England national beach soccer team
Nickname(s) | The Three Lions | ||
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Association | England Beach Soccer | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Captain | Aaron Clarke | ||
FIFA code | ENG | ||
BSWW ranking | 54 1 (8 April 2024)[1] | ||
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First international | |||
Argentina 3 – 2 England (Rio, Brazil; 1995) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Ireland 3 – 11 England (Barcelona, Spain; 16 February 2002) England 8 – 0 Georgia (Warnemünde, Germany; 25 August 2018) | |||
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 England Beach Soccer — independent of the governing body of football in England, The Football Association.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Coaching staff
[edit]Position | Staff |
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Head Coach | |
Head of Delegation | Dan Hulme |
Assistant Coach | |
Goalkeeping Coach | |
Physiotherapist | Abi Lunn |
Source: [10]
Current squad
[edit]Caps and goals updated as of 9 August 2018.[citation needed]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Taylor Humm | 12 March 1996 | 72 | 2 | Eastleigh Spitfires |
2 | DF | Jake Younie | 15 December 1992 | 24 | 16 | Isle of Wight |
3 | DF | Priestley Farquharson | 15 March 1997 | 61 | 14 | Gunners |
4 | MF | Tom O'Neill | 4 July 1997 | 66 | 16 | WKR Santos BSC |
6 | DF | Scott Lawson | 16 December 1991 | 102 | 35 | Corinthian Casuals |
7 | FW | Jaz Camara | 16 December 1998 | 25 | 7 | WKR Santos BSC |
8 | FW | Cameron O'Rourke | 6 April 1999 | 51 | 32 | WKR Santos BSC |
10 | FW | Aaron Clarke | 10 June 1991 | 119 | 124 | Levante |
11 | MF | Jack Morris | 28 September 1991 | 48 | 8 | Isle of Wight |
12 | DF | Ben Bowra | 3 January 1987 | 2 | 0 | Corinthian Casuals |
13 | GK | Dan Hulme | 4 May 1989 | 15 | 0 | Corinthian Casuals |
14 | FW | Jack Love | 21 September 1999 | 11 | 4 | Isle of Wight |
15 | GK | Steve Mowthorpe | 1 May 1994 | 2 | 0 | Eastleigh Spitfires |
16 | MF | Mitchell Day | 18 August 1982 | 126 | 103 | Victoria |
21 | GK | Tommy Jackson | 27 April 1999 | 58 | 0 | Isle of Wight |
Recent results and upcoming fixtures
[edit]Matches played within the last 12 months, as well as upcoming fixtures, are displayed.
16 May 2018 Friendly | France | 2–1 | England | Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France |
Soares Angeletti |
Report | Clarke |
17 May 2018 Friendly | France | 3–2 | England | Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France |
Soares François Angeletti |
Report | Clarke |
28 July 2018 Friendly | England | 6–3 | Germany | London, England |
17:00 | Lawson 2', 17' Younie 14' Maxwell 18', 25' Clarke 35' |
Report(de) | 6' Franz 16', 31' Biermann |
Stadium: Lee Valley White Water Center |
29 July 2018 Friendly | England | 8–13 | Germany | London, England |
11:00 | O'Rourke 2', 23', 27' Morris 4' Maxwell 7' Clarke 18', 26', 30' |
Report(de) | 1', 25' Meltzer 4', 8', 15', 21', 34', 36' Biermann 4' Stehr 13', 32' Thurk 18' (o.g.) Maxwell 35' Lovchev |
Stadium: Lee Valley White Water Center |
4 August 2018 Friendly | Tahiti | 8–2 | England | Biel, Switzerland |
24 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Division B | England | 5–1 | Denmark | Warnemunde, Germany |
13:45 | Clarke 1', 17' O'Rourke 8', 14', 20' (p) |
Report(ru) | 33' Khattab | Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany) |
25 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Division B | England | 8–0 | Georgia | Warnemunde, Germany |
12:45 | Clarke 2' (p), 2', 28' (p) O'Rourke 11', 16', 31' Younie 22', 27' |
Report(ru) | Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy) |
26 August 2018 2018 EBSL, Division B | Hungary | 6–7 | England | Warnemunde, Germany |
14:00 | Balazs 4' Fekete 9' Menyhei 11', 27' Berkes 33' Besenyei 35' |
Report(ru) | 9', 20', 29', 36' Clarke 17' Younie 19' O'Rourke 36' Lawson |
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania) |
6 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final | Norway | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | England | Alghero, Italy |
11:30 | H. Salveson 24' Sorensen 35' |
Report(ru) | 23', 35' Younie 38' O'Rourke |
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia) |
7 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final | England | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) | Romania | Alghero, Italy |
11:30 | Lawson 5', 37' Clarke 16' |
Report(ru) | 18', 38' Tanase 31' Andrei Paul |
Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy) |
Penalties | ||||
Maxwell Morris Clarke O'Rourke |
Maciuca Alin Boata Tanase |
8 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final | England | 4–4 (a.e.t.) (0–2 p) | Bulgaria | Alghero, Italy |
11:30 | Clarke 14' O'Rourke 21' Farquharson 30' Younie 37' |
Report(ru) | 4', 33' (p), 36' Filipov 28' Tsvetkov |
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) |
Penalties | ||||
O'Rourke Morris |
Tsvetkov Filipov |
9 September 2018 2018 EBSL, Promotion Final playoff | Hungary | 4–2 | England | Alghero, Italy |
