England national beach soccer team
Nickname(s) | The Three Lions | ||
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Association | The Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Terry Bowes | ||
Captain | Aaron Clarke | ||
Most caps | TerryBowes | ||
FIFA code | ENG | ||
BSWW ranking | 24 | ||
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First international | |||
Argentina 3 – 2 England (Rio, Brazil; 1995) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Ireland 3 – 11 England (Barcelona, Spain; 16 February 2002) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Portugal 17 – 4 England (Porto, Portugal; 1 November 2009) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1995) | ||
Best result | 3rd place, 1995 | ||
Euro Beach Soccer League | |||
Appearances | 14 (first in 2001) | ||
Best result | 6th place, Division A (2001, 2004) | ||
Euro Beach Soccer Cup | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2002) | ||
Best result | 5th place (2002, 2004) |
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 |
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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]
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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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 |
Recent results and upcoming fixtures
Matches played within the last 12 months, as well as upcoming fixtures, are displayed.
4 September 2015 Friendly | Switzerland | 8–3 | England | Spiez, Switzerland |
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20 December 2015 Copa Lagos, 2015 | Ivory Coast | 6–4 | England | Lagos, Nigeria |
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29 April 2016 Sal Beach Soccer Cup 2016 | Cape Verde | 2–7 | England | Santa Maria, Cape Verde |
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30 April 2016 Sal Beach Soccer Cup 2016 | Portugal | 5–2 | England | Santa Maria, Cape Verde |
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1 May 2016 Sal Beach Soccer Cup 2016 | Spain | 5–2 | England | Santa Maria, Cape Verde |
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8 July 2016 2016 EBSL, Division B | England | 5–1 | Andorra | Sanxenxo, Spain |
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13:00 | Lawson 7', 31' Clarke 28' Morris 28' O'Neill 30' |
Report(ru) | 25' Neira | Referee: Alexander Berezkin (Russia) |
10 July 2016 2016 EBSL, Division B | England | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) |
Turkey | Sanxenxo, Spain |
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12:30 | Bowes 8' | Report(ru) | 28' Seyit | Referee: Tomasz Winiarczyk (Poland) |
Penalties | ||||
O'Neill O'Rourke Farquharson |
Keskin Demir |
25 August 2016 2016 EBSL, Promotion play offs | Czech Republic | 1–7 | England | Catania, Italy |
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10:00 | Salak 15' | Report(ru) | 1' Farquharson 7', 25' Clarke 10', 16', 26' Day 31' Lawson |
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova) |
26 August 2016 2016 EBSL, Promotion play offs | Azerbaijan | 2–0 | England | Catania, Italy |
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11:40 | Allahguliyev 23' Baghirov 25' |
Report(ru) | Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares (Portugal) |
27 August 2016 2016 EBSL, Promotion play offs | England | 3–4 | Turkey | Catania, Italy |
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9:00 | Farquharson 26' Temple 33' Bowes 36' |
Report(ru) | 8', 23' Yesilirmak 28' Keskin 31' Seyit |
Referee: Oleg Cebotari (Moldova) |
28 August 2016 2016 EBSL, Promotion 3rd place play-off | Estonia | 2–4 | England | Catania, Italy |
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14:00 | Minlibajev 7' Truusalu 29' |
Report(ru) | 18' Temple 24' (pen.) Clarke 26' Day 27' Bowes |
Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland) |
2 September 2016 2017 FIFA BS World Cup qualifiers | England | 6–4 | Romania | Jesolo, Italy |
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9:00 | O'Rourke 3' Lawson 20' O'Neill 26' Temple 34' Day 35', 36' |
Report(ru) | 5' Ionut 11', 18', 21' Maciuca |
3 September 2016 2017 FIFA BS World Cup qualifiers | England | 0–3 | Moldova | Jesolo, Italy |
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11:30 | Report(ru) | 2' Gojocari 11' Negara 30' Iordachi |
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) |
4 September 2016 2017 FIFA BS World Cup qualifiers | England | – | Portugal | Jesolo, Italy |
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Competition history
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 2001. In 2001 England began competing in the EBSL which doubled as a qualifying competition for the following year's World Cup until 2008 but England did not perform well enough during these years to qualify for the finals. In 2008, a separate qualifying competition was introduced, but England have still failed to progress to the World Cup finals.
World Cup
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Euro Beach Soccer League
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Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Year | Round | Result | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1998 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
2001 | |||||||||
2002 | Group Stage | Fifth place /8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 |
2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2004 | Group Stage | Fifth place /8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | –3 |
2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2006 | |||||||||
2007 | |||||||||
2008 | Group Stage | Sixth place /6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | –11 |
2009 | Did not qualify/enter | ||||||||
2010 | |||||||||
2012 | |||||||||
2014 | |||||||||
2016 | |||||||||
Total | 3/15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 37 | −6 |
Best performances
- Beach Soccer World Cup
- Third place (1): 1995
- Euro Beach Soccer League
- Single Division era ('98–'02, '07–'08)
- Sixth place (of 8): 2001
- Multi-Division era ('03–'06, 09'–present)
- Third place, Division B (of 14): 2016
- Single Division era ('98–'02, '07–'08)
References
- ↑ Jurejko, Jonathan (8 August 2013). "England beach soccer team aiming to restore national pride". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ "England beach soccer boss hopes for indoor arena – in Nottingham". This is Nottingham. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ "Sand Aliens & Heel Flicks: Introducing The England Beach Soccer Team". Sabotage Times. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "England beach soccer boss hopes for indoor arena – in Nottingham". Nottingham Post. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ↑ "Beach Soccer World Cup: tackling the sand aliens". Telegraph. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ↑ "Calling all beach soccer teams for national competition at Bridlington". .eastriding.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Footballers hit the beach, but not for a holiday - Bognor Regis Observer". Bognor.co.uk. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ↑ "Coaching Staff – Men's". Englandbeachsoccerltd.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ↑ "Players – men's". Englandbeachsoccerltd.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.