Wales national futsal team

Wales

Shirt badge/Association crest

Nickname(s)

The Dragons

Association

Football Association of Wales

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Richard Gunney

Captain

Sion Kitson

FIFA code

WAL

FIFA ranking

96 (29 April 2016) ^[1]

Highest FIFA ranking

82 (19 October 2015)

Lowest FIFA ranking

96 (29 April 2016)

Home colours

Away colours

First international

Andorra 2-1 Wales

(Escaldes, Andorra, 2 September 2012)

Biggest win

Wales 6-3 Israel

(Ramat Gan, Israel, 23 October 2015)

Biggest defeat

Poland 8-1 Wales

(Zielona Góra, Poland, 4 January 2014)

World Cup

Appearances

UEFA Futsal Championship

Appearances

The Wales national futsal team is controlled by the Football Association of Wales, the governing body for futsal in Wales and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the Futsal World Cup and the European Championships.^[2]

The creation of the Wales futsal team was first announced in late 2011, an FAW Futsal squad was named for a one-day training camp and fixture in Cardiff on 18 December at Cardiff University, to begin the FAW's preparations for the UEFA Futsal Championship qualification in January 2013.^[3] A second training camp was held on 11 March 2012 and Wales played the England Development squad on 15 April.^[4] England won the game 8–6 in Deeside, Flintshire.

On 6 and 7 July, Wales played two friendlies against AC Omonia's futsal team, the current Cypriot champions.^[5]^[6] Wales played their first official international match against Andorra in September 2012 and took part in qualification for the first time in January 2013 in the UEFA Futsal Championship qualifiers.

Current squad

The Proposed Inaugural FAW Futsal Squad. These players have all represented the Wales national futsal team.^[7]

#	Pos	Name	Caps	Club
	GK	Lee Jones		Cardiff Met Futsal Club
	GK	Dafydd Jones		Bristol City Futsal Club
	D	LLoyd Jenkins		Cardiff University Futsal Club
	M	Chris Hugh		Cardiff University Futsal Club
	M	Elliot Thomas		Cardiff University Futsal Club
		James Saddler		Cardiff University Futsal Club
	D	Sion Kitson (c)		Bristol City Futsal Club
	P	Rico Zulkarnain		Cardiff University Futsal Club
	M	Tyler Mills		Cardiff Met Futsal Club
	M	Daniel Hooper		Cardiff University Futsal Club
	P	Tyrell Webbe		Cardiff Met Futsal Club
	P	Simon Prangley		Cardiff University FC Futsal Club
	M	Dean Maynard		Cardiff Met Futsal Club
	P	Jonathan Nelson		Cardiff Met Futsal Club

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala 2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan 2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand 2012	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia 2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-

UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1999	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russia 2001	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy 2003	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic 2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal 2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary 2010	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croatia 2012	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belgium 2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serbia 2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia 2018	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/11	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

External links

Official website

National futsal teams of Europe (UEFA)

men's	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

women's	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

International futsal

AMF AMF Futsal World Cup FIFA FIFA Futsal World Cup Women's Futsal World Tournament Grand Prix Confederations Cup Pan American Games South American Games Futsal Mundialito Mediterranean Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Lusophony Games Southeast Asian Games Futsal Awards Teams

Asia	AFC – Futsal Championship – Women's Futsal Championship

Africa	CAF – Futsal Cup of Nations

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Futsal Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América – Copa América Femenina

Oceania	OFC – Futsal Championship

Europe	UEFS – UEFS Futsal Men's Championship – UEFS Futsal Women's Championship; UEFA – Futsal Championship

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