United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team

The United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team represents United Arab Emirates in beach soccer. They are one of the most successful Asian national teams, having won twice the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (2007, 2008). At the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, however, they have never got past the group stage Until 2024. The UAE team has participated in every edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, which was founded after the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was hosted in the United Arab Emirates and which is played only in the UAE. They hosted it again as for the second time in 2024.

United Arab Emirates

Nickname(s)	Eyal Zayed
Association	UAEFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohamed Bashir Al Maazmi[1]
Most caps	Humaid Jamal Shambih Bilal Alblooshi (62)
Top scorer	Waleed Beshr Mohammed Beshr Salem (29)
FIFA code	UAE
BSWW ranking	7 1 (9 April 2025)[2]
First colours Second colours
First international
UAE 3–7 France  (Dubai, UAE; 18 April 2001)[3]
Biggest win
Qatar 1–8 UAE  (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia; 7 March 2017)  UAE 8–1 Malaysia  (Pattaya, Thailand; 14 March 2019)
Biggest defeat
UAE 4–15 Brazil  (Dubai, UAE; 2 November 2017)

Roster

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[4]

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  UAE Bahri 2 FW  UAE Haitham 3 MF  UAE Ahmed B. 4 MF  UAE Waleed B. 5 DF  UAE Abbas 6 DF  UAE Rashed 7 MF  UAE Hesham

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  UAE Ali 9 FW  UAE Ali Karim 10 FW  UAE Walid 11 FW  UAE Hasan 12 GK  UAE Humaid 13 GK  UAE Hussain 14 MF  UAE Yaqoub S.

Head coach: Mohamed Abbas Mohamed Bashir Almaazmi

Assistant coach: Victor Barros da Silva Vasques

Goalkeeping coach: Mohamed Hamza Ali Hussain Almazami

Results and fixtures

2023

United Arab Emirates  v  Spain

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) 2023 BSWW Mundialito	United Arab Emirates	4–4 (p) (4–3 p)	Spain	Ayamonte, Spain
18:00 UTC+2	A. Abbas 26', 27' Ali 20' B. Waleed 29'	Report	Joselito 6' Batis 8' Kuman 10' Dona 23'	Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium

Brazil  v  United Arab Emirates

14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) 2023 BSWW Mundialito	Brazil	7–3	United Arab Emirates	Ayamonte, Spain
15:15 UTC+2	Rodrigo 5', 6' Mauricinho 6' E. Hulk 22' Bahri 27' (o.g.) Benjamin Jr 29' Catarino 30'	Report	A. Abbas 1' Humaid 10' Haitham 28'	Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium

United Arab Emirates  v  Mexico

15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) 2023 BSWW Mundialito	United Arab Emirates	5–4	Mexico	Ayamonte, Spain
15:15 UTC+2	Bahri 3' Walid 7' B. Ahmed 19' Humaid 23' B. Waleed 23'	Report	G. Macias 20' P. Montes 26' C. Castillo 27', 28'	Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium

United Arab Emirates  v  Spain

25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	United Arab Emirates	5–4	Spain	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:15 UTC+3	B. Ahmed 1', 19' Haitham 20' A.Abbas 20' (28)	Report	Oliver 1', 21' David 15' Juanmi 20'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

Brazil  v  United Arab Emirates

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	Brazil	8–3	United Arab Emirates	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:15 UTC+3	F. Silva 2', 15' Bobô 5' E. Hulk 8', 9' Berndo 25' Z. Lucas 25' Mauricinho 28'	Report	A. Abbas 6', 20' W. Beshir 25'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

United Arab Emirates  v  Turkey

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	United Arab Emirates	4–2	Turkey	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:45 UTC+3	Ali 2', 12' A. Abbas 8' W. Beshir 25'	Report	Emrah 5' E. Lorenzo 25'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

Germany  v  United Arab Emirates

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	Germany	2–3	United Arab Emirates	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:45 UTC+3	Thürk 20' Kinsher 27'	Report	A. Abbas 2' Ali 8' W. Beshir 20'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

2024

United Arab Emirates  v  Egypt

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	United Arab Emirates	2-1	Egypt	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30 UTC+4	W. Beshr 8' Ali 15'		Paulo 32'	Stadium: Design District Stadium

United Arab Emirates  v  United States

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	United Arab Emirates	3–2	United States	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4	Eid 16' Abbas 24' Ali 39' (e.t.)		Toth 27' Canale 36'	Stadium: Design District Stadium

Italy  v  United Arab Emirates

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Italy	0–0 (1–3 p)	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4				Stadium: Design District Stadium
	Penalties
	Bertacca Giordani Fazzini Josep Jr.		Haitham Kamal W. Beshr

Iran  v  United Arab Emirates

22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Iran	2–1	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30	Masoumi 17' Mirjalili 23'	Report	Abdulla 14'	Stadium: Design District Stadium Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification (AFC) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD		Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	did not enter										No qualification matches
2006	did not qualify										Group stage	5th	2	0	0	2	7	11	−4
2007	Group stage	14th	3	0	0	3	13	16	−3		Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	21	10	+11
2008	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	12	14	−2		Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	18	6	+12
2009	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	12	12	0		Automatically qualified as hosts
2011	did not qualify										Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	20	12	+8
2013	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	8	14	−6		Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12
2015	did not qualify										Fifth place	5th	5	3	0	2	20	19	+1
2017	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	6	6	0		Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	25	16	+9
2019	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3		Runners-up	2nd	5	5	0	1	28	10	+18
2021	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	9	12	−3		Cancelled[a]
2024	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1		Automatically qualified as hosts
2025	did not qualify										to be determined
Total	0 titles	8/13	25	5	4	16	72	88	–16		2 titles	8/9	36	27	1	9	162	95	+67

1. The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.^[5][6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,^[7] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.^[8] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.^[9]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2006	Group stage	5th	2	0	0	2	7	11	−4
2007	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	21	10	+11
2008	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	18	6	+12
2009	did not enter
2011	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	20	12	+8
2013	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12
2015	Fifth place	5th	5	3	0	2	20	19	+1
2017	Runner-ups	2nd	5	3	1	1	25	16	+9
2019	Runner-ups	2nd	5	5	0	1	28	10	+18
2021	Cancelled[a]
2023	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	18	21	−3
Total	2 titles	9/10	42	29	1	12	180	116	+64

1. see above

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

BSIC record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2011	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	13	17	−4
2012	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	21	20	+1
2013	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	18	17	+1
2014	Sixth place	6th	5	1	0	4	12	16	−4
2015	Fifth place	5th	5	3	1	1	17	13	+4
2016	Seventh place	7th	5	1	0	4	13	30	−17
2017	Fifth place	5th	5	2	0	3	17	27	−10
2018	Sixth place	6th	5	1	0	4	17	27	−10
2019	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	12	9	+3
2021	Eighth place	8th	5	1	1	3	19	26	–7
2022	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	13	12	+1
Total	0 titles	11/11	55	21	3	31	172	214	–42