Syria national under-23 football team

Syria U-23
Nickname(s)	Nosour Qasioun ; (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'Qasioun eagles')
Association	Syrian Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia); UAFA (Arab world)
Head coach	Mark Wotte
FIFA code	SYR
First colours	Second colours
Summer Olympics
Appearances	none
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2013, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2018)
WAFF U-23 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2015)
Best result	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[edit]

2022[edit]

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 Tabasideh Azadi Madjer Taha Al-Yazidi Jassem		Rihanieh Al Hussain Ahmad Kass Kawo Dali Al Louz Janeer

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[edit]

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

* Syria score always listed first

Competitive record[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Olympic Games record								Olympic Games qualifications record
Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1908–1988	See Syria national team							See Syria national team
1992	did not qualify							4	2	2	0	3	1
1996								4	0	1	3	2	6
2000								4	1	0	3	8	7
2004								4	3	0	1	11	5
2008								12	3	5	4	14	14
2012								10	5	2	3	20	11
2016								6	4	0	2	15	8
2020								7	3	2	2	9	6
2024	^{[to be determined]}
2028	^{[to be determined]}
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	51	21	12	18	82	58

AFC U-23 Championship[edit]

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

Asian Games[edit]

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
2002	Did Not Enter
2006	12th	6	2	3	1	6	2	Squad
2010	Did Not Enter
2014	Did Not Enter
2018	6th	5	3	0	2	7	6	Squad
2022	Qualified
Total	2/5	11	5	3	3	13	8

WAFF U-23 Championship[edit]

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

Arab Games[edit]

Arab Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1953 to 2011	See Syria national football team
2023	Runners-up	5	2	3	0	8	4	Squad
2027	to be determined
Total	1/1	5	2	3	0	8	4

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were selected to compete in the 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship.
The final squad was announced on 25 October 2022.^[2]^[3]
Tournament date: 2–15 November 2022
Coach: Mark Wotte

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

* Over-aged player.

Previous squads[edit]

Asian Games

AFC U-23 Championship

Honours[edit]

Regional[edit]

WAFF U-23 Championship

Runners-up (1): 2015

Third place (2): 2021, 2022

Arab[edit]

Arab Games

Runners-up (1): 2023

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ "الأولمبي السوري يعسكر في دبي قبل بطولة غرب آسيا".
^ "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.

External links[edit]

Syria national under-23 football team at Soccerway

[nick-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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AFC U-23 Asian Cup
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