Syria national football team

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Syria

Association

Syrian Football Association

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Mohammad Qwayed

Home stadium

Abbasiyyin Stadium

FIFA code

SYR

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

78 (August 1993)

Lowest FIFA ranking

145 (May 1996)

Elo ranking





First kit





Second kit

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.

1 History
- 1.1 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
  - 1.1.1 Group 5
2 Competition history
3 Fixtures and Results
4 Current squad 2008
- 4.1 Current Call Up Squad
5 Notable players
6 External links

[edit] History

It may not be the strongest in Asia, nevertheless Syrian football team has some considerable history. They participated in the 1950 and 1958 World Cup qualifiers, making them one of the first teams in the region to do so. 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 reached four Asian Cups, the last being 1996 when they narrowly missed the quarter-finals.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Third Round

Syria are in the same FIFA World Cup qualifying group as Iran, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. They will play home and away against each of the other three teams in the group 5.

[edit] Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	6
United Arab Emirates	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5
Syria	3	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5
Kuwait	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1	4


Iran		22 Jun	0-0	0-0
Kuwait	2-2		4-2	14 Jun
Syria	14 Jun	1-0		1-1
United Arab Emirates	0-1	2-0	22 Jun

[edit] Competition history

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930–1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Qualifications-on going	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Round -	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Asian Cup record

Year	Round	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956–1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Round 1	15	6	2	7	11	18

[edit] WAFF Championship record

Year	Round	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
2000	2nd Place	5	2	1	2	5	2
2002	4th Place	4	1	1	2	5	6
2004	2nd Place	4	1	1	2	6	13
2007	Semi Finals	3	2	0	1	2	3
Total	Best: 2nd Place	16	6	3	7	18	24

[edit] Fixtures and Results

Date	Venue	Team # 1	Team # 2	Result	Competition
30 Jan 2006	Manama, Bahrain	Bahrain	Syria	1:1 (0:1)	Friendly Match
7 Feb 2006	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Palestine	3:0 (1:0)	Friendly Match
14 Feb 2006	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Syria	1:1 (1:1)	Friendly Match
22 Feb 2006	Aleppo, Syria	Syria	Korea Republic	1:2 (0:1)	Asian Cup Qualification
1 Mar 2006	Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	Syria	0:4 (0:2)	Asian Cup Qualification
2 May 2006	Dubai, UAE	UAE	Syria	2:1 (1:1)	Friendly Match
15 Jul 2006	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Iraq	1:3 (0:2)	Friendly Match
25 Jul 2006	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Iraq	1:2 (0:1)	Friendly Match
30 Jul 2006	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	Syria	3:0 (2:0)	Friendly Match
5 Aug 2006	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Libya	2:1 (2:0)	Friendly Match
16 Aug 2006	Tehran, Iran	Iran	Syria	1:1 (0:0)	Asian Cup Qualification
1 Sep 2006	Muscat, Oman	Oman	Syria	3:0 (1:0)	Friendly Match
6 Sep 2006	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Iran	0:2 (0:1)	Asian Cup Qualification
11 Oct 2006	Seoul, South Korea	Korea Republic	Syria	1:1 (1:1)	Asian Cup Qualification
15 Nov 2006	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Chinese Taipei	3:0 (0:0)	Asian Cup Qualification
11 Jan 2007	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Syria	2:1 (0:0)	Friendly Match
16 Jun 2007	Amman, Jordan	Lebanon	Syria	0:1 (0:1)	WAFF Championship
18 Jun 2007	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	Syria	0:1 (0:0)	WAFF Championship
22 Jun 2007	Amman, Jordan	Syria	Iraq	0:3 (0:2)	WAFF Championship
18 Aug 2007	New Delhi, India	Bangladesh	Syria	0:2 (0:0)	ONGC Nehru Cup
21 Aug 2007	New Delhi, India	Syria	Kyrgyzstan	4:1 (2:1)	ONGC Nehru Cup
23 Aug 2007	New Delhi, India	India	Syria	2:3 (1:2)	ONGC Nehru Cup
25 Aug 2007	New Delhi, India	Cambodia	Syria	1:5 (0:2)	ONGC Nehru Cup
29 Aug 2007	New Delhi, India	India	Syria	1:0 (1:0)	ONGC Nehru Cup
8 Oct 2007	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Afghanistan	3:0 (0:0)	World Cup Qualification
26 Oct 2007	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Afghanistan	Syria	1:2 (1:1)	World Cup Qualification
9 Nov 2007	Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	Syria	1:4 (1:3)	World Cup Qualification
18 Nov 2007	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Indonesia	7:0 (2:0)	World Cup Qualification
13 Jan 2008	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Qatar	0:0 (0:0)	Friendly Match
23 Jan 2008	Manama, Bahrain	Bahrain	Syria	1:2 (1:2)	Friendly Match
27 Jan 2008	Zhongshan, China	China	Syria	2:1 (0:0)	Friendly Match
6 Feb 2008	Tehran, Iran	Iran	Syria	0:0 (0:0)	World Cup Qualification
26 Mar 2008	Damascus, Syria	Syria	UAE	1:1 (1:0)	World Cup Qualification
10 May 2008	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Oman	2:1 (0:1)	Friendly Match
17 May 2008	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Iraq	2:1 (2:0)	Friendly Match
24 May 2008	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Syria	1:0 (1:0)	Friendly Match
2 Jun 2008	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Kuwait	1:0 (0:0)	World Cup Qualification
8 Jun 2008	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	Syria	4:2 (2:2)	World Cup Qualification

