England national beach soccer team

England
Nickname(s) The Three Lions
Association The Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Terry Bowes
Captain Aaron Clarke
Most caps TerryBowes
FIFA code ENG
BSWW ranking 31
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Argentina 3 – 2 England England
(Rio, Brazil; 1995)
Biggest win
 Ireland 3 – 11 England England
(Barcelona, Spain; 16 February 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 17 – 4 England
(Porto, Portugal; 1 November 2009)

The England national beach soccer team represents England in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FA, the governing body of football in England.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Terence Bowes
Head of EBSL David Jones
Assistant Coach Carl Dixon
Goalkeeping Coach Steven Hollick
Physiotherapist Nina Parkin

Source: [9]

Current squad

Caps and goals updated as of 23 May 2014.[10]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sam Webb (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 90 6 Portsmouth BSC
2 4FW James Temple (1984-06-26) 26 June 1984 58 30 Portsmouth BSC
3 3MF Mitchell Day (1982-08-18) 18 August 1982 93 66 Portsmouth BSC
4 2DF Mark Mitchell (1986-03-06) 6 March 1986 111 30 The Bee's
5 2DF Terry Bowes (1979-09-13) 13 September 1979 167 51 Viktoria Zizkov
6 3MF Scott Lawson (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 35 11 Sandown Sociedad
8 2DF Matthew Evans (1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 72 42 The Bee's
9 4FW Mark Corbett (1986-05-18) 18 May 1986 37 26 Portsmouth
10 4FW Aaron Clarke (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 45 27 Viktoria Zizkov
11 3MF Jack Morris (1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 23 7 Sandown Sociedad
12 1GK Taylor Humm (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 14 0 Unattached
13 1GK Dan Hulme (1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 8 0 Unattached
15 2DF Priestley Farquharson (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 15 3 "Unattached"
18 1GK Gareth True (1988-03-27) 27 March 1988 33 0 Sandown Sociedad

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

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

World Cup record

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 2005, where there were no qualifying rounds. Since 2006, the year qualification rounds were introduced by FIFA, England are still yet to reach the finals.

Year Result Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
Brazil 1995Third place52032026−6
Brazil 1996 Did not enter
Brazil 1997
Brazil 1998
Brazil 1999
Brazil 2000
Brazil 2001
Brazil 2002
Brazil 2003
Brazil 2004
Brazil 2005
Brazil 2006 Did not qualify
Brazil 2007
France 2008
UAE 2009
Italy 2011
TAH 2013
Portugal 2015
Total1/1452032026−6

Achievements

Beach Soccer World Cup
Third place (1): 1995

References

  1. ↑ Jurejko, Jonathan (8 August 2013). "England beach soccer team aiming to restore national pride". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "England beach soccer boss hopes for indoor arena – in Nottingham". This is Nottingham. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sand Aliens & Heel Flicks: Introducing The England Beach Soccer Team". Sabotage Times. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "England beach soccer boss hopes for indoor arena – in Nottingham". Nottingham Post. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  5. ↑ "Beach Soccer World Cup: tackling the sand aliens". Telegraph. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  6. ↑ "Calling all beach soccer teams for national competition at Bridlington". .eastriding.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  7. ↑ "Skegness lined up to be home to Britain's national beach sports stadium - insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News". insidethegames.biz. 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  8. ↑ "Footballers hit the beach, but not for a holiday - Bognor Regis Observer". Bognor.co.uk. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  9. ↑ "Coaching Staff – Men's". Englandbeachsoccerltd.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Players – men's". Englandbeachsoccerltd.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

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