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Syria national under-23 football team

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Syria U-23
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Nosour Qasioun[1]
(Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit.'Qasioun eagles')
AssociationSyrian Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
UAFA (Arab world)
Head coachNetherlands Mark Wotte
FIFA codeSYR
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympics
Appearancesnone
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2013, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2018)
WAFF U-23 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best resultSilver Runners-up (2015)

The Syria national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب سوريا لكرة القدم تحت 23 سنة) is a national association football youth team representing Syria in Olympics, AFC U-23 Championship, WAFF U-23 Championship and any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Syrian Football Association. The team is also known as the Syria Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب سوريا الأولمبي لكرة القدم).

Results and fixtures

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2022

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  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

3 November 2022 (2022-11-03) 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship  Bahrain 2–1 Syria  Jeddah, KSA
21:00 UTC+3 Abdulaziz 32'
Rumaihi 90+3'
Report Rihanieh 90+2' Stadium: Sports Hall at King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 750
Referee: Ali Al Ashkar (Lebanon)
6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship Syria  2–1  Saudi Arabia Jeddah, KSA
21:00 UTC+3 Al Aswad 23'
Rihanieh 44'
Report Al-Johani 61' Stadium: Sports Hall at King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 900
Referee: Mohammed Shammari (Qatar)
12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship Qatar  1–1
(6–5 p)
 Syria Jeddah, KSA
17:00 UTC+3 Qadeera 55' Report Bawadekji 53' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 1,231
Referee: Mohamed Bunafoor (Bahrain)
Penalties
15 November 2022 (2022-11-15) 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship Syria  1–0  Oman Jeddah, KSA
17:00 UTC+3 Al Hajjah 50' Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

Previous years

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Date Opponent Result Score* Venue Competition
19 July 2017  India W 2 – 0 Qatar Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
21 July 2017  Turkmenistan D 0 – 0 Qatar Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
23 July 2017  Qatar D 1 – 1 Qatar Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
11 January 2018  Australia L 1 – 3 China Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage
14 January 2018  South Korea D 0 – 0 China Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage
17 January 2018  Vietnam D 0 – 0 China Changshu Stadium, Changshu, China 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage
24 March 2018  China D 1 – 1 China Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China Friendly Match
14 August 2018  United Arab Emirates W 1 – 0 Indonesia Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang, Indonesia Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage
16 August 2018  China L 0 – 3 Indonesia Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang, Indonesia Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage
19 August 2018  East Timor W 5 – 2 Indonesia Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Indonesia Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage
23 August 2018  Palestine W 1 – 0 Indonesia Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi, Indonesia Football at the 2018 Asian Games Round of 16
27 August 2018  Vietnam L 0 – 1 Indonesia Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi, Indonesia Football at the 2018 Asian Games Quarter-finals
27 October 2021  Sri Lanka W 5 – 0 Qatar Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A
29 October 2021  Yemen D 0 – 0 Qatar Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A
31 October 2021  Qatar D 1 – 1 Qatar Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A

* Syria score always listed first

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualifications record
Hosts/Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
19081988 See Syria national team See Syria national team
Spain 1992 did not qualify 4 2 2 0 3 1
United States 1996 4 0 1 3 2 6
Australia 2000 4 1 0 3 8 7
Greece 2004 4 3 0 1 11 5
China 2008 12 3 5 4 14 14
United Kingdom 2012 10 5 2 3 20 11
Brazil 2016 6 4 0 2 15 8
Japan 2020 7 3 2 2 9 6
France 2024 [to be determined]
United States 2028
Total 0/7 - - - - - - 51 21 12 18 82 58

AFC U-23 Championship

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AFC U-23 Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA Squad GP W D L GS GA
Oman 2013 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 4 3 Squad 5 4 1 0 13 3
Qatar 2016 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 5 7 Squad 3 3 0 0 10 1
China 2018 3 0 2 1 1 3 Squad 3 1 2 0 3 1
Thailand 2020 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 4 5 Squad 3 2 1 0 5 1
Uzbekistan 2022 did not qualify 3 1 2 0 6 1
Qatar 2024 3 1 0 2 11 4
Saudi Arabia 2026 to be determined to be determined
Total 4/7 14 4 4 6 14 18 20 12 6 2 48 11

