The following is a list of the Syria national football team's competitive records and statistics. Their first international match was played on 19 April 1942 in Beirut against Lebanon, winning 2–1. The team they have played the most is Jordan, with a total of 40 matches played.[1]

Individual records

Player records

Maher Al-Sayed is Syria's first most-capped player with 109 caps.
As of 31 January 2024[2]
Players in bold are still active with Syria.

Most capped players

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Maher Al-Sayed 109 29 1999–2013
2 Ali Diab 97 4 2004–2013
3 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 93 15 2012–present
4 Mosab Balhous 86 0 2006–2016
5 Raja Rafe 84 32 2002–2015
6 Tarek Jabban 83 5 1996–2007
7 Ibrahim Alma 78 0 2012–present
8 Nizar Mahrous 76 12 1985–1993
9 George Khouri 74 8 1982–1989
10 Firas Al-Khatib 72 36 2001–2019

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 Omar Khribin 23 59 0.39 2012–present
6 Zyad Chaabo 22 49 0.45 2001–2010
7 Omar Al Somah 21 40 0.53 2012–2023
8 Mohamed Al-Zeno 15 48 0.31 2004–2011
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 15 93 0.16 2012–present
10 Avedis Kavlakian 14 — — 1953–1966

Age records

Manager records

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Team records

Wins

Largest win
Largest home win
Largest away win
Largest win at the Asian Cup

Draws

Highest scoring draw
Highest scoring draw at the Asian Cup

Defeats

Largest defeat
Largest defeat at home
Largest defeat away
Largest defeat at the Asian Cup

Attendance

Highest home attendance
Highest away attendance

World rankings

FIFA

Source: FIFA.com[3]

Highest FIFA ranking
68th (July 2018)
Lowest FIFA ranking
152nd (September 2014, March 2015)

Elo

Source: Eloratings.net[4]

Highest Elo ranking
53rd (October 1974)
Lowest Elo ranking
125th (September 1984)

Goal records

General

First goal
Mudhafar Al-Aqqad vs  Jordan on 1 August 1953
Most goals
Firas Al-Khatib (2001–2019), 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 Omar Khribin 23 59 0.39 2012–present
6 Zyad Chaabo 22 49 0.45 2001–2010
7 Omar Al Somah 21 40 0.53 2012–2023
8 Mohamed Al-Zeno 15 48 0.31 2004–2011
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 15 93 0.16 2012–present
10 Avedis Kavlakian 14 — — 1953–1966

As of 23 January 2024. Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Hat-tricks

As of 25 March 2023

Keys
Player scored 5 goals
Player Competition Against Home/Away Result Goals Date
Said Bayazid 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification  Philippines Home 12–0 5 30 April 2001
Nader Joukhadar 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification  Maldives Away 12–0 3 4 June 1997
Said Bayazid 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification  Laos Home 11–0 3 7 May 2001
Said Bayazid 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification  Laos Away 9–0 3 11 May 2001
Raja Rafe 2002 Arab Nations Cup  Lebanon Home 4–1 3 21 December 2002
Firas Al-Khatib 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification  Sri Lanka Away 8–0 3 18 October 2003
Zyad Chaabo 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification  Indonesia Home 7–0 3 18 November 2007
Raja Rafe 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification  Indonesia Home 7–0 3 18 November 2007
Osama Omari 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification  Afghanistan Home 5–2 3 13 October 2015
Omar Al Somah 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification  Guam Home 4–0 3 15 October 2019
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification  Maldives Away 4–0 3 4 June 2021

In major tournaments

See also: Syria at the AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup

Syria shock Saudi Arabia at Asian Cup

 —CNN on Abdulrazak Al Husein's brace against Saudi Arabia at the 2011 Asian Cup[5]

Most goals in a single Asian Cup tournament
Jamal Keshek (in 1980), 2 goals
Nader Joukhadar (in 1996), 2 goals
Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain (in 2011), 2 goals
Omar Khribin (in 2023), 2 goals
Most goals in total at Asian Cup tournaments
Omar Khribin (in 2019, 2023), 3 goals
Most goals in a single Asian Cup finals match
A. Al-Hussain, 2 goals vs  Saudi Arabia on 9 January 2011
First goal in an Asian Cup finals match
Jamal Keshek, vs  Bangladesh on 19 September 1980

Competition records

See also: Syria national football team results
Syria national football team in Tehran – 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Overview
Event 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
World Cup 0 0 0 0
Asian Cup 0 0 0 0
WAFF Championship 1 2 0 1
Arab Cup 0 3 0 1
Pan Arab Games 1 2 1 1
West Asian Games 0 2 1 0
Mediterranean Games 1 0 1 1

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 18 8 3 7 31 23
Canada Mexico United States 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

*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 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 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 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
2023
Round 1  Syria 0–0  Uzbekistan Draw
Round 1  Syria 0–1  Australia Loss
Round 1  Syria 1–0  India Win
Round 1  Syria 1–0  Iran Draw

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

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 2023 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 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 4
Total 0 Titles 28 11 6 11 38 32
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

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
Algeria 2023 See Syria national under-23 team
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[6] 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

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

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

All friendly and international matches have been approved, except for Olympic matches. A-level matches

