England women's national beach soccer team

The England women's national beach soccer team represents England in international women's beach soccer competitions and is controlled by England Beach Soccer — independent of the governing body of football in England, The Football Association. The team was created in 2012,[3] winning their first trophy, the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, in 2017.[4]

England
Nickname(s)"Three Lionesses", "The Lionesses"
AssociationEngland Beach Soccer Ltd
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSteven black
CaptainSarah Kempson
FIFA codeENG
BSWW ranking2[1] (Europe)


First colours


Second colours


Third colours
First international
 England 2–6 Switzerland 
(Manchester, England; 20 June 2014)[2]
Biggest win
 England 8–1 Czech Republic 
(Ryde, England; 30 June 2018)
Biggest defeat
 England 0–11 Spain 
(Alghero, Italy; 22 September 2023)
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultWinners (2017)

In 2019, the team qualified for the World Beach Games where they represented Great Britain, winning the silver medal.[5]

Current squad edit

As of July 2017 (Chosen for the 2017 Euro Beach Soccer Cup)

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   ENG Lucy Quinn
2 MF   ENG Katie James
3 MF   ENG Shannon Sievwright
4 MF   ENG Nadine Bazan
5 DF   ENG Hannah Short
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 GK   ENG Jade Widdowson
7 MF   ENG Sarah Kempson (captain)
8 DF   ENG Rebecca Barron
9 FW   ENG Gemma Hillier
10 FW   ENG Molly Clark

Competitive record edit

Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup edit

Year Round Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
  2016 Third place play-off Fourth Place 3 1 0 0 2 15 14 +1
  2017 Final Champions 3 3 0 0 0 14 7 +7
  2018 Third place play-off Fourth Place 3 1 0 0 2 8 12 –4
  2019 Third place play-off Fourth Place 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 –2
Total 1 title 4/4 12 6 0 0 6 48 46 +2

World Beach Games edit

Year Round Result Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD
represented as   Great Britain
  2019 Final Silver Medal 5 4 0 0 1 22 15 +7
Total 0 titles 1/1 5 4 0 0 1 22 15 +7

Results and fixtures edit

By year edit

The team's first international match took place on 20 June 2014, as part of ITV's Fever Pitch, a companion to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[2][6]

2012 edit

22 August 2012 Friendly Isle of Wight   2–8*   England Ryde, England
19:00 Report

2014 edit

20 June 2014 Friendly England   2–6    Switzerland Manchester, England
19:00 Report
23 July 2014 3-Nation Tournament Switzerland   9–5   England Espinho, Portugal
24 July 2014 3-Nation Tournament Portugal   5–2   England Espinho, Portugal

2015 edit

21 August 2015 Friendly Switzerland   6–4   England Arosa, Switzerland

2016 edit

31 July 2016 2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, 3rd place Portugal   6–6 (a.e.t.)
(2–0 p)
  England Carcavelos, Portugal

2017 edit

2018 edit

30 June 2018 Friendly England   8–1   Czech Republic Ryde, England
1 July 2018 Friendly England   8–4   Czech Republic Ryde, England
7 July 2018 2018 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Group stage England   0–4   Spain Nazaré, Portugal
Report
8 July 2018 2018 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, 3rd place match Switzerland   6–3   England Nazaré, Portugal
Report

2019 edit

9 May 2019 2019 World Beach Games qualifiers England   4–8   Czech Republic Salou, Spain
09:45 Report
9 May 2019 2019 World Beach Games qualifiers Spain   5–5 (a.e.t.)
(0–1 p)
  England Salou, Spain
17:15 Report
11 May 2019 2019 World Beach Games qualifiers Switzerland   0–3   England Salou, Spain
14:45 Report
12 May 2019 2019 World Beach Games qualifiers England   4–3   Russia Salou, Spain
14:45 Report
5 July 2019 2019 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Group stage England   1–3   Russia Nazaré, Portugal
10:00
  • Kempson   23'
Report(ru)
  •   13' Gorshkova
  •   25', 36' Cherniakova
Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Jonathan Mallia (Malta)
6 July 2019 2019 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Group stage England   5–4   Netherlands Nazaré, Portugal
15:45
  • Clark   14', 31'
  • Kempson   18'
  • Barron   19'
  • James   30'
Report(ru)
  •   11', 27', 28' Verschoor
  •   27' van Velsen
Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Wilson Castanheira Soares (Portugal)
7 July 2019 2019 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, 3rd place match Switzerland   6–5 (a.e.t.)   England Nazaré, Portugal
10:30
  • Bachmann   1', 39'
  • Grueter   4'
  • Schenk   10'
  • Kuffer   18'
  • Morger   32'
Report(ru)
  •   2', 8' Clark
  •   16' James
  •   35' Kempson
  •   36' Hillier
Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)
11 October 2019 2019 World Beach Games, Group stage Paraguay   4–5   Great Britain Doha, Qatar
15:00 Godoy   20', 29', 29'
Mora   33'
Report(ru)   16' Hillier
  24' Kempson
  25', 28' Clark
  36' Haughton
Stadium: Pitch 1, Katara beach
Referee: José Cortez (Mexico)
13 October 2019 2019 World Beach Games, Group stage Great Britain   5–2   United States Doha, Qatar
18:00
  • Kempson   1', 21'
  • Short   17', 19'
  • Hillier   29'
Report(ru)
  •   18' Sunseri-Warp
  •   26' Quigley
Stadium: Stadium, Katara beach
14 October 2019 2019 World Beach Games, Group stage Great Britain   4–1   Russia Doha, Qatar
15:00
  • Bazan   8'
  • Kempson   8'
  • Hillier   9'
  • Martin   16'
Report(ru)
  •   14' Petrova
Stadium: Stadium, Katara beach
15 October 2019 2019 World Beach Games, Semi-finals Great Britain   6–5   Brazil Doha, Qatar
16:00
  • Kempson   9', 35'
  • Martin   10', 29', 35' (pen.)
  • Hillier   28'
Report(ru)
  •   3', 26' Nayara
  •   3' Adri
  •   10' Barboza
  •   12' (pen.) Lorena
Stadium: Stadium, Katara beach
16 October 2019 2019 World Beach Games, Gold medal match Great Britain   2–3   Spain Doha, Qatar
19:00
  • Clark   6'
  • Barron   28'
Report(ru)
  •   6', 7' Asensio
  •   9' Fresneda
Stadium: Stadium, Katara beach

*unofficial opposition

Head-to-head records edit

Includes competitive and friendly matches and those as Great Britain.

Team First Last Record Win %
   Switzerland 2014 2019 2–6 25%
  Portugal 2014 2016 0–2 0%
  Greece 2016 2016 1–0 100%
  Netherlands 2017 2019 2–0 100%
  Spain 2017 2019 2–2 50%
  Czech Republic 2018 2019 3–1 75%
  Russia 2019 2019 2–1 67%
  Paraguay 2019 2019 1–0 100%
  United States 2019 2019 1–0 100%
  Brazil 2019 2019 1–0 100%
Totals 2014 2019 15–12 56%

References edit

  1. ^ "European Ranking – Women". beachsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "ITV Fever Pitch - Manchester". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Footballers hit the beach, but not for a holiday". 19 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. ^ "England claim European crown!". beachsoccer.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. ^ "La Roja take World Beach Games gold!". beachsoccer.com. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Swiss Ladies spoil England Ladies international debut". 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

External links edit