Uruguay
Nickname(s)La Celeste, Los Charrúas
AssociationUruguayan Football Association
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachFernando Rosa
CaptainDiego Monserrat
FIFA codeURU
BSWW ranking 16 Decrease 1 (15 January 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Uruguay 6–7 Italy 
(January 1995)
Biggest win
 Uruguay 10–0 South Africa 
(January 1999)
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 2–13 Brazil 
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 27 February 1999)
 Uruguay 0–11 Brazil 
(Florianópolis, Brazil; 16 December 2006)
World Cup
Appearances7
Best resultRunners-up (2006)
CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances11 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2006, 2009, 2019, 2021)

The Uruguay national beach soccer team represents Uruguay in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AUF, the governing body for football in Uruguay.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D Senegal  6–1  Uruguay Moscow, Russia
15:00
  • Mendy 2', 14' (pen.), 25'
  • Diatta 5'
  • Mam. Diagne 15' (pen.)
  • Sylla 33'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)		 Bella 1' (pen.) Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena
Attendance: 734
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D Uruguay  4–2  Oman Moscow, Russia
15:00
  • Cabrera 7'
  • Laduche 14'
  • Guerrero 35'
  • L. Quinta 35'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
  • Al-Zadjali 25'
  • Al-Sauti 27'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena
Attendance: 1,278
Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia)
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D Uruguay  7–6  Portugal Moscow, Russia
19:00
  • Bella 6', 10'
  • L. Quinta 9', 23', 25'
  • Laens 26'
  • Guerrero 32'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena
Attendance: 1,977
Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2]

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 Uruguay URU Gustavo Sebe
2 FW Uruguay URU Facundo Cordero
3 MF Uruguay URU Santiago Miranda
4 MF Uruguay URU Matias Cabrera
5 DF Uruguay URU Gaston Laduche
6 DF Uruguay URU Agustin Quinta
7 MF Uruguay URU Luis Quinta
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Uruguay URU Gonzalo Cazet
9 FW Uruguay URU Andres Laens
10 FW Uruguay URU Marcelo Capurro
11 FW Uruguay URU Nicolas Bella
12 GK Uruguay URU Alejandro Guerrero
13 GK Uruguay URU Felipe Fernandez
14 MF Uruguay URU Richard Catardo
Head coach: German Parrillo
Assistant coach: Leandro Ortiz

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification (CONMEBOL) record[a]
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Brazil 2005 Quarter-finals 5th 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 22 11 +11
Brazil 2006 Runners-up 2nd 6 2 1 3 22 20 +2 Runners-up 2nd 7 1 3 3 23 32 –9
Brazil 2007 Third place 3rd 6 2 2 2 15 17 –2 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 11 7 +4
France 2008 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 20 18 +2 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 16 18 –2
United Arab Emirates 2009 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 26 31 +5 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 18 17 +1
Italy 2011 did not qualify Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 14 10 +4
French Polynesia 2013 Sixth place 6th 4 0 1 3 15 19 –4
Portugal 2015 Fifth place 5th 6 4 0 2 25 25 0
The Bahamas 2017 Eight place 8th 6 2 0 4 27 29 –2
Paraguay 2019 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 11 12 –1 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 23 31 –8
Russia 2021 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 0 2 13 24 –11 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 17 12 +5
United Arab Emirates 2023 did not qualify Group stage 5th 5 3 0 2 19 21 −2
Seychelles 2025 to be determined to be determined
Total 0 titles 8/12 31 14 4 15 122 123 –1 0 titles 12/12 60 30 5 25 230 232 −2
  1. ^ In 2005 and 2007 merged qualification tournament with CONCACAF

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2021)

Manager history

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2021)

Honours

References

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List

External links

National sports teams of Uruguay
National beach soccer teams
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