Sporting Clube de Braga - Beach Soccer is a beach soccer club based in Braga, Portugal. The team was created in 2013 and in its first season won the Portuguese National Championship. In 2019 SC Braga won their sixth national championship, defending the titles won in the previous two seasons. They have also won the 2017, 2018, 2019 Euro Winners Cup. Among its players there are 5 Portugal national beach soccer team players.[1] In 2019 they won the Mundialito de Clubes and the first Portuguese Cup. They are currently the defending world, European, and Portuguese champions as well as leaders of the world beach soccer club ranking.
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| Full name | Sporting Clube de Braga - Beach Soccer | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Os Arcebispos (The Archbishops) Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenalists) Minhotos (Those from Minho) Os Guerreiros do Minho (The Minho Warriors) | |||
| Short name | Braga - Beach Soccer | |||
| Founded | 2013 | |||
| Ground | Apúlia beach Esposende, Portugal | |||
| President | António Salvador | |||
| Head Coach | Bruno Torres | |||
| League | Circuito Nacional de Futebol de Praia | |||
| 2019 | National Champion (6th title) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Technical Team edit
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Bruno Miguel Magalhães da Silva Torres | Head Coach |
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Diogo Macedo Correia de Barros | Assistant Coach |
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José Miguel Gonçalves Dias | Goal-keeper's coach |
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José Pedro Macedo Carneiro Guimarães | Manager |
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Filipa Jácome | Physiotherapist |
Historical results edit
International results edit
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Classification |
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| 2014 Euro Winners Cup | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 3rd place |
| 2015 Euro Winners Cup | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 22 | 5th place |
| 2016 Euro Winners Cup | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 3rd place |
| 2017 Euro Winners Cup | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 18 | Champion |
| 2018 Euro Winners Cup | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 12 | Champion |
| 2019 Mundialito de Clubes | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 18 | Champion |
| 2019 Euro Winners Cup | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 10 | Champion |
| 2020 Mundialito de Clubes | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 18 | Champion |
| 2020 Euro Winners Cup | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 10 | Runner-up |
| 2021 Euro Winners Cup | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 26 | Runner-up |
| 2022 Euro Winners Cup | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 11 | Runner-up |
| 2023 Euro Winners Cup | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 20 | 6th place |
National results edit
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Classification |
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| 2013 National Championship | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 12 | Champion |
| 2014 National Championship | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 28 | Champion |
| 2015 National Championship | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 31 | Champion |
| 2016 National Championship | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 22 | Runner-up |
| 2017 National Championship | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 22 | Champion |
| 2018 National Championship | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 29 | Champion |
| 2019 National Championship | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 23 | Champion |
| 2019 National Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | Champion |
| 2020 National Championship | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 27 | Runner-up |
Current squad edit
As of 2019 Mundialito de Clubes
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References edit
- ^ "Gverreiros no Futebol de Praia — Sporting Clube de Braga" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-09-10.