Syria national football team

Syria

Association	Syrian Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Fajr Ibrahim
Home stadium	Abbasiyyin Stadium and Aleppo International Stadium
FIFA code	SYR
FIFA ranking	92
Highest FIFA ranking	78 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	145 (May 1996)
Elo ranking	64
Highest Elo ranking	53 (October 1974)
Lowest Elo ranking	125 (September 1984)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Turkey 7 - 0 Syria (Ankara, Turkey; November 20, 1949)
Biggest win
Syria 12 - 0 Maldives (Damascus, Syria; June 4, 1997) Syria 12 - 0 Maldives (Tehran, Iran; June 9, 1997) Syria 12 - 0 Philippines (Aleppo, Syria; April 30, 2001)
Biggest defeat
Greece 8 - 0 Syria (Athens, Greece; November 25, 1949) Egypt 8 - 0 Syria (Alexandria, Egypt; October 12, 1951)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1980)
Best result	Round 1, all

The Syria national football team is the national team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals.

History

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's best showing was in the 1986 qualifiers when they reached the final qualifying round only to lose to Iraq.

Syria have competed in four Asian Cups, the last being 1996, but on each occasion were eliminated before the quarterfinal stage. Syria has qualified for the Asian Cup 2011 in Qatar.

Competition history

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982 to 2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

AFC Asian Cup Record

AFC Asian Cup Record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1956 to 1972 Did not enter - - - - - - 1976 Withdrew - - - - - - 1980 Round 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 1984 Round 1 4 1 1 2 3 5 1988 Round 1 4 2 0 2 2 5 1992 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1996 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 2000 to 2007 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2011 Qualified Total 0 Titles 15 6 2 7 11 18 *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Asian Cup History Year Round Score Result 1980 Round 1  Syria 0 – 0  Iran Draw Round 1  Syria 1 – 0  Bangladesh Win Round 1  Syria 1 – 2  Korea DPR Loss Round 1  Syria 1 – 0  China PR Win 1984 Round 1  Syria 1 – 1  Qatar Draw Round 1  Syria 0 – 1  Saudi Arabia Loss Round 1  Syria 1 – 0  Korea Republic Win Round 1  Syria 1 – 3  Kuwait Loss 1988 Round 1  Syria 0 – 2  Saudi Arabia Loss Round 1  Syria 0 – 3  China PR Loss Round 1  Syria 1 – 0  Kuwait Win Round 1  Syria 1 – 0  Bahrain Win 1996 Round 1  Syria 1 – 2  Japan Loss Round 1  Syria 0 – 3  China PR Loss Round 1  Syria 2 – 1  Uzbekistan Win 2011 Round 1  Syria –  Saudi Arabia Round 1  Syria –  Japan Round 1  Syria –  Jordan

WAFF Championship Record

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Schedule and recent results

For a detailed list of 2010 schedule fixtures and results refer to Syria national football team results 2010

Date	Opponent	Result	Score*	Venue	Competition
02 Jan 2010	Zimbabwe	W	6-0	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	International Friendly
06 Jan 2010	China PR	D	0-0	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou, China	AFC Asian Cup 2011 Qualifying
23 Jan 2010	Sweden	D	1-1	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria	International Friendly
19 Feb 2010	Kuwait	D	1-1	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE	International Friendly
03 Mar 2010	Lebanon	W	4-0	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria	AFC Asian Cup 2011 Qualifying
03 Sep 2010	Kuwait	L	0-3	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait	International Friendly
07 Sep 2010	Yemen			TBA, Yemen	International Friendly
16 Sep 2010	Thailand			TBA, Thailand	International Friendly
24 Sep 2010	Jordan			Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	WAFF Championship 2010
26 Sep 2010	Kuwait			Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	WAFF Championship 2010
04 Okt 2010	China PR			TBA, China	International Friendly
08 Okt 2010	China PR			TBA, China	International Friendly
09 Jan 2011	Saudi Arabia			Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Ar Rayyan, Qatar	AFC Asian Cup 2011
13 Jan 2011	Japan			Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar	AFC Asian Cup 2011
17 Jan 2011	Jordan			Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar	AFC Asian Cup 2011

* Syria score always listed first

All-time results

Players

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifier against Lebanon in Damascus on March 3, 2010.

