Syria national football team
Syria national football team is the national football team of Syria.
| Nickname(s) | Qasioun Nosour[1] (Arabic: نسور قاسيون French: Les aigles de Qasyoun) The Assyrians | ||
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| Association | Syrian Arab Federation for Football | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) UAFA (Arab world) | ||
| Head coach | Fajr Ibrahim | ||
| Captain | Firas Al Khatib | ||
| Most caps | Mosab Balhous (81) | ||
| Top scorer | Raja Rafe (32) | ||
| Home stadium | Abbasiyyin Stadium Aleppo International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | SYR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
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| Highest | 73 (June–August 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 152 (September 2014, March 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
 Turkey 7–0 Syria  (Ankara, Turkey; 20 November 1949) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Official Syria 12–0 Maldives  (Damascus, Syria; 4 June 1997) Maldives 0–12 Syria (Tehran, Iran; 9 June 1997) Syria 12–0 Philippines  (Aleppo, Syria; 30 April 2001) Unofficial .svg){kind=small} Syria 13–0 Muscat and Oman  (Cairo, Egypt; 6 September 1965)[note 1] | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Greece 8–0 Syria (Athens, Greece; 25 November 1949)  Egypt 8–0 Syria (Alexandria, Egypt; 16 October 1951) | |||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1980) | ||
| Best result | Group stage, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011 and 2019 | ||
Syria National Football Team Media
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Abdul Kader Kardaghli, scorer of the winning penalty against France in the 1987 Mediterranean Games finals
Valeriy Yaremchenko, the coach who led Syria to victory at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
Chadi Cheikh Merai in 1997
Syria v Iran, friendly match (2006)
Syria v India, 2007 Nehru Cup
Fajr Ibrahim led Syria twice to the semifinals of the West Asian Cup
Football Formation and Line-up for match Syria-Japan of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup on 2010-01-13. Own work, pitch Own work based on: Soccer field - empty.svg by Nuno Tavares and Empty soccer line-up.svg by Ni
Syria national football team in Tehran: 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Syria v Iran
References
- ↑ Smale, Simon. "Who the Socceroos are facing as the Asian Cup kicks off, and when to watch". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ↑ "4th Pan Arab Games, 1965 (Cairo, Egypt)". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
Notes
- ↑ Football results of 1965 Pan Arab Games is not recorded by FIFA.[2]
