# 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.

## Roster

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World 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 | 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

## Competitive record
### FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2005 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches |
| 2006 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts |
| 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 0 titles | 8/12 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 72 | 88 | –16 | 2 titles | 8/9 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 162 | 95 | +67 |
* ↑ The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May, and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021. 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.

### 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 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | 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 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2023 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 21 | −3 |
| Total | 2 titles | 9/10 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 180 | 116 | +64 |
* ↑ 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 |