10:15 | Besenyei 9' Szentes-Biro 22' Rutai 30', 36' (pen.) |
Report(ru) | 8' (o.g.) Fekete 29' Clarke |
Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia) |
27 September 2018 Thailand 5s BS Championship | England | – | Afghanistan | Bangkok, Thailand |
Competition history
[edit]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[edit]
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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (UEFA)[edit]
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Euro Beach Soccer League
[edit]Key:
Indicator | Description |
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Yes | Qualified to the Promotion Final (see † for more) |
1st place | If the team was playing in the Superfinal, this indicates the team won the event and became league champions If the team was playing in the Promotion Final, this indicates the team won the event and earned promotion. |
† | 2001–2008: Teams could qualify to the Superfinal from all divisions to contest the league title (A, B and C) 2009–present: Only teams from Division A can qualify to the Superfinal to contest the league title 2009–present: Only teams from Division B can qualify to the Promotion Final and contest promotion to Division A (and last place Division A) |
‡ | A sole division comprising all teams of the EBSL existed in this year |
§ | The Superfinal was not established until 2001 |
Results:
Year | Main season | Superfinal / Promotion Final† | Match stats | ||||||||||||||
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Division | No. of Teams |
Result | Qualified? | No. of Teams |
Result | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
1998 | did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
1999 | |||||||||||||||||
2000 | |||||||||||||||||
2001 | ‡ | 8 | 6th place | No | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 88 | −51 | 5 | ||||
2002 | B | 6 | 5th place | No | — | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 12 | ||||
2003 | A | 5 | 5th place | No | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 87 | −47 | 0 | ||||
2004 | 6 | 6th place | No | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 62 | −36 | 0 | |||||
2005 | B | 8 | 6th place | No | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 5 | ||||
2006 | 9 | 7th place | No | — | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 4 | |||||
2007 | ‡ | 12 | 7th place | No | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | ||||
2008 | 17 | 16th place | No | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | –7 | 0 | |||||
2009 | B | 10 | 7th place | No | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
2010 | 11 | 6th place | No1 | 6 | 6th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | –8 | 3 | ||||
2011 | 12 | 10th place | No | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 0 | |||||
2012 | 12 | 9th place | No | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | –6 | 3 | |||||
2013 | 12 | 2nd place | Yes | 8 | 8th place | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 9 | ||||
2014 | 12 | 7th place | Yes | 8 | 6th place | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 8 | ||||
2015 | 8 | 6th place | Yes | 8 | 4th place | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 25 | –1 | 8 | ||||
2016 | 14 | 4th place | Yes | 8 | 3rd place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 11 | ||||
2017 | 15 | 2nd place | Yes | 8 | |||||||||||||
Total | n/a | 17/20 | 95 | 20 | 7 | 68 | 321 | 521 | −200 | 74 |
- 1. England did not qualify during the regular season but did compete in the Promotion Final due to replacing the Czech Republic's as the next best team after the Czechs' withdrawal
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
[edit]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
[edit]- Beach Soccer World Cup
- Third place (1): 1995
- Euro Beach Soccer League
References
[edit]- ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Sand Aliens & Heel Flicks: Introducing The England Beach Soccer Team". Sabotage Times. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "England beach soccer boss hopes for indoor arena – in Nottingham". Nottingham Post. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Beach Soccer World Cup: tackling the sand aliens". Telegraph. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Calling all beach soccer teams for national competition at Bridlington". .eastriding.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Skegness lined up to be home to Britain's national beach sports stadium - insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News". insidethegames.biz. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Footballers hit the beach, but not for a holiday - Bognor Regis Observer". Bognor.co.uk. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Coaching Staff – Men's". Englandbeachsoccerltd.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
External links
[edit]- England Beach Soccer Website Archived 4 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- England Team Profile