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

2022

  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
  • Al-Tairi soccer ball with red X
  • Tabasideh soccer ball with check mark
  • Azadi soccer ball with check mark
  • Madjer soccer ball with check mark
  • Taha soccer ball with check mark
  • Al-Yazidi soccer ball with check mark
  • Jassem soccer ball with check mark
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

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  Timor-Leste 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

Olympic Games

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 1992did not qualify422031
United States 1996401326
Australia 2000410387
Greece 20044301115
China 2008123541414
United Kingdom 2012105232011
Brazil 20166402158
Japan 2020732296
France 2024
United States 2028
Total0/7------512112188258

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA Squad GP W D L GS GA
Oman 2013Quarter-finals421143Squad5410133
Qatar 2016Group Stage310257Squad3300101
China 2018302113Squad312031
Thailand 2020Quarter-finals411245Squad321051
Uzbekistan 2022did not qualify312061
Qatar 20243102114
Saudi Arabia 2026to be determinedto be determined
Total4/71444614182012624811

Asian Games

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 2002Did Not Enter
Qatar 200612th623162Squad
China 2010Did Not Enter
South Korea 2014
Indonesia 20186th530276Squad
China 2022Qualified
Total2/511533138

WAFF U-23 Championship

WAFF U-23 Championship record
Year Result GP W D L GS GA Squad
Qatar 2015Runners-up430164Squad
Saudi Arabia 2021Semi-finals310268Squad
Saudi Arabia 2022Third place421154Squad
Iraq 2023Group stage200214Squad
Total4/4136161820

Arab Games

Arab Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
1953 to 2011See Syria national football team
Algeria 2023Runners-up523084Squad
Saudi Arabia 2027to be determined
Total1/1523084
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Players

Current squad

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

Honours

Regional

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

Arab

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

See also

References

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