Syria national football team records and statistics

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This is a list of Syria national football team's all kinds of competitive records.

Individual records[]

Player records[]

As of 4 June 2021[1]
Players in bold are still active with Syria.

Most capped players[]

Mosab Balhous is Syria's third most-capped player with 86 caps.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Maher Al-Sayed 109 29 1999–2013
2 Ali Diab 97 4 2004–2013
3 Mosab Balhous 86 0 2006–2016
4 Raja Rafe 84 32 2002–2015
5 Tarek Jabban 83 5 1996–2007
6 Nizar Mahrous 76 12 1985–1993
7 George Khouri 74 8 1982–1989
8 Firas Al-Khatib 72 36 2001–2019
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 72 15 2012–present
10 Feras Esmaeel 69 5 2002–2011

Top goalscorers[]

Firas Al-Khatib is Syria's all-time record goalscorer with 36 goals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Firas Al-Khatib 36 72 0.5 2001–2019
2 Raja Rafe 32 84 0.38 2006–2016
3 Maher Al-Sayed 29 109 0.27 1999–2013
4 Said Bayazid 24 24 1 1997–2001
5 Zyad Chaabo 22 49 0.45 2001–2010
6 Omar Kharbin 18 43 0.42 2012–present
7 Omar Al Somah 15 26 0.58 2012–present
Mohamed Al-Zeno 15 44 0.34 2004–2011
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 15 72 0.21 2012–present
10 14 — — 1953–1966

Manager records[]

Team records[]

Competition records[]

Syria national football team in Tehran – 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

FIFA World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950 Withdrew 1 0 0 1 0 7
Switzerland 1954 Did not enter Did not enter
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
Chile 1962 Withdrew Withdrew
England 1966
Mexico 1970 Did not enter Did not enter
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 6 6
Argentina 1978 Withdrew 4 1 0 3 2 6
Spain 1982 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 2 7
Mexico 1986 8 4 3 1 8 4
Italy 1990 4 2 1 1 7 5
United States 1994 6 3 3 0 14 4
France 1998 5 2 1 2 27 5
South Korea Japan 2002 6 4 1 1 40 6
Germany 2006 6 2 2 2 7 7
South Africa 2010 10 6 2 2 23 10
Brazil 2014 Disqualified 2 0 0 2 0 6
Russia 2018 Did not qualify 20 9 5 6 36 22
Qatar 2022 To be determined 8 7 0 1 22 7
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/23 – – – – – – 92 43 20 29 196 104
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

AFC Asian Cup[]

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualification record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
France 1900 to 1968 Mexico Did not enter
West Germany 1972 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
Canada 1976 Did not enter
Soviet Union 1980 Round 1 3 0 1 2 0 8 4 2 0 2 3 1
United States 1984 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 6 10
South Korea 1988 2 0 0 2 0 5
Spain 1992 to present See Syria national under-23 team See Syria national under-23 team
Total 0 Titles 3 0 1 2 0 8 14 4 2 8 9 17
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

WAFF Championship[]

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Al Salih
Midani
Al Mawas
Jafal
Al Douni
Al Soma
2012 WAFF Championship Final starting lineup on 20 December 2012, in Kuwait City (Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium).
WAFF Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Jordan 2000 Runners-up 5 2 1 2 5 2
Syria 2002 Fourth place 4 1 1 2 5 6
Iran 2004 Runners-up 4 1 1 2 6 13
Jordan 2007 Semi-finals 3 2 0 1 2 3
Iran 2008 Semi-finals 3 1 1 1 2 3
Jordan 2010 Group stage 2 0 1 1 2 3
Kuwait 2012 Champions 4 2 2 0 5 3
Qatar 2014 Withdrew
Iraq 2019 Group stage 4 0 2 2 5 7
United Arab Emirates 2021 Qualified
Total 1 Title 29 9 9 11 32 40
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

FIFA Arab Cup[]

FIFA Arab Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Lebanon 1963 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 9 4
Kuwait 1964 Did not enter
Iraq 1966 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 9 4
Saudi Arabia 1985 Did not enter
Jordan 1988 Runners-up 6 2 2 2 5 5
Syria 1992 Fourth place 4 0 3 1 2 3
Qatar 1998 Group stage 2 0 0 2 1 6
Kuwait 2002 Group stage 4 2 0 2 8 6
Saudi Arabia 2012 Did not enter
Qatar 2021 Qualified
Total 0 Titles 25 10 6 9 34 28
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Pan Arab Games[]

