Spain national beach soccer team

Spain

Nickname(s)	Royal Spanish Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Joaquín Alonso
Captain	Nicolás Alvarado Caporale
FIFA code	ESP
BSWW ranking	8
First colours Second colours
First international
Spain 4–3 Italy  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 18 January 1998)
Biggest win
Spain 13–2 Netherlands  (Madrid, Spain; 2 February 2001)
Biggest defeat
Spain 2–10 Brazil  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 21 January 1998)

The Spain national beach soccer team represents Spain in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the RFEF, the governing body for football in Spain.

Current squad

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.

No. Position Player 1 GK Francisco Donaire 2 DF Francisco Jose Cintas 3 DF Antonio Mayor 4 DF Francisco Mejias 5 DF Juanma (Juan Manuel Lima) 6 FW Nico (Nicolas Alvarado)

No. Position Player 7 MF Kuman (Miguel Angel Santiso) 8 FW Daniel Pajón 9 FW Raul Merida 10 FW Llorenç Gomez 11 MF Sidi (Abderrahim El-Gaddi) 12 GK Cristian Méndez

Coach: Joaquín Alonso

Competitive record

FIFA Beach World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
Beach Soccer Tournament
Brazil 1995	Did Not Enter
Brazil 1996
Brazil 1997
Brazil 1998	Group Stage	6th	4	2	0	2	17	22
Brazil 1999	Quarter-Finals	5th	2	1	0	1	9	12
Brazil 2000	Third Place	3rd	5	3	0	2	22	22
Brazil 2001	Quarter-Finals	6th	3	1	0	2	2	5
Brazil 2002	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	11	10
Brazil 2003	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	26	25
Brazil 2004	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	22	13
FIFA Tournament
2005	Quarter-Finals	7th	3	1	0	1	9	12
2006	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	10	12
2007	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	2	0	2	20	16
2008	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	20	14
2009	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	0	1	23	17
2011	Did Not Qualify
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	19	15
Total	6/7	6th place	20	9	1	8	82	73

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Achievements

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup:
  • Runner-up: 2003, 2004, 2013
  • Third place: 2000
• Euro Beach Soccer League: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006
  • Runner-up: 2002
• Euro Beach Soccer Cup: 1999, 2008, 2009, 2014
  • Runner-up: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004
  • Third place: 2003
• Mundialito de Futebol de Praia: 2013
  • Runner-up: 1997, 2004
  • Third place: 2001, 2003, 2009
• Copa Latina:
  • Runner-up: 2000, 2004
  • Third place: 1998
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification: 2008, 2009, 2013

References

1. http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/team=1895826/squadlist.html

External links

• FIFA.com entry