result	Champions (2001, 2015 and 2019)

The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for Portuguese football. The team has participated in 19 of the 22 editions of the Beach Soccer World Cup (organised by FIFA since 2005), and its best results are three victories in 2001 (Costa do Sauipe, Brazil), 2015 (Espinho, Portugal), and 2019 (Luque, Paraguay). Alongside Brazil, Portugal is the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide. In European competitions, Portugal is record holder of titles.

Results and fixtures edit

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 edit

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	5–3	Oman	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	L. Martins 2', 11', 21' Costa 20' Andrade 24'	Report (FIFA)	Al-Zadjali 11' Al-Sinani 13' Costa 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,019 Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	3–5	Senegal	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Von 9' Pinhal 18' (pen.) Lourenço 24'	Report (FIFA)	Mendy 9', 24' Man. Diagne 11' (pen.), 33' Diatta 35'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Uruguay	7–6	Portugal	Moscow, Russia
19:00	Bella 6', 10' L. Quinta 9', 23', 25' Laens 26' Guerrero 32'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	L. Martins 3', 12', 16', 22', 25' Von 5'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 1,977 Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

Coach: Mário Narciso
Assistant coach: Luís Bilro
Assistant coach: Tiago Reis

Managerial history edit

Mário Narciso (????–)

Team edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

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	POR	Tiago Petrony
2	FW	POR	Pedro Marques
3	MF	POR	André Lourenço
4	DF	POR	Bruno Torres
5	FW	POR	Miguel Pintado
6	MF	POR	Rodrigo Pinhal
7	MF	POR	Ruben Brilhante


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	POR	Bê Martins
9	FW	POR	João Gonçalves
10	MF	POR	Belchior
11	FW	POR	Léo Martins
12	GK	POR	Elinton Andrade
13	MF	POR	Fabio Costa
14	GK	POR	Pedro Mano

Head coach: Mário Narciso

1st assistant coach: Diago dos Reis

2nd assistant coach: Luis Pereira

Competitive record edit

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup edit

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification (UEFA) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	27	15	+12	No qualification matches
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	43	24	+19
2007	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	2	2	18	22	−4
2008	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	41	22	+19	Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	47	12	+35
2009	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	2	32	24	+8	Fourth place	4th	7	5	0	2	47	29	+18
2011	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	33	12	+21	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	37	25	+12
2013	did not qualify									Round of 16	–	4	2	0	2	21	9	+12
2015	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	32	18	+14	Automatically qualified as hosts
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	15	10	+5	Third place	3rd	8	7	0	1	61	14	+47
2019	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	33	20	+13	Fifth place	5th	8	5th	1	2	56	21	+35
2021	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	14	15	-1	Third place	3rd	6	5th	0	1	24	12	+12
2024	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	16	11	+5	Playoffs	–	4	4	0	0	28	13	+15
2025	to be determined									to be determined
Total	2 titles	10/11	52	30	4	15	288	182	+106	0 titles	8/9	51	39	2	10	321	135	+186

Medals edit

Last Update: 5 March 2024 ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	2	1	3	6
Beach Soccer World Championships	1	2	2	5
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)	0	2	2	4
Euro Beach Soccer League	8	10	6	24
Euro Beach Soccer Cup	7	3	3	13
BSWW Mundialito	7	12	1	20
Copa Latina (beach soccer)	1	5	1	7
Beach soccer at the European Games	1	0	1	2
Mediterranean Beach Games	0	2	0	2
World Beach Games	0	0	0	0
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	0	1	1	2
Total	26	38	20	84

Honours edit

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Winners (2): 2015, 2019; Runners-up (1): 2005; Third place (3): 2008, 2009, 2011; Fourth place (1): 2006

Beach Soccer World Championship: Winners (1): 2001; Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002; Third place (2): 2003, 2004

Euro Beach Soccer League: Winners (8): 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021; Runners-up (10): 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022; Third place (6): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2018

Euro Beach Soccer Cup: Winners (7): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2016; Runners-up (3): 1999, 2010, 2012; Third place (3): 2005, 2007, 2009

Mundialito: Winners (7): 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 , 2018, 2019; Runners-up (12): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017; Third place (1): 2022; Fourth place (3): 1997, 1998, 2004

Copa Latina: Winners (1): 2000; Runners-up (5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003; Third place (1): 2005

European Games: Gold medal (1): 2019; Bronze medal (1): 2015; Fourth place (1): 2023

Mediterranean Beach Games
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
World Beach Games

References edit

^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
^ https://theroonba.com/beachsoccer/men/ranking.html