[edit] Current squad 2008

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.(against UAE on March 26, 2008)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mosab Balhous	5 October 1983			Al-Karamah
16	GK	Radwan Al Azhar	12 May 1979			Al-Jaish

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
2	DF	Bakri Tarrab	30 January 1985	Al-Ittihad
3	DF	Ali Dyab	23 May 1982	Al Majd
4	DF	Omar Hemidi	2 May 1986	Al-Ittihad
5	DF	Feras Esmaeel	3 January 1983	Al-Karamah
14	DF	Wael Ayan	9 April 1985	Al-Ittihad
15	DF	Ahmad Deeb		Hottin Latakia
17	DF	Abdelkader Dakka	1 October 1985	Al-Ansar

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
6	MF	Jehad Al Hussein	30 July 1982	Al-Karamah
8	MF	Mahmoud Al Amenah	15 January 1983	Al-Ittihad
11	MF	Adel Abdullah	12 January 1984	Al-Jaish
13	MF	Aatef Jenyat	8 May 1986	Al-Karamah
18	MF	Bwrhan Sahiwni	7 April 1986	Al Jaish

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
7	FW	Zyad Chaabo	1 January 1979	Al-Karamah
9	FW	Maher Al Sayed	1 January 1979	Al-Wahda
10	FW	Feras Al Khatib	9 June 1983	Al-Arabi
12	FW	Mohamed Al Zeno	5 February 1983	Al-Majd

[edit] Current Call Up Squad

(as of December, 2007)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
7	MF	Youness Sulaiman		Al-Taliya
12	FW	Raja Rafe	1 May 1983	Al-Majd
14	MF	Majed Al Haj	6 April 1985	Al-Jaish
7	MF	Mootassem Alaya	1 January 1983	Al-Wahda
9	FW	Zain Al Fandi		Al-Taliya
16	GK	Adnan Al Hafez	23 April 1984	Al-Karamah
18	FW	Abdul Fattah Alaga	1 August 1986	Al-Ittihad
14	DF	Adeeb Barakat	6 June 1982	Al Taliya
16		Ali Al Holami
11	DF	Khaled Mansoor Al Baba		Al Taliya
18	DF	Hamzeh Al Aitoni	16 January 1986	Al Majd
	FW	Ibrahim Al Hasan		Afrin SC
	FW	Ali Al Rifayi		Al Majd
	DF	Majed Humssi	12 December 1982	Al-Ittihad
	DF	Rafat Mohamed		Shabab Al Ordon
	DF	Ilyas Merkes	8 January 1987	Assyriska
	MF	Louay Chanko	29 November 1979	Hammarby
	FW	Sanharib Malki	1 March 1984	Germinal Beerschot