#	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	Mosab Balhous	October 5, 1983 (1983-10-05) (age 27)			Al-Karamah
16	Radwan Al Azhar	May 12, 1979 (1979-05-12) (age 31)			Al-Wahda
22	Adnan Al Hafez	April 23, 1984 (1984-04-23) (age 26)			Al-Wahda
Defenders
2	Belal Abduldaim	January 1, 1983 (1983-01-01) (age 28)	21	0	Al-Karamah
3	Ali Diab	May 23, 1982 (1982-05-23) (age 28)			Shanghai Shenhua
4	Omar Hemidi	May 2, 1986 (1986-05-02) (age 24)			Al-Ittihad
5	Feras Esmaeel	January 3, 1983 (1983-01-03) (age 28)			Al-Jaish
37	Mahmoud Nezaa				Al-Nawair
41	Mohamad Estanbelli	March 21, 1982 (1982-03-21) (age 28)			Al-Wahda
42	Adib Barakat	June 6, 1982 (1982-06-06) (age 28)			Al-Wathba
Midfielders
6	Jehad Al Hussain	July 30, 1982 (1982-07-30) (age 28)			Al-Qadsia
7	Abdelrazaq Al Hussain	September 15, 1986 (1986-09-15) (age 24)			Al-Karamah
11	Adel Abdullah	January 12, 1984 (1984-01-12) (age 27)			Al-Karamah
14	Wael Ayan	April 9, 1985 (1985-04-09) (age 25)			Al-Faisaly (Harmah)
32	Bakri Tarrab	January 20, 1985 (1985-01-20) (age 26)			Al-Taliya
Forwards
12	Mohamed Al Zeno	February 5, 1983 (1983-02-05) (age 28)	20	14	Al-Karamah
18	Abdul Fattah Al Agha	August 1, 1984 (1984-08-01) (age 26)	21	4	Wadi Degla
24	Raja Rafe	May 1, 1983 (1983-05-01) (age 27)			Al-Majd
33	Ahmad Al Omaier				Al-Karamah

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Syria squad within last 6 months and are still available for selection.

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Last Appearance
Meaataz Kailouni	March 10, 1985 (1985-03-10) (age 25)			Al-Jaish	International Friendly v Kuwait 19 Feb 2010
Ahmad Haj Mohamad	January 31, 1987 (1987-01-31) (age 24)	13	0	Al-Ittihad	International Friendly v Kuwait 19 Feb 2010
Mahmoud Al Amenah	January 25, 1983 (1983-01-25) (age 28)			Rah Ahan

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Honours
Valery Yaremchenko		1985 – 1987
Yuri Kurnenin		1996
Mircea Rădulescu		1997 – 1998
Moussa Shammas		? – Sept 1999
Dragoslav Popovic		Sept 1999 - Feb 2000
Dragoslav Sridovic		Mar 2000 -
Bozidar Vukotic		? - Oct 2001
Jalal Talebi		Nov 2001 - Sept 2002
Janusz Wójcik		2003 – 2003
Ahmed Rifaat		2003 – 2004
Miloslav Radenovic		2005 – Aug 2006
Fajr Ibrahim		Aug 5, 2006 – Aug 2007	24	13	5	6	Runner-up at Nehru Cup 2007
Antonio Cabrini		Sept 2007 – Feb 2008
Mohamad Qwayed		May 10, 2008 – Aug 20, 2008	8	4	0	4
Fajr Ibrahim		Nov 13, 2008 – present	27	13	9	5	Runner-up at Nehru Cup 2009

See also

• Syria women's national football team
• Syria national under-20 football team
• Syria national under-17 football team

External links

• Syria national team on FIFA.com
• Official website of Syrian Arab Federation of Football
• Syria national team on Goalzz.com
• (Arabic) Syria national team on Super.ae
• (Arabic) Syria national team on Kooora.com