Brazil national beach soccer team

Brazil
Nickname(s)Reis da Praia (Kings of the Beach)
Canarinha (Little Canary)
Verde e Amarela (Green and Yellow)
AssociationBrazilian Football Confederation
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachMarco Octávio
CaptainBruno Xavier
Most capsMão (381)
Top scorerNeném (336)
FIFA codeBRA
BSWW ranking 1 Steady (8 April 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Brazil 10–3 United States 
(2 July 1993, Miami, United States)
Biggest win
 Brazil 23–3 Mexico 
(3 March 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 4–9 Nigeria 
(18 December 2011, Lagos, Nigeria)
World Cup
Appearances13
Best resultChampions 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2024

The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil. Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner a record six times and having won the defunct World Championships also a record nine times. The Seleção also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms. Portugal, Russia, Spain and Senegal are the only squads to have eliminated Brazil out of the World Cup. Brazil are ranked 1st in the BSWW World Rankings. They are, alongside Portugal, the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide. As of 2024, the brazilian team has a winning record against every nation they've faced in their history, winning over 94% of the matches and losing 6% of then, both records in the history of beach soccer.

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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