Brazil national beach soccer team
| Nickname(s) | Reis da Praia and Canarinha | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Brazilian Football Confederation | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Junior Negão | ||
| Captain | Bueno | ||
| Top scorer | Neném (336 goals) | ||
| FIFA code | BRA | ||
| BSWW ranking | 3 | ||
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| First international | |||
Brazil 4–2 United States  (April 1994) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Brazil 23–3 Mexico  (March 2005) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Brazil 8–12 Russia  (in Ravenna; September 2011) | |||
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 FIFA 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.
Achievements
Beach Soccer World Cup
| Beach Soccer World Championships | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W aet/pso |
L | GF | GA | GD |
 1995 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11 | +41 |
| 1996 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | +30 |
| 1997 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13 | +33 |
| 1998 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 9 | +43 |
| 1999 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 18 | +24 |
| 2000 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 16 | +26 |
| 2001 | Third place match | 4th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 16 | +22 |
| 2002 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | +18 |
| 2003 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | +31 |
| 2004 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10 | +32 |
| Total | 10/10 | 9 Titles | 50 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 425 | 125 | +300 |
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W aet/pso |
L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2005 | Third place match | Third place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 14 | +25 |
| 2006 | Final | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 16 | +36 |
| 2007 | Final | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 19 | +24 |
 2008 | Final | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15 | +19 |
 2009 | Final | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19 | +28 |
 2011 | Final | Runners Up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 28 | +4 |
 2013 | Third place match | Third place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 |
 2015 | Quarter-finals | 5th place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
| Total | 7/7 | 4 Titles | 45 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 288 | 136 | +152 |
Mundialito de Futebol de Praia
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
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Current squad
Current as of September 2013.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coach: Junior Negão
Players
Most goals
- As of 30 December 2012.[2]
- Players in bold are still active.
| No | Name | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neném | 336 |
| 2 | Júnior Negão | 318 |
| 3 | Jorginho | 300 |
| 4 | Benjamin | 297 |
| 5 | André | 236 |
| 6 | Buru | 210 |
| 7 | Bruno Malias | 210 |
| 8 | Júnior | 202 |
| 9 | Juninho | 153 |
| 10 | Sidney | 128 |
| 11 | Magal | 123 |
| 12 | Cláudio Adão | 97 |
| 13 | Daniel Nogueira | 91 |
| 14 | Betinho | 78 |
| 15 | Bueno | 49 |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
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)
External links
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