Pan Arab Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Egypt 1953 Runners-up 3 1 1 1 3 5
Lebanon 1957 Champions 5 2 2 1 12 6
Morocco 1961 Did not enter
Egypt 1965 Group stage 4 2 0 2 20 8
Syria 1976 Third place 6 3 1 2 6 4
Morocco 1985 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 4
Syria 1992 Fourth place 4 0 3 1 2 3
Lebanon 1997 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 9 5
Jordan 1999 Group stage 4 0 4 0 5 5
Egypt 2007 Did not enter
Qatar 2011 Withdrew
Iraq To be determined
Lebanon
Total 1 Title 33 12 11 10 57 40
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Mediterranean Games[]

Mediterranean Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Egypt 1951 Third place 2 0 0 2 0 12
Spain 1955 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 0 10
Lebanon 1959 Did not enter
Italy 1963 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 10
Tunisia 1967 Did not enter
Turkey 1971 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 4
Algeria1975 Did not enter
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979
Morocco 1983 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 2
Syria 1987 Champions 5 4 1 0 13 3
Italy 1991 to present See Syria national under-20 team
Total 1 Title 18 4 1 13 15 41

Asian Games[]

Asian Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
India 1951 Did not enter
Philippines 1954
Japan 1958
Indonesia 1962
Thailand 1966
Thailand 1970
Iran1974
Thailand 1978
India 1982 Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 5
South Korea 1986 Did not enter
China 1990
Japan 1994
Thailand 1998
South Korea 2002 to present See Syria national under-23 team
Total 0 Titles 3 0 1 2 3 5
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

West Asian Games[]

West Asian Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Iran 1997 Runners-up
Kuwait 2002 Third place[2] 4 1 3 0 5 4
Qatar 2005 Runners-up 4 1 3 0 7 5
Total 0 Titles 8 2 6 0 12 9
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Head-to-head record[]

Key
  Positive Record (more wins than losses)
  Neutral Record (as many wins as losses)
  Negative Record (more losses than wins)

The list shown below shows the Syria national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

As of 06 Dec 2021 after match against  Mauritania [3]
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Afghanistan 4 4 0 0 16 3 +13
 Algeria 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6
 Australia 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2
 Bahrain 25 12 8 5 31 25 +6
 Bangladesh 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
 Cambodia 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16
 Chad 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 China PR 14 4 2 8 13 29 −16
 Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 17 1 +16
 Cyprus 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Egypt 10 1 2 7 5 23 −18
 Greece 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12
 Guam 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
 Haiti 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 India 6 2 1 3 7 7 0
 Indonesia 5 4 0 1 15 3 +12
 Iran 29 1 11 17 15 50 −35
 Iraq 32 5 10 17 24 45 −21
 Japan 11 0 2 9 9 27 −18
 Jordan 39 15 9 15 37 37 0
 Kazakhstan 4 3 1 0 8 1 +7
 Kuwait 36 12 9 15 42 54 −12
 Kyrgyzstan 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2
 Laos 2 2 0 0 20 0 +20
 Lebanon 24 14 5 5 47 28 +19
 Libya 10 3 3 4 13 17 −4
 Malaysia 5 3 0 2 11 11 0
 Maldives 7 6 0 1 39 4 +35
 Mali 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Mauritania 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2
 Morocco 7 0 3 4 2 9 −7
   Nepal 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
 Nigeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 North Korea 11 3 5 3 17 14 +3
 Oman 24 9 8 7 38 25 +13
 Palestine 15 8 5 2 25 13 +12
 Philippines 5 5 0 0 25 3 +22
 Qatar 16 5 4 7 20 22 −2
 San Marino 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Saudi Arabia 28 2 9 17 22 53 −31
 Sierra Leone 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
 Singapore 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4
 South Korea 9 1 3 5 5 10 −5
 South Yemen 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
 Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Sri Lanka 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17
 Sudan 10 4 2 4 10 10 0
 Sweden 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Tajikistan 7 5 1 1 12 6 +6
 Thailand 5 0 2 3 7 12 −5
 Tunisia 11 5 1 5 14 16 −2
 Turkey 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7
 Turkmenistan 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4
 United Arab Emirates 23 3 8 12 18 34 −17
 Uzbekistan 5 3 1 2 5 5 0
 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3
 Vietnam 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1
 Yemen 14 11 1 2 42 10 +32
 Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
Total 504 185 122 198 720 673 +47

References[]

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Syria - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Second West Asian Games". West Asian Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Syria". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

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