Asian Games

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From 2002 Asian Games, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA Squad
South Korea 2002 Did Not Enter
Qatar 2006 12th 6 2 3 1 6 2 Squad
China 2010 Did Not Enter
South Korea 2014
Indonesia 2018 6th 5 3 0 2 7 6 Squad
China 2022 Qualified
Total 2/5 11 5 3 3 13 8

WAFF U-23 Championship

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WAFF U-23 Championship record
Year Result GP W D L GS GA Squad
Qatar 2015 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 6 4 Squad
Saudi Arabia 2021 Semi-finals 3 1 0 2 6 8 Squad
Saudi Arabia 2022 Third place 4 2 1 1 5 4 Squad
Iraq 2023 Group stage 2 0 0 2 1 4 Squad
Total 4/4 13 6 1 6 18 20

Arab Games

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Arab Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
1953 to 2011 See Syria national football team
Algeria 2023 Runners-up 5 2 3 0 8 4 Squad
Saudi Arabia 2027 to be determined
Total 1/1 5 2 3 0 8 4
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Players

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Current squad

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Waseem Ayoub (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 21) Syria Al-Majd
2 2DF Jehad Ghawi (2002-04-02)2 April 2002 (aged 20) Syria Al-Hurriya
3 2DF Omar Mohamed Syria Al-Shorta
4 2DF Mostafa Safrani (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 21) Syria Al-Nawair
5 3MF Amer Fayad (2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 20) Syria Al-Ittihad
6 3MF Ahmad Dali (2002-03-21)21 March 2002 (aged 20) Syria Tishreen
7 3MF Fawaz Bawadekji (2001-11-23)23 November 2001 (aged 20) Syria Al-Ittihad
8 3MF Mohamed Nour El Din Khamis (2001-01-14)14 January 2001 (aged 21) Syria Al-Taliya
9 4FW Abdulrahman Al Hussain Syria Al-Fotuwa
10 3MF Mohamad Rihanieh (2001-12-26)26 December 2001 (aged 20) Syria Al-Ittihad
11 3MF Omar Nanoua (2002-06-25)25 June 2002 (aged 20) Syria Jableh
12 2DF Ali Al Rina (2004-01-10)10 January 2004 (aged 18) Syria Al-Ittihad
13 2DF Khaled Al Hajjah (2004-06-30)30 June 2004 (aged 18) Syria Hutteen
14 2DF Al Mekdad Ahmad (2004-01-12)12 January 2004 (aged 18) Syria Jableh
15 2DF Haitham Al Louz (2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 21) Syria Al-Karamah
16 3MF Malek Janeer Syria Al-Fotuwa
17 4FW Zakaria Ramadan (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (aged 17) Syria Al-Ittihad
18 3MF Hozan Osman (2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 19) Netherlands De Graafschap
19 3MF Mahmoud Nayef (2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 18) Syria Al-Ittihad
20 4FW Oliver Kass Kawo (2001-12-03)3 December 2001 (aged 20) Denmark Helsingør
21 4FW Mahmoud Al Aswad (2003-09-14)14 September 2003 (aged 19) Syria Al-Karamah
22 1GK Mohamed Yamen Motlak (2003-01-10)10 January 2003 (aged 19) Syria Al-Jaish
23 1GK Mohamed Hassouni (2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 18) Syria Al-Ittihad

* Over-aged player.

Previous squads

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Honours

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Regional

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2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2015
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (2): 2021, 2022

Arab

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2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Smale, Simon (5 January 2019). "Who the Socceroos are facing as the Asian Cup kicks off, and when to watch". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ "الأولمبي السوري يعسكر في دبي قبل بطولة غرب آسيا".
  3. ^ "القائمة النهائية و الرسمية لمنتخب #سورية الاولمبي لخوض غمار منافسات #كأس_اسيا تحت ٢٣ عام والتي ستقام في تايلند". Twitter (in Arabic). Syria Pro Sport. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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