Syria national football team records and statistics

The following is a list of the Syria national football team's competitive records and statistics.

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
8	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	Avedis Kavlakian	14	—	—	1953–1966

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
1930	Did not enter								Did not enter
1934
1938
1950	Withdrew								1	0	0	1	0	7
1954	Did not enter								Did not enter
1958	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	1	2
1962	Withdrew								Withdrew
1966	Withdrew								Withdrew
1970	Did not enter								Did not enter
1974	Did not qualify								6	3	1	2	6	6
1978	Withdrew								4	1	0	3	2	6
1982	Did not qualify								4	0	0	4	2	7
1986									8	4	3	1	8	4
1990									4	2	1	1	7	5
1994									6	3	3	0	14	4
1998									5	2	1	2	27	5
2002									6	4	1	1	40	6
2006									6	2	2	2	7	7
2010									10	6	2	2	23	10
2014	Disqualified								2	0	0	2	0	6
2018	Did not qualify								20	9	5	6	36	22
2022	Did not qualify								18	8	3	7	31	23
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–	102	44	23	35	205	120

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record								AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not enter							Declined participation
1960
1964
1968
1972	Did not qualify							3	0	2	1	4	5
1976	Withdrew							Withdrew
1980	Round 1	4	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	0	2	0
1984	Round 1	4	1	1	2	3	5	5	3	0	2	9	8
1988	Round 1	4	2	0	2	2	5	4	3	1	0	8	2
1992	Did not qualify							2	1	0	1	3	4
1996	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	6	4	3	0	1	6	2
2000	Did not qualify							6	4	1	1	11	3
2004								6	2	1	3	16	10
2007								6	2	2	2	10	6
2011	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	5	6	4	2	0	10	2
2015	Did not qualify							6	1	1	4	7	7
2019	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	5	8	6	0	2	26	11
2023	Qualified							8	7	0	1	22	7
Total	0 Titles	21	7	3	11	17	28	67	38	12	18	134	67

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

AFC Asian Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1980
	Round 1	Syria 0–0 Iran	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 1–0 Bangladesh	Win
	Round 1	Syria 1–2 North Korea	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 1–0 China PR	Win
1984
	Round 1	Syria 1–1 Qatar	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 0–1 Saudi Arabia	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 1–0 South Korea	Win
	Round 1	Syria 1–3 Kuwait	Loss
1988
	Round 1	Syria 0–2 Saudi Arabia	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 0–3 China PR	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 1–0 Kuwait	Win
	Round 1	Syria 1–0 Bahrain	Win
1996
	Round 1	Syria 1–2 Japan	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 0–3 China PR	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 2–1 Uzbekistan	Win
2011
	Round 1	Syria 2–1 Saudi Arabia	Win
	Round 1	Syria 1–2 Japan	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 1–2 Jordan	Loss
2019
	Round 1	Syria 0–0 Palestine	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 0–2 Jordan	Loss
	Round 1	Syria 2–3 Australia	Loss

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record								Olympic Games qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1968	Did not enter
1972	Did not qualify							2	0	1	1	0	1
1976	Did not enter
1980	Round 1	3	0	1	2	0	8	4	2	0	2	3	1
1984	Did not qualify							6	2	1	3	6	10
1988	Did not qualify							2	0	0	2	0	5
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

Balhous (C)

Al Salih

Al Masri

Jwayed

Ajan

Mobayed

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
2000	Runners-up	5	2	1	2	5	2
2002	Fourth place	4	1	1	2	5	6
2004	Runners-up	4	1	1	2	6	13
2007	Semi-finals	3	2	0	1	2	3
2008	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	2	3
2010	Group stage	2	0	1	1	2	3
2012	Champions	4	2	2	0	5	3
2014	Withdrew
2019	Group stage	4	0	2	2	5	7
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
1963	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	9	4
1964	Did not enter
1966	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	9	4
1985	Did not enter
1988	Runners-up	6	2	2	2	5	5
1992	Fourth place	4	0	3	1	2	3
1998	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	6
2002	Group stage	4	2	0	2	8	6
2012	Did not enter
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
1953	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	3	5
1957	Champions	5	2	2	1	12	6
1961	Did not enter
1965	Group stage	4	2	0	2	20	8
1976	Third place	6	3	1	2	6	4
1985	Group stage	2	0	0	2	0	4
1992	Fourth place	4	0	3	1	2	3
1997	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	9	5
1999	Group stage	4	0	4	0	5	5
2007	Did not enter
2011	Withdrew
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
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
1951	Third place	2	0	0	2	0	12
1955	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	0	10
1959	Did not enter
1963	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	10
1967	Did not enter
1971	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	4
1975	Did not enter
1979	Did not enter
1983	Group stage	2	0	0	2	0	2
1987	Champions	5	4	1	0	13	3
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
1951	Did not enter
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	5
1986	Did not enter
1990
1994
1998
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
1997	Runners-up
2002	Third place[2]	4	1	3	0	5	4
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

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

External links

FIFA.com
Syria - List of International Matches, RSSSF, 1 Jan 2005
World Football Elo Ratings: Syria

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[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.

Syria national football team
General	Syrian Arab Federation for Football History Managers
Venues	Al-Fayhaa Stadium
Statistics	1940–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–present All-time record
Players	International footballers Born outside Syria
Asian Cup Finals	Summary 1980 1984 1988 1996 2011 2019
Other tournaments	Olympic Games Asian Games Mediterranean Games WAFF Championship FIFA Arab Cup 1974 Kuneitra Cup
Notable matches	1966 Arab Cup Final 1988 Arab Cup Final 2000 WAFF Championship Final 2004 WAFF Championship Final 2012 WAFF Championship Final 2018 World Cup Fourth Round qualifier
Noted rivalries	Iraq Lebanon
Other teams	Men U-23 U-20 U-17 Women Futsal Beach