Colombia national beach soccer team

The Colombia national beach soccer team represents Colombia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF), the governing body for football in Colombia.

Colombia
Nickname(s)Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers) La Tricolor (The Tricolors)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachSantiago Alzate
FIFA codeCOL
BSWW ranking 13 1 (8 April 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Colombia 5–2 Ecuador 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 December 2009)
Biggest win
 Colombia 9–4 Ecuador 
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 15–0 Colombia 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 10 December 2009)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage

Colombia entered the international beach soccer scene in 2009 at the first edition of the South American Beach Games.[2] The team subsequently debuted in the largest beach soccer event in South America, the World Cup qualifiers, in 2011,[3] finishing in 4th place – their best finish in any major competition to date. Since then, Colombia have remained an active team, becoming regulars at the major CONMEBOL events of the World Cup qualifiers, Copa América and Liga Sudamericana, their best finish was 3rd place at the Copa América de Beach Soccer in 2023. The team will make their debut at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2023.

Current squad

As of March 2018[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  COL Alejandro Quintero
4  COL Edwin Rojas
5 DF  COL Escalante Lopez
6 DF  COL Jose Gomez
7 FW  COL Jose Arzuza Fonseca
8  COL Edward Bonilla
No. Pos. Nation Player
9  COL Oscar Hurtado
10  COL Kevin Zuluaga
11  COL Kevin Henao
12 GK  COL Levid Sanchez
13  COL Carlos Mejia
20  COL Miguel Parra

Coach: Santiago Alzate

Achievements

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year Result Pld W W+P L GF GA GD
1995 to 2009 Did not enter
2011 to 2021 Did not qualify
2024Group stage3003612–6
2025 To be determined
Total1/233003612–6

Copa América de Beach Soccer
Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
2016Eighth place520031620–4
2018Ninth place500141825–7
2022Eighth place500231223–11
2023Third place640022116+5
Total4/421603126784–17

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
2005† Did not enter
2006
2007†
2008
2009
2011Fourth place510131620–4
2013Seventh place630031924–5
2015Eighth place601051730–13
2017Sixth place620043032–2
2019Sixth place420032931−2
2021Fourth place630021718–1
Total6/1133111120128155–27
† – Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF

South American Beach Games
Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
2009Fourth place510041230–18
2011Fifth place3100210100
2014Fifth place520031218–6
2019Third place530022624+2
2023Qualified as hosts
Total5/518700116082–22

Central American and Caribbean Beach Games
Central American and Caribbean Beach Games record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
2022Fifth place5th410314140
Total 0 titles 1/1 4 1 0 3 14 14 0

See also

References
  1. "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. "Colombia finaliza en el cuarto lugar en Juegos Suramericanos de Playa – FCF.com". Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. ?Alea iacta est? for the CONMEBOL Qualifier – Beach Soccer Worldwide
  4. "Colombia Copa America 2018 squad – Beach Soccer Russia". Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.


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