Syria national football team head-to-head records
Opponent Confederation GP W D L GF GA GD
 Afghanistan AFC 4 4 0 0 16 3 +13
 Algeria CAF 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3
 Australia AFC 4 0 1 3 4 7 −3
 Bahrain AFC 23 11 6 6 27 24 +3
 Bangladesh AFC 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
 Belarus UEFA 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Cambodia AFC 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16
 Chad CAF 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 China AFC 15 5 2 8 14 29 −15
 Chinese Taipei AFC 4 4 0 0 17 1 +16
 Cyprus UEFA 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 East Germanya UEFA 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5
 Egypt CAF 10 1 2 7 5 23 −18
 Greece UEFA 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12
 Guam AFC 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
 Haiti CONCACAF 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Hong Kong AFC 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 India AFC 7 3 2 2 8 7 +1
 Indonesia AFC 5 4 0 1 15 3 +12
 Iran AFC 30 1 12 17 16 52 −36
 Iraq AFC 33 5 11 17 25 46 −21
 Japan AFC 12 0 2 10 9 32 −18
 Jordan AFC 43 14 14 15 47 44 +3
 Kazakhstan UEFA 4 3 1 0 8 1 +7
 Kuwait AFC 37 12 9 16 43 56 −13
 Kyrgyzstan AFC 7 2 2 3 10 8 +2
 Laos AFC 2 2 0 0 20 0 +20
 Lebanon AFC 25 15 5 5 50 28 +22
 Libya AFC 10 3 3 4 13 17 −4
 Malaysia AFC 7 3 2 2 15 15 0
 Maldives AFC 7 6 0 1 39 4 +35
 Mali CAF 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Mauritania CAF 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2
 Morocco CAF 6 0 3 3 2 7 −5
   Nepal AFC 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
 Nigeria CAF 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 North Korea AFC 12 4 5 3 18 14 +4
 Oman AFC 26 9 8 9 39 28 +11
 Palestine AFC 15 8 5 2 25 13 +12
 Philippines AFC 5 5 0 0 25 3 +22
 Qatar AFC 16 5 4 7 20 22 −2
 San Marino UEFA 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Saudi Arabia AFC 28 2 9 17 22 53 −31
 Sierra Leone CAF 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
 Singapore AFC 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4
 South Korea AFC 10 1 3 6 5 12 −7
 South Yemena AFC 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
 Soviet Uniona UEFA 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Sri Lanka AFC 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17
 Spain UEFA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Sudan CAF 10 4 2 4 10 10 0
 Sweden UEFA 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Tajikistan AFC 8 6 1 1 13 6 +7
 Thailand AFC 5 1 2 3 10 13 −3
 Tunisia CAF 11 5 1 5 14 16 −2
 Turkey UEFA 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7
 Turkmenistan AFC 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4
 United Arab Emirates AFC 24 3 8 13 18 36 −18
 Uzbekistan AFC 7 3 2 2 5 5 0
 Venezuela CONMEBOL 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4
 Vietnam AFC 4 1 1 2 1 3 −2
 Yemenb AFC 14 11 1 2 42 10 +32
 Zimbabwe CAF 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
Total 535 201 124 209 760 690 +70
Last match updated was against  Iran Iran on 31 January 2024.

(a) Denotes defunct national football team.
(b) Including North Yemen

Unofficial matches

This is a list of the Syria national football team results from 1939 to the present day that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official International A Matches.

1930s

29 October 1939 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI  4–5 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
Majdalani
Sidani
Nassar 		Stadium: Sika Stadium
Referee: Khalil Hilmi (Lebanon)
1939 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI  2–1 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
14 November 1939 Non-FIFA friendly Damascus XI 1–6  Beirut XI Damascus, Syria
Majdalani
Nassar
Jumaa 		Stadium: Barada Stadium
Referee: Adham Machnouk (Syria)

1940s

1947 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI 5–1 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
1947 Non-FIFA friendly Damascus XI 1–3 Beirut XI Damascus, Syria
  • Abou Nader

1950s

1952 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI 0–1 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
1952 Non-FIFA friendly Damascus XI 8–2 Beirut XI Damascus, Syria
1953 Non-FIFA friendly Damascus XI 1–0 Beirut XI Damascus, Syria
1953 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI 2–2 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
1954 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI 3–1 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
1954 Non-FIFA friendly Damascus XI 5–1 Beirut XI Damascus, Syria
1954 1954 Arab Military Championship Lebanon  2–5  Syria Damascus, Syria
Chabarian
Altonian
1956 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI 2–0 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
1956 Non-FIFA friendly Damascus XI 1–2 Beirut XI Damascus, Syria

1960s

16 June 1963 Non-FIFA friendly Beirut XI 2–1 Damascus XI Beirut, Lebanon
Stadium: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
21 June 1963 Non-FIFA friendly Damascus XI 0–0 Beirut XI Damascus, Syria

2020s

13 November 2022 Unofficial Friendly Syria  0–1  Algeria A' Sharjah, UAE
 Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
5 January 2024 Unofficial Friendly Syria  1–1  Kyrgyzstan Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:30 UTC+4
Report Akmatov 48' Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium

References

  1. ^ "Syria–Head-to-head record". 11v11.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Syria - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  3. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.
  4. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Syria". World Football Elo Ratings web site and Advanced Satellite Consulting. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Syria shock Saudi Arabia at Asian Cup; Japan snatch draw". edition.cnn.com.
  6. ^ "Second West Asian Games". West Asian Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

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