Andorra national beach soccer team

The Andorra national beach soccer team represents Andorra in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federació Andorrana de Futbol (Andorran Football Federation), the governing body for football in Andorra.

Andorra

Nickname(s)	Tricolors (The Tricolours)
Association	Andorran Football Federation (Federació Andorrana de Futbol)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Xavier de la Rosa
Captain	Eric Flinch
FIFA code	AND
BSWW ranking	72 (Feb. '17)
First colours Second colours
First international
Ukraine 6–2 Andorra  (Benidorm, Spain; 11 May 2008)
Biggest win
Andorra 6–5 Norway  (Scheveningen, Netherlands; 25 July 2010)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 14–1 Andorra  (Siofok, Hungary; 11 August 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	0
Best result	none

Andorra made their debut in 2008 at the World Cup qualifiers.^[1] Despite being a small nation, Andorra have been a regular competitor on the international circuit, competing in every season of the Euro Beach Soccer League since their debut (bar 2010). However the team has only managed to record one win from around 30 games played in their history so far, versus Norway in a 2010 exhibition tournament.^[2] Andorra compete in Division B of the EBSL.

Current squad

Correct as of July 2016

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  AND Andre Ferreira 4 MF  AND Adria Caminal 5 FW  AND Arnau Rodriguez 6 DF  AND Jordi Alaez 7 FW  AND Àlex Martínez

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  AND Oscar Neira 9 MF  AND Alex Villagrasa 10 DF  AND Gabriel Fernandez 11 MF  AND Aleix Viladot 15 GK  AND Eric Flinch (captain)

Coach: Xavier de la Rosa
Technical Assistant: Oscar Brau
Head Delegation: Joan Aguilera

Achievements

• Euro Beach Soccer League Best: 11th place (of 12), Division B
  • 2011, 2013

Competitive record

Euro Beach Soccer League Year Division Teams in Div. Result Superfinal? 1998 – 2007 did not enter 2008 — 17 17th place No 2009 B 10 10th place No 2010 did not enter 2011 B 12 10th place No 2012 12 12th place No 2013 12 12th place No 2014 12 12th place No 2015 8 8th place No 2016 14 14th place No 2017 15 15th place No

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) Year Pos Round Pld W W+ L GF GA GD 2008 T17th Group Stage 3 0 0 3 9 17 –8 2009 T17th Group Stage 2 0 0 2 3 16 –13 2011 T17th Group Stage 3 0 0 3 4 23 –19 2013 did not enter 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 Total 0 titles 3/9 8 0 0 8 16 56 –40