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Argentina

Nickname(s)	La Albiceleste
Association	Argentine Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Gustavo Casado
Captain	Lucas Medero
Home stadium	Ezeiza
FIFA code	ARG
BSWW ranking	11
First colours Second colours
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 2005)
Best result	Fifth place: (2006, 2008, 2013)
CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2005)
Best result	Winner (2013)
Beach Soccer World Championship (BSWW)
Appearances	8 (first in 1995)
Best result	Third Place (2001)
Website	www.afa.org.ar

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

The Argentina national beach soccer team has qualified and participated in eight FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tournaments and has been a Winner of the CONMEBOL Competition once and Runners-up twice. Argentina is ranked 10th in the FIFA World Rankings.

Current squad

Correct as of April 2015:[1]

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   Marcelo Salgueiro 2 DF   Jonathan Levi 3 DF   Santiago Hilaire 8 MF   Rodrigo Lopez 6 DF   Luciano Franceschini 10 MF   Federico Costas

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   Lucas Medero 7 FW   Federico Hilaire 9 FW   Luciano Sirico 11 FW   Cesar Leguizamon 4 MF   Cristian Cuevas 12 GK   Dardo Cortes

Current staff

• Coach: Gustavo Casado
• Technical Assistant: Esteban Pizzi
• Head Delegation: Gustavo Lorenzo

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Record

Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W aet/pso	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil2005	Quarterfinals	8th	3	1	0	2	8	16	-8
Brazil2006	Quarterfinals	5th	4	3	0	1	11	9	+2
Brazil2007	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	9	9	-
France2008	Quarterfinals	5th	4	3	0	1	13	7	+6
United Arab Emirates2009	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	11	6	+5
Italy2011	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	6	10	-4
Tahiti2013	Quarterfinals	5th	4	2	0	2	18	17	+1
Portugal2015	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	9	14	-5
Bahamas2017	Did not qualify
Paraguay2019	Did not qualify
Russia2021	Did not qualify
Total	8/11	-	27	13	1	13	85	89	-

Beach Soccer World Championships

Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W aet/pso	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil 1995	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	4	6
Brazil 1996	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	5	12
Brazil 1997	Semifinalist	4th	5	2	0	3	14	33
Brazil 1998	Quarterfinals	8th	4	1	0	3	13	19
Brazil 1999	Not invited
Brazil 2000	Group stage	10th	3	0	0	3	9	10
Brazil 2001	Semifinalist	3rd	5	4	0	1	22	12
Brazil 2002	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	12	27
Brazil 2003	Not invited
Brazil 2004	Quarterfinals	7th	3	1	0	2	8	15
Total	8/10	-	30	10	0	20	84	125	-

Regional honours

• CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship:
• 4th 2005
• 3rd 2007
• CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship:
• 3rd (3) 2006, 2009 and 2015
• Runners-up (2) 2008 and 2011
• Winners (1) 2013.

Mundialito de Futebol de Praia

• 3rd (3) 2006, 2008, 2010

Copa Latina

• 2nd (1) 2006
• 3rd (4) 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010

References

External links

• World Cup 08 team page

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