Syria national under-23 football team

Syria

Nickname(s)	The Red Eagles Qasioun Eagles
Association	Syrian Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Rafat Muhammad
FIFA code	SYR
First colours Second colours
Summer Olympics
Appearances	none
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2013, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2018)

The Syria national under-23 football team is a national association football youth team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association.

Tournament records[]

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record									Olympic Games qualifications record
Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1908–1988	See Syria national team
1992	Did not qualify								4	2	2	0	3	1
1996									4	0	1	3	2	6
2000									4	1	0	3	8	7
2004									4	3	0	1	11	5
2008									12	3	5	4	14	14
2012									10	5	2	3	20	11
2016									6	4	0	2	15	8
2020									7	3	2	2	9	6
2024	[to be determined]
2028
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-		51	21	12	18	82	58

Asian Games[]

From 2002 Asian Games, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2002	Did Not Enter
2006	12th	6	2	3	1	6	2
2010	Did Not Enter
2014
2018	6th	5	3	0	2	7	6
Total	2/5	11	5	3	3	13	8

AFC U-23 Championship[]

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2013	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	4	3
2016	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	7
2018		3	0	2	1	1	3
2020	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	4	5
2022	Did not qualify
Total	4/5	14	4	4	6	14	18

Recent results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Lose

Date	Opponent	Result	Score*	Venue	Competition
19 July 2017	India	W	2 – 0	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
21 July 2017	Turkmenistan	D	0 – 0	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
23 July 2017	Qatar	D	1 – 1	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
11 January 2018	Australia	L	1 – 3	Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China	2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage
14 January 2018	South Korea	D	0 – 0	Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China	2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage
17 January 2018	Vietnam	D	0 – 0	Changshu Stadium, Changshu, China	2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage
24 March 2018	China PR	D	1 – 1	Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China	Friendly Match
14 August 2018	United Arab Emirates	W	1 – 0	Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang, Indonesia	Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage
16 August 2018	China PR	L	0 – 3	Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang, Indonesia	Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage
19 August 2018	Timor-Leste	W	5 – 2	Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Indonesia	Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage
23 August 2018	Palestine	W	1 – 0	Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi, Indonesia	Football at the 2018 Asian Games Round of 16
27 August 2018	Vietnam	L	0 – 1	Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi, Indonesia	Football at the 2018 Asian Games Quarter-finals

* Syria score always listed first

Players[]

Current squad[]

• The following players were selected to compete in the 2018 Asian Games.^[1]
• Match date: 27 August 2018
• Opposition:  Vietnam

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ahmad Madnya* (C)	(1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (aged 28)			Al-Jaish
2	3MF	Hussein Al Shuayb*	(1992-01-02)2 January 1992 (aged 26)
3	2DF	Youssef Al-Hamwi	(1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 21)			Al-Wathba
4	2DF	Jihad Busmar	(1995-10-30)30 October 1995 (aged 22)			Al-Karamah
5	2DF	Fares Arnaout	(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 21)			Al-Jaish
6	3MF	Ahmed Ashkar	(1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 22)			Al-Jaish
7	4FW	Mahmoud Al Baher*	(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 24)			Al-Mesaimeer
8	3MF	Mouhamad Anez	(1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 23)			Al-Jaish
9	4FW	Ahmad Alkhassi	(1999-04-27)27 April 1999 (aged 19)
10	3MF	Mohammad Almarmour	(1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 23)			Al-Jaish
12	2DF	Ahmad Al-Ghalab	(1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 22)			Al-Muhafaza
13	4FW	Mohammed Kamel Koaeh	(1998-06-06)6 June 1998 (aged 20)			Al-Shorta
14	2DF	Abdullah Jniat	(1996-01-18)18 January 1996 (aged 22)
15	2DF	Khaled Kurdaghli	(1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 21)			Tishreen
17	3MF	Zakaria Hannan	(1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 20)			Al Ittihad Aleppo
18	4FW	Abd Al Rahman Barakat	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)			Al-Jaish
19	4FW	Abdulhadi Shalha	(1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 19)			Al-Wahda
20	3MF	Ahmad Al-Ahmad	(1996-10-18)18 October 1996 (aged 21)			Al Ittihad Aleppo
22	1GK	Khaled Ibrahim	(1995-01-10)10 January 1995 (aged 23)			Al-Wahda
23	1GK	Mohamad Yazan Ourabi	(1997-01-30)30 January 1997 (aged 21)

* Over-aged player.

Previous squads[]

See also[]

• Syria national football team
• Syria national under-20 football team
• Syria national under-17 football team
• Syria national futsal team
• Syria women's national football team
• Syrian Football Association
• Football in Syria

References[]