Syria during the 2019 Asian Cup match against Palestine . Syria has been a major participant in the AFC Asian Cup with seven appearances in the tournament, in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011, 2019, and 2023. At 2023 Asian Cup, Omar Khribin scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over India , which granted Syria its first win in the competition since 2011, and first ever qualification to the knockout phase as one of the best third-placed teams.[1]
Until 2024, Syria have never qualified past the group stage in the Asian Cup, with them narrowly missing out on the knock-out stage in 1980 and knock-out stage in 1996 due to 1 missed point; both eliminations involved China national football team .
AFC Asian Cup record 1980 Kuwait Group A 1984 Singapore Group A 1988 Qatar Group B Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (
Turkey )
1996 United Arab Emirates Group C Syria squad – 1996 AFC Asian Cup
2011 Qatar Group B
Syria squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup
2019 United Arab Emirates Group B Source: AFC
6 January 2019 (2019-01-06 )
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10 January 2019 (2019-01-10 )
17:30
15 January 2019 (2019-01-15 )
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Syria squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
2023 Qatar
Syria squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup
Group B Source: AFC
13 January 2024 (2024-01-13 )
20:30
18 January 2024 (2024-01-18 )
14:30
23 January 2024 (2024-01-23 )
14:30
Ranking of third-placed teams Source: AFC
Knockout stage Round of 16 31 January 2024 (2024-01-31 )
19:00
Overall record AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification record Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D * L GF GA 1956 Did not enter Declined participation 1960 1964 1968 1972 Did not qualify 3 0 2 1 4 5 1976 Withdrew 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 6 2 1 3 16 10 2007 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 Round of 16 4 1 2 1 2 2 8 7 0 1 22 7 2027 To be determined 4 2 1 1 9 6 Total Round of 16 25 8 5 12 19 30 72 40 13 20 143 74
Record by opponent As of 31 January 2024 Record results Syria's Asian Cup record First match Iran 0–0 Syria (17 September 1980; Kuwait City , Kuwait ) Biggest win Uzbekistan 1–2 Syria (12 December 1996; Al Ain , United Arab Emirates ) Saudi Arabia 1–2 Syria (9 January 2011; Al Rayyan , Qatar ) Syria 1–0 India (23 January 2024; Al Khor, Qatar ) Biggest defeat China 3–0 Syria (4 December 1988; Doha , Qatar ) China 3–0 Syria (9 December 1996; Al Ain , United Arab Emirates ) Best result Round of 16 (2023 ) Worst result Group stage (1980 , 1984 , 1988 , 1996 , 2011 , 2019 )
Goalscorers Only players with minimum 2 goals scored References ^ "Syria beat India to reach Asian Cup knockouts for first time". France 24. 23 January 2024. ^ "Syria shock Saudi Arabia at Asian Cup; Japan snatch draw". edition.cnn.com . ^ "Syria vs Japan Report - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2018-06-06 . ^ "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF) . Asian Football Confederation.
General Venues Statistics Players International footballers Asian Cup Finals Other tournaments Notable matches Noted rivalries Other teams
AFF CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF Former 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.