Syria national football team
| Nickname(s) | The Eagles (Arabic: نسور قاسيون) (French: Les aigles du Qasioun) |
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| Association | Fédération Arabe Syrienne de Football | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Fajr Ibrahim | ||
| Captain | Mosab Balhous | ||
| Most caps | Mosab Balhous (99) | ||
| Top scorer | Raja Rafe (32) | ||
| Home stadium | Aleppo International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | SYR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 123 |
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| Highest | 78 (August 1993) | ||
| Lowest | 152 (September 2014) | ||
| Elo ranking | |||
| Current | 73 (June 2015) | ||
| Highest | 53 (October 1974) | ||
| Lowest | 125 (September 1984) | ||
| First international | |||
(Ankara, Turkey; November 20, 1949) |
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| Biggest win | |||
(Damascus, Syria; June 4, 1997) (Tehran, Iran; June 9, 1997) (Aleppo, Syria; April 30, 2001) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
(Athens, Greece; November 25, 1949) (Alexandria, Egypt; October 16, 1951) |
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| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1980) | ||
| Best result | Round 1: 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011 | ||
The Syria national football team (Arabic: المنتخب السوري لكرة القدم) represents Syria in association football and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association, the governing body for football in Syria. Syria's home grounds are Abbasiyyin Stadium and Aleppo International Stadium. Syria has never qualified for the World Cup finals.
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History[edit]
Syria participated in the 1950 and 1958 World Cup qualifiers,one of the first teams in the region to do so. Between 1958 and 1961, the team combined with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic national football team, although the team's records are attributed only to Egypt by FIFA. In the 1966 World Cup qualifiers they were one of two teams from the Asian zone (the other being Israel) to be allocated to the European qualifying zone and were originally placed with Spain and the Republic of Ireland. However, they joined the Asian and African boycott of the 1966 qualifiers, due to the decision of FIFA to allocate just one place between Asia and Africa.
Syria has never qualified for the World Cup. The farthest they've gone in qualification was in the 1986 qualifiers when they reached the final qualifying round only to lose to Iraq. They were disqualified from the 2014 World Cup due to the use of an ineligible player.[1]
Syria has, however, competed in five Asian Cups, the last being 2011, but on each occasion were eliminated before reaching the quarterfinals.
In December 2012, Syria beat Iraq in the final of West Asia Cup to collect its first major trophy.
Competition history[edit]
FIFA World Cup record[edit]
| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Withdrew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Withdrew | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Withdrew | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Withdrew | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Did Not Qualify | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | |||||||||
| Disqualified | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| To Be Determined | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |||||||||
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| Total | - | 0/20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 155 | 80 | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC Asian Cup Record[edit]
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WAFF Championship Record[edit]
| WAFF Championship Record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Fourth Place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Semi-Finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Semi-Finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Champions | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 1 Title | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 33 | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Arab Nations Cup record[edit]
| Arab Nations Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Runners-up | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Fourth Place | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 0 Title | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 28 | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Pan Arab Games record[edit]
| Pan Arab Games | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Champions | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | ||
| Third Place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fourth Place | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 1 Title | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 40 | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Honours[edit]
Schedule and recent results[edit]
Win Draw Loss
* Syria score always listed first
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification)[edit]
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 12 | Third round and Asian Cup | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 24 Mar '16 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 10 | Third round and Asian Cup OR Asian Cup qualifying third round[a] | 29 Mar '16 | — | 0–0 | 24 Mar '16 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Asian Cup qualifying third round | 17 Nov '15 | 12 Nov '15 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 3 | Asian Cup qualifying third round OR play-off round[b] | 0–6 | 0–6 | 29 Mar '16 | — | 12 Nov '15 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | Asian Cup qualifying play-off round | 0–6 | 17 Nov '15 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(Y) Eliminated from World Cup.
Notes:
- ^ The four best runners-up across all groups will advance to the third round and Asian Cup. The remaining four runners-up will advance to the Asian Cup qualifying third round
- ^ The four best fourth-placed teams across all groups will advance to the Asian Cup qualifying third round. The remaining four fourth-placed teams will advance to the Asian Cup qualifying play-off round.[2]
| Afghanistan |
0–6 | |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Rafe Ajan Al Hussain Malki Khribin |
| Cambodia |
0–6 | |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Khribin Malki Al Mawas Midani Omari |
| Syria |
5–2 | |
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| Omari Al Mawas |
Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Amiri Shayesteh |
Players[edit]
Current squad[edit]
Squad selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Afghanistan on 13 October 2015 .
Caps and goals as of 13 October 2015 after the match against Afghanistan.
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Recent call-ups[edit]
The following players have also been called up to the Syria squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
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Previous squads[edit]
- Asian Cup
Coaches[edit]
| Name | Nat | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Honours |
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| Albert József | 1956 – 1959 | ||||||
| Miklós Vadas | 1960 – 1965 | ||||||
| Cornel Drăgușin | 1965 – 1966 | ||||||
| Ezzat Abdel-Wahab | 1969 | ||||||
| Moussa Shammas | 1980 | ||||||
| Avedis Kavlakian | 1983 – 1985 | ||||||
| Valeriy Yaremchenko | 1985 – 1987 | ||||||
| Anatoliy Azarenkov | 1987 – 1989 | ||||||
| Anatoliy Azarenkov | 1992 | ||||||
| Virgil Dridea | 1992 – 1993 | ||||||
| Yuri Kurnenin | 1996 | ||||||
| Mircea Rădulescu | 1997 – 1998 | ||||||
| Moussa Shammas | Mar 1999 – Sept 1999 | ||||||
| Dragoslav Popović | Sept 1999 - Feb 2000 | ||||||
| Dragoslav Sridović | Mar 2000 - Apr 2000 | ||||||
| Božidar Vukotić | Mar 2001 - Oct 2001 | ||||||
| Nizar Mahrous | Oct 2011 – Dec 2011 | ||||||
| Jalal Talebi | Nov 2001 - Sept 2002 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Janusz Wójcik | Mar 2003 - Aug 2003 | ||||||
| Božidar Vukotić | Sep 2003 - Nov 2003 | ||||||
| Ahmed Rifaat | Dec 2003 – Nov 2004 | ||||||
| Miloslav Radenović | 2005 – Aug 2006 | ||||||
| Fajr Ibrahim | Aug 5, 2006 – Apr 2008 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | Runner-up at Nehru Cup 2007 | |
| Mohammed Kwid | May 10, 2008 – Aug 20, 2008 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fajr Ibrahim | Nov 13, 2008 – Sep 13, 2010 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | Runner-up at Nehru Cup 2009 | |
| Ayman Hakeem (caretaker) | Sep 14, 2010 – Dec 20, 2010 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ratomir Dujković | Oct 28, 2010 – Dec 8, 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Valeriu Tiţa | Dec 21, 2010 – Feb 9, 2011 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Claude Le Roy | Apr 16, 2011 – May 4, 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nizar Mahrous | May 22, 2011 – August 18, 2011 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marwan Khoury | July 7, 2012 – August, 2012 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Hussam Al Sayed | October 21, 2012 – April 10, 2013 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2012 WAFF Championship winners | |
| Anas Makhlouf | April 13, 2013 – October 23, 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Hussam Al Sayed (Interim) | November 9, 2013 – November 20, 2013 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ahmad Al Shaar | February 13, 2014 – March 5, 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Muhannad Al Fakeer | September 18, 2014 – January 5, 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fajr Ibrahim | January 6, 2015 – | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Head-to-Head records against other countries[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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