England national beach football team

England
Nickname(s) The Three Lions
Association The Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Terence Bowes
FIFA code ENG
BSWW ranking 43[1]
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 football team represents England in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FA, the governing body of football in England.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

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: [10]

Current squad

Caps and goals updated as of 23 May 2014.[11]

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

Results and 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 To be determined
Total1/1452032026−6

Achievements

Beach Soccer World Cup
Third place (1): 1995

References

  1. ↑ "England'S World Cup Ranking improves seven places to 43rd". Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Jurejko, Jonathan (8 August 2013). "England beach soccer team aiming to restore national pride". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "England beach soccer boss hopes for indoor arena – in Nottingham". This is Nottingham. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sand Aliens & Heel Flicks: Introducing The England Beach Soccer Team". Sabotage Times. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "England beach soccer boss hopes for indoor arena – in Nottingham". Nottingham Post. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  6. ↑ "Beach Soccer World Cup: tackling the sand aliens". Telegraph. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  7. ↑ "Calling all beach soccer teams for national competition at Bridlington". .eastriding.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Footballers hit the beach, but not for a holiday - Bognor Regis Observer". Bognor.co.uk. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Coaching Staff – Men's". Englandbeachsoccerltd.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  11. ↑ "Players – men's". Englandbeachsoccerltd.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

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