Australia national beach soccer team

Australia

Nickname(s)	Beach Socceroos
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (South-East Asia)
Head coach	Ayrton Andrioli
FIFA code	AUS
BSWW ranking	69
First colours Second colours

The Australia national beach soccer team represents Australia in international men's beach soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for association football in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Beach Socceroos.

The team has represented Australia at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup tournaments on one occasion, in 2005.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Nick Duduković 2 DF George Souris 3 MF Peter Crevani 4 DF Joel Snellenburg 5 MF Antonio Lastella

No. Position Player 6 MF Demetrios Bakis 7 FW Ricardo Da Silva 9 DF David Zdrilic 10 FW Michael Matricciani 11 FW Christopher El-Hayek 12 GK Thomas Hamilton

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

AFC Beach Soccer Championship

AFC Beach Soccer Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Did not enter
2007
2008
2009	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	7	8
2011	Did not enter
2013	Third place play-off	4th	5	2	1	2	18	16
2015	Did not enter
2017	TBD
Total	2/6	0 Titles	8	3	1	4	25	24

Honours

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Winners (0):

Appearances (1): 2005

• AFC Beach Soccer Championship

Winners (0):

Fourth place (1): 2013

Appearances (3): 2009, 2013, 2017

References

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide: Australia

Soccer in Australia
Football Federation Australia
National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17
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