Syria national football team facts for kids
| Nickname(s) | Qasioun Nosour (Arabic: نسور قاسيون French: Les aigles de Qasyoun) The Assyrians |
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| Association | Syrian Arab Federation for Football | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) UAFA (Arab world) |
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| Head coach | Fajr Ibrahim | ||
| Captain | Firas Al Khatib | ||
| Most caps | Mosab Balhous (81) | ||
| Top scorer | Raja Rafe (32) | ||
| Home stadium | Abbasiyyin Stadium Aleppo International Stadium |
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| FIFA code | SYR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 83  9 (7 February 2019) |
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| Highest | 73 (June–August 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 152 (September 2014, March 2015) | ||
| Elo ranking | |||
| Current | 76 17 (3 March 2019) |
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| Highest | 53 (October 1974) | ||
| Lowest | 125 (September 1984) | ||
| First international | |||
 Turkey 7–0 Syria  (Ankara, Turkey; 20 November 1949) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Official Syria 12–0 Maldives  (Damascus, Syria; 4 June 1997) Maldives 0–12 Syria (Tehran, Iran; 9 June 1997) Syria 12–0 Philippines  (Aleppo, Syria; 30 April 2001) Unofficial ;_Flag_of_Syria_(1963-1972).svg){kind=small} Syria 13–0 Muscat and Oman  (Cairo, Egypt; 6 September 1965) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Greece 8–0 Syria (Athens, Greece; 25 November 1949)  Egypt 8–0 Syria (Alexandria, Egypt; 16 October 1951) |
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| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1980) | ||
| Best result | Group stage, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011 and 2019 | ||
Syria national football team is the national football team of Syria.
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Images for kids
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Syria national football team in Tehran – 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
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Mosab Balhous is Syria's most-capped player with 88 caps.
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