Bolivia national beach soccer team

The Bolivia national beach soccer team represents Bolivia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol (Bolivian Football Federation), the governing body for football in Bolivia.

 Bolivia

Nickname(s)	La Verde (The Green)[1] Los Altiplanicos (The Highlanders)[1]
Association	Bolivian Football Federation (FBF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Antonio Gigliotti
FIFA code	BOL
BSWW ranking	49 4 (8 April 2024)[2]
First colours Second colours
First international
El Salvador 7–3 Bolivia  (Huanchaco, Peru; 7 December 2014)
Biggest win
Bolivia 6–3 Dominican Republic  (Huanchaco, Peru; 12 December 2014)  Bolivia 5–2 Uruguay  (Santa Cruz de Asia, Peru; 4 March 2018)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 11–1 Bolivia  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 28 April 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	0
Best result	none

Bolivia first fielded a beach soccer team at the 2014 Bolivarian Beach Games in Huanchaco, Peru.^[3] Subsequently, in 2015, La Verde became the final of the 10 members of CONMEBOL to start competing in the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, meaning all 10 were contesting the event together for the first time.^[4] Since then, Bolivia have remained an active team, becoming regulars at the major CONMEBOL events of the World Cup qualifiers, Copa América and Liga Sudamericana, however have yet to achieve a podium finish.

Current squad

As of February 2017^[5][6]

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  BOL Remberto Portales 2 FW  BOL Carlos Guardia 3 DF  BOL Marcelo Guzmán 4 DF  BOL Jorge Suárez 5 FW  BOL Oliver Algarañaz 6 MF  BOL Yhonny Morón

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  BOL Pablo Zapata 8 FW  BOL Julio Zambrano 9 FW  BOL Iver Castedo 10 FW  BOL Pedro López 11 FW  BOL Berthy Alpire 12 GK  BOL Carlos Carreño

Coach: Antonio Gigliotti

Achievements

• CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup best: 9th place
  • 2015
• Copa América de Beach Soccer best: 6th place
  • 2018
• Bolivarian Beach Games best: 7th place
  • 2014

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
1995 to 2013	did not enter
2015 to 2017	did not qualify
2019	did not qualify
Total	0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
2005†	did not enter
2006
2007†
2008
2009
2011
2013
2015	9th place of 10	5	1	0	0	4	15	21	–6
2017	10th place of 10	5	0	0	0	5	9	32	–23
Total	2/9	10	1	0	0	9	24	53	–29

† – Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF

Copa América de Beach Soccer

Year	Result	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD
2016	7th place of 10	5	2	0	0	3	18	27	–9
2018	6th place of 10	5	1	1	0	3	26	29	–3
Total	2/2	10	3	1	0	6	44	56	–12

See also

• Bolivia national futsal team

References

1. "Famous Bolivian Footballers". Your Spanish Translation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
2. "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
3. Bolivia integrated its beach soccer team, announced – CONMEBOL
4. Everything is planned for the South American Beach Soccer Championship – CONMEBOL
5. BSWW
6. "APF". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-18.

External links

• Bolivia Profile Archived 2018-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Bolivia Archived 2018-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
• List of results – '14 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '15 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '16 Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, '17 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine