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Syria
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| Association |
Syrian Football Association |
| Confederation |
AFC (Asia) |
| Head coach |
Fajr Ibrahim |
| Home stadium |
Abbasiyyin Stadium |
| FIFA code |
SYR |
| FIFA ranking |
104 |
| Highest FIFA ranking |
78 (August 1993) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking |
145 (May 1996) |
| Elo ranking |
80 |
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| 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.
[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] Competition history
[edit] FIFA World Cup record
[edit] AFC Asian Cup Record
| AFC Asian Cup Record |
| Year |
Round |
GP |
W |
D* |
L |
GS |
GA |
 1956 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
 1960 |
Did Not Enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
 1964 |
Did Not Enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
 1968 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
 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 |
Did Not Qualify |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
 2004 |
Did Not Qualify |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
   2007 |
Did Not Qualify |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
0 Titles |
15 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
[edit] WAFF Championship Record
| WAFF Championship Record |
| Year |
Round |
GP |
W |
D* |
L |
GS |
GA |
 2000 |
Second Place |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
| 2002 |
Fourth Place |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
 2004 |
Second Place |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
| 2007 |
Semi-Finals |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 2008 |
Semi-Finals |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Total |
0 Titles |
19 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
20 |
27 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
[edit] Fixtures and Results
- Further information: Syria national football team results
[edit] Current squad 2008
The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.(against Iran on June 14, 2008)
[edit] Current Call Up Squad
[edit] Notable players
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[edit] External links
Turkey 7 - 0 Syria 
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Greece 8 - 0 Syria 
Egypt 8 - 0 Syria 
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