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 Decrease 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

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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

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Competitive record

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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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Year Result Pld W W+P L GF GA GD
  1995 to   2009 Did not enter
  2011 to   2021 Did not qualify
  2024 Group stage 3 0 0 3 6 12 –6
  2025 To be determined
Total 1/23 3 0 0 3 6 12 –6

Copa América de Beach Soccer

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Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
  2016 Eighth place 5 2 0 0 3 16 20 –4
  2018 Ninth place 5 0 0 1 4 18 25 –7
  2022 Eighth place 5 0 0 2 3 12 23 –11
  2023 Third place 6 4 0 0 2 21 16 +5
Total 4/4 21 6 0 3 12 67 84 –17

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
  2005 Did not enter
  2006
  2007
  2008
  2009
  2011 Fourth place 5 1 0 1 3 16 20 –4
  2013 Seventh place 6 3 0 0 3 19 24 –5
  2015 Eighth place 6 0 1 0 5 17 30 –13
  2017 Sixth place 6 2 0 0 4 30 32 –2
  2019 Sixth place 4 2 0 0 3 29 31 −2
  2021 Fourth place 6 3 0 0 2 17 18 –1
Total 6/11 33 11 1 1 20 128 155 –27
† – Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF

South American Beach Games

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Year Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
  2009 Fourth place 5 1 0 0 4 12 30 –18
  2011 Fifth place 3 1 0 0 2 10 10 0
  2014 Fifth place 5 2 0 0 3 12 18 –6
  2019 Third place 5 3 0 0 2 26 24 +2
  2023 Qualified as hosts
Total 5/5 18 7 0 0 11 60 82 –22

Central American and Caribbean Beach Games

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Central American and Caribbean Beach Games record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2022 Fifth place 5th 4 1 0 3 14 14 0
Total 0 titles 1/1 4 1 0 3 14 14 0

See also

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References

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  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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