Syria at the AFC Asian Cup

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Syria is one of Asia's stronger teams, and has been a major participant in the AFC Asian Cup with six appearances in the tournament, in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011, and 2019. However, Syria have failed to make the second round of the tournament, being eliminated in the group stage in all six editions they participated in.

1980 Kuwait[]

Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 4 2 2 0 12 4 +8 6
 North Korea 4 3 0 1 9 7 +2 6
 Syria 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
 China PR 4 1 1 2 9 5 +4 3
 Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 2 17 −15 0
Iran 0–0 Syria
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 15,000
Bangladesh 0–1 Syria
7'
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Syria 1–0 China PR
86'
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
North Korea 2–1 Syria
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City


1984 Singapore[]

Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 6
 Kuwait 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
 Qatar 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 4
 Syria 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 3
 South Korea 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Qatar 1 – 1 Syria
Khalfan 7' Anber 47' (o.g.)
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 8,000
Syria 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia
66'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Syria 1 – 0 South Korea
Hassan 12'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Kuwait 3 – 1 Syria
Mahrous 66' (o.g.)
Al-Dakhil 77'
A. Al-Buloushi 79'		 Abu Al-Sel 5'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Hong Kong)


1988 Qatar[]

Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup

Group B[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3
 China PR 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3
 Syria 4 4 2 0 2 2 5 −3
 Kuwait 3 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1
 Bahrain 2 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2
Syria 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Mutlaq 20'
82'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
China PR 3–0 Syria
Gao Sheng 13'
Xie Yuxin 14', 19'		 Report
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Syria 1–0 Kuwait
63' Report
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: (Turkey)
Bahrain 0–1 Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)


1996 United Arab Emirates[]

Main article: 1996 AFC Asian Cup

Group C[]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6
 China PR 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
 Syria 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
 Uzbekistan 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
Japan 2–1 Syria
Abbas 85' (o.g.)
Takagi 88'		 Report Jokhadar 8'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Syria 0–3 China PR
Report Ma Mingyu 35'
Gao Feng 49'
Li Bing 73'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
Uzbekistan 1–2 Syria
Lebedev 53' (pen.) Report Jokhadar 48'
Dib 74'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 2,000

2011 Qatar[]

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup

Group B[]

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Jordan 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
9 January 2011
Saudi Arabia  1–2  Syria[1]
13 January 2011
Syria  1–2  Japan[2]
17 January 2011
Jordan  2–1  Syria

2019 United Arab Emirates[]

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group B[]

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Palestine 3 0 2 1 0 3 −3 2
4  Syria 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: AFC
Syria 0–0 Palestine
Report
Attendance: 8,471
Jordan 2–0 Syria
 Report
Attendance: 9,152
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
Australia 3–2 Syria
 Report
  • Kharbin 43'
  • Al Somah 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Overall record[]

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did not enter Declined participation
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972 Did not qualify 3 0 2 1 4 5
Iran 1976 Withdrew Withdrew
Kuwait 1980 Round 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 0 2 0
Singapore 1984 Round 1 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 3 0 2 9 8
Qatar 1988 Round 1 4 2 0 2 2 5 4 3 1 0 8 2
Japan 1992 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 4
United Arab Emirates 1996 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 3 0 1 6 2
Lebanon 2000 Did not qualify 6 4 1 1 11 3
China 2004 6 2 1 3 16 10
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 6 2 2 2 10 6
Qatar 2011 Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 6 4 2 0 10 2
Australia 2015 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 7 7
United Arab Emirates 2019 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 8 6 0 2 26 11
China 2023 Qualified 7 7 0 0 21 4
Total 0 Titles 21 7 3 11 17 28 66 38 12 17 133 64

References[]

  1. ^ "Syria shock Saudi Arabia at Asian Cup; Japan snatch draw". edition.cnn.com.
  2. ^ [1][dead link]
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