Syria at the AFC Asian Cup

Syria is one of Asia's stronger teams, and has been a major participant in the AFC Asian Cup with six appearances in the tournament, in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011, and 2019. However, Syria have failed to make the second round of the tournament, being eliminated in the group stage in all six editions they participated in.

1980 Kuwait

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8	6
North Korea	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
China PR	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

17 September 1980

Iran	0–0	Syria

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

19 September 1980

Bangladesh	0–1	Syria
		Keshek 7'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

23 September 1980

Syria	1–0	China PR
Keshek 86'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

26 September 1980

North Korea	2–1	Syria
		Suleiman

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

1984 Singapore

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6
Kuwait	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
Qatar	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3
South Korea	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2

1 December 1984

19:00

Qatar	1 – 1	Syria
Khalfan 7'		Anber 47' (o.g.)

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

4 December 1984

21:00

Syria	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia
		Khalifa 66'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

7 December 1984

21:00

Syria	1 – 0	South Korea
Hassan 12'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

9 December 1984

19:00

Kuwait	3 – 1	Syria
Mahrous 66' (o.g.) Al-Dakhil 77' A. Al-Buloushi 79'		Abu Al-Sel 5'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)

1988 Qatar

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
China PR	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Syria	4	4	2	0	2	2	5	−3
Kuwait	3	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1
Bahrain	2	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2

2 December 1988

18:00

Syria	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Mutlaq 20' Al-Suwaiyed 82'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

4 December 1988

17:00

China PR	3–0	Syria
Gao Sheng 13' Xie Yuxin 14', 19'	Report

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

8 December 1988

17:00

Syria	1–0	Kuwait
Al-Nasser 63'	Report

Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha

Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

11 December 1988

15:00

Bahrain	0–1	Syria
	Report	Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

1996 United Arab Emirates

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	9	3	3	0	7	1	+6
China PR	3	3	1	2	3	3	0
Syria	3	3	1	2	3	6	−3
Uzbekistan	3	3	1	2	3	6	−3

6 December 1996

16:45

Japan	2–1	Syria
Abbas 85' (o.g.) Takagi 88'	Report	Jokhadar 8'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

9 December 1996

19:00

Syria	0–3	China PR
	Report	Ma Mingyu 35' Gao Feng 49' Li Bing 73'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

12 December 1996

19:00

Uzbekistan	1–2	Syria
Lebedev 53' (pen.)	Report	Jokhadar 48' Dib 74'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

2011 Qatar

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Jordan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Syria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0


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	Jordan	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Palestine	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
4	Syria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: AFC

6 January 2019

20:00

Syria	0–0	Palestine
	Report

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Attendance: 8,471

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

10 January 2019

17:30

Jordan	2–0	Syria
Al-Taamari 26' Khattab 43'	Report

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 9,152

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

15 January 2019

17:30

Australia	3–2	Syria
Mabil 41' Ikonomidis 54' Rogic 90+3'	Report	Kharbin 43' Al Somah 80' (pen.)

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 10,492

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Record

AFC Asian Cup Record								AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	2	1	4	5
1976	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	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	1	3	16	10
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0 Titles	21	7	3	11	17	28	59	31	11	17	112	60

References

"Syria shock Saudi Arabia at Asian Cup; Japan snatch draw". edition.cnn.com.

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[1] "Syria shock Saudi Arabia at Asian Cup; Japan snatch draw". edition.cnn.com.

Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.