United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team
The United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team represents United Arab Emirates in beach soccer. They are one of the most successful Asian national teams, having won twice the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (2007, 2008). At the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, however, they have never got past the group stage Until 2024. The UAE team has participated in every edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, which was founded after the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was hosted in the United Arab Emirates and which is played only in the UAE,They will host it once again as for the second time in 2023.
Roster
The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Head coach:
Mohamed Abbas Mohamed Bashir Almaazmi
Assistant coach:
Victor Barros da Silva Vasques
Goalkeeping coach:
Mohamed Hamza Ali Hussain Almazami
Results and fixtures
2023
United Arab Emirates v
Libya
United Arab Emirates v
Comoros
Kuwait v
United Arab Emirates
Oman v
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates v
Oman
Saudi Arabia v
United Arab Emirates
Iran v
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates v
Spain
Brazil v
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates v
Mexico
United Arab Emirates v
Spain
Brazil v
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates v
Turkey
Germany v
United Arab Emirates
2024
United Arab Emirates v
Egypt
United Arab Emirates v
United States
Italy v
United Arab Emirates
Iran v
United Arab Emirates
Competitive record
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
|
|
Qualification (AFC) record
|
Year
|
Round
|
Pos
|
Pld
|
W
|
W+
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Round
|
Pos
|
Pld
|
W
|
W+
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
2005 |
did not enter
|
No qualification matches
|
2006 |
did not qualify
|
Group stage |
5th |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
−4
|
2007 |
Group stage |
14th |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
16 |
−3
|
Champions |
1st |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
10 |
+11
|
2008 |
Group stage |
10th |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
14 |
−2
|
Champions |
1st |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
6 |
+12
|
2009 |
Group stage |
10th |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
12 |
0
|
Automatically qualified as hosts
|
2011 |
did not qualify
|
Fourth place |
4th |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
12 |
+8
|
2013 |
Group stage |
15th |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
14 |
−6
|
Third place |
3rd |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
11 |
+12
|
2015 |
did not qualify
|
Fifth place |
5th |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
19 |
+1
|
2017 |
Group stage |
9th |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
0
|
Runners-up |
2nd |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
16 |
+9
|
2019 |
Group stage |
12th |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
−3
|
Runners-up |
2nd |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
28 |
10 |
+18
|
2021 |
Group stage |
13th |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
−3
|
Cancelled
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2024 |
Quarter-finals |
6th |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
+1
|
Automatically qualified as hosts
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2025 |
to be determined
|
to be determined
|
Total
|
0 titles
|
8/12
|
25
|
5
|
4
|
16
|
72
|
88
|
–16
|
2 titles
|
8/9
|
36
|
27
|
1
|
9
|
162
|
95
|
+67
|
- ^ The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May, and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021. In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup record
|
Year
|
Round
|
Pos
|
Pld
|
W
|
W+
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
2006 |
Group stage |
5th |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
−4
|
2007 |
Champions |
1st |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
10 |
+11
|
2008 |
Champions |
1st |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
6 |
+12
|
2009 |
did not enter
|
2011 |
Fourth place |
4th |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
12 |
+8
|
2013 |
Third place |
3rd |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
11 |
+12
|
2015 |
Fifth place |
5th |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
19 |
+1
|
2017 |
Runner-ups |
2nd |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
16 |
+9
|
2019 |
Runner-ups |
2nd |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
28 |
10 |
+18
|
2021 |
Cancelled
|
2023 |
Fourth place |
4th |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
18 |
21 |
−3
|
Total
|
2 titles
|
9/10
|
42
|
29
|
1
|
12
|
180
|
116
|
+64
|
- ^ see above
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
BSIC record
|
Year
|
Round
|
Pos
|
Pld
|
W
|
W+
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
2011 |
Fourth place |
4th |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
17 |
−4
|
2012 |
Third place |
3rd |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
21 |
20 |
+1
|
2013 |
Third place |
3rd |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
18 |
17 |
+1
|
2014 |
Sixth place |
6th |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
16 |
−4
|
2015 |
Fifth place |
5th |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
13 |
+4
|
2016 |
Seventh place |
7th |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
30 |
−17
|
2017 |
Fifth place |
5th |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
27 |
−10
|
2018 |
Sixth place |
6th |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
17 |
27 |
−10
|
2019 |
Third place |
3rd |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
+3
|
2021 |
Eighth place |
8th |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
19 |
26 |
–7
|
2022 |
Fourth place |
4th |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
12 |
+1
|
Total
|
0 titles
|
11/11
|
55
|
21
|
3
|
31
|
172
|
214
|
–42
|
References
- ^ Japan, Oman and UAE lead Asian charge at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021
- ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ INTERNATIONAL BEACH SOCCER RESULTS – 2001 (MEN). theroonba.com.
- ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 December 2019.
- ^ "AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". en.vff.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Latest update on AFC representatives for upcoming FIFA competitions". AFC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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