Syria at the AFC Asian Cup

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 4220124+86
 North Korea 430197+26
 Syria 421132+15
 China PR 411295+43
 Bangladesh 4004217−150
Iran 0–0 Syria
Attendance: 15,000
Bangladesh 0–1 Syria
Keshek 7'
Syria 1–0 China PR
Keshek 86'
North Korea 2–1 Syria
Suleiman


1984 Singapore
Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 422042+26
 Kuwait 421142+25
 Qatar 41213304
 Syria 411235−23
 South Korea 402213−22
Qatar 1 – 1 Syria
Khalfan 7' Anber 47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,000
Syria 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia
Khalifa 66'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Syria 1 – 0 South Korea
Hassan 12'
Attendance: 10,000
Kuwait 3 – 1 Syria
Mahrous 66' (o.g.)
Al-Dakhil 77'
A. Al-Buloushi 79'		 Abu Al-Sel 5'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)


1988 Qatar
Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 6422041+3
 China PR 5421163+3
 Syria 4420225−3
 Kuwait 3403123−1
 Bahrain 2402213−2
Syria 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Mutlaq 20'
Al-Suwaiyed 82'
China PR 3–0 Syria
Gao Sheng 13'
Xie Yuxin 14', 19'		 Report
Syria 1–0 Kuwait
Al-Nasser 63' Report
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Bahrain 0–1 Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)


1996 United Arab Emirates
Main article: 1996 AFC Asian Cup

Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9330071+6
 China PR 33102330
 Syria 3310236−3
 Uzbekistan 3310236−3
Japan 2–1 Syria
Abbas 85' (o.g.)
Takagi 88'		 Report Jokhadar 8'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Syria 0–3 China PR
Report Ma Mingyu 35'
Gao Feng 49'
Li Bing 73'
Attendance: 3,000
Uzbekistan 1–2 Syria
Lebedev 53' (pen.) Report Jokhadar 48'
Dib 74'
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 321082+67
 Jordan 321042+27
 Syria 310245−13
 Saudi Arabia 300318−70
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 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
Australia 3–2 Syria
 Report
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
1956Did not enter Declined participation
1960
1964
1968
1972Did not qualify 302145
1976Withdrew Withdrew
1980Round 1421132 321020
1984Round 1411235 530298
1988Round 1420225 431082
1992Did not qualify 210134
1996Round 1310236 430162
2000Did not qualify 6411113
2004 62131610
2007 6222106
2011Round 1310245 6420102
2015Did not qualify 611477
2019Round 1301225 86022611
2023Qualified 7700214
Total0 Titles2173111728 6638121713364

References
  1. "Syria shock Saudi Arabia at Asian Cup; Japan snatch draw". edition.cnn.com.
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