Syria at the AFC Asian Cup

Syria national football team is one of Asia's stronger teams, and has been a major participant in the AFC Asian Cup with five times appearances in the tournament, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2011. Syria will make their six appearance in the 2019 edition.

Having been a participant there, but Syria's best result is just the group stage in all five editions, and Syria is believed to have no fortune in the big stage. In 2019 edition, however, Syria has their chance to change their luck, and to go into the knockout stage for the first time.

1980 Kuwait

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

Template:Syria squad 1980 AFC Asian Cup

1984 Singapore

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)

Template:Syria squad 1984 AFC Asian Cup

1988 Qatar

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.)

Template:Syria squad 1988 AFC Asian Cup

1996 United Arab Emirates

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
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

2011 Qatar

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

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 January 2019. Source: AFC
Syria Match 4 Palestine
Report
Jordan Match 14 Syria
Report

Syria's Asian Cup results

AFC Asian Cup Record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
Hong Kong1956Did not enter------ ------
South Korea1960Did not enter------ ------
1964Did not enter------ ------
Iran1968Did not enter------ ------
Thailand1972Did not qualify------ 302145
Iran 1976Withdrew------ ------
Kuwait 1980Round 1421132 321020
Singapore 1984Round 1411235 530298
Qatar 1988Round 1420225 431082
Japan 1992Did not qualify------ 210134
United Arab Emirates 1996Round 1310236 430162
Lebanon 2000Did not qualify------ 6411113
China 2004Did not qualify------ 62131610
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007Did not qualify------ 6222106
Qatar 2011Round 1310245 6420102
Australia 2015Did not qualify------ 611477
United Arab Emirates 2019Qualified------ 86022611
Total0 Titles187291523 5931111711260

References

  1. ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/01/09/football.asian.cup.saudi.syria/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en/match/45642/syria-vs-japan/report
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