United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team

United Arab Emirates
Nickname(s)Eyal Zayed
AssociationUAEFA
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachMohamed Bashir Al Maazmi
Most capsHumaid Jamal Shambih Bilal Alblooshi (62)
Top scorerWaleed Beshr Mohammed Beshr Salem (29)
FIFA codeUAE
BSWW ranking 7 (8 April 2024)


First colours


Second colours
First international
 UAE 3–7 France 
(Dubai, UAE; 18 April 2001)
Biggest win
 Qatar 1–8 UAE 
(Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia; 7 March 2017)
 UAE 8–1 Malaysia 
(Pattaya, Thailand; 14 March 2019)
Biggest defeat
 UAE 4–15 Brazil 
(Dubai, UAE; 2 November 2017)

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 hosted it again as for the second time in 2024.

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UAE Bahri
2 FW  UAE Haitham
3 MF  UAE Ahmed B.
4 MF  UAE Waleed B.
5 DF  UAE Abbas
6 DF  UAE Rashed
7 MF  UAE Hesham
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  UAE Ali
9 FW  UAE Ali Karim
10 FW  UAE Walid
11 FW  UAE Hasan
12 GK  UAE Humaid
13 GK  UAE Hussain
14 MF  UAE Yaqoub S.
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

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) 2023 BSWW Mundialito United Arab Emirates  4–4 (p)
(4–3 p)		  Spain Ayamonte, Spain
18:00 UTC+2 A. Abbas 26', 27'

Ali 20'

B. Waleed 29'		 Report
  • Joselito 6'
  • Batis 8'
  • Kuman 10'
  • Dona 23'
 Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium
14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) 2023 BSWW Mundialito Brazil  7–3  United Arab Emirates Ayamonte, Spain
15:15 UTC+2
Report
  • A. Abbas 1'
  • Humaid 10'
  • Haitham 28'
 Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium
15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) 2023 BSWW Mundialito United Arab Emirates  5–4  Mexico Ayamonte, Spain
15:15 UTC+2
  • Bahri 3'
  • Walid 7'
  • B. Ahmed 19'
  • Humaid 23'
  • B. Waleed 23'
 Report
  • G. Macias 20'
  • P. Montes 26'
  • C. Castillo 27', 28'
 Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium
25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup United Arab Emirates  5–4  Spain Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:15 UTC+3
  • B. Ahmed 1', 19'
  • Haitham 20'
  • A.Abbas 20' (28)
 Report
  • Oliver 1', 21'
  • David 15'
  • Juanmi 20'
 Stadium: Neom Stadium
26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup Brazil  8–3  United Arab Emirates Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:15 UTC+3
  • F. Silva 2', 15'
  • Bobô 5'
  • E. Hulk 8', 9'
  • Berndo 25'
  • Z. Lucas 25'
  • Mauricinho 28'
 Report
  • A. Abbas 6', 20'
  • W. Beshir 25'
 Stadium: Neom Stadium
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup United Arab Emirates  4–2  Turkey Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:45 UTC+3
  • Ali 2', 12'
  • A. Abbas 8'
  • W. Beshir 25'
 Report
  • Emrah 5'
  • E. Lorenzo 25'
 Stadium: Neom Stadium
28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup Germany  2–3  United Arab Emirates Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:45 UTC+3
  • Thürk 20'
  • Kinsher 27'
 Report
  • A. Abbas 2'
  • Ali 8'
  • W. Beshir 20'
 Stadium: Neom Stadium

2024

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup United Arab Emirates  2-1  Egypt Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30 UTC+4
  • W. Beshr 8'
  • Ali 15'
Stadium: Design District Stadium
17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup United Arab Emirates  3–2  United States Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4
  • Eid 16'
  • Abbas 24'
  • Ali 39' (e.t.)
  • Toth 27'
  • Canale 36'
 Stadium: Design District Stadium
19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Italy  0–0
(1–3 p)		  United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4 Stadium: Design District Stadium
Penalties
  • Bertacca
  • Giordani
  • Fazzini
  • Josep Jr.
  • Haitham
  • Kamal
  • W. Beshr
22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Iran  2–1  United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30
  • Masoumi 17'
  • Mirjalili 23'
 Report
  • Abdulla 14'
 Stadium: Design District Stadium
Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

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
2024 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 Automatically qualified as hosts
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
  1. ^ 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
  1. ^ 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

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