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  Nickname -
  Association Syrian Football Association
  Coach Ahmad Refaat
  Most Caps
  Top Scorer
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  First Game Turkey 7 - 0 Syria<br/>( Ankara , Turkey November 20 , 1949 )
  Largest Win Syria 12 - 0 Maldives <br/>( Damascus , Syria June 4 , 1997 ) <BR> Syria 12 - 0 Maldives <br/>( Tehran , Iran June 9 , 1997 ) <BR> Syria 12 - 0 Philippines <br/>( Aleppo , Syria April 30 , 2001 )
  Largest Loss Greece 8 - 0 Syria<br/>( Athens , Greece November 25 , 1949 )<BR> Egypt 8 - 0 Syria<br/>( Egypt October 12 , 1951 )
  World Cup Apps none
  World Cup First -
  World Cup Best -
  Regional Name AFC Asian Cup
  Regional Cup Apps 4
  Regional Cup First 1980


The Syria national football team is the national team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association . It has never made the World Cup .


HISTORY

Although not one of the strongest teams in Asia, Syria nonetheless has considerable history. They participated in the 1950 and 1958 qualifiers, making them one of the first teams in the region to do so. In the 1966 qualifiers they were one of two teams from the Asian zone (the other being Israel ) to be allocated to the European qualifying zone and were originally placed with Spain and the Republic Of Ireland . However, they joined the Asian and African boycott of the 1966 qualifiers, due to the decision of FIFA to allocate just one place between Asia and Africa.

Syria's best showing was in the 1986 qualifiers when they reached the final qualifying round only to lose to Iraq .

Syria nonetheless reached four Asian Cups, the last being 1996 when they narrowly missed the quarter-finals.


WORLD CUP RECORD



ASIAN CUP RECORD



WEST ASIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD