Syrian Arab Football Association

AFC
Short name	SFA
Founded	1936; 88 years ago (1936)[1]
Headquarters	Al-Fayhaa, Damascus, Syria
FIFA affiliation	1937[2]
AFC affiliation	1970[3]
WAFF affiliation	2001 (founding member)
President	Salah Ramadan
Vice-President	Abdulrahman Al-Khatib
Website	sfa.sy

The Syrian Arab Football Association (SFA; Arabic: الاتحاد العربي السوري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Syria, controlling the Syrian national team and the Syrian Premier League. The SFA was founded in 1936 and has been a member of FIFA since 1937, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Syria is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. Syria's team is commonly known as Nosour Qasioun (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'Qasioun eagles').^{[citation needed]}

Affiliation

• FIFA (1937)
• AFC (1970)
• Union of Arab Football Associations (1974)
• WAFF (2001)

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Salah Ramadan	President	[2][4]
Abdulrahman Al-Khatib	Vice President	[2][4]
Muhammad Al Fakeer	General Secretary	[2][4]
Imad Qasem	Treasurer	[2]
Muhannad Al Fakeer	Technical Director	[2][4]
Héctor Cúper	Team Coach (Men's)	[2][5]
Salim Jabalawi	Team Coach (Women's)	[2]
Mohammad Bachar	Media/Communications Manager	[2]
Ahmad Fesal	Futsal Coordinator	[2]
Mohammed Kanah	Referee Coordinator	[2]

List of presidents

The following is a list of latest presidents of the Syrian Arab Federation for Football.

Management

League system

Tier 1: Syrian Premier League

Tier 2: Syrian League 1st Division

Tier 3: Syrian League 2nd Division

Tier 4: Syrian League 3rd Division

Domestic cup

• Syrian Cup
• Syrian Super Cup

National teams

• Syria universal, under-23, under-20, under-17, women's and women's under-20 national association football teams
• Syria national futsal team
• Syria national beach soccer team