Levante UD (beach soccer)

Levante Unión Deportiva Fútbol Playa is a beach soccer club based in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 2013, the team is the official beach soccer department of Levante UD association football club.^[1] The club competes in the Spanish National Beach Soccer League (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa), Copa RFEF and international competitions.

Levante

Full name	Levante UD Fútbol Playa
Founded	26 June 2013; 11 years ago (2013-06-26)
Ground	Playa de Patacona (training)[1]
Coach	Enrique Sánchez
League	Liga Nacional
2019	Liga Nacional, 1st of 14
Website	https://www.levanteud.com/es/tag/levante-ud-fp
Home colours Away colours

The club has won two league titles and as of February 2020, is ranked as the second best club side in Europe.^[2]

Squad

2019 National League squad.^[3]

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  ESP Víctor Viala 3 MF  ITA Salvatore Sanfilippo 4 DF  ESP Iván Latorre 6 FW  ESP Eduard Suárez 7 DF  ESP Enrique Moratal 8 MF  ESP Daniel Pajón 9 FW  ESP Jonathan Fernández 10 DF  ESP Antonio Mayor 11 FW  ESP José Miralles

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ESP José Enrique 15 MF  ESP Adri Frutos 16 FW  ESP Pablo Perez 18 MF  ENG Aaron Clarke 19 FW  ESP Fernando Guisado 21 GK  ESP Dona — MF  ESP Antonio Aceiton — MF  ESP Juan López

Coach: Enrique Sánchez

Achievements

Domestic competitions Liga Nacional Winners (2): 2018,[4] 2019[5] Runners-up (1): 2017[6] Copa RFEF Winners (1): 2019[7] Runners-up (2): 2015,[8] 2018[9] Third place (1): 2017[10] Supercopa de España Winners (1): 2019[11]

International competitions Euro Winners Cup Third place (1): 2019[12] World Winners Cup Third place (1): 2019[13]

See also

• Levante UD Femenino
• Levante UD (futsal)

References

1. Nace el Levante UD Fútbol Playa (in Spanish). Levante UD. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. Club World Ranking – Europe. Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
3. Jugadores Futbol-Playa 2018-2019 (in Spanish). Levante UD. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
4. El Levante UD conquista con autoridad la Liga Nacional de Clubes de Fútbol Playa (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
5. Pajón y Guisado revalidan el título de Liga con el Levante y van a por el triplete (in Spanish). Huelva24. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
6. El Melistar CD y el AIS Playa San Javier, campeones de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
7. Levante UD y Madrid CFF conquistan la Copa RFEF de fútbol playa (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
8. El Coruxo gana brillantemente la I Copa RFEF de Fútbol Playa (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
9. La Copa RFEF se queda en las playas de Melilla (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
10. GALERÍA | Disfruta de las mejores imágenes de la final de la Copa RFEF de Fútbol Playa GALERÍA | Disfruta de las mejores imágenes de la final de la Copa RFEF de Fútbol Playa (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
11. El Levante UD se lleva en la prórroga una vibrante Supercopa de España de Fútbol Playa (2-3). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
12. Braga Euro Winners champions for third year running!. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
13. Flamengo claim the first World Winners Cup!. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

External links

• (in Spanish) Official website
• (in Spanish) Levante UD, profile at LNFP.es
• (in Russian) Levante, profile at BSRussia
• (in Spanish) Official Twitter account